Wednesday, July 13, 2011

FamilySearch Scans of Probate Records

FamilySearch has scanned images from probate files all over Tennessee and made the images available to everyone.

They currently have:

Tennessee Probate Court Files 1784-1920
Inventories, Wills 1784-1836
Wills, Volume 1 to Volume 57 1784-1941

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Tennessee Genealogy Research Community

Visit the TENNESSEE GENEALOGY RESEARCH COMMUNITY on Facebook. The community is sponsored by the FamilySearch Wiki, and hopes to bring researchers with similar interests together.

Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) Changes

TSLA has new hours...

Starting July 1, TSLA will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time. Professional librarians and archivists will be on duty during all business hours and the manuscripts section will be open during those hours. Patrons will still be able to send inquiries to the reference desk any time at reference.tsla@tn.gov .