Scott County Specific Research Aids

• Bibles
  Go here to see copies of Scott County family bible records
• Books
  Go here to see a list of books with Scott County genealogical and historical significance

• Cemetery records
  Go here to see transcribed Scott County cemetery records

• Census information
  Go here to see a list of census records (population, agriculture, mortality, etc) for Scott County.  Some records have been transcribed.

• Chamber of Commerce
  Useful site for finding lodging and restaurant information for that research trip to Scott Co, TN

• County historian
  Go here to see the name and address of the Scott County historian

• Court house records
  Go here to see a list of available court records for Scott County

• Death records
  Go here to see death dates, death certificates, obituaries, and headstone pictures for people from Scott County

• Family pages
  Go here to see a list of Scott County related family web pages

• Family reunions
  Go here to see a list of Scott County related family reunions

• FNB Chronicles
  Go here to see transcribed articles from the Scott County history series published by the First National Bank Chronicles
• Funeral homes
  Go here to see a list of Funeral homes operating in Scott County.

• Genealogical and historical societies
  Go here to see a list of societies operating in or near Scott County

• Geography
  Go here to see various maps of Scott County

• Libraries with genealogical resources
  Go here to see a list of Scott County and other near by libraries with historical or genealogical holdings

• Lookups
  Go here to see a list people willing to do lookups in specific books

• Mail list
  Go here to subscribe or cancel subscription to the Scott County mail list

• Marriages
  Go here to see certificates and bonds for marriages occuring in Scott County
• Military records
  Go here to see military records and pension applications available for Scott County veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present
• Newspapers
  Go here to see a list of past and present newspapers published in Scott County
• Picture Help
  Go here to help other people identify pictures or submit your own for identification help
• RootsWeb Resources
  Go here to see a list of Scott County resources available at RootsWeb
• Schools
  Go here to see Scott County School System sponsored web sites and pictures of school days past
• Scott Co, TN Government
  Go here to see the Scott County Government sponsored web site

• Vital records
  Go here to learn how to acquire Scott County birth and death records from the state of Tennessee

General Interest and Value

• Abbreviations found in Genealogy
  Go here for help in deciphering those odd abbreviations
• Appalachian Regional Commission
  Go here for a number of interesting resources (particularly maps) about Appalachia
• Duhaime's Law Dictionary
  Go here for help in deciphering arcane legal language you find in your research
• Definitions of Some Words Used in Early Documents
  Go here for help in deciphering language that pertain to wills, deeds, land pattents & inventories.
• German and Swiss Colonization in Morgan Co, TN
  Go here to read a 1925 thesis discussion on German and Swiss immigration to the area
• Old Medical Terms
  Go here for help in deciphering those old medical terms
• Ranks, professions, occupations, and trades
  Go here for help deciphering those strange job names you find in your research
• Southern Mountain Dialect
  Go here for help understanding the Southern Mountain Dialect still spoken in Scott County.
• Standards for Sound Genealogical Research
  Go here for National Genealogical Society recommendations