{"id":477,"date":"2011-07-24T05:33:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T05:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tngenweb.us\/blount\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2021-01-13T22:17:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T04:17:31","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Aids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Research Strategies &amp; Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/special-projects.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TNGenWeb Special Projects<\/a> &#8211; in-depth information on Tennessee history, including Native-American history, early state laws, the state in pre- &amp; early statehood, land history, military history and more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sostngovbuckets.s3.amazonaws.com\/tsla\/preservation\/countymicro\/blou.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TN State Library Microfilmed Records for Blount County<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; PDF file listing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tngs.org\/Ansearchn-News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ansearchin\u2019 News<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 online historical archive of the journal of the TN Genealogical Society<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Blount_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blount County, Wiki\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; from FamilySearch.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"societies\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Genealogical\/Historical\/Preservation Societies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blountcountytngenealogy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blount County Genealogical &amp; Historical Society<\/a> &#8211; publishes the &#8220;The Blount Journal&#8221; semiannually (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1dc2EJxN6zncbcezxfq_bw7_KikTNA5VkgF3oEef7Vgc\/edit#gid=1759780752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">index of all past Journal articles<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/easttnhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Tennessee Historical Society<\/a> &#8211; offers publications, lectures, conferences, school programs, exhibits, and heritage programs. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Tennessee_Historical_Society\">See their Wikipedia page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tngs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee Genealogical Society<\/a> &#8211; founded in 1954 and located outside of Memphis. All members have use of their Regional History &amp; Genealogy Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokykin.com\/smhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smoky Mountain Historical Society<\/a> &#8211; promotes the cultural and genealogical studies and histories of the Tennessee Counties of Blount, Cocke, and Sevier.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com\/welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cades Cove Preservation Association<\/a> &#8211; photos, events, history &amp; genealogy of the Cades Cove community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"databases\"><\/a> Databases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokykin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smoky Mountain Genealogical Quest<\/a> &#8211; free database of people connected with Sevier County. (There was quite a bit of movement back and forth between Sevier and Blount County.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.com\/roots-l\/USA\/tn\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROOTS-L<\/a> &#8211; a collection of databases for Tennessee research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RootsWeb Surname List<\/a> &#8211; searchable database of surnames.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Libraries &amp; Museums<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blountlibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blount County Public Library<\/a> &#8211; has more than 800 volumes of local family &amp; genealogy history<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cmdc.knoxlib.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McClung Historical Collection<\/a> &#8211; the local history and genealogy department of the Knox County Public Library System<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/bibliography-tennessee-local-history-sources-blount-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee State Library Association: Blount County Bibliography<\/a> &#8211; list of published resources on Blount County.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utk.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library<\/a> &#8211; extensive collections on the history of East Tennessee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Strategies &amp; Resources TNGenWeb Special Projects &#8211; in-depth information on Tennessee history, including Native-American history, early state laws, the state in pre- &amp; early statehood, land history, military history and more. 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