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Obituaries Index
An index to obituaries printed in Knoxville newspapers from 1991 to the present.

Marriage Index
An index to marriage records in the Knox County Archives for 1901-1940.

TSLA Death Certificate Index (1914 - 1924) and Shelby County Register of Deeds Tennessee Death Index (1949 - 2005)
Indexes for Tennessee death certificates for the years noted. The McClung Collection has microfilm of death certificates and indexes from all of Tennessee for the years 1914 - 1956. Since Tennessee Death Certificates are not public records until 50 years after the death, more recent certificates must be ordered from Tennessee Vital Records.

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Database of Civil War Soldiers. 

Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Soldiers and Widows.
The McClung Collection has many Civil War records on microfilm.  These include:

1. Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who served with the United States Colored troops
2. Service Records for Tennessee Confederate Troops
3. Service Records for Tennessee Union Troops
4. Service Records for North Carolina Confederate Troops (Thomas’s Legion only)
5. Pension Applications from the state of Tennessee for Confederate veterans and widows.

Family History Library Catalog
Catalog of the Family History Library (LDS church).  The McClung Collection is an affiliate of the Family History Library and can order circulating microfilm for $5.50 per reel.

HeritageQuest
A leading source of genealogical information including over 25,000 family and local history books and the entire U.S. Federal Census.

Tennessee Sanborn Maps 1867-1970
Sanborn fire insurance maps are valuable historical tools. They include information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Seven or eight different editions represent some areas.

History in Virtual Reference Library
This collection contains 18 resources for history.

History in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains 28 reference books covering history.

Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

Volunteer Voices
A growing collection of archives related to Tennessee history.

TeVA: Tennessee Virtual Archive
The digital archives of the Tennessee State Library and Archives

19th Century Newspapers
A full-text searchable, facsimile-image database of 200 newspapers, chronicling 19th-century American culture, daily life and events. Provides a broad yet sensitive depiction of the United States in the 1800s valuable to both professional and general researchers. First time users must register for username and password.

Civil War Primary Source Materials
This database is available only to Tennessee residents. Call the McClung Collection for the username and password.