Local & Family History

Custom House Chronicles

Plan to attend genealogy classes – We have scheduled our genealogy classes for 2019.
Manly Barber Journal on the McClung Digital Collection – The journal of Manly Barber includes descriptions of a 1906 trip from...
New on the McClung Digital Collection - Iron and Coal of Tennessee – This important book provides a survey of iron and coal ore in Tennessee.
Do you have an ancestor who worked for Southern Railway? – Souvenir, Knoxville Division, Southern Railway, 1903, is new on the...
Construction Gay Street Viaduct, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1919 – Photo album of the Gay Street Viaduct construction on the McClung Digital...
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Getting started with Genealogy

The East Tennessee History Center

New at McClung

  • Magic in stone : the Sylacauga marble story
  • Back of beyond : a Horace Kephart biography
  • Ridge running : a memoir of Appalachia
  • Tennessee Statesman Harry T. Burn : woman suffrage, free elections & life of service
  • How to find your family history in U.S. church records : a genealogist's guide
  • The meanest and "damnest" job : the Civl War experiences and civilian history of Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker
  • Overton Park : a people's history
  • Abandoned Nashville : dark corners of music city
  • Preserving our roots : my journey to save seeds and stories
  • Day hiking the Daniel Boone National Forest : includes Natural Bridge and Cumberland Falls State Parks