Memphis Genealogy (in Shelby County, TN)

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Memphis Birth Records

Birth Records 1874-1916 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis birth records, 1874-1883 : with some Shelby County birth records, 1881-1882 WorldCat

Memphis/Shelby County birth records, 1886-1904 : with some Memphis/Shelby County birth records, 1860-1885 WorldCat

Tennessee, Birth Records, 1908-1920 Tennessee State Library and Archives

Tennessee, Birth Records, 1921-present Tennessee Vital Records Office

The Commercial appeal : births, marriages and obituaries, Memphis Tennessee 1894-1899 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Cemetery Records (132)


Memphis Census Records

1870 name index, wards, 1, 3-8, 10 (Memphis, Tennessee) FamilySearch Library

Memphis Census 1865 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis, Tennessee census, 1865, 1869,1897 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Memphis Church Records

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100th anniversary, 1843-1943 : Linden Avenue Christian Church, Memphis, Tennessee Genealogy Gophers online

100th anniversary, 1843-1943 : Linden Avenue Christian Church, Memphis, Tennessee FamilySearch Books online

A brief history of the Central Avenue Baptist Church from its organization, July, 1873 to January 1, 1937 FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, communions, burials, and marriages, 1841-1995 (St. Peters' Church (Memphis, Tennessee)) FamilySearch Library

Black pastors and leaders : Memphis, 1819-1972 FamilySearch Library

Buntyn Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1910-1931 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1845-1903 (Memphis First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tennessee)) FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1859-1867 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

From the corner of Peabody and Bellevue : the history of St. John's Methodist Church, Memphis, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

Memoir abstracts Memphis Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1866-1965 FamilySearch Library

Memoir abstracts, Memphis Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1866-1930 WorldCat

Memoir abstracts, Memphis Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1931-1965 WorldCat

Minutes of meetings and lists of members, 1840-1961 (Egypt Baptist Church (Memphis, Tennessee)) FamilySearch Library

News from The Christian Endeavor Evangel, Memphis FamilySearch Library

Obituary data from the Western Methodist at Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, 1880 - 1882 FamilySearch Library

Record of members, [1901]-1942 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Memphis Branch (Tennessee)) FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1944-1963, Broadway Baptist Church (Memphis, Tenn.). Archive Grid

The great book : Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, 1832-1972, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

Memphis City Directories (140)


Memphis Court Records

Appearance docket (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1843-1856 FamilySearch Library

Chancery Court final record books (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1850-1875 FamilySearch Library

Chancery Court minutes (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1846-1901 FamilySearch Library

Chancery Court rule day order books (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1855-1901 FamilySearch Library

Circuit Court minutes (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1837-1894 FamilySearch Library

Law Court minutes (Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee), 1866-1873 FamilySearch Library

Memphis, Shelby County, the early years : selected court records & survey books, 1820-1850. WorldCat

Minute books, 1858-1916 FamilySearch Library

Original bills, Common Law and Chancery Court of the City of Memphis (Tennessee), 1865-1867 FamilySearch Library

Rule dockets, Shelby County, [Tennessee], 1846-1903 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Death Records

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1908-1933 Tennessee Death Records MyHeritage online

1908-1958 Tennessee Death Records Ancestry online

Collection of Wilmington, North Carolina and Memphis, Tennessee newspaper clippings of obituaries FamilySearch Library

Death Records 1848-1966 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Death records (Shelby County, Tennessee) and index, 1848-1977 FamilySearch Library

Death records (Shelby County, Tennessee) and index, 1848-1977 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, Memphis, Tennessee. WorldCat

Index to obituaries in 'The Memphis Appeal,' 1865-1885 WorldCat

Index to obituaries in 'The Memphis appeal', 1843-1864 WorldCat

List of deaths in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, 1848-1859 FamilySearch Library

Obituaries : abstracted from the Commercial appeal, Memphis, TN, the Tate county democrat, Senatobia, MS WorldCat

Obituaries [Tate County, Mississippi and surrounding areas] 1990-1999 FamilySearch Library

Obituary data from the Western Methodist at Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, 1880 - 1882 FamilySearch Library

Selected obituaries from the Chicago Tribune and other midwestern newspapers, about 1960 FamilySearch Library

Tennessee Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Ancestry online

Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1970 Tennessee State Library and Archives

Tennessee, Death Records, 1971-present Tennessee Vital Records Office

Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913 Family Search online

The Commercial appeal : births, marriages and obituaries, Memphis Tennessee 1894-1899 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Histories and Genealogies

A history of the yellow fever : the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, Tenn., embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere LDS Genealogy online

A history of the yellow fever : the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, Tenn., embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere Internet Archive online

Beale Street : Where the Blues Began Ancestry online

Citizens Relief Committee records (Memphis, Tennessee), 1878 FamilySearch Library

Elmwood : charter, rules, regulations and by-laws of Elmwood Cemetery Association of Memphis, history of the cemetery, biographical sketches, attractive monuments, names of proprietors FamilySearch Library

Genealogical Nuggetts from the Daily Memphis Avalanche, 1879-1880 FamilySearch Library

Genealogical Scrapbook Data from Memphis, Tennessee Newspapers, 1885 FamilySearch Library

Genealogical tidbits from the Memphis Daily Appeal during the centennial year of 1876 FamilySearch Library

History of Memphis : the History of the City of Memphis, Being A Compilation of the Most Important Documents Ancestry online

History of Memphis : the history of the city of Memphis, being a compilation of the most important documents and historical events connected with the purchase of its territory, laying off of the city and early settlement... FamilySearch Library

History of the city of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent citizens FamilySearch Library

Literary Memphis, a survey of its writers and writings FamilySearch Library

Memphis Riots and Massacres Ancestry online

Memphis, 1800-1900 FamilySearch Library

Standard history of Memphis, Tennessee from a study of the original sources FamilySearch Library

The Biography of a river town : Memphis: Its heroic age FamilySearch Library

The first Orgill century, 1847-1947 FamilySearch Library

The founding of Memphis 1818-1820 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Immigration Records

Naturalization Records 1856-1906 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Naturalization records (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1856-1906 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Land Records

1778-1927 Tennessee Early Land Registers Ancestry online

General index to deeds, 1821-1841, Shelby County, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

General index to real estate conveyances (Shelby County, Tennessee) : April 1821-December 1933 FamilySearch Library

Land records (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1821-1928 FamilySearch Library

Memphis, Shelby County, the early years : selected court records & survey books, 1820-1850. WorldCat

Occupant, Entry, and Survey Books 1819-1962 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Memphis, Tennessee 1870. Library of Congress online

Memphis, 1870 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Memphis, 1887 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Memphis, Tennessee 1915 Map American Geographical Society online

Perspective map of the city of Memphis, Tenn. 1887. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1907-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1907-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1907-1952 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1927 Library of Congress online

Memphis Marriage Records

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1780-2002 Tennessee State Marriages Ancestry online

Baptisms, communions, burials, and marriages, 1841-1995 (St. Peters' Church (Memphis, Tennessee)) FamilySearch Library

Marriage Indexes/Images 1920-1989 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Marriage Records 1820-1977 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Marriage licenses and bonds (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1820-1946 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records (Shelby County, Tennessee), 1820-1945 FamilySearch Library

Tennessee Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1838-1970 Tennessee State Library and Archives

The Commercial appeal : births, marriages and obituaries, Memphis Tennessee 1894-1899 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Military Records

Civil War soldiers buried in the Memphis Tennessee National Cemetery (Cain, Gilda M.) FamilySearch Library

Confederates of Elmwood (Cothern, John W.) FamilySearch Library

Confederates of Elmwood : a compilation of information concerning Confederate soldiers and veterans buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee WorldCat

The Old Guard in Gray. Researches in the Annals of the Confederate Historical Association. Sketches of Memphis veterans who upheld her standard in the war, and of other Confederate worthies (Mathes, J. Harvey (James Harvey), 1841-1902) FamilySearch Library

The Old Guard in Gray. Researches in the Annals of the Confederate Historical Association. Sketches of Memphis veterans who upheld her standards in the war, and of other Confederate worthies.. LDS Genealogy online

The Old Guard in Gray. Researches in the Annals of the Confederate Historical Association. Sketches of Memphis veterans who upheld her standards in the war, and of other Confederate worthies.. Internet Archive online

The old guard in gray : researches in the annals of the Confederate Historical Association, sketches of Memphis veterans who upheld her standard in the war, and of other Confederate worthies FamilySearch Library

The old guard in gray : researches in the annals of the Confederate Historical Association, sketches of Memphis veterans who upheld her standard in the war, and of other Confederate worthies Genealogy Gophers online

Memphis Minority Records

A biblical people in the Bible Belt : the Jewish community of Memphis, Tennessee, 1840's-1960's FamilySearch Library

Jewish Spectator. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1885-1926 US Newspaper Directory

Memphis Miscellaneous Records

A biblical people in the Bible Belt : the Jewish community of Memphis, Tennessee, 1840's-1960's FamilySearch Library

Comptroller reports (Memphis, Tennessee), 1874-1876 FamilySearch Library

Jail Commissioner's minutes (Memphis, Tennessee), Jan. 1866-Apr. 1867 FamilySearch Library

Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860 Book Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860 Index Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis Provost Marshal 1863-1865 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis Newspapers and Obituaries (93)


Memphis Probate Records

1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Memphis, Shelby County, the early years : selected court records & survey books, 1820-1850. WorldCat

Probate Court Loose Paper Index 1820-1900 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Probate Court Will Book Indexes/Images 1830-2000 Shelby County Register of Deeds online

Memphis School Records (277)


Memphis Tax Records

Tax records of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, 1846-1896 FamilySearch Library

Tax records of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, 1846-1896 FamilySearch Library



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