Monroe County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States Tennessee  Monroe County

Monroe County, Tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to Monroe County (established 1819) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Quick Dates
Monroe County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse


Monroe County Courthouse 103 College St. Madisonville, TN 37354 Phone: 1-423-442-5940

County Clerk has marriage record from 1838, probate records from 1833 and court record from 1868. Register of Deeds has land records.

Monroe County Clerk Marriage, probate and court records 103 College St., Suite 1 Madisonville, TN 37354 Phone: 1-423-442-2220

Monroe County Register of Deeds Land records 103 College St., Suite 3 Madisonville, TN 37354 Phone: 1-423-442-2440

Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wed. and Sat. 8:30 a.m.-Noon

History


East Tennessee county. Established 1819.

The county is named after President James Monroe (1758-1831).

Parent County
1819--Monroe County was established 13 November 1819 from Cherokee Indian Lands. County seat: Madisonville

County Pronunciation

 * 1) Hear it spoken (female)
 * 2) Hear it spoken (female)

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1820s and 1860s Courthouse records were damaged by a fire in the 1820s, and the courthouse was razed during the American Civil War, 1861-1865.


 * Lost census: 1820
 * Lack of marriage records: 1819 to 1837
 * Lost probate: 1819 to 1835

Getting Started
Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Monroe County biography, cemetery, church, court, land, probate, and tax records. To determine which books are being searched, or to search each publication's index individually, click here. You are now equipped with a checklist of books to pull off the shelves at a genealogy library, or a wish list for your personal book collection.

Research Guides

 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Monroe County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

African American
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Bible Records
The Tennessee State Library and Archives at www.tn.gov/tsla/Collections.htm has digitized a large collection of family bible records. The images show the handwritten entries that provide birth, death, and marriage information. The images are available for download in pdf format. The records are indexed by the principle surnames.

Biography Indexes
Monroe County Biography Indexes available online at http://tngenweb.org/monroe/morecrd.htm#LIST_4

Cemeteries
Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

Census
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Monroe County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Monroe TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project®.

1810 - 1891


 * Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

1820 - Lost

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies:.

The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by Lineages, which cites the original document numbers, will help researchers determine if this resource can be of assistance:


 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. ; digital version at Lineages. [Covers this county.]

These records have also been abstracted:


 * 1820 Census of Manufactures: Monroe County, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 5, No. 4 :180. For availability, see Periodicals.

1830


 * Sistler, Byron H. 1830 Census, East Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969..

1840


 * McConkey, Lynn. 1840 Monroe County, Tennessee, Census. Vonore, Tenn.: Datis, Inc., 1986..

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. . 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Monroe County on page 153.]

1850


 * Snow, Joy L. 1850 Monroe County, Tennessee Federal Census: With Index. Marshfield, Missouri: J.L. Snow, 200-?..

1880 


 * Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census, Monroe County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, 1991..

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

1920


 * Wolfe, Violet Kirkpatrick, Kathleen Miller, Jim Steed, Carolyn Snider, and Vonore Historical Society. 1920 Monroe County, TN Census. 2 vols. Vonore, Tenn.: Vonore Historical Society, 2000. ff.

Church
Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as information about family members and clues about family migration. For additional information about church records, religions, and religious archives in Tennessee, see Tennessee Church Records.


 * Monroe County Church Records


 * - FamilySearch Catalog -


 * If the records you need are not in the Family History Library collection, contact the church(es) in the area where your ancestor lived. Two sites that give information about churches in Monroe County are:


 * - List of Monroe County churches with addresses and phone numbers (Yellowbook)
 * - List of Monroe County churches (TN HomeTownLocator)

In 1936, a helpful guide to early Monroe County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate "county fact sheet" on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for Monroe County are listed. Many of these filmed records are also available at the Family History Library.

Transcribed Monroe County church histories and membership lists are available online at: tngenweb.org/monroe/church.htm


 * St. Paul's Luthern Church
 * Chestua Baptist Church
 * Hiwassee Baptist Association (including Sweetwater Association)
 * Williamsburg Baptist Church
 * Bethlehem Baptist Church
 * Hickory Grove Church

Baptist


 * [1824-1860] Pond Creek Baptist Church. Church minutes, 1824-1860. Nashville, Tennessee: Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 196-? Manuscript. Item 2
 * [1853-1972]  Notchey Creek Baptist Church Records. Madisonville, 1853-1972. TSLA Reel #428
 * [1853-1900] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol.2   Index to Notchey Creek Baptist Church Records. Madisonville, 1853-1972.

Court

 * Chancery Court Indices - from the Monroe County Archives

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Monroe, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 50,000 entries.


 * Monroe County Heritage Book Committee. Monroe County, Tennessee Heritage, 1819-1997: Established 1819, Monroe County, Tennessee. [Salem, W. Va.]: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1997.
 * Vonore Historical Society. Vonore Families: Yesterday and Today. 2 vols. Vonore, Tenn.: Vonore Historical Society, 1996-1997.

Bibliography


 * [Bell] Buland, Geraldine Joy Brown. Silas Bell of Wayne County, Kentucky (1787-186-): Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee; Murray County, Georgia; Titus County, Texas [and] Sons and Daughters to Dade and Lawrence Counties, Missouri; Pawnee County, Oklahoma; and Fayette County, Texas: Allied Lines [of] Aley, Byerly, Carter, Hall, Harrell, Loy, Mashburn, Wilson. Sepulpa, Oklahoma: Buland, Geraldine Joy Brown, 1978..
 * [Bent] See Carson.
 * [Blankenship] Blankinship, Leslie C. The Blankenship Family History. New Orleans, La.?: J. Q. Blankinship, 1967. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B611bL; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Blankensop] See Blankenship.
 * [Blankingship] See Blankenship.
 * [Boggs] See Boggs.
 * [Carson] McClung, Quantrille D. Carson-Bent-Boggs Genealogy. [Denver]: Denver Public Library, 1962. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C239; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Davis] Shepard, Kelly Rae Wilson. The Descendants of Clem Davis and Rachel Emaline Peak: with an Emphasis on the Descendants of James Ervin Davis and the Connecting Lines of John C. Payne, Thomas C. E. Davis, William Robert Daniell and Henry Lenderman. The Colony, Texas: K. Shepard, 1997.
 * [Day] Day, James Edward. Descendants of Christopher Day of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Los Angeles?: J.E. Day, 1958. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D33d; FHL US/CAN Film 978076; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Dodd] Austin, Kim The Descendants of George Berry Dodd and Martha Lavinna Teffteller [S.I. : s.n.], 1995 . Digital version available at.
 * [Harmon] Banes, Verna Baker. Harmon Family Research: Taken from the Verna Baker Banes Genealogical Collection. MSS., microfilmed 1996. Item 4
 * [Hart] Hart, Charles Coffin. Joseph Hart and His Descendants. St. Louis, Mo.: R.P. Studley &amp; Co., 1901. Item 4. Free digital version online.
 * [Henderson] Mitchell, Reba Henderson. The Family of Samuel Henderson (1786-1867) of Monroe County, Tennessee: A Genealogical and Historical Record of Samuel Henderson and His Wife, Nancy Blair, Their Twelve Children and Their Descendants to the Present Generation. Manisonville, Tenn.: R.H. Mitchell, 1980..
 * [Hensley] Schreibman, Laura and Laura Hensley. The Hensleys of Ballplay, Monroe County, Tennessee. Hazel Park, Michigan: L. Schreibman, 199-?..
 * [Jones] Hall, Evelyn Cook and William C. Hall. The Jefferson Thomas Jones Genealogy: Being a History of Jefferson Thomas Jones, Born 14 Aug. 1828 near Madisonville, Monroe Co., Tenn. and Later Living in Park, Greene Co., Ind. and His Descendants of Tennessee, Indiana, Iowa, etc.: Also Allied Families. [Nevada, Iowa]: E.C. Hall, 1985..
 * [Moser] Corder, Lula Lee and Pauline Moser Shook. Moser Family History, Monroe County, Tenn.: Descendants of Leonard Moser, c1716-1782. 2 vols. [Sandpoint, Idaho]: P.M. Shook, 1983. ff.
 * [Moses] Ward, Edith Croft. The Moses Families of Big Creek: The Family Pages of Joshua and Sarah Samples Moses and Related Families, Monroe County, Tennessee. Clinton, Tenn.: E.C. Ward, 1995..
 * [Peak] Shepard, Kelly Rae Wilson. The Descendants of Clem Davis and Rachel Emaline Peak: with an Emphasis on the Descendants of James Ervin Davis and the Connecting Lines of John C. Payne, Thomas C. E. Davis, William Robert Daniell and Henry Lenderman. The Colony, Texas: K. Shepard, 1997.
 * [Wolfe] Feezell, Mina Belle Wolfe and Violet Kirkpatrick Wolfe. John Peeler Wolfe: Ancestors and Descendants, 1765-1992. [Englewood, Tenn.]: M. Feezell, [1993]. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.

Land
TSLA microfilmed the original Monroe County Deed Books A to Z (1820-1892), Trust Deed Books A to D (1868-1894) and Indexes to both (1820-1910). FHL copies:.

Law and Legislation

 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names. January 25, 2005. [In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service.] TSLA has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource Click here. The searchable index is available at TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Local Histories

 * Craddock, Charles Egbert, 1850 - 1922. The Story of Old Fort Loudon. New York, London : The Macmillan company,1899. Free digital copy.

Maps

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * Hiwassee District 1851, Range &amp; Township Map available at tngenweb.org/monroe/morange.htm

A township measures 36 square miles and contains 36 sections of one square mile each. A section of one square mile is equal to 640 acres. A quarter section divides the section into 4 equal parts containing 160 acres. For a full description of the Public Land Survey System see this webpage: nationalmap.gov/small_scale/a_plss.html

Military
Indian Wars


 * Narrative of Capt. Handly, Capture, 1793, American Historical Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1897).

Revolutionary War

The following Monroe County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Monroe County, Tennessee Revolutionary War Pensioners List

Additional resources include:


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. . 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Monroe County on page 153.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, courtesy: TNGenWeb. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.]

War of 1812


 * Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1961):20-23. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. [Includes Monroe County pensioners (p. 23).]
 * Monroe County, Tennessee War of 1812 Pensioners Courtesy : TNGenWeb

Civil War


 * Civl War Research Database $
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Civil War service men from Monroe County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Monroe County.

Confederate Soldiers


 * 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ashby's) - CSA
 * 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company B, F, H and 2nd K.
 * 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Lillard's) - CSA - Companies B, F, H and 2nd K.
 * 4th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Branner's) - CSA - Company B.
 * 34th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (4th Confederate Infantry)- CSA - Company E.
 * 39th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (W. M. Bradford's) (31st Infantry) - CSA - Company K.
 * 59th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Cooke's) (Eakin's 1st Battalion) - CSA - Companies B, G and E.
 * 62nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Rowan's) (80th Infantry) - CSA - Companies C, D and G.

Union Soldiers


 * 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry - Companies C, D and G.
 * 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Company L.
 * 12th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Company K.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Monroe County:


 * USGenWeb Archives, Monroe County Tennessee Archives, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). Civil War Records.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Monroe County, (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
 * United States Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ...(Washington Printing Office; 1883), (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Online at Internet Archive. Monroe County, page 365.
 * Robert B. Barker Civil War Research, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). Microfilmed by the C.M. McClung Historical Collection, abstracts by Joy Locke.
 * TNGenWeb, Monroe County Civil War Rosters, (accessed 31 Jan 2012).
 * Monroe County, Tennessee, Civil War Memorial, (accessed 26 Feb 2012).

Newspapers
Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Monroe County click on the following cities:


 * Madisonville
 * Sweetwater

Occupations

 * Miller, Alan N. East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. . Digital version at World Vital Records ($). Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Monroe County.]

Periodicals
Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers who are new to their area would not likely discover. This type of material may be found in local, regional, or statewide genealogical society journals. The following periodicals cover this county:


 * Ansearchin' News
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Monroe County, Tennessee have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly
 * East Tennessee Roots
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of Monroe County, Tennessee records have been published in East Tennessee Roots (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available online. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available online. The Family History Library has collected most issues of East Tennessee Roots.
 * The Pellissippian
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of Monroe County, Tennessee records were published in the The Pellissippian (25 vols., 1980-2004), the quarterly of the Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society. The society has posted tables of contents for all 25 volumes on their website. They also have back issues available for purchase. The Family History Library has acquired the first 20 volumes.

Probate Records
TSLA microfilmed the original Monroe County Will Books 1 to 4 (1833 to 1922). FHL copy:.

Online Records


 * 1779 – 2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * Wills, 1825-1922 (Vols. A, 1-4)

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Monroe County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) Will Book 1: 1833-1860
 * 2) Will Books 2, 3, 4: 1860-1922

The following Monroe County probate records have been indexed:


 * [1833-1861] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills &amp; Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1990. . [Includes an index to this county's probate records.] Free Lookups Available!

Taxation
TSLA microfilmed the original Monroe County Tax Books 1868, 1874, 1899-1900. FHL copies:.

The following Monroe County tax records have been abstracted:


 * 1825 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. [Includes 1825 tax list.]
 * 1836 Douthat, James L. Monroe County: 1836 Tennessee Civil District and Tax Lists. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 200-?. ; online: free surname index and purchase details.
 * 1861 McConkey, Lynn. Monroe Co. Tax List 1861. Purchase information at Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources.
 * 1874 McConkey, Lynn. 1874 Tax List. Purchase information at Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources.
 * 1899, 1912 McConkey, Lynn. Tax Lists - 1899 and 1912, Monroe County, Tennessee. n.p.: L. McConkey, 1991. . Purchase information at Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources.

Vital Records
See also How to order Tennessee Vital Records or order electronically online.

Birth

 * 1881-1911 - Monroe County Birth Index 1881-1911 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches and.


 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage
Marriages were not officially recorded in Monroe County until 1838, when a law was passed mandating the practice. The following publication, based on early newspapers, helps to alleviate this genealogical obstacle:


 * Marriage County Indices - from the Monroe County Archives


 * 1794-1851 - Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978..

The following Monroe County Courthouse marriage records have been indexed:


 * 1838-1899 - Monroe County Marriage Index 1838-1899 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.


 * 1838-1870 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1987. . [Indexes names of brides and grooms, and marriage dates for weddings in this county for the specified years.] Free Lookups Available!


 * 1790–1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry.com— index and images $

Divorce
In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Monroe County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, see:


 * W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp.

Death

 * 1874-1955 - at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1908-1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1914-1955 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images

For deaths of Methodists in Monroe County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try:


 * Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. ff; digital versions at David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository. [Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.]


 * Monroe County Funeral Home Records - from the Monroe County Archives

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Tennessee Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

The Vonore Historical Society

C/O The Vonore Library 611 Church St. Vonore, TN 37885


 * Madisonville Public Library 4023 Hwy 411 North Unit C Madisonville, TN 37354 Phone: 1-423-442-4085

Monroe County Historical Society, Inc. Affiliate Chapter of the East Tennessee Historical Society P. O. Box 359 Sweetwater, TN 37874

East Tennessee Historical Society 601 S. Gay Street P.O. Box 1629 Knoxville, TN 37901-1629 Phone: 1-865-215-8824 E-mail: eths@east-tennessee-history.org

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Monroe County, TN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Tennessee Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Tennessee Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * (FamilySearch)
 * Monroe County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Monroe County, TN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Monroe County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * Monroe County's Tennessee Local History Network (American Local History Network) Resources to help you place your ancestors within the context of their local history.
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: TNMONROE-L (Monroe County, Tennessee List)
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: ETN-L (East Tennessee List)
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: ETN-OZ-L (East Tennessee Migrants to Ozarks Region List)
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: SE-TN-L (Southeast Tennessee List)
 * Monroe County TN Genealogy (Tennessee Genealogy)