Memphis, Tennessee

United States Tennessee  Shelby County  Memphis

Quick Facts
Indian names:

1819: Founded by, and

1826: Formally incorporated as a city.

African-American Research

 * A researchers's guide to African materials in the John Willard Brister Library at Memphis State University: with supplemental data of interest to Africanists

Archives and Libraries

 * Memphis Public Library and Information Center 3030 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38111 Phone: 1-901-415-2700 Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. 1-5 p.m. Genealogical Resources: The History, Genealogy, Travel, and Social Sciences Department includes Newspapers, Manuscript Collections, City Directories, Marriage Records, Death Records, Probate Records, Church Records, Cemetery Records, Funeral Home Records, etc. Note: The Memphis Library and Information Center also includes eighteen branch libraries located throughout Memphis and surrounding communities. For a complete list of branch libraries, check out Library and Information Center's website above.


 * The West Tennessee Historical Society guide to archives and collections. Housed in the Mississippi Valley Collection of the Memphis State University Libraries.

Biography

 * Literary Memphis, a survey of its writers and writings
 * 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
 * History of the city of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent citizens

Business Records and Commerce

 * The first Orgill century, 1847-1947

Cemeteries

 * Roman Catholic Cemeteries

All Saints Catholic
7500 East Holmes Road, Memphis, TN 38125, Phone: (901) 948-1529


 * Find A Grave

All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium
1508 South White Station Road, Memphis TN 38117, 901/685-7333


 * Find A Grave

Anshei Sphard
2160 Airways Blvd, Memphis, TN 38114


 * Find A Grave

Baron Hirsch
1523 South Rozelle, Memphis, TN 38120 Contact: Baron Hirsch Congregation 400 South Yates, Memphis, TN 38120, (901) 683-7485


 * Find A Grave

Beth Sholom Memorial Gardens
Thought to contain the oldest marked grave in Shelby County, that of Sally Carr Bettis, who died giving birth to her ninth child in 1826. Memphis, TN


 * Find A Grave

Bettis Family
Memphis, TN


 * Find A Grave

Calvary Catholic
1663 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38106, Phone: (901) 948-1529


 * Find A Grave

Elmwood
Memphis, TN


 * Find A Grave
 * Elmwood: charter, rules, regulations and by-laws of Elmwood Cemetery Association of Memphis, history of the cemetery, biographical sketches, attractive monuments, names of proprietors
 * Confederate burials, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
 * Confederates of Elmwood
 * Elmwood 2002 : in the shadow of the elms

Memphis National
formerly known as Mississippi River National Cemetery


 * Civil War soldiers buried in the Memphis Tennessee National Cemetery

Zalowitz-Beth El Emeth
4431 Horn Lake Road, Memphis, TN 38109


 * Find A Grave

1870

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

1865

 * 1865 Census of Memphis, available online, courtesy: Shelby County Register of Deeds.

1865, 1869, 1897

 * Memphis, Tennessee census, 1865, 1869, 1897

Church Biography, History and Records

 * Black pastors and leaders : Memphis, 1819-1972

Baptist

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

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 * Record of members, [1901]-1942 {FHL|198557|item}}

Methodist Episcopal

 * Journal of the Proceedings of the South-Western Convention Began and Held at the City of Memphis, on the 12th November, 1845. Memphis, Tenn., 1845. Digital version at Google Books.
 * From the corner of Peabody and Bellevue: the history of St. John's Methodist Church, Memphis, Tennessee
 * The great book: Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, 1832-1972, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Cumberland
The Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America The Historical Library and Archives 8207 Traditional Place Cordova, TN 38016 Telephone: 901-276-8602 Fax: 901-272-3913 E-mail: archives@cumberland.org Internet: www.cumberland.org/hfcpc


 * Baptisms, communions, burials, and marriages, 1841-1995 (St. Peter's Cumberland Presbyterian)
 * Baptisms, 1841-1943
 * Communions, 1872-1893, 1946-1995
 * Burials, 1889-1995
 * Marriages, 1842-1995
 * Church records, 1845-1903 (Memphis First Cumberland Presbyterian)

Roman Catholic

 * Diocese of Memphis

The Catholic Center 5825 Shelby Oaks Drive Memphis, Tennessee 38134-7316

Epidemics
1870s: Series of yellow fever outbreaks

1878: Yellow fever outbreak reduced city population by nearly 75 percent, as result of either dying or fleeing the city permamently.

History

 * Davis, James D. 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: Also, the "Old Times Papers," Being a Series of Reminiscences and Local Stories Written by the Author, and Published in the Daily Appeal Over the Signature of "Old Times," Corrected, Revised and Enlarged, with Other Important Matters Pertaining to the Same, Never Heretofore Published, and, Beyond the Author, but Partially Known. Memphis, Tenn.: Hite, Crumpton &amp; Kelly, Printers, 1873. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Keating, J.M. A History of the Yellow Fever. The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, Tenn: Embracing a Complete List of the Dead, the Names of the Doctors and Nurses Employed, Names of All Who Contributed Money or Means, and the Names and History of the Howards, Together with Other Data, and Lists of the Dead Elsewhere. Memphis, Tenn.: Printed for the Howard Association, 1879. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Keating, J.M. History of the City of Memphis, Tennessee with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason &amp; Co., Publishers, 1888. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Memphis Riots and Massacres. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1866. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Young, John Preston and A.R. James. Standard History of Memphis, Tennessee: From a Study of the Original Sources. Knoxville, Tenn.: H.W. Crew &amp; Co., 1912. Digital version at Google Books.

Family History Center
Memphis Tennessee 1st 2450 St Elmo Memphis, TN These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.