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Alphabetical index to Shelby County probate records, 1861-1870. [Memphis, Tenn. : s.n., 1998?]
Alphabetical index to Shelby County probate records, 1880-1900. [Memphis, Tenn. : s.n., 1998?]Alphabetical index to Memphis/Shelby County World War I veterans' questionnaires / processed by the History Department, Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, Memphis, Tenn. : The Department, 2001.
Douthat, James L. Shelby County, Tennessee Tax List 1837. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 2002.
DeClue, Stephanie. Shelby County quarterly court records 1820-1865 / indexed by Stephanie DeClue and Mary Louise Nazor. Memphis, Tenn. : History Department, Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2000.
Nazor, Mary Louise. Memphis tax lists / copied by Mary Louise Graham Nazor ; proofed by Marion Graves. [Memphis, Tenn.] : M.L.G. Nazor, 1991.
Shelby County (Tenn.). Tuberculosis Society. Reports and special features of the life at Cheerfield Farm. Memphis: Hood Print. Co. [1921?].
( Notes : "The 1921 achievement of the Shelby County Tuberculosis Society.")United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Index to bounty and pension receipts for veterans of the United States colored troops, Memphis Freedmen's Bureau, 1867-1871 / indexed by Doris G. Dixon. Memphis, Tenn. : History Department, Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2003.
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Lawrence, Margaret A. Index of names in Census of the City of Memphis, taken by Job Bledsoe under a resolution of the City Council passed April 25, 1865 . [Memphis] Memphis Public Library, 1971.
Lawrence, Margaret A. Index of streets, institutions, landmarks for Census of the City of Memphis, taken by Job Bledsoe under a resolution of the City Council passed April 25, 1865 Memphis, Memphis and Shelby County Archives, 1971.
Lawrence, Margaret A. Indexes for the Census of Memphis taken by Job Bledsoe under a recolution of the City Council passed April 25, 1865 / indexed by Margaret A. Lawrence ; reformatted by Raw W. Browm. [Memphis] Memphis Public Library, 1998.
Sistler, Samuel. 1880 census, Shelby Co. Tennessee : head-of-household index / transcribed by Samuel Sistler. Nashville, Tenn. : Byron Sistler & Associates,
2003.Webb, Arthur L. Index to the 1830, 1840, 1850 and 1860 Censuses indicating free African Americans in Shelby County Tennessee / transcribed and indexed by Arthur L. Webb. Memphis, Tenn. : A.L. Webb, 1990.
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Mid-South Bible Records Vol. II Bi-Centennial Edition 1776-1976. Memphis Fort Assumption Chapter DAR 1976.
Rowland, Helen. Shelby County, Tennessee newspaper abstracts through 1859 / by Helen Rowland. Signal Mountain, Tenn. : Mountain Press, 2002.
Scoggins, Margaret B. Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate (Memphis, Tenn.): Abstracts of Marriage, Death & Other Notices 1843-1853. Poplar Bluff, Missour: M.B. Scoggins, 1988.
Smith, Jonathan Kennon. A genealogical miscellanea from the antebellum Memphis, Tennessee Appeal / by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith. [Jackson, Tenn.] : J.K.T. Smith, c1998.
Smith, Jonathan Kennon. Genealogical nuggets from some of the antebellum newspapers of Memphis and Randolph, Tennessee newspapers / by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith. [Memphis, Tenn.] : J.K.T. Smith, c1998.
West, Jean Alexander. Abstracts of names from the Memphis daily appeal, November 7, 1865-May 4, 1866 / abstracted by Jean Alexander West ; computerized and indexed by Mary Louise Nazor. Memphis, Tenn. : J.A. West, [1993?]
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Blaylock, Betty W. Memphis/Shelby County birth records 1886-1904 : with some Memphis/Shelby County birth records 1860-1885 / indexed by Betty Blaylock. Memphis, Tenn. : History Department, Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2000.
Flanary, Barbara D. Memphis birth records, 1874-1883 : with some Shelby County birth records, 1881-1882 / indexed by Barbara Flanary. Memphis, Tenn. : History Dept., Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1999.
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Cannon, Joan. Shelby County marriage records, Book XX, 1870-1886. Self-published, 1999.
Flanary, Barbara D. Index to Shelby County marriages, 1820-1865 : alternate spellings for grooms, brides and bondsmen, with a listing of officiants. Memphis: History Dept., Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1999.
Memphis Genealogical Society. Shelby County, Tennessee, marriage records, 1819-1850. Memphis: Memphis Genealogical Society, 1957.
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Index to Memphis Freedmen's Bureau marriages, 1864-1865 Memphis, Tenn. : Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1997.
Whitley, Edythe Rucker. Marriages of Shelby County, Tennessee 1820-1858. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.
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Bench and bar of Memphis : Memorial. Memphis: Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association, 1981
(Note: When judges and members of the Bar Association died, a memorial sketch was written. These volumes cover from 1900-Feb. 6, 1981 in full. Excerpts from the writings of L.B. McFarland and J.P. Young tell of some members from the early 1800's to 1900.)Cannon, Joan. Miscellaneous death records, Shelby County, 1902-1914, with some bodies shipped in 1941-1944 / indexed by Joan Cannon et al. Memphis, Tenn. : History Dept., Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1999.
McKibben, Joyce A. Index to obituaries in "The Memphis Appeal" / compiled by Joyce A. McKibben. Memphis, Tenn. : University of Memphis Libraries, 2001.
Memphis and Shelby County (Tenn.). Health Dept. Death records microform / Memphis-Shelby County Health Dept. Memphis : The Department, 1848-
Memphis death records, 1848-1901 / compiled by the History Department staff, Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center. Memphis, Tenn. : History Dept., Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1998.
Nazor, Mary Louise. 1878 yellow fever deaths in Memphis, TN / prepared by Mary Louise Nazor. [Memphis, Tenn.] : M.L. Nazor, 1992.
Smith, Jonathan Kennon. Memoir abstracts, Memphis Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1931-1965 / by Jonathan K. T. Smith. Jackson, Tenn. : J.K.T. Smith, 2000.
Smith, Jonathan Kennon. Obituary data from the Western Methodist at Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee (1880-1882) / by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith. Jackson, Tenn. : J.K.T. Smith, c2000.
Tennessee Historical Records Survey. List of deaths in the city of Memphis. May 1848-Dec. 1859. [Nashville, Tenn.] Historical records survey, 1936.
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Funeral Homes & Cemetery Records:
Banks, Lucile M. Tennessee records of Shelby County: inscriptions from tombstones, Winchester Cemetery [Memphis, Tenn.? : s.n.], 1936.
Burial register, Zion Cemetery. [Memphis, Tenn. : s.n., 198-?]
[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church documents about a grant to restore Zion Cemetery]. [Memphis, Tenn.: General Board of Personnel Services, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 199-?]
Cooper, H. W., Ellendale Cemetery : random notes and recollections of Ellendale Cemetery. [Memphis, Tenn. : s.n., ; 1947]
Cothern, John W. Confederates of Elmwood [Bowie, Md.] : Heritage Books, Inc., c2001.
Creery, William P. Germantown Cemetery maintained by Germantown United Methodist Church : Eagle Project for Boy Scouts of America. [Germantown, Tenn.} : W.P. Creery, 2002.
Dedication of Illinois Monument in the Memphis National Cemetery, October 15, 1929. [Memphis, Tenn.] : [s.n.], 1929.
Elam, Charlotte Adee Edmondson. Gravestone inscriptions from Shelby County, Tennessee cemeteries. Memphis, Milestone Press, 1971-74.
Elmwood: Charter, Rules, Regulations and By-Laws of Elmwood Cemetery Association of Memphis. History of the Cemetery. Biographical Sketches. Attractive Monuments. Names of Proprietors. Memphis: Boyle & Chapman, 1874.
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee map Memphis, Tenn. : Centennial Press, 1923.
Elmwood Cemetery [slide set] : tour guide to historic Elmwood Cemetery. Memphis, Tenn. : Elmwood Cemetery, 1996.
Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tenn.) List of Confederate soldiers buried in Soldiers' Rest, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee. Copied by Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hyde. [Memphis] 1961.
List of lot owners of Elmwood Cemetery / Elmwood Cemetery Association. Memphis : Press of S.C. Toof, 1904.
Francis, Elizabeth Wheeler. An alphabetical list of burials in Elmwood cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. 1853-1859; with supplements covering A - B, 1860-1865, and slaveholders represented by burials in the colored section, 1853-1859. [n.p., 1939]
Funeral home records, Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn.: History Dept., Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, [1994?]-
Funeral home records, Memphis, Tennessee, 1915-1942, Index. Memphis, Tenn.: History Dept., Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2001.
Funeral home records, Memphis, Tennessee, 1916-1967, Index. Memphis, Tenn.: History Dept., Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2003.
Funeral home records, Memphis, Tennessee, 1927-1951, Index. Memphis, Tenn.: History Dept., Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2003.
Gray, Eva S. Index to the Inscription[s] from cemeteries of Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., with added biographical notes. Memphis, Tenn. : E.S. Gray, 1939.
J.C. Oates and Sons Funeral Home records, 1916-1970. Memphis, Tenn.: History Dept., Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2000.
Lenow, John H. . Winchester cemetery tombstone inscriptions. Memphis,Tenn., 1897.
Love, Grace McIntyre. Cemetery inscriptions, Crockett, Fayette, and Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis, 1959.
McCorkle, Anna Leigh. Records of burials in Edmondson (Edmiston) cemetery, state line road, DeSoto county, Mississippi. Copied from stones in cemetery and record book of the cemetery which has been kept since its establishment in 1845. Whitehaven, Tenn., 1964.
(Note: Many Shelby County, TN settlers buried here)Memphis/National Funeral Home records 1935-1971 index. Memphis, Tenn. : History Dept., Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1999.
Memphis Memorial Park, the cemetery beautiful. Memphis, Tenn. : Memphis Memorial Park, [196-?]
Magness, Perre. Elmwood 2002 : in the shadows of the elms / by Perre Magness ; photographs by Murray Riss ; introduction by Shelby Foote. Memphis, Tenn. : Elmwood Cemetery, 2001.
Nazor, Mary Louise. Memphis early cemetery burials / collected and copied by Mary Louise Graham Nazor. [Memphis, Tenn.] : M.L. Nazor, c1994.
Nazor, Mary Louise. Miscellaneous burials in Shelby County cemeteries / abstracted from a variety of sources by Mary Louise Nazor. [Memphis, Tenn.] : M.L.G. Nazor, [1993?]
Ritchie Smith Associates. Zion Cemetery : restoration master plan. Memphis, Tenn. : Ritchie Smith Associates, 1990.
Smith, Jonathan Kennon. Tombstone inscriptions in Bartlett-Ellendale Cemetery, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Jackson, Tenn.] : J.K.T. Smith, c2001.
Smith, Jonathan Kennon. Tombstone inscriptions in older black cemeteries, et cetera in the Bartlett, Tennessee area / by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith. [Jackson, Tenn.] : J.K.T. Smith, c2001.
Spencer-Sturla Funeral Home records 1924-1971, Index. Memphis, Tenn. : History Dept., Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2000.
Survey of the Sons of Zion Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee map : August 8, 1958. [Memphis, Tenn.] : Ferguson & Crabb Civil Engineers, 1958.
Tennessee Historical Records Survey. Cemetery check list, Shelby County; copied by Mrs. Evie S. Gray [and] Mrs. Ione M. Ryan, Mrs. Kathleen W. Caradine, supervisor. [Memphis, 1939]
Thomas, Betty Jean. Zion Cemetery burial register, Memphis, Tennessee, 1896-1974, index / processed by Betty Jean Thomas. Memphis, Tenn. : Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 2002.
United States. Quartermaster's Dept. Roll of honor (No. XXI.) Names of soldiers who died in defense of the American union, interred in the national cemeteries at Memphis, Tennessee, and Chalmette, (near New Orleans,) Louisiana. Washington, Government printing office, 1869.
A Walking tour of historic Elmwood Cemetery's Big Tree Champions. Memphis, TN : Elmwood Cemetery, 1990.
Weaver, Guy G. Architectural investigations at the Massey-Robins Cemetery, Shelby County, Tennessee / prepared by Guy G. Weaver. Memphis, Tenn. : Brockington and Associates, 1997.
Zion Cemetery : reproduction of historical records. [Memphis, Tenn. : s.n., [198-?]
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Lawyers, Merchants, Physicians & Others:
Bench and bar of Memphis : Memorial. Memphis: Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association, 1981
(Note: When judges and members of the Bar Association died, a memorial sketch was written. These volumes cover from 1900-Feb. 6, 1981 in full. Excerpts from the writings of L.B. McFarland and J.P. Young tell of some members from the early 1800's to 1900.)Blank, Linda Cornish. The evolution of Beale Street / Linda Cornish Blank. 1990.
Bowman, Robert M. J. Soulsville, U.S.A. : the story of Stax Records / Rob Bowman. New York : Schirmer Books, c1997.
Commercial and statistical review of the city of Memphis, Tenn., showing her manufacturing, mercantile and general business interests, together with historical sketches of the growth and progress of the "Bluff City," also sketches of the principal business houses and manufacturing concerns. [S.l.] Reilly & Thomas, 1883.
The Commercial appeal; 100 years of American journalism, 1840-1940. [Memphis, 1940?]
From saddlebags to science : a century of health care in Memphis, 1830-1930 / by Patricia M. LaPointe for the Health Sciences Museum foundation ; foreward by S.R. Bruesch. Memphis, Tenn. : Health Sciences Museum Foundation of the Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society Auxiliary, 1984.
Gambill, Louise. Memphis, in the heart of the Mid South : a story of progress made possible by taxes. [Memphis, Tenn., E. H. Clarke & bro., 1935].
Hamilton, Green Polonius. The bright side of Memphis; a compendium of information concerning the colored people of Memphis, Tennessee, showing their achievements in business, industrial and professional life and including articles of general interest on the race. Memphis, 1908.
Harkins, John E. Metropolis of the American Nile : an illustrated history of Memphis and Shelby County / by John E. Harkins ; edited by Charles W. Crawford ; with business histories by Berkley Kalin. Woodland Hills, Calif. : Windsor Publications, c1982.
Hensley, Andrew A. Memphis: an illustrated review of its commercial progress and importance. January, 1886. [Memphis] Published by Enterprise Pub. Co. [1886].
History of medicine in Memphis / editors, Marcus J. Stewart and William T. Black, Jr. ; co-editor, Mildred Hicks. Memphis, Tenn. : Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, 1971.
Honey, Michael K. Labor and civil rights in the South : the industrial labor movement and black workers in Memphis, 1920-1945 / by Michael Keith Honey. 1987.
Johnson, T. J. Ed. A Classified directory of Memphis and Shelby County. Memphis, Tenn.: Negro Chamber of Commerce, c.1941.
Lanier, Robert A. The History of the Memphis & Shelby Count Bar (1981).
Lanier, Robert A. Memphis in the twenties : the second term of Mayor Rowlett Paine, 1924-1928 / by Robert A. Lanier. Memphis : Zenda Press, 1979.
Memphis Street Railway Company. Memphis Street Railway Co., 1905-1930 microform Memphis, Tenn. : Memphis Street Railway Co., 1905-1930.
Miller, William D. Mr. Crump of Memphis. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
Paine, Janie V. Memphis Cotton Exchange... one hundred years. [Memphis, 1973].
Southeastern Freight Association, Atlanta. A historical sketch of the evolution of trade and transportation at Memphis, Tenn., together with a synopsis of the rate adjustment from the East. By E.H. Hinton, chairman. Atlanta, 1914.
Stewart, Marcus J. And William T. Black, Jr., Editors. History of Medicine in Memphis. Jackson, Tennessee: McCowat-Mercer Press, 1971
Tucker, David M. Black pastors and leaders : Memphis, 1819-1972 . [Memphis] : Memphis State University Press, [1975].
Wardlaw, David. A chronological history of the development of medicine and health services in Memphis & Shelby County / David Wardlaw. Memphis, Tenn. : Memphis and Shelby County Health Department, 1978.
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Austin, Linda Tollett. Babies for sale: the Tennessee Children's Home adoption scandal. Memphis, Tenn.: L.T. Austin, 1989.
Austin, Linda T. A history of Western State at Bolivar / by Linda T. Austin. Memphis, Tenn.: L.T. Austin 1984.
Dougan, John. Binding the free : apprentice indentures in Shelby County, Tennessee, 1829-1858 / by John Dougan. Memphis, Tenn. : J. Dougan, 1994.
Jones, James Boyd. A history of the Memphis Volunteer Fire Department, 1848-1860. University, Miss. : Jones, 1978
Hensley, Kenneth. The Bolton-Dickens feud: a statue's tale. Pine Bluff, Ark. : Hensley Publications, c1991.
Mehrling, John C. The development of Memphis as a railroad center, 1831-1861. John C. Mehrling. 1965.
Nazor, Mary Louise. Memphis city police station book : Oct. 1, 1858 to Dec. 30, 1860 / transcribed by Mary Louise Graham Nazor. [Memphis, Tenn.] : M.L.G. Nazor, 1997.
Waschka, Ronald William. Transportation at Memphis before the Civil War . Ronald William Waschka. 1970.
Daughters of the American Revolution. Chucalissa Chapter (Memphis, Tenn.) Chucalissa Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution : a ten year history, 1966-1976 / [forward [sic] by Roberta Moore Lotz]. [Memphis] : The Chapter, 1976.
Memphis and Shelby County Community Chest. A blue book of generous Memphians; contributors of $5 and over to the 1926-1927 Community Fund. [Memphis, 1927?]
Shelby County (Tenn.). Tuberculosis Society. Reports and special features of the life at Cheerfield Farm. Memphis: Hood Print. Co. [1921?].
( Notes : "The 1921 achievement of the Shelby County Tuberculosis Society.")
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