Shelby County, TNGenWeb

Recent Updates:

04/06/06:	Visit the Shelby County Register's Office for new/expanded information from the Shelby County Archives! Death Record Search (1848-1954) - more death certificates online! Partial Marriage Indexes (1820 - 1910 ) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Investigation (includes links to photos, MP3 audio files, court records, reports) *Photos and Reports regarding the Memphis Milk Supply* (1920-1958)** Photos and information from scrapbook of Shelby County Schools (1922)
01/06/06:	New databases available through the Shelby County Register's Office: Death Record Search (1848-1954) - view and download death certificates! Document Search (partial indexes and images from 1934 to present) - search by name, address, type of instrument, etc. View and download documents! *GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Interactive Search* - view satellite images of properties/addresses with cross-reference links to deeds associated with that property. Great way to take a "virtual walk" through your old neighborhood!
06/29/05:	In "Schools" section: The 1946 Tech High School "Review" yearbook is here - includes the names of Tech High World War II casualties. Excerpts from the 1950 "Fenestra" yearbook - Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
06/22/05:	In "Obits" section: More Historical Obits added. Email Rose-Anne if you'd like to contribute! In "Schools" section: Excerpts from the White Haven (Whitehaven) School Journal are now online. Years covered: 1911, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1922, 1923 Excerpts from the "Tech High Review" 1944 and 1945 yearbooks (Memphis Technical School). Includes name, place of birth, year of birth, others schools attended, graduation date and information about enlistments in the Armed Forces
06/13/05:	In "Obits" section: Additional obituaries in the "Historical Obituaries" section. Email Rose-Anne if you'd like to contribute!
06/06/05:	In "Schools" section: Excerpts from Central High School "Warrior" yearbook (1946) Browse "Closing Exercises" from two 19th Century Shelby County Schools. Annotated with 1900 Census information: Levi High School (1896) - 12th or 13th Civil District Tip-Top High School (1897) - 12th Civil District Visit "Remembering Teachers of the Past: A Tribute". Our first teacher, Mary Ormond Butler, began her teaching career at age 17 and taught in Memphis/Shelby County Schools for 53 years!
05/31/05:	URLs to Tennessee State Library and Archives updated (new website) New section: "Schools - Past & Present" debuts: Excerpts from Central High School "Chickasaw" (1931)