American Ancestors
Available only at the East Tennessee History Center. Extensive collections of early American genealogical records from New England.
Lawson McGhee Children's Room closed Friday, July 11
The Children’s Room at Lawson McGhee Library will be closed Friday, July 11.
Other departments will remain open, and the Children's Room will resume regular hours beginning Saturday.
Learning Resources
Ancestry.com Library Edition
Available only in the library. An enhanced library version of the number one e-resource for family history.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Citations to published information about a person; index only, does not include full text.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
A National Park Service database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies and navies during the Civil War.
FamilySearch
First Families of Tennessee
Fold3
Documents and images in partnership with the National Archives and other sources.
Hamilton District Superior Court of Law and Equity index
An index to the surviving case records from the Hamilton District Superior Court, which served the middle East Tennessee region, including Knox County, 1793–1809.
HeritageQuest
Genealogical information including family history books, Freedman's Bank records, and census records.
Interactive map: Destruction of Tennessee's African American Neighborhoods
A series of interactive maps that illustrate the destruction of Tennessee's Black neighborhoods, including the community demolished for the contraction of James White Parkway in Knoxville.
Interactive map: Pre-Urban Renewal Knoxville, 1953
An interactive map of properties located within the Riverfront-Willow Street and Mountain View Urban Renewal projects, as sourced from the 1953 Knoxville, Tennessee, city directory.
Knox County Chancery Court index
An index of names that appear in Knox County Chancery Court dockets, 1832–1899; early on, the court presided over cases from Anderson, Campbell, Knox, and Sevier counties.
Knox County Circuit Court index
Knox County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions index
An index of names that appear in the Knox County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session dockets; the court was the first to be convened in Knox County.
Knox County cross-database index
A cross-database index that allows for a single search of names in all of the Knox County databases developed by the East Tennessee History Center, including archival records and obituaries.
Knox County delayed birth registration index
An index of birth certificates issued to Knox County residents born prior to the start of statewide registration, 1861-1945.