Genealogy & Local History
The Palmer Room consists of local/regional histories, family histories and genealogy research materials. It is located on the top floor of the library.
General Information
- Handbooks (materials for beginners)
- Family histories
- City Directories and Telephone Books
- Digital photographs of tombstones in area cemeteries
- Marriage and death record indexes
- Census microfilm
- Microfilm readers with printers
- Everton’s Genealogical Helper and other magazines
- Maps (local, regional, Tennessee and Virginia)
- Newspaper microfilm (1916 to present)
- Computer access to thousands of genealogy Web sites
- Ancestry Plus Online (only available on the library’s computers)
- Heritage Quest (available online remotely with your library card)
War Records
- Rosters of confederate and Union Soldiers
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files (online)
- Freedman’s Bank records (online)
- Virginia Military Records
Genealogy Links
Tennessee State Library & Archives Collections
Cyndi’s list
Ellis Island Records
FamilySearch
Library of Congress Genealogy Department
National Archives
Sullivan County Genealogical Society
U.S. Genealogy Web
Genealogy Resource Guide