Shelby County, Tennessee
Organizations
Please let me know of any genealogy organizations!
Tennessee
Genealogical Society--P. O. Box 247, Brunswick,
Tennessee
38014
Frayser
Community Association History Committee. There is a
section on Point Church Cemetery. It gives a listing of all
(that we know of) buried there. There is also a section for bios
of the people with pictures of the tombstone.
Queries
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corrections. MSGen(at)MSGen.net indicating "Shelby Tennessee
Queries
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Tennessee, Shelby County Queries
Some Shelby County, TN, queries.
Published Genealogy Materials
Gravestone Inscriptions from Shelby County Tennessee Cemeteries Volumes I, II, and III--Tennessee Genealogical Society has these 3 volumes for sale. Write to Tennessee Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 247, Brunswick, Tennessee 38014 or go to website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngs/ At the website, go to Library, and click "Publications for sale". The order form may be copied from this site.
Davis Descendants. By
David
Ragland Davis. A New Edition of The Descendants of John Davis and
Catherine Ragland of Virginia. April 2004. 169 pages. ($40.00 including
shipping.)
Davis, John Stephen Family and Descendants of DeSoto
County, Mississippi Since 1842. By David Ragland
Davis. Listed chronologically. 1993. 196 pages. ($35 including
shipping
.)
Davis, John Stephen and Mary Ann Ragland and Their
Children of DeSoto County, Mississippi. By David
Ragland Davis. Data collected from Public Records and Family
Papers
and Stories. Not indexed. 1996. 71 pages. ($30 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families. Volume I: Davis
Genealogies and Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of
Virginia
(1695-1995). By David Ragland Davis. Text
indexed; descendants' list is not indexed. 1995. 141 pages. ($40
including
shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families, Volume II:
Ragland
Records and Ragland Descendants (1690-1995). By
David Ragland Davis. Text is indexed; descendants' list is not
indexed.
1995. 265 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families, Volume III: The
Bowes. The Bowes of Virginia, The Bows of Kentucky, The Bowes of
Mississippi.
By David Ragland Davis. Text and descendants' list both are
indexed.
1997. 254 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of
Virginia. Indexed. 118 pages. 2003. Out of print. See
Davis Descendants above.
Descendants of Evan Ragland and Susanna Pettus.
By David Ragland Davis. Indexed. 2003. 235 pages. ($40 including
shipping.)
The Ragland Family of Alabama.
By David Ragland Davis. Public Records Relating the Story of a
Family
Divided. (1833-1854). 1997. 66 pages. ($25 including shipping.)
Rebecca Bowe Ragland - A Sketch of Her Life.
By David Ragland Davis with Jean Rawlings Meaney. Descendants'
list
is indexed. 2003. 84 pages. Revised April 2004. ($20 including
shipping.)
Westward, Ho!. The Migration of Seven Generations
of the Davis Family. Written by Margaret Elizabeth
Davis
Cameron. Edited and printed by Jean Rawlings Meaney and David Ragland
Davis.
April 2004. ($15 including shipping.)
(Contact David R. Davis, 122 East Goodwyn, Memphis,
TN 38111-2514 /
drdavis@midsouth.rr.com
/ 901-323-3999)
Libraries
Links
TNGenWeb:
Shelby
County, Tennessee
Pages about Shelby County TN History, Surnames, Queries, Lookups,
Landmarks, Goodspeed's History, Public Library History and Travel
Department,
Links, Addresses for Research, Funeral Homes, Search, Events, Shelby
County
Mailing List, mailing list. and more.
USGS General Query Form of USGS Data
Search the United States Geological Survey Query for listing of about 98 Cemetery names and locations.
Shelby County TN Data
Index
Listing of cemeteries with GPS coordinates.
Newspapers
Look Ups and Research
Neighboring Counties
Crittenden, AR, Tipton, TN, DeSoto, MS, north | Tipton, TN, Fayette, TN, east | Marshall, MS, DeSoto, MS, Crittenden, AR, south | Crittenden, AR, Tipton, TN, west
times since October 17, 1998.