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Local History and Genealogy Collection

The Local History and Genealogy collection includes resources not only from Dickson and surrounding counties, but from a much wider area.

Microfilm Resources include:
Most Dickson County records—marriage, probate, court, and deeds
Tennessee Death Certificates (None are available for 1913.)
            Dickson County only (1908-1925)
            All of Tennessee (1926-1955)
The Dickson Herald (all issues available)
Newspapers from Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Cheatham, & Stewart Counties
The Nashville Banner (1892-1896)
The Tennessean (1907-1934)
The (Clarksville) Leaf-Chronicle (1843-1910)
Census Records for Dickson and surrounding counties

Journals include:
Ansearchin’ News (Tennessee State Genealogical Society)
The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History (Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society) www.mtgs.org
Magazine of Virginia Genealogy
National Genealogical Society publications
Tennessee Historical Quarterly
Journal of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Everton’s Genealogical Helper

The Library staff is able to do brief look-ups for patrons. The charge is $0.25 per page for photocopies, plus postage, with a minimum of $1.00. Call 615-446-8293 or e-mail dicpl@comcast.net.

How to Get Started in Genealogy Research

Ancestry.com is available for in-library use. Both Heritage Quest and the American Genealogy  Bank can be accessed remotely using your Dickson County library card number. 

Print Resources Include:

Marriage Records
Cemetery Listings
Census Records Land Records
Civil War records
Revolutionary War Bounty Land Records
Family Histories
Methodology Books
Bible Records
Funeral Home Records