Our Tennessee Room has a varied collection of books on Tennessee History and local history such as: Brazelton’s History of Hardin County, Hardin County Pictorial History and issues of the Hardin County Historical Quarterly. A section of the Tennessee Room is reserved for genealogy materials and includes census records in books and on microfilm, many family histories, early marriage records, DAR books, the James B. MacLaren, Sr. Genealogy Collection, yearbooks, and the Hardin County Cemetery Census in book form and as a computer program. We also have a subscription to Ancestry Library Edition which is the library edition of Ancestry. The use of this database is free and the patron only pays for copies at $.15 per page.f

Microfilm

 Census Records 1820 – 1930 (1890 Civil War Veteran Census)

 Tennessee Birth Index 1908 – 1912

 Tennessee Death Index 1908 – 1912

 Death Records 1914 – 1939

 Estates 1865 – 1916

 Hardin County Marriage Records 1863 – 1997

 Savannah Courier 1873 – 2010

 Hardin County Wills 1836 -1964

 Hardin County Deeds 1835 - 1979

 Hardin County Circuit Court minutes 1840 - 1953

 Hardin County Chancery Court minutes 1903 - 1951

 Tax Lists 1913 - 1945

Policy

 No personal belongings, except pencils and paper or notebooks, may be taken into the Tennessee Room. Lockers are provided for locking up personal items. The door is kept locked and patrons are asked to sign in and out when using the room. Books may be removed from the room for photocopying purposes to be performed by the staff. Each patron is required to abide by these rules or possibly lose their Tennessee Room privileges.