Posted on April 15, 2013 by tnroom
To our fine team of Tennessee Room Volunteers…
Annette Cooley
Starla Dougan
Sandra Kelly
Linda Freeman
Jimmy Wilkins
Thank You!
To read more about our volunteers, past and present, visit the Friends of the Library newsletter, Bookends (Spring 2013), p. 7.
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Posted on April 15, 2013 by tnroom
The Jackson-Madison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently donated a copy of Arthur Hirsch’s book, The Huguenots of South Carolina, in honor of Mary Margaret Buck.

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Posted on April 4, 2013 by tnroom
Rose Marie Toms and John Larry Russell have spent considerable time and effort researching the Rogers Spring Cemetery in South Central Hardeman County, Tennessee. They have compiled and published a 34 page book containing the results of their work, including the names, dates, and other information recorded from the gravestones. Also the provide a brief history of the cemetery, along with a map and directions to the cemetery. Rose and John can be reached at rosemtoms@yahoo.com .

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Posted on March 4, 2013 by tnroom
Our new email address is:
tnroom@co.madison.tn.us
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Posted on February 13, 2013 by tnroom
February is not only Black History Month, it is also in the midst of the War of 1812 bicentennial.
The Fall 2012 issue of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly contains two articles that bridge these historical themes:
“Slavery and the War of 1812,” by Nathaniel Millett and
“Sons of Freedom,” by Gene Allen Smith.
Although the War of 1812 is rarely associated with the Black slave population in America, these articles provide insight into how this war impacted it and in turn how it influenced the war.


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Posted on January 24, 2013 by tnroom
The Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society
has permitted the Tennessee Genweb Project
to place online the first ten years of their quarterly journal,
Family Findings.
You can access these by clicking
on the Mid-West Tennessee Society button on the right,
then click on the green Family Findings button on the right.
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Posted on December 4, 2012 by tnroom
A chronological list of existing
Jackson, Tennessee newspapers, 1823 – 2011,
can be found
on the Tennessee Room Selected Holdings page
of our website.
You will see the link under Newspapers.
Thanks go to
Evelyn Keele, Tennessee Room Assistant Librarian
Annette Cooley, Starla Dougan, and Donna Flack,
Tennessee Room Volunteers
and
Zoe Pride, Library Assistant and IT Specialist
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Also Thanks go to
Tennessee Room Volunteer, Sandra Kelly,
for her work with our vertical files.
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