East South Central States (Southern)

Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee

Resources in this category:

Alabama Department of Archives and History
http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html

The state archives of Alabama web site offers links for genealogists and historians, teachers and students, museum visitors, and state and local officials. Online collections include: a Civil War soldiers database, an 1867 voter registration database, a World War I Gold Star database, and a photo database.

Alabama Historical Association
http://www.archives.state.al.us/aha/marker.html

The Alabama Historical Association, founded in 1947, is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The website features The Alabama Review, a quarterly journal of Alabama history published by the University of Alabama Press, local historical and geneological societies, and news and events.

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
http://www.kdla.ky.gov/home.htm

The Kentucky State Archives collections include census microfilm, Kentucky local and state government records and publications, and military records. The archives also allow family history requests for birth, death, marriage, divorce, and military records.

Kentucky Historical Society
http://history.ky.gov/

The Kentucky Historical Society was founded in 1836. The mission of the Kentucky Historical Society is to engage all people in the discovery and interpretation of Kentucky’s past.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/

This site allows users to search the Mississippi Department of Archives and History's collection and view many of the department's publications.

Mississippi Historical Society
http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/index.html

This website is the Society's online publication, Mississippi History NOW. It is intended to strengthen the Society's educational and leadership role in order to generate a broader interest in Mississippi history. A new article is posted each month and previous articles are archived on the site.

Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html

"Covering a three-month period in 1939, the John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip documents a wide variety of musical styles from eight different states." This online presentation provides access to over 600 audio recordings of folksongs, related photos and other graphic images, as well as transcribed, searchable text for all the print material in the Lomax collection.

Tennessee Historical Society
http://www.tennesseehistory.org/

The Tennessee Historical Society is a non-profit, membership organization headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Established in 1849, the Society's purpose is to "promote interest in and preservation of all matters relating to the history of Tennessee." Activities undertaken to support this purpose include publication of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, public programs and lecture series, special projects such as publication of The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, and active collection of artifacts and documents important to the history of Tennessee.

Tennessee State Library and Archives
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/

The Tennessee State Library and Archives web site has a link to their online catalog and information about state government documents.

The Tuskegee Airmen
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.h...

A history of the Tuskegee Airmen maintained by the National Park Service.