General Searches - Useful Search Terms

• Place - Genealogy
  For example, Tennessee - Genealogy
• Place - Genealogy Sources
  For example, Clay County (Tenn.) - Genealogy Sources
• Place - Newspapers
  For example, Nashville (Tenn.) - Newspapers or Genealogy - Periodicals
• Place - Genealogy - Periodicals
  For example, United States - Genealogy - Periodicals

Cemetery Records - Useful Search Terms

• Cemeteries - County (State)
  For example, Cemeteries - Bedford County (Tenn.)
• Cemeteries - State - County
  For example, Cemeteries - Tennessee - Bedford County
• County (State) - Vital records
  For example, Davidson County (Tenn.) - Vital records
• Cemetery name
  For example, Spring Hill Cemetery; City Cemetery (Nashville, Tenn.)
• Cemeteries States
  For example, Cemeteries - Tennessee
• Cemeteries City (State)
  For example, Cemeteries - Nashville (Tenn.)

Census Records - Useful Search Terms

• Place Census, date
  For example, Clay County (Tenn.) - Census, 1900 or Sumner County (Tenn.) - Census, 1860
• United States - Census, number, date
  United States - Census, 8th, 1860

Church Records - Useful Search Terms

• Name of church
  For example, Belle Meade United Methodist Church
• Place - Church history
  For example, Tennessee - Church history
• Denomination - Place
  For example, Episcopal Church - Tennessee
• Churches - State - City
  For example, Churches - Tennessee - Nashville
• City - Churches
  For example, Nashville (Tenn.) - Churches
• Church records and registers - Place
  For example, Church records and registers - Tennessee

County Histories - Useful Search Terms

• County name
  For example, Davidson County (Tenn.), Davidson County (Tenn.) - Biography, or Davidson County (Tenn.) - History
• Deeds - State - County
  For example, Deeds - Tennessee - Davidson County
• City History
  For example, Nashville (Tenn.) - History
• Marriage records - State - County
  For example, Marriage records - Tennessee - Davidson County
• Court records - State - County
  For example, Court records - Tennessee - Davidson County
• Naturalization records - State - County
  For example, Naturalization records - Tennessee - Davidson County
• Wills - State - County
  For example, Wills - Tennessee - Davidson County
• Inventories of descendants' estates - State - County
  For example, Inventories of descendants' estates - Tennessee - Davidson County
• Register of births, etc. - State - County
  For example, Register of births, etc. - Tennessee - Robertson County

Family Histories - Useful Search Terms

• Family name
  For example, Frist family
• Genealogy - State
  For example, Genealogy - Tennessee
• State - Genealogy - Sources
  For example, Tennessee - Genealogy - Sources

Handbooks & How-tos - Useful Search Terms

• Group - Genealogy
  For example, African Americans - Genealogy
• Group - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  For example, African Americans - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc
  United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Genealogy - Methodology
  For example, Genealogy - Computer network resources