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HOLSTON TERRITORY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
BRISTOL VIRGINIA - TENNESSEE

The Holston Territory covers the five state region of:
Virginia-Tennessee-North Carolina
Kentucky-West Virginia

The Twin City of Bristol is located on the State Line of Virginia and Tennessee. For details about our City - "A Good Place to Live!" go to the following Home Pages:
Bristol - A Good Place To Live
About The City of Bristol Tennessee

HTGS, organized in 1982, is now in its 18th Year
with 400+ members and associates receiving the quarterly journal,
THE HOLSTON PASTFINDER,
which contains 50 pages of family data for this area.

Ms. Shelby Ireson Edwards, EditorCheck out Shelby's Web Pages:
SIEDWARDSHOME
EDWARDShome

The following data is featured in THE HOLSTON PASTFINDER:
FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS - CEMETERY RECORDS
CENSUS - DEED BOOKS - FGS
SURVEY BOOK - MARRIAGES


Washington County, Virginia
Sullivan County, Tennessee
If you are searching the Holston Territory, you will have to check out the following links (a MUST!):
The Washington County, Va Genealogy Research Web
TNWEB - Sullivan County, Tennessee, Genealogy
Also, if you need to search other counties in the USA, go immediately to:
The USGenWeb Project
BOOKS FOR SALE BY HTGS:
* FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY & BRISTOL VIRGINIA - 1776-1996 -
$60 [s/h now FREE] (VA res + $2.70 tax)
* 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS SULLIVAN COUNTY TENNESSEE - $25

FAMILIES AND HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY TENNESSEE 1779-1992
Now Available with 8-page Errata - $73 Includes s/h [VA res add $3.06 tax]
Queries to be printed in THE HOLSTON PASTFINDER are FREE to anyone with roots in the Holston Territory as space permits! [Please remember to Keep It Simple & include: Who, What, When & Where as known.]
For On-Line Queries from the Holston Territory check out this Web Site:
VATNGENSOC's Home Page

New Project in the Works:1850 CENSUS - WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA
ANNOTATED
by Waverly W. Barbe
Edited by Shelby Ireson Edwards
To Be Published in the Year 2000!

For a detailed brochure concerning the publications of HTGS, please go to our E-Mail Link and send us a message!
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Our Snail Mail Address is:
HTGS
POB 433, Bristol, TN/VA 24203-0433

Membership dues are $20 per year!
July 1 - June 30

For a real treat, check out several of our favorite places:
AGLL's Genealogy Site: FREE online help guide...
GRS-FREE Genealogy Charts and Forms
Everton's Genealogical Helper: online edition...
GENEALOGY GATEWAY TO THE WEB - Genealogy Home...
The Library of Virginia Genealogy Home Page
Families of Washington County and Smyth Count...
National Genealogical Society - Suggestions f...
TREASURE MAPS - the How-to Genealogy Site - M...
(Mountain City, Johnson Co. TN has a neat site to visit for genealogy in Johnson Co. TN & Ashe Co. NC. Check it out: http://www.mountaincityonline.com)

Other Favorite Places will be added later...stay tuned!
The following Links will help you with some specific problems in your family history research. Check them out!
CHEROKEE BY BLOOD
How To Guide for Native Americans
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Old Time Job Descriptions
20 Ways to Avoid Genealogical Grief
Genealogy's Most Wanted - Help in locating yo...
Tombstone Rubbings

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