The Shelby County, Tennessee Register of Deeds has many free, digitized collections including:
BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH RECORDS
Probate Court Loose Paper Index 1820-1900
Probate Court Will Book Indexes/Images 1830-2000
RESIDENCE RECORDS
Occupant, Entry, and Survey Books 1819-1962
Shelby County Tax Records and GIS
Memphis City Directories 1849-1943
Naturalization Records 1856-1906
DAILY LIFE RECORDS
Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860
Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860 Index
Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860 Book
Memphis Provost Marshal 1863-1865
Circuit Court Indexes 1893-2000
Quarterly Court Loose Papers Index 1820-1865
EXHIBITS
Exhibits – 1938 to Current Aerials
Exhibits – Aerial Time-Lapse Videos
Exhibits – Berry Brooks’ Expedition Films
Exhibits – Buck Boshwit Civil War Stamp Collection
Exhibits – County Cemeteries
Exhibits – Dr. Martin Luther King Assassination Investigation
Exhibits – Elmwood Cemetery Daily Burial Record 1853-1919
Exhibits – Gravestone Inscriptions from Shelby County
Exhibits – Health Dept. Milk Supply Reports 1920-1958
Exhibits – Historical Markers of Shelby County
Exhibits – Hugo N. Dixon-Ruhleben Internment Camp
Exhibits – James Earl Ray Court Audio Files
Exhibits – James Earl Ray Video Tapes
Exhibits – Old Shelby County Magazine
Exhibits – Ray Holt Memphis School Article Collection
Exhibits – Shelby County Schools 1922
Exhibits – Snowden Yearbooks
Exhibits – West TN Historical Society Papers 1947-2015
DOCUMENTARIES
Documentary – 100 Years of Juvenile Court –
Documentary – A Community Called Orange Mound
Documentary – Dr. Martin Luther King Documentary
Documentary – Elmwood Cemetery – Reflections of Memphis
Documentary – Memphis Belle-World War II B17
Documentary – Memphis City Beautiful Commission 25th Anniversary, 1955
Documentary – Memphis City Beautiful Commission, 1970s
Documentary – Memphis Garage Bands
Documentary – Overton Park-A Century of Change
Documentary – Shelby Farms-America’s Great 21st Century Park
Documentary – The Memphis 13
Documentary – The Memphis & Charleston Railroad: A Marriage of the Waters
Documentary – The Story of Cotton
Documentary – The View from Adams Avenue
Documentary – Black History Month 2021 Part One
Documentary – Black History Month 2021 Part Two
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