roane co tn genealogy research - don't miss the carnegie library in harriman

if you are ever in roane county, tennessee doing genealogy research, i suggest that you stop in at harriman's public library. though its genealogy secetion is small, it's still a good place to look for local information and to see one of our nation's carnegie libraries in what must be very close to its original form. a few contemporary photographs and a brief history of harriman, tennessee's historic carnegie library are available online at the library's site.

From Harriman, Roa...

the building is located on walden street, separated from another of harriman's early important buildings - the american temperance building - only by harriman's busy firestation.

Margaret Abbey Giles Bennecker died 3 Mar 2006

Margaret's obituary (with a photograph) has been published by the Kyker Funeral Home in Harriman, Roane Co, TN, on their website | here |. More information about her and a 2004 photo can be found on the tn type blog |here |.

harriman newspapers - results from the tennessee newspaper project

tennessee newspaper project catalog search page

this is a wonderful resource for finding out who holds copies of local (historical) newpapers.

a key word search will give you the locations of the institutions holding historic newspapers as well as the dates and format of those holdings. using the key word, harriman, got the following list of results for harriman, tn papers (i have removed call numbers and some other details from these results):

citizen (harriman, tenn.)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
detail holdings: <1904:10:19,11:2,1905:2:15>
summary of holdings: 1904-1905

east tennessean (harriman, tenn.)
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
detail holdings: <1906:1:4,18>
summary of holdings: 1906

harriman daily advance.
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
detail holdings: <1894:1:26-27,>
summary of holdings: 1894


harriman daily advance.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
oclc#: 16936596
place of publication: tennessee -- roane -- harriman
frequency: daily
detail holdings: <1893:1:11-21,25-5:29,31-6:30>
summary of holdings: 1893


harriman observer.
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1908:10:22-29>
summary of holdings: 1908

harriman observer.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
detail holdings: <1908:1:30>
summary of holdings: 1908

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1900)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
detail holdings: <1902(suppl.),
1903:3:27,1908:3:6,1940:7:18-8:,1949:5:5,
1959:1:1-1961:11:23,12:7-1972:10:26>
summary of holdings: 1902-1972

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1900)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
detail holdings: <1957:10:24>
summary of holdings: 1902-

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1980)
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1902:12:19> <1904:2:26>
<1908:8:21,> <1957:10:24-31>
 <1961:10:5> <1965:8:5-26,>

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1980)
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1902:12:19> <1904:2:26>
<1908:8:21,> <1957:10:24-31>
<1961:10:5> <1965:8:5-26,>

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1980)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
copy: microfilm master
detail holdings: <1980:4:24-6:26,7:10-1987:11:19,
12:3-17,31-1988:11:17,12:1-1990:11:15,29-1991:11:21,
12:5-1992:11:19,12:3-1993:11:16,30-1994:11:15,
29-1995:11:14,28-12:19,1996:1:9-11:19,12:3-1997:11:19,
12:3-1998:1:6- summary of holdings:
 1980- 

harriman tribune.
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
copy: original call #: detail holdings: <1894:5:10>
summary of holdings: 1894

harriman weekly advance.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
copy: microfilm master
detail holdings: <1893:1:5-5:25,6:8-15,
29,1894:10:11,1895:12:26,1900:3:1>
summary of holdings: 1893-1900

harriman weekly advance.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1900:3:1>
summary of holdings: 1893-1900

today's news (harriman, tenn.)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: daily
copy: microfilm master
call #: har116-136
detail holdings: <1971:9:7-1978:5:4>
summary of holdings: 1971-1978