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Projects

• "Tennessee Trails" through Bedford County      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bedford County TN Resources      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Bedford County, Tennessee      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Coffee County, TN  to the east
• Lincoln County, TN  to the south
• Marshall County, TN  to the west
• Moore County, TN  to the south
• Rutherford County, TN  to the north

Bible Records

• Bedford County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Bedford County Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bedford County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Bedford County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Bedford County GEDCOM Index 
• Tennessee Genealogical Records  Records of Early Settlers from State and County Archives     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Church Records

• Bedford County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Court and Legal Records (10)

Estate Records

• Bedford County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Bedford County Wills & Probates      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Ethnic

• U. S. African American Griots      (Source: USGenWeb)

History (39)

Introduction and Guides

• Bedford County  Genealogical Fact Sheet     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• Bedford County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Bedford County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Bedford County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Bedford County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Bedford Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Cyndi's List of Tennessee locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

• 70 volume digital library of early records of Bedford County, Tennessee  from the formation of the county in 1807 up to 1870     (Source: GSC Associates Historical Record Products)     ($)
• Bedford County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Bedford County-Land Records-Vol. A 1808-1809  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Bedford County-Land Records-Vol. B 1809-1811  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Introduction to the Records of the Second Surveyor's District of Middle Tennessee  Lookups and copies available for a fee     (Source: GSC Associates Historical Record Products)
• Second Surveyor's District Index      (Source: GSC Associates Historical Record Products)
• Selected Deeds  Bedford County     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Argie Cooper Public Library, Shelbyville, TN 
• Bedford County Archives 
• Bedford County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Bedford County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Bedford County      (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Bedford County, Tennessee     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Shelbyville-Bedford County History Museum 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Bedford County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Bedford County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Bedford County, TN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• BedfordCoTNGen  A group for those researching family history in the Bedford Co TN area     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• middletennesseegenresearch  Middle Tennessee Gen Research - Researching Genealogy in Middle Tennessee     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L Chestnut Ridge area genealogy

  • TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L Southern Middle Tennessee genealogy

  • TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TNBEDFOR-L Bedford County genealogy

  • TNBEDFOR-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TNBEDFOR-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TNBEDFOR-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Bedford County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Bedford County and Neighbors  1834     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Bedford County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Bedford County map and county information      (Source: Tennessee Electronic Atlas)
• Bedford County Post Offices 
• Bedford County Postal Covers      ($)
• Bedford County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Bedford County, 1878, Wall Map  Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Bedford County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Bedford County, Tennessee     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • A Confederate Soldier, a daily civil war journal by John S. Jackman  Excerpt from the spring of 1863 following the Battle of Murfreesboro, in the Wartrace area
  • Hoover's Gap Battle Summary  1863     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Shelbyville, The Only Union Town of Tennessee  Sketched by Mr. H. Hubner, Third Ohio Volunteers, Harper Weekley, October 18, 1862

• Revolutionary War

  • Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War  Bedford County

• War of 1812

  • War of 1812      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • Bedford County (Part 1 : Adams - Dyer)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Bedford County (Part 2 : Edde - Knott)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Bedford County (Part 3 : Lamb - Ryall)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Bedford County (Part 4 : Sanders - Young)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bedford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Bedford County, Tennessee  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• 1836 letter to Governor Cannon from several Shelbyville residents      (Source: Tennessee: A Documentary History)
• Bedford County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Bedford County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Bedford County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Southern Claims Commission  Bedford County, Tennessee     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Redford County, Tennessee     (Source: Footnote)
• Tennessee Genealogical Records  includes Bedford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Bedford County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Shelbyville Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bedford County Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bedford County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Doak Howell Funeral Home  Shelbyville, Tennessee
• Gowen-Smith Chapel  Shelbyville, Tennessee
• Obituaries from the Shelbyville Gazette and Times-Gazette  Various years, 1928 to 2002     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Shelbyville Times-Gazette 
• Shelbyville Times-Gazette      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bedford County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Bedford County Images      (Source: Nostalgiaville)
• Bedford County Poorhouse Pictures      (Source: The Poorhouse Story)
• Historical Postcards of Bedford County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelbyville Fire Department  Historical Pictures
• Tennessee--Bedford County--Shelbyville.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Wartrace Area Image Gallery 

School Records and Histories

• Cascade Elementary School History , Wartrace, Tennessee 
• First School at Present East Side Primary, Shelbyville, Tennessee 
• Prominent Alumni of The Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tennessee 
• Schools of Bedford County TN      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Thomas Intermediate School History , Shelbyville, Tennessee 
• Turner College (Shelbyville, Tenn.), Girls Building      (Source: Documenting the American South)
• Unionville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Webb School      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• The Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tennessee  History

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Bedford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bedford County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Bedford County Historical Society 
• Bedford County Historical Society 
• Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society 
• Shelby Chapter  Shelbyville     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (501)

Tax Lists

• Using information found in Bedford County, Tennessee tax lists      (Source: GSC Associates Historical Record Products)

Transportation and Industry (15)

Vital Records

• Bedford County Births      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bedford County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Bedford County Marriage Records      (Source: GenealogyToday)
• Bedford County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bedford County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Bedford County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Bedford County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002  includes Bedford County, 1861-1984     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Bedford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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