Also, be sure to stop by NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY each Monday for videos, links, and other tips about genealogy studies.
Respected as one of the state of Tennessee's best resources for genealogy research, the Bolivar-Hardeman County Library Genealogy Room offers extraordinary holdings for finding ancestors. Featuring 1000s of volumes of published genealogy resources and records, the Genealogy Room is also one of the most visited. Guests utilize bound resources, internet sites, and other historical records to find accurate information about their family histories. The collection holds hard-to-find records for African-American and American Indian genealogy.
The Genealogy Room's holdings include:
• cemetery records
• county and state census records
• marriage documents
• African American genealogy
• American Indian genealogy
• Newspaper excerpts back to 1800's
• Bound copies of the Bolivar Bulletin
• Pre-Bulletin Newspapers
• microfilm of court records, other county census records, and newspapers
• historical information from other Tennessee counties
• assorted materials from other states
• computer / internet access
• files of family records donated by genealogy room guests
Visit our genealogy downloads page!
