Nativity Records

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Tennessee began keeping birth records statewide in 1908. The larger cities in Tennessee did keep earlier birth records: Nashville (beginning in 1881); Knoxville (beginning in 1881); Chattanooga (commencement in 1879); and Memphis (get-go in 1874). Only the early Nashville nascence records are indexed.

Tennessee nativity records 1869-1909 are available online thru a partnership with Beginnings.com on at Ancestry.com'south Tennessee State Library and Archives spider web page.  Tennesseans: acquire more about how to access these records for complimentary.

Nativity Certificates 1921 - present

Contact the Tennessee Department of Health, Part of Vital Records

1908 - 1912 and 1914 to 1920

The Tennessee State Library and Archives has statewide birth records for the years 1908-1912 and 1914-1920. To observe a birth tape, we need the following information: name of kid, date of birth or judge date of nascence, county of nativity (if known) and names of parents (if known).

Delayed Birth Certificates 1869 - 1920

These delayed certificates were filed at the request of the individual or that person's representative for legal reasons. To locate a delayed nascency certificate, nosotros need the following information: proper noun of child, engagement of birth or approximate appointment of birth, canton of birth (if known) and names of parents (if known). Visit the Enquire Us a Question! web page to contact the Library and Athenaeum and we tin check our index to the "delayed" nascency records for a specified name. Please specify that you are requesting a "delayed" birth certificate. The Library and Archives volition answer to e-mail requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of inquiry required to reply your question and the unique nature of your request. If you demand immediate assistance you may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit usa in person.

Memphis Birth Records

The Library and Archives has copies of the city birth records for Memphis for 1874-1883; early Memphis birth records for 1884-1917 are held by the Shelby County Athenaeum .

An online index to Shelby Canton nascency records for the years 1874-1916 is bachelor on the web site of the Shelby Canton Register of Deeds .

Nashville Nascence Records

The Metro Archives of Nashville and Davidson Canton has posted an online index to Nashville metropolis nativity records for 1881 - 1913 .

Decease Records

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The land of Tennessee did non require the keeping of death records until 1908. This police expired at the terminate of 1912. In 1913, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a new law that called for the keeping of more detailed death certificates. This police force went into effect in 1914.

When the first law expired at the terminate of 1912, withal, no individuals or agencies were charged with the responsibleness of keeping death records. For this reason, 1913 is frequently referred to as a "dead year" for death certificates in Tennessee.

The larger cities in Tennessee did continue earlier death records: Nashville (beginning in 1874); Knoxville (beginning in 1881); Chattanooga (beginning in 1872); and Memphis (outset in 1848). Only the early Nashville and Memphis death records are indexed. The Library and Archives can search the unindexed records for one twelvemonth only; you must provide united states of america with the name of private, date of death, the urban center, and the proper noun of the spouse (if known).

Tennessee decease records 1908-1965 are available online thru a partnership with Ancestry.com on at Beginnings.com's Tennessee State Library and Athenaeum web page.  Tennesseans: larn more almost how to admission these records for free.

Death Records 1971 - present

Contact the Tennessee Section of Health, Office of Vital Records

Decease Records 1908-1912 and 1914-1970

To observe a death record, we need the following data: proper name of individual, date of death (or three yr range to search), canton of death (if known) and proper noun of spouse (if known). Please keep in mind that some deaths were not recorded, due to poor record-keeping by local officials. TSLA has searchable indexes for these records that includes the name of the deceased, county, year of death and certificate number.  The post-obit indexes tin be used to guild a re-create of the death certificate from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. A sample death certificate is available for viewing on our web site.

  • Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1912 -  This alphabetize covers well-nigh 98,000 deaths occurring in Tennessee and recorded between 1908 and 1912. Although deaths were not registered as carefully and regularly as they were offset in 1914, the index includes all extant records. If no year of death was given on the certificate, it is noted in this index equally "1908-12". Children with no given name are listed under "infant".

    Decease records in this fourth dimension period do not requite parents' names. They do include the private's age, occupation, place of nativity and cause of death. Names take been transcribed every bit found on the original record, and may include spelling errors. There may also accept been typographical errors made in preparing this index. If you see an fault of this type, delight notify us past email.

  • Index to Tennessee Expiry Records (1914-1933) - This index lists proper noun of deceased, county of death, and book and page number of the certificate; beginning with death certificates issued in 1926, the certificate number is listed instead of the volume and folio. (The index replaced the Fractional Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914-1925, which covered only 38 counties in Tennessee and did not include children under two years of age.)

When using this alphabetize, please keep the following in mind:

  1. Check for alternate spellings of the surname.  Handwriting is non always legible and could be misread.  Spelling variations are mutual.  A surname such asUnhurt might be spelledHale, HayleorHail;  a surname such every bitDickson might exist spelledDickson,Dixon,  orDixson.
  2. Bank check for alternate spellings of the outset name.  The nameWilliam A. Smith may be listed as Smith , William  orSmith, Will  orSmith, Wm.  or  Smith, Bill  orSmith, W.  orSmith, West.A.   The first name may have an abbreviation that is non in current usage, such asJas. for the proper noun James.
  3. Some records did not include the given name of the deceased.  These records are listed at the showtime of each surname, such asWilliams, (bare) orKing, (unknown) .
  4. Many death records for young children did non list a first proper noun for the kid.  These listings announced in the index asSmith, Infant of  or Jones, Infant of John.There are besides listings for older children, such asWhite, Son of John  orExample, Kid of Henry.
  5. Death certificates for some married women are listed under the name of the husband, such asAdams , James (Mrs) .
  6. Titles relating to occupation will exist listed afterward the first proper name of the individual:Johnson, Martin (Rev.)  orHibbert, John (Dr.) orBlake, Charles (Maj.).
  7. If the individual died out of state, there will not exist a decease certificate issued in Tennessee, even if the body was returned hither for burial.
  8. Death certificates during this time period were filled out by funeral directors.  If the deceased was buried in a family unit cemetery and no funeral abode was involved, there will not be a expiry certificate on file in Tennessee.
  9. There are some death records for individuals who could not be identified  ("unknown white male, in late 40s").  These arenot included in this index.

Davidson County Death Records 1900 - 1913

A searchable index to the Davidson County Decease Records 1900 - 1913 is available on the Genealogy Alphabetize Search Site. Davidson County (as singled-out from Nashville) began keeping their own death records in 1900 and continued to do then through 1913. The expiry records in this alphabetize include the following information: final proper name, first name, race, date of decease, age, place of burial, and the book & tape number.

Delight notation that many of the recorded names in this index practise not announced in the Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912.

Shelby Canton Death Records

An online index to Shelby Canton death records for the years 1848-1966 and a country-wide alphabetize to Tennessee expiry records for the years 1949-2014 is bachelor on the web site of the Shelby County Annals of Deeds .

Marriage Records

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Tennessee counties were non required to record marriages in spring record books until 1838. While not required to exercise so, many counties in Tennessee did record their early marriages. The early marriages were recorded in ledgers past the County Court Clerk. The clerk commonly recorded only the names of the bride and groom, the minister or justice of the peace and (sometimes) the bondsman.

Please NOTE : Marriage records in Tennessee have inverse during its statehood. In many cases, the marriage license itself was given to the bride and groom. The official matrimony tape on file in the country volition be an entry fabricated into a union ledger volume by the County Court Clerk. Generally, the clerk recorded only the names of the bride & groom, the minister or justice of the peace, and (sometimes) the bondsman. A limited number of counties began issuing duplicate marriage licenses in the 1880s. The information on marriage records can vary canton past county. Some counties began list the names of the parents of the bride & groom in the 1880s; some counties did not include this information until the mid 1920s. When you request a search for a marriage tape from the Library and Archives, nosotros will check to see if at that place is a marriage license on file. If in that location is no license on file, then nosotros will send the entry from the county'due south wedlock ledger book.

Tennessee Spousal relationship Records 1970 - Present

For marriage records from 1970 to the present, contact the Tennessee Section of Wellness, Office of Vital Records.

Tennessee Marriage Records July 1, 1945 - December 31, 1969

For the dates July ane, 1945 - Dec 31, 1969, there is a year-by-year statewide microfilm index to Tennessee marriage records. The index is arranged past the name of the groom; the helpmate is listed but past her first proper noun and the first letter of the alphabet of her maiden name.   A request for a marriage record search for the years dates July 1, 1945 - December 31, 1969 must include the name of the groom. The Library and Archives will, for a fee, search a v year range in this index. The search request requires the proper name of the groom and the date of the marriage (or we volition search the five year range 1945-1965); the name of the bride & the county of marriage are not required, but should exist included if known.

Tennessee Wedlock Records 1861 - June 30, 1945

Marriages 1861 - June 30, 1945 can be found in the records of each county. There is no country-wide index to marriages during this time period. We can search the microfilmed county records for a matrimony record if given the names of the groom and helpmate, county of marriage, and the appointment of the matrimony or a 5-year date span. If the union occurred in one of the 4 metropolitan counties (Davidson County, Hamilton Canton, Knox County and Shelby County), and then a 3-year appointment span must be specified. PLEASE Annotation that the Tennessee Land Library and Archives does Non have Davidson Canton matrimony records for May 1941 - June 1945. These records are available through the Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County.

Tennessee Marriage Records 1780-1861

A list of extant (in beingness) marriage records in Tennessee for the years 1780-1861 has been published. You may visit the Enquire Us a Question! spider web page to contact the Library and Archives with the name of the bride or groom, the gauge year of the matrimony and (if known) the canton where the marriage took place. Please send simply one email search request at a time for a single marriage tape search. Nosotros will bank check the index and transport a answer by e-mail service at no accuse notifying you if a listing for the marriage record is found. The Library and Archives volition respond to eastward-post requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of enquiry required to reply your question and the unique nature of your request. If you demand immediate aid yous may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit us in person.

Divorce Records

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Tennessee Divorce Records 1971 - Nowadays

For divorce records from 1971 to the present, contact the Tennessee Department of Wellness, Office of Vital Records.

Tennessee Divorce Records July 1, 1945 - December 31, 1970

The Tennessee State Library and Archives has a state-wide divorce alphabetize which covers the dates July 1, 1945 - Dec 31, 1970.  If the divorce took place during this time period, the Library and Archives volition search a 5 year range state-wide for a divorce. You must  to provide us with the name of the husband & wife, the appointment of the divorce or a five year range to search, and (if known) the canton where the divorce was granted.

Tennessee Divorce Records prior to July i, 1945

If the divorce took place prior to July 1, 1945, so the Library and Athenaeum volition search a v yr range in ONE specified county for a divorce. You must  to provide united states with the name of the husband & married woman, the engagement of the divorce or a five twelvemonth range to search, and specify ONE county where the divorce was granted.

Divorce Records in Court Minutes

Courtroom minutes are another location to search for records concerning the granting of a divorce.  You must provide the name of the husband & married woman, the year of the divorce (or a five year range to search), specify one county, and specify one court to be searched.  If the divorce took place later on 1834, and involved a dispute over the sectionalisation of holding, then it would have been heard in the Chancery Courtroom;   if the divorce did not involve a dispute over the division of property, then information technology would have been heard in the Circuit Court.

Tennessee Divorce Requests with the TN General Associates - 1796 - 1850

In the early on days of Tennessee, divorce requests had to exist approved past the Tennessee General Associates.  The Search the Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 to check if in that location is a listing for a particular individual.  The Library and Archives can, for a fee, copy upward to 3 chapters from the published Acts of Tennessee.  If an act is located, we can besides check to see if a legislative petition is on file for the divorce.