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Tennessee Vital Records Information

Vital records can be invaluable while researching your family. Those interested in Tennessee genealogy can find information such as mother's maiden names, previous address and next of kin. Below you will find information about finding these types of genealogy records in Tennessee.

Order Birth and Death Records Online

Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Department of Health
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247-0450

Birth and death records
Birth Long Form - $10.00 per copy
Birth Short Form - $5.00 per copy
Death - $5.00 per copy

State office has birth records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since June 1881, for Knoxville since July 1881, and for Chattanooga since January 1882. Death records are available for the entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since July 1874, for Knoxville since July 1887, and for Chattanooga since March 6, 1872. Birth and death enumeration records by school district are available for July 1908 through June 1912. Vital Records Office keeps death records for 50 years; older records are maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312. For Memphis birth records from April 1874 through December 1887 and November 1898 to January 1, 1914, and for Memphis death records from May 1848 to January 1, 1914, write to Memphis--Shelby County Health Department, Division of Vital Records, Memphis, TN 38105. Additional copies of the same birth, marriage, or divorce record, requested at the same time, are $2.00 each.  Check or money order should be made payable to Tennessee Vital Records.  Call (615) 741-1763 to verify current fees.

State marriage records
$10.00 per copy

Vital Records Office keeps marriage records for 50 years with older records maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312.

County marriage records
Costs vary

Contact the County Clerk in the county where license was issued.

State divorce records
$10.00 per copy

Vital Records Office keeps marriage records for 50 years with older records maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312.

County divorce records
Costs vary

Contact the Clerk of Court in the county where the divorce was granted.

Useful Tennessee Sites

The Genealogy Store - Tennessee

Tennessee Databases

Tennessee Marriages to 1825
Tennessee Records
TN Marriage and Bible Records
Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 1
Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 2
Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 3
Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 4
Loudon County Cemetery Inscriptions
Tennessee Census, 1810-91
Clarksville, Tennessee Directory, 1895
Clay County Census, 1920
Jackson County Census, 1920
Overton County Census, 1920
Dickson County Marriages, 1850-70
Robertson County Census, 1920
Smith County Census, 1920
Cheatham County Census, 1920
Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900
Rutherford County Census, 1920
Macon County Census, 1920
DeKalb County Census, 1920
Houston County Census, 1920
Greene County Cemetery Records
Wilson County Census, 1920
Van Buren County Census, 1920
Memphis City Directories, 1890-91
Stewart County Census, 1920
White County Census, 1920
TN Civil War Regimental Histories
Trousdale County Census, 1920
Chattanooga Directories, 1890-91

Tennessee Genealogy Society

P. O. Box 247
Brunswick TN 38014-0247
(901) 381-1447

Tennessee Genealogy Sites

TNGenWeb
Tennessee Genealogy Books
Tennessee Facts