Tennessee Vital Records: Difference between revisions

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== Birth Records  ==

<br>'''1908 to 1912'''  

Most counties kept birth records beginning in 1908. During the month of July, the clerk of the Board of School Directors was required to collect and report the births and deaths that had occurred in his district during the previous year. Their reports were sent to the Secretary of the County Board of Health (County Clerk) and from there to the State Board of Health.  

'''1914&nbsp;to present'''  

Beginning 1 January 1914, statewide registration of vital statistics began but was not generally complied with until 1927.&nbsp;Tennessee birth records are closed for 75 years. Births more than 100 years old are maintained by the Tennessee State Library and Archives.&nbsp;  

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'''1908 to 1912'''  

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Tennessee began registration of deaths after 1914. Originally, deaths were reported by the local undertaker. If a family buried their dead without the use of an undertaker, often the death was not recorded in state records. Some deaths were unreported as late as 1936. Also check vital records on the county level. Occasionally deaths recorded at the county level were not returned to the state. Certificates more than 50 years old are housed at the [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailstat.htm#Deaths Tennessee State Library and Archives].  

=== Lost and&nbsp;Missing Records  ===

See the heading "Record Loss" in each individual county. <br>For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:  

<br>This is a collection of Family History Library records which are abstracted, indexed and titled the [[Tennessee Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Tennessee Vital Records Index.]] For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. In 1998, a few of the entries were published on 7 CDs by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the "North America Vital Records Index." This index is an index of the births, marriages, and deaths throughout Kentucky. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.  

== References  ==

{{Tennessee|Tennessee}} {{U.S. Vital Records}}  

[[Category:Tennessee|Vital]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Vital_Records]] [[Category:Vital_records|Tennessee]]