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County marriage records are the earliest and most complete vital records for Tennessee. The records which have survived usually begin within a few years of each county’s organization. Marriage records from the earliest dates to the present are kept by the county clerk for each county. Since 1 January 1949, duplicates have been sent to the [http://health.state.tn.us/vr/ Office of Vital Statistics]. | County marriage records are the earliest and most complete vital records for Tennessee. The records which have survived usually begin within a few years of each county’s organization. Marriage records from the earliest dates to the present are kept by the county clerk for each county. Since 1 January 1949, duplicates have been sent to the [http://health.state.tn.us/vr/ Office of Vital Statistics]. | ||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of most of the existing county marriage records from the county organization date to the early 1900's. Access these records through the | The Family History Library has microfilm copies of most of the existing county marriage records from the county organization date to the early 1900's. Access these records through the FamilySearch Catalog ''Tennessee>County Name. '' Many early Tennessee marriages to about 1950 are extracted and found in the ''International Genealogical Index.'' This index is accessed at {{RecordSearch|1681022|Tennessee Marriages, 1796–1950}}. For a breakdown of the Tennessee marriages indexed in the ''International Genealogical Index'', visit Hugh Wallis's ''[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPTennessee.htm#PageTitle IGI Batch Numbers for Tennessee, USA]''. Copy the batch number, paste it into the appropriate search box in the FamilySearch link posted above in this paragraph. | ||
About 20 Tennessee counties did not begin officially recording marriages in registers until a state law passed mandating the practice in 1838.<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, C.G., "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):105. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)}}</ref> Many of the loose marriage licenses and bonds created before that time have been lost. Soderberg and Creekmore quote the ''Acts of Tennessee'' (1838, ch. 118, sec. 2) as follows: | About 20 Tennessee counties did not begin officially recording marriages in registers until a state law passed mandating the practice in 1838.<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, C.G., "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):105. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)}}</ref> Many of the loose marriage licenses and bonds created before that time have been lost. Soderberg and Creekmore quote the ''Acts of Tennessee'' (1838, ch. 118, sec. 2) as follows: | ||