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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 FHL catalog ''Tennessee>County Name. '' Many early Tennessee marriages to about 1890 are extracted and found in the ''International Genealogical Index.'' This index is accessed at [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch]. 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]''. | 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 FHL catalog ''Tennessee>County Name. '' Many early Tennessee marriages to about 1890 are extracted and found in the ''International Genealogical Index.'' This index is accessed at [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch]. 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]''. | ||
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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=39597 FHL US/CAN 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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=39597 FHL US/CAN 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: | ||
:It was not until 1838 that the clerks were required "to keep a well bound book, in which they shall register the names of the parties, and the date of issuance of each marriage license."<ref>Soderberg, Gertrude L. and Pollyanna Creekmore. ''Tennessee Marriage Records, Volume 3, Greene County, Volume 1, 1783-1818: Being Transcriptions from the Original Bonds and Licenses at the County Courthouse, Greeneville''. (Knoxville, Tenn.: Clinchdale Press, 1965), Introduction. {{FHL|976.891 V2s|book}}.</ref><br> | :It was not until 1838 that the clerks were required "to keep a well bound book, in which they shall register the names of the parties, and the date of issuance of each marriage license."<ref>Soderberg, Gertrude L. and Pollyanna Creekmore. ''Tennessee Marriage Records, Volume 3, Greene County, Volume 1, 1783-1818: Being Transcriptions from the Original Bonds and Licenses at the County Courthouse, Greeneville''. (Knoxville, Tenn.: Clinchdale Press, 1965), Introduction. {{FHL|976.891 V2s|book}}.</ref><br> | ||
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*Meier, Oveda. ''Tennessee Ancestors: The Brave and the Dead, Probate and Death Records of Early Middle Tennessee, 1780–1805''. Salt Lake City, Utah: O. Meier, 1990. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=594741&disp=Tennessee+ancestors%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.8 P2m; film 1697372].) This source contains abstracts of probate, Bible, and court records, county histories, and military death records for Davidson and Sumner counties. It includes a surname index. | *Meier, Oveda. ''Tennessee Ancestors: The Brave and the Dead, Probate and Death Records of Early Middle Tennessee, 1780–1805''. Salt Lake City, Utah: O. Meier, 1990. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=594741&disp=Tennessee+ancestors%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.8 P2m; film 1697372].) This source contains abstracts of probate, Bible, and court records, county histories, and military death records for Davidson and Sumner counties. It includes a surname index. | ||
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== Divorce Records == | == Divorce Records == | ||
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TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS | TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS | ||
== Research Guides == | == Adoption Records == | ||
[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/rules/0250/0250-07/0250-07-12.pdf Tennessee adoption law] requires that the original birth record and all other legal documents related to the adoption are sealed and are not accessible except under certain procedures specified by state law. The [http://www.state.tn.us/youth/adoption/recordsaccess.htm Department of Children's Services] is able to provide access to adoption records, sealed adoption records, sealed records, post adoption records, or records from any other information source that were created on or after March 16, 1951. The adoption record includes sealed adoption records, post-adoption records, court records, adoption agency and Department of Health Vital records. Eligible adoptees must be 21 to access their records. <br> | |||
For more information call the office of Post Adoption Services at 615-532-5637. | |||
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== Additional Helps == | |||
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*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | |||
*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriages and deaths. | |||
*Most information from Tennessee births, deaths, marriages, and divorces can be provided to any requestor as a handwritten transcript, called a verification. | |||
*Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search''' and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for '''Tennessee''' to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county''' to locate records kept by the county. | |||
=== Research Guides === | |||
The Tennessee Library and Archives Internet site listed in the [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] describes in more detail many of the state’s vital records. See the [[United states vital records|Vital Records]] section of the United States Research Outline for more detailed information on the value and content of vital records. | The Tennessee Library and Archives Internet site listed in the [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] describes in more detail many of the state’s vital records. See the [[United states vital records|Vital Records]] section of the United States Research Outline for more detailed information on the value and content of vital records. | ||
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*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/vital/vital.htm Finding Birth & Death Records in Tennessee] | *[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/vital/vital.htm Finding Birth & Death Records in Tennessee] | ||
== Lost and Missing Records == | === Lost and Missing Records === | ||
See the heading "Record Loss" in each individual county. | See the heading "Record Loss" in each individual county. | ||
== Substitute Records == | === Substitute Records === | ||
[[Tennessee Church Records|Tennessee Church Records]] | [[Tennessee Church Records|Tennessee Church Records]] | ||
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[[Tennessee Military Records|Tennessee Military Records]] | [[Tennessee Military Records|Tennessee Military Records]] | ||
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== Archives, Libraries and Societies == | === Archives, Libraries and Societies === | ||
[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee Archives and Libraries]] | [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee Archives and Libraries]] | ||
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[[Tennessee Societies|Tennessee Societies]] | [[Tennessee Societies|Tennessee Societies]] | ||
== More Online Tennessee Vital Records Links == | === More Online Tennessee Vital Records Links === | ||
*[http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html#Tennessee Tennessee Databases] listed on [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.org] - Free | *[http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html#Tennessee Tennessee Databases] listed on [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.org] - Free | ||