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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee Marriages 1780-2002] Various marriage records with images. May include bonds, licenses, returns and registers. Not all years for all counties. Use variant spellings or wildcard search for surnames. ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee Marriages 1780-2002] Various marriage records with images. May include bonds, licenses, returns and registers. Not all years for all counties. Use variant spellings or wildcard search for surnames. ($) | ||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp FamilySearch Marriages IGI] Extracted marriage records for many counties to about 1890. Not all years for all counties. -Free | *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp FamilySearch Marriages IGI] Extracted marriage records for many counties to about 1890. Not all years for all counties. -Free | ||
*[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/mailcnty.htm#Probate Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779-1861 ] | |||
*[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/tndeath.htm Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914-1931]- Free | *[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/tndeath.htm Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914-1931]- Free | ||
*[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950] This is a pilot program and still under construction. At this time, it is best to search from the home page; indicate a surname, marriage "event" and a county name. Browse through the surname results. You may need to supply any variant spellings of the name in separate searches. These records are part of the [[Tennessee Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Tennessee Vital Records Index]].-Free | *[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950] This is a pilot program and still under construction. At this time, it is best to search from the home page; indicate a surname, marriage "event" and a county name. Browse through the surname results. You may need to supply any variant spellings of the name in separate searches. These records are part of the [[Tennessee Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Tennessee Vital Records Index]].-Free | ||
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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;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;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> | ||