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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]''  
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<br>'''Introduction to Vital Records'''  
<br>'''Introduction to Vital Records'''  
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| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" height="35" | '''Birth Records'''
| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" height="35" | '''Marriage Records'''&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" height="35" | '''Marriage Records'''&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" height="35" | '''Death and Will Records''' &nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" height="35" | 1908 partial <br>1914 statewide
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| valign="middle" align="center" height="35" | 1838 <br>(some earlier)
 
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== Quicklinks to Online State-wide Tennessee Birth, Marriage and Death Records  ==
== Quicklinks to Online State-wide Tennessee Birth, Marriage and Death Records  ==
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee Marriages 1780-2002]&nbsp; Various marriage records with images. May include bonds, licenses, returns and registers.&nbsp; Not all years for all counties. Use variant spellings or wildcard search for surnames. ($)  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee Marriages 1780-2002]&nbsp; Various marriage records with images. May include bonds, licenses, returns and registers.&nbsp; Not all years for all counties. Use variant spellings or wildcard search for surnames. ($)  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp FamilySearch Marriages IGI]&nbsp;&nbsp; Extracted marriage records for many counties to about 1890.&nbsp; Not all years for all counties. -Free  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp FamilySearch Marriages IGI]&nbsp;&nbsp; Extracted marriage records for many counties to about 1890.&nbsp; Not all years for all counties. -Free  
*[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/mailcnty.htm#Probate Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779-1861&nbsp;]
*[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/mailcnty.htm#Probate Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779-1861&nbsp;]  
*[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]&nbsp; This is a pilot&nbsp;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&nbsp;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]&nbsp; This is a pilot&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;county organization&nbsp;date to the early 1900's.&nbsp; Access these records through the FHL catalog ''Tennessee&gt;County Name. ''&nbsp;Many early Tennessee marriages to about 1890 are extracted and found in the ''International Genealogical Index.''&nbsp; 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&nbsp;county organization&nbsp;date to the early 1900's.&nbsp; Access these records through the FHL catalog ''Tennessee&gt;County Name. ''&nbsp;Many early Tennessee marriages to about 1890 are extracted and found in the ''International Genealogical Index.''&nbsp; 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;amp;amp;amp;titleno=39597 FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)]</ref>&nbsp;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;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=39597 FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)]</ref>&nbsp;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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