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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [[Tennessee_Vital_Records#Birth_Records|'''Birth''']]
| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/West_Virginia_Vital_Records#Marriage_Records County Marriages]'''  
| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/West_Virginia_Vital_Records#Marriage_Records County Marriages]'''  
| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/West_Virginia_Vital_Records#State_Records_of_Births_and_Deaths Death]'''
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Chattanooga from 1879 FHL has 1911-1915 {{FHL|1303215}}
Chattanooga from 1879 FHL has 1911-1915 {{FHL|1303215}}


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Knoxville from 1881 {{FHL|1276584}}
Knoxville from 1881 {{FHL|1276584}}


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[http://register.shelby.tn.us/ Memphis from 1874]
[http://register.shelby.tn.us/ Memphis from 1874]


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Nashville from 1881 {{FHL|1276576}}
Nashville from 1881 {{FHL|1276576}}


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|+ '''Information&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tennessee Birth Records'''  
|+ '''Information&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tennessee Birth Records'''  
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Types of Information'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''1908&nbsp;- 1912'''&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1908&nbsp;- 1912'''&nbsp;  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''1914&nbsp;- present'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1914&nbsp;- present'''
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Name of Child'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Name of Child'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Sex'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Sex'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Race'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Race'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Parents' Names'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Parents' Names'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Midwife/Doctor'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Midwife/Doctor'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Date &amp; Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date &amp; Place of Birth'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Residence'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Residence'''  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp;x  
| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" height="25" | &nbsp; x
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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;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;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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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''early&nbsp;- 1945'''&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''early&nbsp;- 1945'''&nbsp;  
| bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''1945 - present'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1945 - present'''
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | <br>
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | <br>
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''&nbsp;'''
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
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Four cities collected death information and&nbsp;maintained these records on the city level.&nbsp; These records are available at the [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailstat.htm#Deaths Tennessee State Library and Archives].&nbsp;The Family History Library collection also includes these records.&nbsp;  
Four cities collected death information and&nbsp;maintained these records on the city level.&nbsp; These records are available at the [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailstat.htm#Deaths Tennessee State Library and Archives].&nbsp;The Family History Library collection also includes these records.&nbsp;  


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Chattanooga from 1872 {{FHL|1303220}}
Chattanooga from 1872 {{FHL|1303220}}


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Knoxville from 1881 {{FHL|1276602}}
Knoxville from 1881 {{FHL|1276602}}


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[http://register.shelby.tn.us/ Memphis from 1848] {{FHL|1465227}}
[http://register.shelby.tn.us/ Memphis from 1848] {{FHL|1465227}}


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Nashville from 1881 {{FHL|1303216}}
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="40" | '''Types of Information<br>'''
| bgcolor="#99ccff" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | '''1908-1912<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1908-1912<br>'''
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Name of Deceased<br>'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Death'''  
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Place of Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Death'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;x&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;x&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | x&nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | x&nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Date of Birth/Age'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Birth/Age'''  
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x&nbsp;
x&nbsp;


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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | x&nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | x&nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Place of Burial'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Burial'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | sometimes  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | sometimes  
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Parents' Names/Maiden'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Parents' Names/Maiden'''  
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | x&nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | x&nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | '''Occupation of Deceased'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Occupation of Deceased'''  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;  
| valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | x
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'''Marital''' '''Status'''
'''Marital''' '''Status'''


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| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | sometimes  
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