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-[[Tennessee Church Records|Tennessee Church Records]]
+These links will take you to wiki pages describing alternate sources for birth, marriage and death records.
-[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Tennessee Cemetery Records]]
+*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]: Depending on the denomination, church records&nbsp;may contain information about birth, marriage and death.
-[[Tennessee Census|Tennessee Census]]
+*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]: Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information.&nbsp; These records may also reveal family relationships.
-[[Tennessee Newspapers|Tennessee Newspapers]]
+*[[Tennessee Census|Census Records]]: Census records are a valuable source for birth and marriage information. You may also determine approximate time of death when the individual disappear from the census. This is a good place to begin a search.
-[[Tennessee Periodicals|Tennessee Periodicals]]
+*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]: Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices.&nbsp; Also check newspaper social columns for&nbsp;additional information.&nbsp;
-[[Tennessee Military Records|Tennessee Military Records]]
+*[[Tennessee Periodicals|Periodicals]]: Local genealogical and historical societies often publish periodicals which may contain abstracted early birth, marriage and death information.
+*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]: &nbsp;Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information,&nbsp; In addtion, soldiers' homes records can included this same information.
+*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]: If no death record exists, probate records&nbsp;may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century&nbsp;often contain the exact death date.
+*[[Tennessee History|History]]: &nbsp;Local histories, family&nbsp;histories&nbsp;and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the Family History Library catalog.
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