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== Record Finder Table for Tennessee ==
#In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
#In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
=== Order of Records ===
#In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.  
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.
#Look in the section of this outline that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog. Some records are not at the library.


== List of Topics ==
<br>'''Note: '''Records of previous researchg (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful. <br>
This Record Finder table links to the Tennessee topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| '''1. If you need&nbsp;'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| '''2. Look first in'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| '''3. Then search'''
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Adoptions
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Court Records, Vital Records, Guardianship
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Probate Records, Church Records, Census
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Vital Records  
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records, Church Records, Bible Records
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Tennessee Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Birth date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Cemeteries
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Church Records, Bible Records, Census, Military Records
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| Birth place  
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Obituaries
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| Census, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Cemeteries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| Children
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| Census, Probate Records, Newspapers, Obituaries
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
| Vital Records, Guardianship, Church Records, Bible Records
|-  
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| City or parish of foreign birth
 
| Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| History, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
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| County boundaries and origins
| Maps, Gazetteers
| History
|-
| Country of foreign birth
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Newspapers  
| Biography, History, Obituaries Emigration and Immigration
|-
| Death information
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Probate Records  
| Military Records, Church Records, Bible Records, Land and Property
|-
| Divorce
| Divorce Records, Vital Records, Court Records, Newspapers
| Census, Obituaries
|-
| Emigration
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Newspapers
| Biography, History, Minorities, Societies
|-
| Ethnic background
| Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship
| Societies, Church Records, Periodicals, Census
|-
| Historical background
| History, Periodicals, Gazetteers
| Maps, Land and Property
|-
| Immigration date
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
| Court Records, Biography, History
|-
| Living relatives
| Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, Directories
| Court Records, Census
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Church Records, Military Records, Cemeteries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Census
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Probate Records, Church Records, Military Records
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Migration Information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Emigration and Immigration, Maps, Census, Biography
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| History, Land and Property, Military Records, Minorities
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
| Court Records, Biography, History
*[[Tennessee Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Occupations, Census, Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography, History, Emigration and Immigration
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Census  
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Probate Records, Church Records, Societies
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Military Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Biography, History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Maps, Gazetteers, History
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
| Periodicals, Archives and Libraries
*[[Tennessee Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
*[[Tennessee Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Places of previous residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Military Records, Newspapers, Obituaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Public Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Vital Records, Military Records
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
| Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Tennessee|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Tennessee|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Tennessee Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tennessee Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous Research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals, Societies
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
| History, Archives and Libraries
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Archives and Libraries, Church Records, Periodicals
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies, For Further Reading
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Church Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
| History, Cemeteries, Directories
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography  
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
| History, Cemeteries, Directories
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}


=== Adoption ===
[[Category:Tennessee|Record]]
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
 
{{Tennessee|Tennessee}}
 
[[Category:Tennessee Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Revision as of 15:34, 30 November 2009

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.

  1. In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
  2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
  3. In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
  4. Look in the section of this outline that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog. Some records are not at the library.


Note: Records of previous researchg (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

1. If you need  2. Look first in 3. Then search
Adoptions Court Records, Vital Records, Guardianship Probate Records, Church Records, Census
Age Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Vital Records Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Birth date Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Cemeteries Church Records, Bible Records, Census, Military Records
Birth place Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Census, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Cemeteries
Children Census, Probate Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Vital Records, Guardianship, Church Records, Bible Records
City or parish of foreign birth Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography History, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
County boundaries and origins Maps, Gazetteers History
Country of foreign birth Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Newspapers Biography, History, Obituaries Emigration and Immigration
Death information Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Probate Records Military Records, Church Records, Bible Records, Land and Property
Divorce Divorce Records, Vital Records, Court Records, Newspapers Census, Obituaries
Emigration Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Newspapers Biography, History, Minorities, Societies
Ethnic background Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Societies, Church Records, Periodicals, Census
Historical background History, Periodicals, Gazetteers Maps, Land and Property
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Court Records, Biography, History
Living relatives Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, Directories Court Records, Census
Maiden name Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records Church Records, Military Records, Cemeteries
Marriage information Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Census Probate Records, Church Records, Military Records
Migration Information Emigration and Immigration, Maps, Census, Biography History, Land and Property, Military Records, Minorities
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Court Records, Biography, History
Occupations Occupations, Census, Directories Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography, History, Emigration and Immigration
Other family members Census, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Parents Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Census Probate Records, Church Records, Societies
Physical description Military Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Biography, History
Place-finding aids Maps, Gazetteers, History Periodicals, Archives and Libraries
Places of previous residence Census, Military Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Public Records
Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Vital Records, Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship
Previous Research Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals, Societies History, Archives and Libraries
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Church Records, Periodicals Societies, For Further Reading
Religion Church Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography History, Cemeteries, Directories
Social activities Societies, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography History, Cemeteries, Directories
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