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== Death Records == | == Death Records == | ||
Family Search Record Search ''Tennessee Deaths 1874-1955 ''includes extracted information from death certificates. As a state, Tennessee began registration of deaths from 1908-1912 and after 1914. Deaths were reported by the local undertaker. If a family buried their dead without the use of an undertaker, often the death was not recorded at the state | Family Search Record Search ''Tennessee Deaths 1874-1955 ''includes extracted information from death certificates. As a state, Tennessee began registration of deaths from 1908-1912 and after 1914. Deaths were reported by the local undertaker. If a family buried their dead without the use of an undertaker, often the death was not recorded at the state level. Some deaths were unreported as late as 1936. | ||
If your ancestor lived in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis or Nashville, earlier death records are available at the city level.<br> | |||
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