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| === Substitute Records ===
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| These links will take you to wiki pages describing alternate sources for birth, marriage and death records.
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| *[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]: Depending on the denomination, church records may contain information about birth, marriage and death.
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| *[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]: Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information. These records may also reveal family relationships.
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| *[[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.
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| *[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]: Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices. Also check newspaper social columns for additional information.
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| *[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]: Obituaries found in newspapers can list the age of the deceased, birth date and place, death date and place, and names of living relatives and their residences.
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| *[[Tennessee Periodicals|Periodicals]]: Local genealogical and historical societies often publish periodicals which may contain abstracted early birth, marriage and death information.
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| *[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]: Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information, In addtion, soldiers' homes records can included this same information.
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| *[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]: If no death record exists, probate records may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century often contain the exact death date.
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| *[[Tennessee History|Histor...]]: Local histories, family histories 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 FamilySearch Catalog.
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| == FamilySearch Library Vital Records Collections == | | == FamilySearch Library Vital Records Collections == |