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== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
== Record Finder Table for Tennessee ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Tennessee topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Tennessee Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Tennessee Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]  
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Tennessee Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]  
*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Tennessee Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Tennessee Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Tennessee Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Tennessee Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Tennessee Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Tennessee Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tennessee Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Tennessee Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tennessee Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Tennessee Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Tennessee Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Tennessee Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Tennessee Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Tennessee Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Tennessee Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Tennessee Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Tennessee Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}

Revision as of 22:03, 25 September 2020

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Record Finder Table for Tennessee[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Tennessee topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

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Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

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Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

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Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

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Nationality and ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption[edit | edit source]

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.