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Many county marriage records are indexed with images at Ancestry's [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002]. $  Be aware that this index is not complete for all counties. In particular, most Davidson county marriages are not included.  
Many county marriage records are indexed with images at Ancestry's [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002]. $  Be aware that this index is not complete for all counties. In particular, most Davidson county marriages are not included.  


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<br>You can find early Tennessee published marriage records through:  
<br>You can find early Tennessee published marriage records through:  
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*''Marriage Records: Early–1850.'' <ref>Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992. ({{FHL|CD_ROM no. 9}} part 229.) Does not circulate to Family History Centers. </ref>Contains marriage records for Tennessee, as well as marriage records from Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia.
*''Marriage Records: Early–1850.'' <ref>Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992. ({{FHL|CD_ROM no. 9}} part 229.) Does not circulate to Family History Centers. </ref>Contains marriage records for Tennessee, as well as marriage records from Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia.


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{| width="550" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
|+ '''Information in&nbsp;Tennessee Marriage Records'''  
|+ '''Information in&nbsp;Tennessee Marriage Records'''  
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="50" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Types of Information'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''early&nbsp;- 1945'''&nbsp;  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''early&nbsp;- 1945'''&nbsp;  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1945 - present'''
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''1945 - present'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp; x  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp; x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''&nbsp;'''
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>
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*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When a Tennessee couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Roane County, Tennessee|Fort Southwest Point TN]] for frontier couples, or [[Floyd County, Georgia|Rome GA]], or [[Surry County, North Carolina|Mount Airy NC]], or [[Pike County, Kentucky]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref>
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When a Tennessee couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Roane County, Tennessee|Fort Southwest Point TN]] for frontier couples, or [[Floyd County, Georgia|Rome GA]], or [[Surry County, North Carolina|Mount Airy NC]], or [[Pike County, Kentucky]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref>
[[Tennessee County Marriages]]


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