Modern Records (Post-1900)

State Records

• Tennessee Public Libraries
• Tennessee Department of State: Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Tennessee Secretary of State
• Tennessee Genealogy & Tennessee Family History Resources – Ancestry.com
• Tennessee, Early Land Registers, 1778-1927
• Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
• Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927
• Tennessee, Probate Court Files, 1795-1955
• *start here* Many databases combined into one from Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Online Tennessee Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
• Index to TN Death Records
• Statewide Index to Tennessee Death Records (1914 – 1933) Tennessee Secretary of State
• Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1963
• Tennessee, Deaths & Burials, 1874-1955
• Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002
• Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 – Ancestry.com
• Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950
• Tennessee Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965 – Ancestry.com
• Tennessee, Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965
• Tennessee, Births & Christenings, 1828-1939
• Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912 — FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888 — FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 — FamilySearch.org

County Records

• Cocke County: Records, 1860-1930 — FamilySearch.org
• Davidson County: Death Records 1900-1913 | Tennessee Secretary of State
• Davidson County: Vital Records
• Montgomery County: Deed, Marriage, Obituary and more
• Putnam County: Marriages, 1930-1961 — FamilySearch.org
• Putnam County: Records, 1842-1955 — FamilySearch.org
• Rutherford County: TN Archives: birth, death, cemetery, property and more (scroll down)
• Shelby County: Birth, Marriage, Death
• White County: Marriage, Probate, Court Records, 1809-1975 — FamilySearch.org

Jail

Directories & Newspapers

• Tennessee Online Historical Directories (Online Historical Directories)
• Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers – Online Historical Newspapers
• Chronicling America – The Library of Congress
• Tennessee Newspaper Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries
• Obituaries, Newspaper Obituaries (scroll to TN)
• Tennessee Online Newspapers – Research for Free – THE ANCESTOR HUNT
• TSLA: TN Bible Records
• Davidson County: Nashville Public Library: Obits, Marriages, Burials, More
• Davidson County: Obituaries | Nashville Public Library
• Montgomery County: Tennessee, Obituary Collection, 1911-2009
• Sevier County: Obits & Funeral Homes
• Shelby County: Online Historical Directories (Online Histori (…)
• Williamson County: Obituaries 1987-1991; Register of Deeds

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Database | TNGenWeb Project, Inc.
• Tennessee Valley Cemetery Relocation Files, 1933-1990
• Davidson County: Nashville City Cemetery Association, Inc.
• Hardeman County: Cemetery Index – Tennessee Archives
• Shelby County: Catholic Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee: Cemeteries – Home
• Shelby County: Index; Memphis Pub. Lib. History & Gen. Index
• Trousdale County: Alexander Funeral Home Records

Genealogical Records (Pre-1900)

• Tennessee: Genealogy, Census, Vital Records
• Cyndi’s List – United States – Tennessee
• Tennessee Genealogy, Facts and Records Resources :: Genealogy Inc. Tennessee | Learn | FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee Genealogical Society
• Tennessee Genealogy and History – presented by Genealogy Trails History Group
• TNGenWeb Project, Inc. |

County

Immigration & Naturalization

• Tennessee, Naturalization Records, 1888-1992

Military

• Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965 — FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 — FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 — FamilySearch.org

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