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**Tennessee**

**Event:** Birth

**Cost of copy:** Long form:    $10.00    Short form: $5.00 

**Address:**    Tennessee Vital Records    Department of Health    Central Services Building    421 5th Avenue, North    Nashville, TN 37247-0450 

**Remarks:** State office    has had birth records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since June 1881,    for Knoxville since July 1881, and for Chattanooga since January 1882. State office has    had death records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since July 1874, for    Knoxville since July 1887, and for Chattanooga since March 6, 1872. Birth and death    enumeration records by school district are available for July 1908 through June 1912.    Vital Records Office keeps death records for 50 years; older records are maintained by    Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312. For Memphis    birth records from April 1874 through December 1887 and November 1898 to January 1, 1914,    and for Memphis death records from May 1848 to January 1, 1914, write to Memphis--Shelby    County Health Department, Division of Vital Records, Memphis, TN 38105. Additional copies    of the same birth, marriage, or divorce record, requested at the same time, are $2.00    each. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Tennessee Vital Records**. Personal checks are accepted. To    verify current fees, the telephone number is **(615) 741-1763**.      Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at **Tennessee Vital Records**.

**Event:** Death 

**Cost of copy:** $5.00 

**Address:**    Tennessee Vital Records    Department of Health    Central Services Building    421 5th Avenue, North    Nashville, TN 37247-0450 

**Remarks:** State office    has had birth records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since June 1881,    for Knoxville since July 1881, and for Chattanooga since January 1882. State office has    had death records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since July 1874, for    Knoxville since July 1887, and for Chattanooga since March 6, 1872. Birth and death    enumeration records by school district are available for July 1908 through June 1912.    Vital Records Office keeps death records for 50 years; older records are maintained by    Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312. For Memphis    birth records from April 1874 through December 1887 and November 1898 to January 1, 1914,    and for Memphis death records from May 1848 to January 1, 1914, write to Memphis--Shelby    County Health Department, Division of Vital Records, Memphis, TN 38105. Additional copies    of the same birth, marriage, or divorce record, requested at the same time, are $2.00    each. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Tennessee Vital Records**. Personal checks are accepted. To    verify current fees, the telephone number is **(615) 741-1763**.      Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at **Tennessee Vital Records**.

**Event:** Marriage (State) 

**Cost of copy:** $10.00 

**Address:**    Tennessee Vital Records    Department of Health    Central Services Building    421 5th Avenue, North    Nashville, TN 37247-0450 

**Remarks:** Vital Records    Office keeps marriage records for 50 years.  Older records are maintained by    Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN   37243-0312.

**Event:** Marriage (county)    

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** County Clerk in    county where license was issued. 

**Event:** Divorce (State) 

**Cost of copy:** $10.00 

**Address:**    Tennessee Vital Records    Department of Health    Central Services Building    421 5th Avenue, North    Nashville, TN 37247-0450 

**Remarks:** Vital Records    Office keeps divorce records for 50 years.  Older records are maintained by Tennessee    Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN   37243-0312.

**Event:** Divorce (county) 

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Clerk of Court    in county where divorce was granted. 
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This page last reviewed August 25, 2000

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