from the research of Jan Monnin
Records Available
In 1908, the state of Tennessee passed a law requiring death certificates be issued for those persons who died in Tennessee. This law stayed in effect until 1912. Unfortunately, it was not renewed in 1913. As a result, there are no death certificates for 1913. In 1914, the law was re-enacted.
Links to free online records available
- Statewide index to death records 1908 – 1912 by the Tennessee State Library and Archives http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/death2.htm
- Statewide index to death records 1914 – 1927 by the Tennessee State Library and Archives http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/tndeath.htm
- Statewide index to death records 1949-2005 by the Shelby County Register of Deeds http://register.shelby.tn.us/ . When you go to this website, there will be 3 columns. The far right column is marked “archives”. Under the box marked “search type” there is a pull down menu for the different records you can search on this site. One of these searches is the death records. Note that you can search these records for the entire state of Tennessee or just one county.