Tennessee Genealogy & Family Trees

Learn when births, deaths, and marriages were recorded in Tennessee, and how to obtain Tennessee birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records. Includes links to Tennessee birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate applications.

Alphabetic listing of towns and cities in the state of Tennessee in 1895, with both state and county maps.

Part of the worldwide Books We Own project, this Tennessee genealogy page contains a listing of Tennessee genealogy and history books with volunteers willing to provide free lookups.

Find a Family History Center near you in this listing of the LDS Church family history centers located in Tennessee.

A free message board devoted to Tennessee genealogy queries.

Free searchable index includes all existing death records recorded in Tennessee between 1908 and 1912, covering nearly 98,000 deaths.

Free index to Tennessee deaths includes the name, age, year of death, county and certificate number for each individual. New years being added on a regular basis.

Browse this listing of the 4,000 Tennesseans who applied to the Southern Claims Commission in 1871-1873, for restitituion of damages inflicted by the Union Army on their property during the Civil War,

Find links to free online census records for Tennessee from Mark E. Reed.

Society Hill offers a good listing of genealogical and historical societies in Tennessee with phone numbers, addresses, and Web sites where available.

Learn about membership in this nonprofit Tennessee genealogy organization, as well as their library holdings and the Tennessee Ancestry certificate program.

Learn how to research your Tennessee ancestors with this free compilation of Tennessee genealogy research strategies and resources. From FamilySearch.org.

Find records, resources, and surname lists for each Tennessee county. Tennessee genealogy search engine allows you to search across all Tennessee counties at once.

Email-based discussion groups on a variety of topics relating to Tennessee genealogy and family history.

Learn more about the migration patterns of ancestors who moved into or out of Tennessee with this list of routes, paths, trails and other migration resources.

Learn what Tennessee genealogy records are available for each county, how to send in genealogy requests by mail, and search a number of free online genealogy indexes.

This free Tennessee veterans database allows to to locate information on all WWI Veterans who served from Tennessee and for whom there is an existing compiled military service record. Organized by county.

Find transcribed cemeteries for Tennessee online, listed by county.

Search for Tennessee ancestors in this online census data transcribed by hard-working contributors of this volunteer genealogy project.

A guide to obtaining copies of Tennessee vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.