| Tennessee can be found in the Southeastern part | | | | Tennessee Vital Records |
| of America and has one of the densest | | | | Central Services Bldg. 1st Floor |
| populations, being the 17th state in America in | | | | 421 Fifth Ave. North |
| terms of big population size. It has more than 6 | | | | Nashville, TN 37247-0450 |
| million people residing in it. It is home to one of | | | | They may also retrieve these records from the |
| the most prominent people in the history of | | | | Tennessee State Library and Archives. Or for |
| America like Andrew Jackson and witnessed | | | | those people who prefer to use the internet and |
| events like racial discrimination against blacks. The | | | | just order via online, they can check out the |
| state of Tennessee is rich with history, dating | | | | webpage and make requests for their birth, |
| back to the 1700's. | | | | death, marriage certificates. |
| Yet it was only in 1914 that the state declared a | | | | The fast and quickest way to verify and look |
| mandate for a registration of births and deaths | | | | birth records is to search TN birth records online. |
| statewide. By 1920, everyone had already obliged | | | | You mightl have to pay a fee, but it better |
| to the decree. Marriage certificates though were | | | | because you are able to get a full refund if no |
| recorded in as early as 1778. For those who | | | | records are found, unlike writing to the Tennessee |
| would like to retrieve of such records to trace | | | | Department of Public Health or TN vital statistic |
| their genealogy or for other reasons, they can | | | | office where refunds are not given. |
| write to the following address: | | | | |
