Welcome to the Tennessee Obituary Links Page
Welcome to the Tennessee obituaries page, where you will find links, databases, and resources that will help you find obituaries and vital records related information. If you are looking to find a copy of a specific obituary, biographic/public records data, or a copy of the official death certificate from person who died in Tennessee, then please follow the following steps:
1 | Search the Local Newspapers Archives Once you have the name, place, and date of death then you can search the local newspapers archives for a copy of the obituary posting. You can access our free list of all the newspapers and their obituary sections for the state of Tennessee. |
2 | Search other Free and Paid Resources If you do not want to search the local newspapers, then we recommend the following resources and companies, who can provide this information. Many offer both free and paid services which can you help you find obituary and biographic information. |
3 | Get an Official Death Certificate If you are looking for an official copy of a death certificate then please read the specific instructions of how to order death certificates. |
4 | Further Genealogical Research If you are a genealogist, we also have aggregated a list of genealogy resources by state. You can try these genealogy focused resources, which are organized by county and state. |
Search Tools and Resources
Instruction for obtaining a copy of a Tennessee Death Certificate
To order Death Certificates you can contact the Tennessee Department of Vital Records which is listed below. If you want to order online you can use the following link to order a death certificate.
Event: Death
Cost of copy: $7.00
Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247
Remarks: Vital Records Office keeps death records for 50 years; older records are maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to Tennessee Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (615) 741-1763.
Directory of Tennessee Obituary and Genealogy Resource Links
Looking for the obituary section for a local newspaper? Please search through our full list of Tennessee Newspapers and access their online obituary sections. Click here to access Tennessee Newspapers.
Surname Meanings Database
Statewide
Statewide Obituary Search Engines
Eastern Tennessee Counties Obituary Collection
Western Tennessee Counties Obituary Collection
CemSEARCH - Tennessee Cemetery Inscription Search Engine
Tennessee Obituary and Death Notice Archive
Tennessee Marriages Index
Miscellaneous Tennessee Records
Honor Students Archive - Tennessee Students
Mortality Schedules
Amazon: Obituaries from Tennessee Newspapers, 1851-1899
Tennessee State Archives Search Engine (contextual results!)
Early Tennessee Marriage Records Search Engine
Tennesee Death Index 1914-1925
Obituaries from Northern Middle Tennessee
Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 - Alternate link
Tennessee Freedmen Marriages 1861-1869
Tennessee GenLookups
Southeastern Genealogical Research
Anderson Co.
Anderson County Obituary Search EngineThe Oak Ridger
Anderson Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Anderson County Cemetery Inscriptions
Bedford Co.
The Shelbyville Times-GazetteBedford County Cemetery Inscriptions
Bedford County Marriages
New Providence Church Marriages
Bedford County Marriage Records
Benton Co.
Benton County Cemetery InscriptionsBenton County Marriages
Bledsoe Co.
Bledsoe Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Bledsoe County Cemetery Inscriptions
Blount Co.
Blount County Obituary Collection
The Daily Times Obituary Search
Blount County Marriage Announcement Search
Blount County Funeral Home Records Index
Blount Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Blount County Cemetery Inscriptions
The Maryville Enterprise Index to Obituaries 1906-1960
Bradley Co.
Cleveland Daily BannerBradley Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Buckner Funeral Home Obituaries
Campbell Co.
LaFollette PressCampbell County Death Certificate Index 1908-1912
Campbell County Death Index 1914-1925
Recent Obituaries from the LaFollette Press
Campbell County Cemetery Inscriptions
Campbell County - Miscellaneous Marriage Permit Announcements
Campbell County Tombstone Project
Campbell County Marriage Database
Request for Marriage Lookup from Campbell County 1839-1881
Cannon Co.
Cannon County Obituaries (several archives!)Marriages in Cannon and Wilson Counties
Carroll Co.
Carroll County Obituary Search EngineMcKenzie Banner - link fixed!
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 1
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 2
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 3
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 4
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 5
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 6
Miscellaneous Carroll County Obituaries 7
Carter Co.
Carter County Obituary Collection
Carter County Obituary Search Engine I
Carter County Obituary Search Engine II
Star Online
Carter Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Early Carter County Marriages
Cheatham Co.
The Ashland City Times ObituariesClaiborne Co.
Claiborne Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Claiborne County Cemetery Inscriptions
Cocke Co.
Cocke County Obituary Search EngineCocke Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Coffee Co.
Coffee County Obituaries and Cemetery Inscriptions (Free Lookups)Manchester Funeral Home Obituary Archives
Crockett Co.
Crockett County Deaths 1925Crockett County Vitals FTP Directory
Cumberland Co.
Cumberland County Obituary Search EngineCrossville Chronicle
Cumberland Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Davidson Co.
Nashville Local History Indexes Obituary Name Search
Nashville Local History Indexes Marriages Search
Greer Cemetery - Nashville
Miscellaneous Davidson County Marriages
Decatur Co.
Decatur County Chronicle ObituariesDeKalb Co.
WJLE Radio StationDickson Co.
Dickson Herald ObituariesDickson County Marriages
Dickson County Cemetery Inscriptions
Dickson County Cemetery Inscriptions II
Dickson County Cemetery Inscriptions III
Dyer Co.
Dyer County Obituary Search Engine
Dyer County Obituaries
Dyer County Obituaries
Fayette Co.
Fayette County ReviewMiscellaneous Fayette County Obituaries I
Miscellaneous Fayette County Obituaries II
Fentress Co.
Fentress County Obituary Collection
Fentress Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Franklin Co.
Franklin Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Franklin County Marriages
Gibson Co.
Gibson County Obituaries from 1921Gibson County Obituaries from 1923
Gibson County Cemetery Inscriptions
Gibson County Marriages
Old Shiloh Burial Grounds Cemetery Inscriptions
Pleasant Green "Cribbs" Campground Cemetery Inscriptions
Gibson County Marriages II
Giles Co.
Giles County ObituariesGiles County Death Records
Giles County Cemetery Inscriptions
Grainger Co.
Grainger Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Shiloh Cemetery Inscriptions - Rutledge
Greene Co.
Greene County Online Obituaries SearchGreene Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Greene County Marriages
Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records
Grundy Co.
Grundy County Marriages 1850-1874Hamblen Co.
Hamblen County Obituary Collection
Hamblen Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Citizen Tribune Online Archives
Hamilton Co.
Hamilton County Obituary Search EngineEarly Hamilton County Obituaries
Chattanooga-Hamilton Co. Bicentennial Library
(Archive 1897-1970 1989-1997)
Hamilton County Cemetery Inscriptions
Hancock Co.
Hancock Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Hardeman Co.
Ebenezer Cemetery (Chalybeate), Hardeman Co., TNHardin Co.
Hooker's Bend Miscellaneous ObituariesHawkins Co.
Hawkins County Obituary Search EngineHawkins Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Hawkins County Online Obituaries
Haywood Co.
Haywood County Death Index 1996-1997Henderson Co.
Pafford Funeral Home ObituariesMisc. Henderson County, TN Marriage Records 1893-1915
Henry Co.
Henry County Obituary Search EngineHouston Co.
Houston County ObituariesJackson Co.
Herald CitizenJames Co.
James Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Jefferson Co.
Jefferson Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Jefferson County Marriages
Johnson Co.
Johnson County ObituariesThe Tomahawk Obituaries
Knox Co.
Knox County Obituary Collection
Berry Funeral Home
KnoxNews
Recent Obituaries from the Knoxville News Sentinel
Knox County Archives (Deaths, Marriages, Births)
Hickory Creek/Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery Inscriptions
Shady Grove Cemetery Inscriptions
Lauderdale Co.
Lauderdale County ObituariesLauderdale County Obituaries
Lauderdale County Marriages
Hall's Funeral Home Records
Hall's Funeral Home Records (D-H)
Hall's Funeral Home Records (mixed)
Hall's Funeral Home Records (mixed 2)
Hall's Funeral Home Records (mixed 3)
Hall's Funeral Home Records (mixed 4)
Lauderdale County Miscellaneous Deaths (Vitals)
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home 1930-1931
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home 1933 (1st half)
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home 1933-1934
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home 1933-1935
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home 1939-1945
Garner Funeral Home Records
Curry Funeral Home Records (Lauderdale citizens who died in Dyer Co.)
Lawrence Co.
Lawrence County MarriagesLawrence County Marriages 1832-1838
Lincoln Co.
Lincoln County Obituary Search EngineLincoln County Obituaries (2001)
Lincoln County Marriages Search Engine
Loudon Co.
Loudon County Obituary Collection
Loudon County Obituary Search Engine
Click Funeral Home Obituaries
Loudon Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Loudon County Cemetery Inscriptions (scroll down)
Loudon County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions
Madison Co.
1850 Madison County Mortality ScheduleMarion Co.
Marion Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Marshall Co.
Marshall Gazette/Lewisburg Tribune ObituariesBills-McGaugh Funeral Home Obituaries
Miscellaneous Marshall County Obituaries 1
Miscellaneous Marshall County Obituaries 2
Miscellaneous Marshall County Obituaries 3
Maury Co.
The Columbia Daily HeraldMaury County Obituaries
Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home Obituaries
Request A Lookup From Linda
McMinn Co.
Daily Post-Athenian ObituariesMcMinn Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
McNair Co.
McNair County Obituary Search EngineMeigs Co.
Meigs Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Meigs County Marriages
Monroe Co.
Monroe County Obituary Search EngineObituaries with Monroe County, Tennessee Ties
Monroe County Death Notices
Monroe County Death Records
Monroe County Marriage Records
Monroe Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Montgomery Co.
Montgomery County ObituariesEarly Montgomery County Marriages
Montgomery County Marriages 1752-1854
Montgomery County Cemetery Inscriptions
More Montgomery County Cemetery Inscriptions
Montgomery County Death Notices
Morgan Co.
Morgan County Obituary ArchiveMorgan Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Overton Co.
Overton County Obituary Search EngineOverton County News Obituaries
Polk Co.
Polk Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Polk County Marriages
Polk County Marriage Records
Putnam Co.
The Herald-CitizenPutnam County Deaths 1903
Putnam County Deaths 1904
Putnam County Deaths 1905
Putnam County Deaths 1906
Putnam County Deaths 1907
Putnam County Deaths 1908
Putnam County Deaths 1909
Rhea Co.
Rhea County Obituary Collection
Rhea County Obituary Search Engine
Rhea Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Miscellaneous Rhea County Obituaries
Roane Co.
Roane County Obituary IndexRoane County News Obituaries
Roane County Obituary Indeces
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 1
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 2
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 3
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 4
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 5
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 6
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 7
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 8
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 9
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 10
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 11
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 12
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 13
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 14
Miscellaneous Roane County Obituaries 15
Roane County Marriages
Roane County Births 1881
Roane County Death Certificates
Marriages and Births From Roane County Papers 1900-1906
Roane Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Ambrose Cemetery Inscriptions
Abbott Cemetery Photos
Cave Creek Cemetery Photos
Tennessee Missionary Baptist Cemetery Photos
Oral Cemetery Photos
Robertson Co.
Robertson County Obituary Collection
Robertson County Times Obituaries
Rutherford Co.
Rutherford County Obituary Collection
Rutherford County Obituary Search Engine
The Brentwood Journal Online
The Smithville Review Online
The Southern Standard
The Rutherford Courier
Scales & Sons Funeral Home Obituaries
Rutherford County Marriages
Scott Co.
Scott County Obituary Search EngineWBNT Obituaries
Scott Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
Scott County, Tennessee Death Records, 1901-1968
Sequatchie Co.
Sequatchie Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Sevier Co.
Seymour Herald Current Obituaries - ArchivesSevier Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
1850 Mortality Schedule
1860 Mortality Schedule
Shelby Co.
Shelby County Obituary Collection
The Commercial Appeal
Miscellaneous Shelby County Obituaries I
Miscellaneous Shelby County Obituaries II
Miscellaneous Shelby County Obituaries III
Shelby County Death Certificates 1902-1939
Shelby County Obituary Search Engine
Smith Co.
Miscellaneous Smith County Obituaries 1Miscellaneous Smith County Obituaries 2
Miscellaneous Smith County Obituaries 3
Miscellaneous Smith County Obituaries 4
Miscellaneous Smith County Obituaries 5
Miscellaneous Smith County Obituaries 6
Stewart Co.
Stewart County ObituariesStewart County Cemetery Inscriptions
Sullivan Co. and Northeast Tennessee
The Times-NewsSullivan County Obituary Search
Sumner Co.
Gallatin News Examiner ObituariesHendersonville Star News Obituaries
Sumner County, TN Death Records (1881-1882, 1908-1912)
Early Sumner County Marriage Records Through 1850
Sumner County Cemetery Index
Wilkinson-Wiseman Funeral Records (Older)
Wilkinson-Wiseman Funeral Records (Current)
Unicoi Co.
Unicoi Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Union Co.
Union Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925Van Buren Co.
Van Buren County ObituariesWarren Co.
Southern Standard (click on Obituaries)Warren County Obituary Book (1867-1934) (for sale)
Warren County Obituary Book (1935-1940) (for sale)
Warren County Obituaries - link fixed!
1850 Mortality Schedule Of Warren County
Washington Co.
Johnson City StarWashington County Marriages
Wayne Co.
Wayne County ObituariesWayne County Death Records
Wayne County Death Records 1881-1883
Wayne County Cemetery Inscriptions
Weakley Co.
Weakley County Obituary Search EngineWeakley County Obituaries
Dresden Enterprise Obituaries
Gleason Online Obituaries
Weakley County Cemeteries
Weakley County Mortality Schedules 1850-1860-1870
White Co.
The ExpositorWhite Co. Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925
White County Cemeteries
1850 White County Mortality Schedule
Early White County Marriages
Williamson Co.
The Review AppealThe Fairview Observer
Wilson Co.
Wilson County Obituaries
Wilson County Marriages 1733-1809
Persons Buried in Wilson County
Marriages in Cannon and Wilson Counties
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