Tennessee Marriage Records Online

Have you ever wanted to look up marriage or divorce records that have occurred in your family? Perhaps the marriage records hold key information that you need to complete a family history? Through the use of the internet, Tennessee marriage records are easy to find and can give you the dates, names and other information that you seek. To begin with, you should have a general idea of where to start the search for records in addition to providing names of who you wish to find records about.

Through the Tennessee Department of Health and Vital Records, a register of documents issued in Tennessee can be requested. The list of vital records includes marriage and divorces that have occurred in the state of Tennessee. Vital records office keeps their documents from the last 50 years. To request Tennessee marriage records, applications or forms available on the internet have to be filled out by providing the vital records office with information. The information that you need to fill out are the type of certificate requested, date of the event if you know it, names on the record, city or county where the marriage took place and your information for verification. Divorce certificates are requested the same way. Typically the fee for a marriage or divorce record will start at $15 and an additional $5 for another copy of the same record. A non-refundable fee of $20 is required for a search.

Any records that are 50 years old or more are sent to the Tennessee Library and Archives and can date as far back as 1780. To request information about marriages or divorces that occurred in Tennessee between 1780 and 1861, you can send an email for a search request and include the approximate year of marriage, if it's known, and the name of both the bride and the groom. If any listing is available, the archive researcher will send a reply by email for no charge. Any marriage records between the dates of 1861 and 1945 can be found through the state or individual counties in Tennessee. Requests can be found when given the names of the couple marriage or divorced and county where it occurred in. The search can incorporate a 5 year span. Generally the expected time frame in order to receive a reply will take anywhere from 3 to 4 weeks.

Another place to find marriage records can be at a Probate Court office. If you are aware of the city and county in which marriage and divorces took place, you can email that specific court office with the name of the individual and include the date. Again, no charge is applied to email a request. If a marriage certificate is found in Tennessee to order the document there is a 5 dollar fee for photo copies. Digital requests are not the only way to get the records as many people will go in person to research, order by telephone or send a Tennessee marriage records request by mail.

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