Online Tennessee Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Tennessee Death Indexes

Tennessee Death Index 1908-1912
Note - Statewide birth & death records were not recorded in Tennessee for 1913
Tennessee Death Index 1914-1924 (statewide)
Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925 (partial)
Includes the following counties - Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, James, Jefferson, Loudon, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Unicoi, Union & White
Tennessee Death Index for 3 Counties for Jackson County 1914-1946, Putnam County 1908-1946 (except 1913), White County 1926-1946

Tennessee Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes...
- Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (11/10/1999-Current)
- Jackson Sun (9/24/2003-Current)
- Knoxville News-Sentinel (1/4/1991-Current)
- Maryville Daily Times (12/1/2003-Current)
- Memphis Commercial Appeal (6/27/1990-Current)
- Nashville Tennessean (1/3/1999-Current)

Blount County: Index to Miscellaneous Obituaries 1867-1940 not complete, but has 11,000 entries
Carroll County Cemeteries
Chester County Cemeteries
Davidson County and Nashville...
- Nashville Christian Advocate Death Notices circa 1830s-1919 & 1929 scroll down for the records and a search box
- Index to Obituaries in the Nashville Tennessean Newspaper 1964-present also includes a Nashville marriage records index 1864-1905
- Nashville City Cemetery Grave Search 1846-1979 most are prior to 1900
- Davidson County Cemetery Survey
- Davidson County and Nashville Death Indexes includes...
  - Nashville Obituaries & Death Notices Index for 1913
  - Davidson County Death Records Index 1900-1913
Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Hamilton County...
- Chattanooga Newspapers Obituary Index 1897-present
- Hamilton County Cemeteries through 1937 (WPA)
- Hamilton County Genealogical Society - Assorted Indexes includes cemeteries, obituaries & death indexes
Henderson County Cemeteries
Knox County Death Records 1914-1925
Loudon County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Madison County Cemeteries
Shelby County and Memphis...
- Shelby County Death Records Search 1848-1956 "partial death records from 1848-1956" (includes some digitized images of the death certificates for the later years) also has other genealogy indexes
- Shelby County: Memphis/Shelby County Death Index 1848-1945
- Shelby County: Index to Memphis Appeal Obituaries 1843-1895 (except 1850)
Williamson County Obituaries Database Search
- If the above link doesn't work try: Williamson County Public Library Special Collections

Ordering Tennessee Vital Records

Order Tennessee Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (fees and restrictions apply) for birth certificates 1914-present; death, marriage and divorce certificates for the past 50 years
Order Tennessee Vital Records by Mail (fees and restrictions apply) same date ranges as above
For older records try the Tennessee State Library and Archives

Also Helpful...

Tennessee Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

Online Tennessee Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide