Where to write for Tennessee Birth Records:
Event: Birth
Cost of copy: Long form: $10.00
Short form: $5.00
Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Department of Health
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247-0450
Remarks: State office has had birth records for entire State since
January 1914, for Nashville since June 1881, for Knoxville since
July 1881, and for Chattanooga since January 1882. State office
has had death records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville
since July 1874, for Knoxville since July 1887, and for Chattanooga
since March 6, 1872. Birth and death enumeration records by school
district are available for July 1908 through June 1912. Vital Records
Office keeps death records for 50 years; older records are maintained
by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville,
TN 37243-0312. For Memphis birth records from April 1874 through
December 1887 and November 1898 to January 1, 1914, and for Memphis
death records from May 1848 to January 1, 1914, write to Memphis--Shelby
County Health Department, Division of Vital Records, Memphis, TN
38105. Additional copies of the same birth, marriage, or divorce
record, requested at the same time, are $2.00 each.
Check or money order should be made payable to Tennessee Vital
Records. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the
telephone number is (615) 741-1763. Information on how to obtain
certified copies is also available via the internet at Tennessee
Vital Records.
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