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Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912

Anderson County Tennessee Deaths 1908-1912

Tennessee Department of Health Tennessee Vital Records
Central Services Building
1st Floor
421 5th Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee
37247-0460
Phone (615) 741-1763
FAX (615)741-9860

Anderson County Tennessee Department Of Health
710 North Main Street
Clinton, TN 37716

General Number: (865) 425-8800
Hours Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM til 4:30 PM

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Partial Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914-1925

Death Index For 1914 - 1916 (Statewide)

Knox County, Tennessee Death Records 1921 - 1925

Kentucky Death Index Online

Identification Required for Birth and Death Certificates

Death Records Need To Be Verified

Death registrations belong to a record category known as "vital records."

As time progressed death registrations tend to include more information, such the age of the deceased, the date and place of birth, the name of the parents, the occupation of the deceased, the name of the spouse, the name of the person providing the information, etc. Death records are key to locating obituaries, which may invaluable information about the deceased. Death records also provide the cause of death, critical when documenting genetic predisposition to disease. Although death registrations generally can be relied on for an accurate death date, information about the names and birth places of parents -- and even the birth place and age of the deceased -- are frequently inaccurate,If The Person Giving The Information Knows or not. Other sources, like cemetery, church, probate, pension, mortuary and Social Security records should be searched when information from a death certificate is suspect and needs to be verified.

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(Most Definitions Are From The Oxford English Dictionary)