The following information was obtained by surveying public libraries around the state in 1995. Counties not represented on this list did not respond to the survey. Contact the library directly to request a search of their obituary index. Microfilm copies of nearly all Tennessee newspapers are available at the Library and Archives, and most public libraries have microfilm copies of newspapers from their area.
|
County
|
Type of Index
|
Dates of Index
|
Library Location
|
Notes
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anderson
|
Computer file
|
1980-present
|
Oak Ridge
|
Indexes Oak Ridge residents only
|
|
Bedford
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Benton
|
None
|
1988-present
|
Camden
|
|
|
Bledsoe
|
None
|
|
Pikeville
|
|
|
Bradley
|
Card File
|
1865-present
|
Cleveland
|
Published 1865-1883
|
|
Campbell
|
None
|
|
La Follette
|
|
|
Cannon
|
None
|
|
Woodbury
|
|
|
Carroll
|
Card File
|
1988-present
|
Huntingdon
|
some older
|
|
Cheatham
|
Card File
|
1986/87-present
|
Ashland City
|
|
|
Claiborne
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Cocke
|
None
|
|
Newport
|
|
|
Coffee
|
Published
|
1880-1899
|
Manchester
|
Coffee Co. Historical Quarterly v. 9 & 10
|
|
Coffee
|
None
|
|
Tullahoma
|
|
|
Crockett
|
None
|
|
Alamo
|
|
|
Cumberland
|
None
|
|
Crossville
|
|
|
Davidson
|
Annual/computer
|
1964-present
|
Nashville
|
Before 1978, index is annual
|
|
Dekalb
|
None
|
|
Smithville
|
|
|
Dickson
|
None
|
|
Dickson
|
|
|
Fayette
|
Computer print out
|
1840-1953
|
Somerville
|
Somerville Reporter/Fayette Falcon
|
|
Franklin
|
Clippings
|
|
Winchester
|
WII obits, dates vary
|
|
Gibson
|
None
|
|
Humboldt
|
|
|
Greene
|
Card file/computer
|
1991-present
|
Greeneville
|
|
|
Hamilton
|
Annual List
|
1897-present
|
Chattanooga
|
Computer file 1897-1950
|
|
Hancock
|
None
|
|
Sneedville
|
|
|
Hawkins
|
None
|
|
Kingsport
|
|
|
Haywood
|
Card file
|
1992-present
|
Brownsville
|
|
|
Henry
|
None
|
|
Paris
|
|
|
Humphreys
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Jefferson
|
None
|
|
Dandridge
|
|
|
Knox
|
Computer file
|
1991-present
|
Knoxville
|
|
|
Lawrence
|
Annual list
|
1936-1979
|
Lawrenceburg
|
Dates vary 1936-1949
|
|
Lewis
|
None
|
|
Hohenwald
|
|
|
Lincoln
|
None
|
|
Fayetteville
|
|
|
Loudon
|
None
|
|
Lenoir
|
|
|
Madison
|
Published and Computer File
|
1824-1966
|
Jackson
|
Jackson, TN newspapers only
|
|
Marion
|
Published
|
1895-1920
|
Whitwell
|
Surname only
|
|
McMinn
|
Computer file
|
1986-present
|
Athens
|
|
|
McNairy
|
None
|
|
Adamsville
|
|
|
Meigs
|
None
|
|
Decatur
|
|
|
Monroe
|
None
|
|
Madisonville
|
|
|
Montgomery
|
Typescript
|
1810-1971
|
Clarksville
|
|
|
Moore
|
Published
|
1960-1986
|
Lynchburg
|
|
|
Overton
|
Microfilm
|
1908-1934
|
Livingston
|
|
|
Perry
|
Published
|
1956-1989
|
Linden
|
|
|
Putnam
|
None
|
Cookeville
|
|
|
|
Rhea
|
Typescript
|
1977-present
|
Dayton
|
|
|
Rhea
|
None
|
|
Spring City
|
|
|
Rhea
|
None
|
|
Paris
|
|
|
Roane
|
None
|
|
Harriman
|
Maxwell Funeral Home on microfilm
|
|
Rutherford
|
Computer File
|
1989-present
|
Murfreesboro
|
|
|
Scott
|
None
|
|
Oneida
|
|
|
Sevier
|
None
|
|
Gatlinburg
|
|
|
Shelby
|
*
|
|
Memphis
|
*Death record index 1848-1939; Funeral home records index 1856-1939
|
|
Sumner
|
None
|
|
Portland
|
|
|
Tipton
|
None
|
|
Brighton
|
|
|
Van Buren
|
None
|
|
Spencer
|
|
|
Warren
|
Computer file
|
1940-1972
|
McMinnville
|
|
|
Washington
|
Published
|
1869-1907
|
Jonesboro
|
Dates Vary
|
|
Wayne
|
None
|
|
Waynesboro
|
|
|
Weakley
|
None
|
|
Dredsen
|
|
|
White
|
None
|
|
Sparta
|
|
|
Williamson
|
Published
|
1821-1899
|
Franklin
|
Computer file obits 1900 to date.
(Note: 1900-1920s miscellaneous issues only) |
|
Wilson
|
Clippings/notebook
|
1992-present
|
Lebanon
|
Laminated and indexed
|
|
Wilson
|
None
|
|
Mt. Juliet
|
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