State of TN Info Page
From Ellen’s TN Page
Office of Vital Records, Dept. of Health, 312 8th Avenue, 3rd floor, Nashville, TN 37247-0350, 615-741-1763
Make check or money order payable to Tennessee Vital Records.
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. Fee for short form is $5.00. Birth enumeration records by school district are available for July 1908 through June 1912.
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. 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 1877 through December 1887 and November 1898 to January 1, 1914 or death records from May 1848 to January 1, 1914, write to: Memphis-Shelby County Health Department, Division of Vital Records, Memphis, TN 38105
State office has divorce and marriage records since July 1945. If the records are not available at the State office, they should be available from the Clerk of Court in the county where the divorce was granted or marriage license was issued. Fees vary.
Tennessee's The Right To Know, Denny Glad or Jalena Bowling, P.O. Box 34334, Bartlett, TN 38134
Free Adoptees in Their Heritage, P.O. Box 294, Kingsport, TN 37662
ROOTS, 304 Arbuts Lane, Knoxville, TN 37919
Search Investigative Services, P.O. Box 9662, Knoxville, TN 37940
Family Finders, 122 Bass Drive, Mount Juliet, TN 37122
Openness In Adoption, 518 Gen Geo Patton Rd., Nashville, TN 37221
U.F.O., P.O. Box 290333, Nashville, TN 37229-0333
It is reported that there is something in place to notify the other party that the identifying information has been asked for and asking them if they will consent to have it released. Be sure to ask about it when contacting the state.
It gets harder and harder to keep up with this Tennessee Court Case. There are other sites that are doing a better job, therefore, I am going to put up links to those for you to go.
Information on the lawsuit against the TN law Tennessee Adoption Reform
History of the lawsuit American Adoption Congress to a link on TN
Information about adoptions both pre- and post-March 16, 1951, and information about obtaining medical and background information, is available here at the State's website
From Tina’s TN Page