The Tennessee State Library and Archives has cemetery and funeral home records available in a number of formats that are useful for genealogical and other research purposes. The materials cited in this brochure are arranged by the area within TSLA where they can be accessed.

Sometimes these records include more information than is found in death records and obituaries, and they can often be used for time periods when a death was not registered with the state. Information in the records varies from business to business. Some of the microfilmed materials are indexed and some are not. TSLA also has an online guide to funeral home records at TSLA: Books and Manuscripts.

A Sampling of Manuscript Collections

• Mt. Olivet Cemetery Records, 1848-1978. Mf. 576, Mf. 1102
• Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, Nashville, 1844-1915. Mf. 576
• Historical Records Survey, Tennessee Cemeteries. Mf. 1066
• Tennessee Postcard Collection: This collection, arranged alphabetically by city or town, contains images of cemeteries in Tennessee.
• Photograph Database: This database contains photographic images of cemeteries throughout Tennessee.
• Maps: TSLA’s map collection contains maps showing the location of cemeteries located throughout Tennessee.

A Sampling of Cemetery Records on Microfilm

• City Cemetery Records, Nashville, 1843-1962. Mf. 139
• Elmwood Cemetery Records. Memphis , 1853-1904. Mf. 193
• Confederate Cemetery Records. Franklin, 1864. Mf. 209
• National Cemetery Records. Murfreesboro , 1862-1966. Mf. 210
• Elmwood Cemetery Records. Springfield , 1890-1968. Mf. 267
• South Carolina and Tennessee Cemetery Records, ca. 1850- ca. 1956. Mf. 307
• Greene, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington Counties Cemetery Records, ca. 1780-1960. Mf. 320
• First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Records. Knoxville, 1793- ca. 1942. Mf. 340
• Anderson County Cemetery Records, 1800-1974. Mf. 506
• Nashville City Cemetery Records, 1879-1962. Mf. 632
• Old City Cemetery Records. Nashville, 1822-1980. Mf. 659
• White County Cemetery Records, 1762-1970. Mf. 784
• Weakley County Cemetery Records, 1939. Mf. 820
• Spring Hill Cemetery Records. Davidson County, 1785-1985. Mf. 895
• Oak Grove Cemetery Association Records. Roane County, 1898-1963. Mf. 931
• Cemetery Records, Jackson County, 1804-1987. Mf. 1062
• Mount Olivet Cemetery Records. Nashville, 1912-1989. Mf. 1184
• Mt. Olivet Cemetery Records. Nashville, 1855-1917. Mf. 1343
• Nashville City Cemetery Book. Mf. 1412
• Index to Interments at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Nashville, 1891-1995. Mf. 1489
• Lot Owner Card File of Mount Olivet Cemetery. Nashville, 1851-1995. Mf. 1490
• Zion Cemetery Burial Register, Memphis, 1896-1974. Mf. 1714

A Sampling of Funeral Home Records on Microfilm

• Associated Funeral Directors Records. Springfield, 1891-1968. Mf. 268
• Finley M. Dorris and Karsch Dorris & Co. Records. Nashville, 1902-1914. Mf. 522
• T. E. McReynolds & Sons Funeral Home Records. Clarksville, 1898-1923. Mf. 552
• Charles L. Moffatt Funeral Home Records. Coffee County, 1903-1914. Mf. 639
• Fields Funeral Home Records. Milan, 1910-1981. Mf. 698
• J. G. D'Armond Funeral Home Records. Roane County, 1908-1939. Mf. 723
• Throp and Oakley Funeral Home Records. Trousdale County, 1852-972. Mf. 730
• J. N. Carver Funeral Home Records. Wilson County, 1901-1907. Mf. 755
• Maxwell Funeral Home Records. Harriman, 1926-1979. Mf. 775
• Anthony’s Funeral Home Records. Trousdale County, 1928-1978. Mf. 899
• Booth (formerly Lamb and Coulter) Funeral Home Records. Roane County, 1914-1939. Mf. 930
• Stetzer’s Funeral Home Records. Hamblen County, 1900-1930. Mf. 1017
• Curry Funeral Home Records. Lake and Dyer Counties, 1913-1986. Mf. 1093
• H.F. Hoover Funeral Home Records. Bedford County, 1904-1941. Mf. 1166
• C. C. Alexander and Sons, Undertakers Records. Macon County, 1921-1936. Mf. 1250
• Stetzer and Brooks Funeral Home Records. Morristown, Hamblen County, 1931-1950. Mf. 1287
• Throp and Oakley Funeral Home Records - Addition. Trousdale County , 1944-1965. Mf. 1371
• W.R. Cornelius and Company Burial Records of Federal Soldiers. Nashville, 1864-1866. 1 vol. Mf. 1510
• McDonald Funeral Home Registers, 1945-1996. Mf. 1517
• Miller Burial Association Book, Clifton, 1930. Mf. 1601
• Memphis/National Funeral Home Records, 1935-1971. Mf. 1707
• Griffen Funeral Home Record Books, Jackson, 1890-1960. Mf. 1709
• West Tennessee Funeral Home Records: Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, and Weakley Counties. Mf. 1786
• Kempville Funeral Home Records, Smith County, 1933-1971. Mf. 1846

A Sampling of Library Holdings

• Obion County Tennessee Cemeteries: Elbridge Cemetery, Mason Hall Cemetery, Zion Cemetery (2003), F443 .O2O33
• Knoxville's First Graveyard : Tombstone Inscriptions in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 1800-1879 (East Tennessee Historical Society, 1965), F444 .K7E3
• Gone But Not Forgotten : A Record of the Family Cemeteries of Knox County, Tennessee [vol. 1 North Knox County; vol. 2 East Knox County; vol. 3 South Knox County; vol. 4 North-west Knox County] (McGinnis, 2000-2005), F443 .K6M3943
• Graves of New Gray Cemetery (McGinnis, 2002), F443 .K6M3944
• Graves of Old Gray Cemetery (McGinnis, 2000), F444 .K7M2944
• Meet Me at the Campground : A Record of the Interments of Bells Campground Cemetery (McGinnis, 2001), F443 .K6M3947
• They Are Not Dead but Sleepeth : The Interments of the N M Cemetery at Mt. Olive (McGinnis & Berry, 2003), F443 .K6M3949
• Tombstone Inscriptions and Death Records, Calvary Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1869-1967 (Grady, 1967), F444 .K7G7
• Tombstone Records, Old Gray Cemetery (WPA, 1938), F443 .K6T65

Compiled by Jay Richiuso and Anita Coursey,

Updated June 30, 2011