Daughters of the American Revolution, General James Breckinridge Chapter (Roanoke, Virginia). Marriages, Births and Deaths from Virginia and East Tennessee Lutheran Church in America Records. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (FHL film 858645 item 2; computer number 743516.)

Methodist

Tennessee is served by three Methodist conferences that oversee the missions and business of the church. The conferences have collected records from churches that have closed. Records of existing congregations are generally still in the churches. The Holston Conference oversees the eastern third of the state, the Tennessee Conference oversees the middle third, and the Memphis Conference oversees the western third.

Holston Conference
Kelly Library
Emory and Henry College
Emory VA 24327
Telephone: 540-944-6874
Fax: 540-944-4592
E-mail: ragarrett@ehc.edu

Tennessee Conference
520 Commerce Street, Suite 205
Nashville, TN 37203-3714
Telephone: 615-952-2481
E-mail: vunruh@bellsouth.net

Memphis Conference United Methodist Archives
Luther L. Gobbel Library
Lambuth University
705 Lambuth Boulevard
Jackson, TN 38301
Telephone: 901-425-3290

Presbyterian

The records of the Presbyterian Churches are kept in the individual congregations. When a congregation wants to have records archived or when a church closes, records are sent to one of the following repositories:

Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
Telephone: 215-627-1852

Presbyterian Historical Society
318 Georgia Terrace
Montreat, NC 38757
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 849
Montreat, NC 38757
Telephone: 828-669-7061
Fax: 828-669-5369

Records for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church are sent to:

The Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
The Historical Library and Archives
1978 Union Avenue
Memphis TN 38104
Telephone: 901-276-8602
Fax: 901-272-3913
Internet: www.cumberland.org
E-mail: skg@cumberland.org

These archives collect papers of ministers; and session, trustee, and women’s missionary society records. These records may contain baptisms, marriages, and communions of members. The staff at the archives does not do research; however, you can do research in person for a small fee.

The Presbyterian Church in Tennessee is coordinated by the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. The library of the seminary does not collect records of any congregation, but it does have ministerial directories with information on many ministers. The staff of the library can direct you to congregations in the state where records are.

Direct your inquiries to:

The Library
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
1044 Alta Vista Road
Louisville, KY 40205-1798
Telephone: 502-895-3411
Fax: 502-895-1096

For a history of early Tennessee Presbyterians, see:

McDonnold, Benjamin Wilburn. History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 2nd ed. Nashville, Tenn.: Board of Publication of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888. (FHL book 976 K2m; film 369750; computer number 264102.)

A collection of genealogical abstracts of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee is:

Eddlemon, Sherida K. Genealogical Abstracts of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church: 1836 and Beyond. Bowie, Md.: Heritage, 1995. (FHL book 976 K2es; computer number 758870.)

Roman Catholic

Records of existing Catholic parishes are generally kept in the individual churches, though copies of sacramental records are sent to the appropriate diocese. Sacramental records include baptisms and confirmations. They may contain names of god-parents or information about marriages or burials. The diocesan archives also have some school records. Requests for genealogical searches must be submitted in writing. To receive death information, you must include proof of your relationship to the deceased. The state of Tennessee is served by three Catholic dioceses. The Diocese of Knoxville serves the eastern third of the state, the Diocese of Nashville serves the central third, and the Diocese of Memphis serves the western third.

Diocese of Knoxville
P.O. Box 11127
Knoxville, TN 37939
Telephone: 423-584-3307

Diocese of Nashville
The Catholic Center
2400 Twenty-first Avenue
South Nashville, TN 37212-5387
Telephone: 615-383-6393
Fax: 615-292-8411
Internet: www.serve.com/DIOCNASH
E-mail: NASHDIO@aol.com

Diocese of Memphis
The Catholic Center
5825 Shelby Oaks Drive
Memphis, TN 38134-7389
Telephone: 901-373-1200
Fax: 901-373-1269
Internet: www.cdom.org
E-mail: MHEIGHT@cdom.org

The dioceses of Tennessee are part of region five, with the archdiocese at:

Archdiocese of Louisville
212 East College Street
Louisville, KY 40203
Telephone: 502-585-3291
Internet: www.archlou.org
E-mail: comm@archlou.org

For more information on church records, see the United States Research Outline (30972.) The Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more sources under:

TENNESSEE- CHURCH HISTORYTENNESSEE, [COUNTY]- CHURCH HISTORYTENNESSEE- CHURCH RECORDSTENNESSEE, [COUNTY]- CHURCH RECORDSTENNESSEE, [COUNTY], [TOWN ]- CHURCH RECORDS