The Tennessee State Library and Archives has copies of published census indexes for a number of census years. Please see our web site for census information for the following years: 1820 - 1840; 1850 - 1870; and 1880 & 1900-1930.
Some census indexes have been published for specific counties in Tennessee. Please check the County Fact Sheets to see which census indexes are available. Indexes available for interlibrary loan are marked with an asterisk (*) .
ORDERING INFORMATION AND FEES:
- For a $5 fee, TSLA can photocopy and mail a list from one census index for one specified surname. This fee covers the cost of copying up to ten pages. The $5 fee is not refundable. Payment in advance by check, money order or credit card is required. Send your request to Tennessee State Library and Archives, Public Services, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville TN 37243-0312. [GO TO FORMS PAGE]
- Please note that we ask that you submit each search request on a separate form. There may be a waiting period of up to 3-4 weeks before you receive a reply.
If you have used a census index and have determined the county and page number on which a name appears, we will copy that entry from the original census record on microfilm. For census records 1880-1930 you must also provide the Census Enumeration District Number.
ORDERING INFORMATION AND FEES:
- There is a $20 fee to copy a census record. The $20 fee is not refundable. Payment in advance by check, money order or credit card is required. Send your request to Tennessee State Library and Archives, Research Department, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville TN 37243-0312. [GO TO FORMS PAGE]
- Please note that we ask that you submit each search request on a separate form. There may be a waiting period of up to 3-4 weeks before you receive a reply.
- RESIDENTS OF TENNESSEE (with a current Tennessee postal address) will pay a $10 fee to copy a census record. The $10 fee is not refundable. Payment in advance by check, money order or credit card is required. Send your request to Tennessee State Library and Archives, Research Department, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville TN 37243-0312. [GO TO FORMS PAGE]
- Please note that we ask that you submit each search request on a separate form. There may be a waiting period of up to 3-4 weeks before you receive a reply.
The 1890 census was destroyed in a records warehouse fire before microfilm was invented. There are no Tennessee census records for 1890.
There is, however, a list of male voters in each county in 1891. Some of these voter lists include ages, but no other personal or family information is provided. Not all have been indexed. We cannot search for a record if the county has not been indexed. Published indexes are available for the following counties: Anderson, Benton, Blount, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Dickson, Dyer, Fentress, Gibson, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Lawrence, Lewis, Loudon, Macon, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Shelby, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Trousdale, Unicoi, Washington, Wayne, Wayne, Weakley, and Williamson.
Contact us by e-mail for more information about searching these voter lists.
ORDERING INFORMATION AND FEES:
- There is a $20 fee to copy an enumeration record. The $20 fee is not refundable. Payment in advance by check, money order or credit card is required. Send your request to Tennessee State Library and Archives, Research Department, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville TN 37243-0312. [GO TO FORMS PAGE]
- Please note that we ask that you submit each search request on a separate form. There may be a waiting period of up to 3-4 weeks before you receive a reply.
- RESIDENTS OF TENNESSEE (with a current Tennessee postal address) will pay a $10 fee to copy an enumeration record. The $10 fee is not refundable. Payment in advance by check, money order or credit card is required. Send your request to Tennessee State Library and Archives, Research Department, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville TN 37243-0312. [GO TO FORMS PAGE]
- Please note that we ask that you submit each search request on a separate form. There may be a waiting period of up to 3-4 weeks before you receive a reply.
Updated November 13, 2007
