SHELBY COUNTY DATA


Shelby

County Seat: Memphis





FamilySearch Wiki Click to go to Website
TSLA Fact Sheet Click to go to Website
County Contacts County Genealogist - Kathyrn Graehl

County Historian - Jimmy Rout III

TN Gen Web - Taneya Koonce
Email: taneya@gmail.com
Shelby County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1881
Marriage - 1820
Deaths* - 1848
Court - 1820
Land - 1821
Probate - 1824
Census - 1810

*Statewide Registration for Births & Deaths began in 1911 with general compliance by 1927

County Health Department has birth, death, and burial records
County Clerk has marriage records from 1820
Clerk of Circuit Court has divorce records
Register of Deeds has land records
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county
Societies / Museums / Archives Tennessee Genealogical Society
7779 Poplar Pike
Germantown, TN 38138
Phone: 901-754-4300
Click to go to Website

West Tennessee Historical Society
Box 111046
Memphis, TN 38111
Click to go to Website

Shelby County Archives
980A Nixon Drive
Memphis, Tennessee 38134
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Doors closed 4:15)
Phone: 901-222-8175
Click to go to Website
Library Memphis Public Library
3030 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38111
Phone: 901-415-2742
Library Page Click to go to Website
History / Genealogy Page Click to go to Website
Shelby County Courts Shelby County Courthouse
150 Washington Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-222-3400

Shelby County Clerk
Phone: 901-222-3000
Click to go to Website

Shelby County Health Dept
Phone: 901-222-9000
Click to go to Website

Shelby County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: 901-222-3800
Click to go to Website

Shelby County Probate Court
Phone: 901-222-3750
Click to go to Website

Shelby County Register of Deeds
1075 Mullins Station
Building W3 Suite W165
Memphis, Tennessee 38134
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Doors closed 4:15)
Phone: 901-222-8100

Register of Deeds Click to go to Website
County Records Click to go to Website
County Archives Click to go to Website