I'm trying to document a couple of generations in an alleged line in the late 1800's, and would like to know if obituaries can be acceptable as proof of parentage? I'm not yet ready to submit an application, but would like to get a sense of if there is any hope of success with the records I've found. I've found no family records, nor church records that might help, and births were not recorded in Tennessee at the time. It seems these folks, even though they had property, managed to not write wills and to escape any recorded estate settlement, so that doesn't hasn't helped. I've not yet found land records that state a relationship, though I've not yet exhausted that possibility. But there are rather extensive news articles on the father's death that state the parentage. Any hope that would be accepted? Terry Reigel