Shelby County is on the ball here's another great site. http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/history/indmsd.htm Index to Memphis Death Registers, 1848-1901 Index to Memphis Burial Permits and Death Certificates, 1902-1939 (some deaths from the 1848-1901 Memphis Death Register Index are duplicated in this database) Index to Memphis and Shelby County Death Certificates, 1940-1945 Betty Burdan