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GenealogyMagazine.com - Lost Texas Death Certificates

The State of Texas required its county offices to begin registering deaths in 1903, filing the record at the county courthouse and submitting a duplicate to the State. Most genealogists are unaware that the Department of Health also has a small number of death certificates that predate the 1903 registration.

Hood County Texas Genealogical Society Index of Records

Including Birth, Marriage, Tax and many other online records.

Marriage and Divorce Verification

From the Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Obtaining Birth and Death Certificates

From the Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics. Explains availability, fees, and how to order certificates.

Online Texas Vital Records Indexes - Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death Records

A directory of helpful resources for genealogy research and adoption searches.

Secret Death Records - Not Listed on the Social Security Death Index

Searchable index of more than 15 million death records from California, Florida, Illinois, Maine and Texas that are not listed on the government's Social Security Death Index.

Texas Death Records

3,963,456 records from 1964 thru 1998.

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - Death Records

VitalChek Network - Texas

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Texas

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

Where to Write for Vital Records - Texas

From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).