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Statewide recording of vital records is as follows.
The Texas Vital Statistics division of the Department of State Health Services has:
  • Birth records since 1903
  • Marriage records since January 1966
  • Death records since 1903
  • Divorce records since January 1968, kept under the jurisdiction of the respective clerk of the district court

See more detailed information, including what is available at the county or city levels:  Ancestry.com Wiki - Texas Vital Records
Based on Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

  • Adoptee Rights Law Center - Texas

    Summary of the laws in this state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.

  • Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Texas

    Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.

  • Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

    Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

    • Ancestry.com - Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2014 $

      Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2014. Texas, USA: Texas Department of State Health Services. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

    • Ancestry.com - Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014 $

      Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. Early American Marriages: Texas to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.; Hunting For Bears, comp. Texas marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library; Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Marriage Index, 1824-2014. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas;Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or from county courthouse records. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • Ancestry.com - Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 $

    Original source: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • Ancestry.com - Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 $

    Original source: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • Ancestry.com - Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2014 $

    Original source: Several, see the web site. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • Archives.com - Search For Texas Death Records $

    Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Search For Texas Divorce Records $

    Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Search For Texas Marriage Records $

    Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Texas Birth Records, 1927-2010 $

    22,168,476 Records. Source: Texas Department of State Health Services. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Texas Death Records, 1964-2010 $

    8,298,915 Records. Source: Texas Department of State Health Services. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Texas Divorce Records, 1968 to 2008 $

    3,435,338 Records. Source: Texas Department of State Health Services. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Texas Marriage Records, 1966 to 2008 $

    7,263,996 Records. Source: Texas Department of State Health Services. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Texas, Fort Bend County Death Records, 1965 - 2000 $

    11,565 Records. Source: Fort Bend County Clerk. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • Archives.com - Texas, Fort Bend County Marriage Records, 1845 - 2011 $

    123,900 Records. Source: Fort Bend County Clerk. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

  • FamilySearch - Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 FREE

    This collection contains digital images and an index of birth certificates for the state of Texas. The original records are housed at the Vital Statistics Unit of the Texas Department of Health in Austin.

  • FamilySearch - Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 FREE

    Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Texas. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 560,870 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

  • FamilySearch - Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 FREE

    Name index to Texas statewide death certificates for 4 million people who died since between 1964 and 1998.

  • FamilySearch - Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973 FREE

    Name index to death and burial records from the state of Texas. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 274,258 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

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