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Search Texas death records including delayed certificates, foreign deaths, and probate obituaries from 1890 to 1976.
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This collection includes Texas Death records from 1890 to 1976. Texas has recorded deaths from 1903 to the present, plus about 250 registrations from 1890-1939 and nearly 2,000 delayed registrations of death from 1890s-1990, as reported from obituaries and probate records. The collection consists of images of Texas statewide death certificates--inc...
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For a table with the number of records by county in this collection see Texas Death Coverage Table.
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: 1. Name of the person 2. The name of a parent 3. Date of the event
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1. Add any new information to your records 2. If available, check the image for additional information 3. Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family
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1. Try searching by surname only 2. The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name 3. Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century
Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Texas. 1. Texas Guided Research 2. Texas Record Finder 3. Texas Research Tips and Strategies 4. Step-by-Step Texas Research, 1880-Present
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Name index to Texas statewide death certificates for 4 million people who died since between 1964 and 1998.
Mar 16, 2024 · Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves.