What information is available?
Texas did not provide for registering deaths on the state level until
1903, and did not require it until 1921. The laws were never
strictly enforced, however, and many early deaths went completely
unrecorded.
If deaths records were
registered at all before 1903, they were registered in the county clerk's
office of the county in which the death occurred.
Death Record Index Search
The information that is available
on the death record indexes includes the following:
From 1975 - 1998
Death Index Records (1975 -1998)
Person's full name,
suffix, date of event, county and gender
This is not the actual
death certificate, only an index that points to the actual death certificate at the
Texas Department of Health or
County court house.
Please allow 5 - 10 days for the
research to be perform.
The Texas death records indexes were written
in various formats, which means that the results could be in any of the
following forms:
 | Transcribed information from Texas State Bureau of
Vital Statistics microfilm or microfiche |
|
| Copies from Texas State Bureau of Vital Statistics vital
records database |
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own records. The Social Security Administration makes copies of the original
Social Security application form (SS-5) available to third parties who
request information on a deceased person.
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