How to Obtain Texas Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
This page provides information on obtaining copies of Texas
birth certificates, Texas marriage licenses, Texas divorce
decrees and Texas death records. There are also useful
links to past Texas Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on this site's homepage
Texas birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040
Texas birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Texas Department of Health may be contacted by phone
on (512) 458-7111 or online at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/
Remarks:
State office has records since 1903
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Other Texas Vital Records Resources
I have included these additional sites because they may
contain Texas vital records (birth records, marriage records,
divorce records or death records) that you might find useful
if you are conducting genealogy research:
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Vital Records Online search over 400 million records online
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Obituaries and Death Records - Over 3 Billion Names
search obituaries and death records in hundreds of newspapers
going back over 200 years
Texas Birth Records free online birth indexes for Texas
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Texas Marriage Records Online - a comprehensive collection
of many online marriage databases for Texas indexed in
county order
USGenweb Archives
Project - Texas USGenWeb is an archive of free databases
including vital and other records such as marriages, church
records, wills,censusesand cemetery records.
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