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Texas Death Records
The task of recording all the births, deaths, marriages and divorces in Texas belongs
to the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The volume of genealogical and biographical information to be found in an informative
obituary makes the effort of searching for one worthwhile.
For many of our ancestors the obituary is the only "biographical sketch" that was ever
devoted to that individual.
In addition to names, dates, and places of birth, marriage, and Texas death records, the obituary often
identifies relationships of the deceased as child, sibling, parent, grandparent, etc.,
to numerous other individuals. Obituaries may even suggest other documentation of an
individual's death - a death certificate in another county because the hospital was
located there; church or cemetery records; or records of a coroner's inquest because the
death was sudden or unexpected.
And, of course, the wealth of detail in an informative obituary may open up many research avenues.
A very good resource worth checking out is the
Social Security Death Index
. You can access it by clicking on
this link
. Ancestry.com's Social Security Death Index is generated from the U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.
It contains the records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security numbers and
whose death had been reported to the SSA. In most cases a report of death was made in
connection with Social Security death benefits.
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State Records Office:
1100 West 49th Street Austin,
TX 78756-3199.
Toll-free phone number: (888) 963-7111
The fax number is (512) 458-7506
For statistical data requests, the fax number is (512) 458-7332
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