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Address:
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040
Phone: (512) 458-7111
Remarks:
Check or money order
should be made payable to Texas Department of Health.
Personal checks are accepted. Call
or visit the Web site to verify current fees.
Web site:
Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics
Event:
Birt h
Dates: Fro m
1903
Cost of copy: $11.00
Comments: Copies
of birth certificates are confidential under Texas Law for fifty years and are
only available from that period to the registrant, immediate family
members either by blood or marriage, guardians or legal representatives. With
your request include as much as you can of the following: the
name on the birth record being requested, date of birth, place of birth
(city or county), father's
full name, (last, first, middle), mothers full name, including her maiden
name, your relationship to the
individual named on the certificate, the reason for your request, your daytime
telephone number with area code, your
mailing address, your signature and a copy of
a photo ID such as a Driver's License.
Birth records were not required to be forwarded to the State until 1910,
so some birth records from 1903-1910 may be found at the
County
Clerk's Office in the county where the birth took place.
Application for Birth
Record
You can also search online:
Index
to Texas Births, 1926-1995 (requires a free "guest pass" to access
the database and includes many annoying advertisements)
* Birth records prior to 1903 may be available
from the Texas
State Archives or the County
Clerk's Office in the county where the birth took place.
Event:
Death
Dates: From
1903
Cost of copy: $9.00
Comments: Copies
of death records are confidential under Texas Law for twenty-five years and
are only available from that period to immediate family members either by
blood or marriage, guardians or legal representatives.
With
your request include as much as you can of the following: the
name on the death
record being requested, date of death,
place of death
(city or county), your
relationship to the individual named on the certificate, the reason for your
request, your daytime
telephone number with area code, your
mailing address, your signature and a copy of a photo
ID such as a Driver's License. Death
records were not required to be forwarded to the State until 1910, so some
death records from 1903-1910 may be found at the County
Clerk's Office in the county where the birth took place.
Application
for Death
Record
You can also search online:
Index to Texas
Deaths, 1964-1998
Event:
Marriage
Dates:
From
January 1, 1966 (State);
Cost of copy:
$ 9.00
Comments: Verification
of Marriage
is
available at the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics but
they can only verify that
a marriage took place
and/or identify the county of occurrence.
Certified copies of the Marriage
License are
only available from the County
Clerk's Office
in the county in which the marriage
occurred.
Application for Marriage
Verification
You can search Texas marriages online:
Texas Marriage
Index, 1966-2001
The marriage database can also be downloaded here:
Texas
Marriage Index, 1966-2001
Event:
Divorce
Dates: From July 1905
Cost of copy: $9.00
Comments: Verification
of Divorce is available at the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital
Statistics but
they can only verify that
a divorce took place
and/or identify the county of occurrence.
Certified copies of the Divorce
Decree are only
available from the District
Clerk's Office in the county in which the divorce occurred.
Application for
Divorce
Verification
You can search
Texas divorces online:
Texas Divorce
Index, 1968-2001
The divorce database can
also be downloaded here:
Texas
Divorce Index, 1968-2001
Event:
Adoption
Texas
Adoption Search & Support Resources
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