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'''Bureau of Vital Statistics'''<br>Texas Department of Health<br>1100 West 49th Street<br>Austin, TX 78756-3191<br>Telephone: 512-458-7111<br>Internet: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm | '''Bureau of Vital Statistics'''<br>Texas Department of Health<br>1100 West 49th Street<br>Austin, TX 78756-3191<br>Telephone: 512-458-7111<br>Internet: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm | ||
Only authorized personnel may search the records. The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are listed in ''Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces.'' Hyattsville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1993. (Family History Library book 973 V24wv.) Copies of this booklet are at the Family History Library and many Family History Centers. | Only authorized personnel may search the records. The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are listed in ''Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces.'' Hyattsville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1993. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+V24wv book 973 V24wv].) Copies of this booklet are at the Family History Library and many Family History Centers. | ||
The Texas State Library and Archives has indexes to birth, "probate births" (delayed registrations), and death records from 1903 to 1973. These are available for public searches. | The Texas State Library and Archives has indexes to birth, "probate births" (delayed registrations), and death records from 1903 to 1973. These are available for public searches. | ||
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The Texas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and other societies have compiled many early vital records. Examples of published transcripts of marriages are: | The Texas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and other societies have compiled many early vital records. Examples of published transcripts of marriages are: | ||
*Grammer, Norma Rutledge. ''Marriage Records of Early Texas, 1824-1846''. Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Genealogical Society, Texas 1971. (Family History Library book 976.4 V25g; film 982117.) | *Grammer, Norma Rutledge. ''Marriage Records of Early Texas, 1824-1846''. Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Genealogical Society, Texas 1971. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=189964&disp=Marriage+records+of+early+Texas%2C+1824++ book 976.4 V25g; film 982117].) | ||
*Swenson, Helen Smothers. ''8,800 Texas Marriages, 1824-1850''. Two Volumes. Round Rock, Texas: H. Swenson, 1981. (Family History Library book 976.4 V2s.) | *Swenson, Helen Smothers. ''8,800 Texas Marriages, 1824-1850''. Two Volumes. Round Rock, Texas: H. Swenson, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=96771&disp=8%2C800+Texas+marriages+1824%2D1850%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.4 V2s].) | ||
=== Divorce Records === | === Divorce Records === | ||
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=== Inventory of Vital Records === | === Inventory of Vital Records === | ||
You can learn more about the history and availability of the records in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Texas.'' N.p.: Historical Records Survey, 1941. Family History Library book 976.4 A3gp; film 1000610 item 14.) | You can learn more about the history and availability of the records in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Texas.'' N.p.: Historical Records Survey, 1941. Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=189782&disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+records++ book 976.4 A3gp; film 1000610 item 14].) | ||
=== Web Sites === | === Web Sites === | ||