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 :<span style="font-size:120%">Choose a time period:</span><br>
-:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_before_1853|Before 1903]]'''</span>
+:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_before_1890|Before 1890]]'''</span>
-:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_from_1903_thru_1908|1903 thru 1908]]''' </span>
+:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_from_1890_thru_1986|1890 thru 1986]]'''</span>
-:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_from_1917_thru_1970|1917 thru 1970]]'''</span>
+:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_after_1986|After 1986 to the present]]''' </span>
-:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Texas Death Records#Deaths_after_1970|After 1970 to the present]]''' </span>
 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Estimate United States Death Information|Death year unknown]]'''</span>
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-== '''Deaths before 1903'''  ==
+== '''Deaths before 1890'''  ==
-'''Before 1903, no deaths were recorded by the county or state'''. A few&nbsp;death registrations delayed registrations of death from 1890s-1990, as reported from obituaries and probate records, are grouped&nbsp;with the regular death certificates. These early records are frequently located in the final few volumes of a given year, but may be interspersed throughout a volume set.
+'''Death registrations began officially in 1903 by the county and state'''. A few stray death registrations and delayed death records were created from 1890s-1990, as reported from obituaries and probate records. These delayed death registrations are grouped with the regular death certificates.
-If you cannot find your ancestor's death record before 1903, you may wish to search [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|substitute records]] to locate your ancestor’s death date and place.
+If you cannot find your ancestor's death record before 1890, you may wish to search [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|substitute records]] to locate your ancestor’s death date and place.
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-== '''Deaths after 1986''' ==
+== '''Deaths after 1986'''  ==
 '''PART A: You know the exact date of death '''
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 '''''Restrictions for persons who died within the last 25 years:'''''<br> Death certificates for deaths within the past 25 years are considered protected records.&nbsp;To obtain a copy of the death certificate for those who died within the last 25 years, you must be:
 :*The surviving spouse of the deceased
 :*An immediate family member of the deceased
 :*A parent of the deceased<br>
 :*Funeral director
 :*Anyone who has a legal interest in the certificate<span style="line-height: 1.5em;" />
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 ::<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">If you do not want to order the death record, you can search </span>[[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|other records with death information]]<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span>
 <center>[[How to Find West Virginia Death Records#Next_Step:_When_did_the_death_occur.3F|Return to top: Choose another death year]]</center>
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