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== Record Finder Table for Texas ==
'''This table can help you decide which records to search.'''
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
:#In column 1, select a research goal.
This Record Finder table links to the Texas topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
:#In column 2, view (click) the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
:#In column 3, find additional types of records that may be useful.
:#If you do not find the desired information, see [[Texas Research Tips and Strategies|Texas Search Strategies]] for more suggestions.


===Vital Events ===
{{Note|Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.}}
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| '''1. If you need information about'''
| '''2. Look first in'''
| '''3. Then search'''
|-
| Adoptions
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
| Age
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
| Birth date
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]
|-
| Birth place
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
|-
| Children
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
|-
| Country of foreign birth
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Natualization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]],[[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
|-
| Death information
| [[Texas_Vital_Records#Death_Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Dissolution of marriage (Divorce)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas_Vital_Records#Dissolution_of_Marriage_.28Divorce.29_Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Texas Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Census|Census]]  
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[African-American Resources for Texas|African Americans]], [[Indians of Texas|American Indians]], [[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]], [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}


===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Census|Census]]  
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-  
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Occupations|Occupations]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
| [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
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*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]  
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Texas|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Texas|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Texas Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Texas Societies|Societies]], [[Texas For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Texas Societies|Societies]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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Revision as of 10:29, 8 February 2018

Texas Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Texas Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search.

  1. In column 1, select a research goal.
  2. In column 2, view (click) the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
  3. In column 3, find additional types of records that may be useful.
  4. If you do not find the desired information, see Texas Search Strategies for more suggestions.
1. If you need information about 2. Look first in 3. Then search
Adoptions Court Records, Vital Records Census, Probate Records
Age Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries Vital Records, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
Birth date Vital Records, Social Security Death Index, Obituaries, Cemeteries Church Records, Military Records, Biography
Birth place Census, Vital Records, Obituaries Church Records, Military Records, Funeral Homes
Boundaries and origins Maps, Gazetteers History, Societies
Children Census, Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy Vital Records, Church Records, Land and Property
City or parish of foreign birth Vital Records, Obituaries, Biography Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records, Funeral Homes
Country of foreign birth Census, Vital Records, Obituaries Natualization and Citizenship, Military Records,Ethnic Groups
Death information Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Social Security Death Index, Newspapers Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Church Records
Dissolution of marriage (Divorce) Vital Records, Court Records Newspapers, Census
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Obituaries, Biography, Ethnic Groups, Land and Property,Court Records
Ethnic background Census, African Americans, American Indians, Ethnic Groups, Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records, Periodicals, Societies
Historical background History, Periodicals, Gazetteers Maps, Land and Property, Church Records
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship Court Records, Biography, Obituaries, Periodicals
Living relatives Obituaries, Probate Records, Census Funeral Homes, Land and Property, Biography, Newspapers
Maiden name Vital Records, Obituaries, Probate Records Church Records, Funeral Homes, Bible Records
Marriage information Vital Records, Obituaries, Census, Genealogy Church Records, Probate Records, Military Records
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Voting Registers Court Records, Land and Property, Periodicals
Occupations Occupations, Census, Obituaries Biography, Directories, History
Other family members Census, Obituaries, Probate Records Funeral Homes, Vital Records, Church Records, Genealogy
Parents Vital Records, Obituaries, Census, Genealogy Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Church Records, Biography
Physical description Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration Biography, Occupations
Place-finding aids Maps, Gazetteers Archives and Libraries, History, Societies
Places of residence Census, Military Records, Obituaries, Directories, Taxation Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Voting Registers
Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Vital Records, Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship, Taxation
Previous research Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals History, Archives and Libraries, Societies
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Church Records, Periodicals Societies, For Further Reading
Religion Church Records, Vital Records, Obituaries Biography, Cemeteries, Funeral Homes
Social activities Societies, Obituaries, Biography Cemeteries, Directories, Newspapers