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'''This table can help you decide which records to search.'''
== Record Finder Table for Texas ==
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.


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


{{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.}}
===Vital Events ===
 
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|-
| '''1. If you need information about'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| '''2. Look first in'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| '''3. Then search'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
|-
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| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital 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]]  
|-
|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Natualization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]],[[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[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]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Dissolution of marriage (Divorce)
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Texas_Vital_Records#Dissolution_of_Marriage_.28Divorce.29_Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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|-
|-
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[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]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Ethnic background
| align="left" | Residence
| [[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]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
|-
*[[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| Historical background
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
|}


| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Maiden name
*[[African American Resources for Texas|African Americans]]
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Texas|Indigenous Peoples]]
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
|-
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
*[[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| Naturalization
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
 
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Occupations
| [[Texas Occupations|Occupations]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas History|History]]
|-
| Other family members
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| Parents
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| 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 Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Previous research
|-  
| [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| [[Texas Societies|Societies]], [[Texas For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
|-
| Religion
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
|-
| Social activities
| [[Texas Societies|Societies]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]]
| [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|}
|}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 January 2021

Texas Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
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Record Finder Table for Texas[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Texas topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption[edit | edit source]

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.


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