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== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
== 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.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Texas topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]  
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]  
*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Texas Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
|}
|}


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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[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;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Texas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Texas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Texas Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Texas Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Texas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Texas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 January 2021

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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.

List of Topics

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

Vital Events

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

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Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

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Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

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Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

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Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption

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


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