Texas Surname Indexes

How would the birth, death, marriage or divorce index help me in my research? If your search started with the 1900, 1910 or 1920 census, you possibly could found the family members living during those time periods. Then you could find information concerning their birth, death etc; in the indexes. Its is cheaper to find dates on a surname index, then to send for a certified copy of each individual vital record. There are approximately 50 names to a page. With a popular name like Smith, searching the death index for the volume year 1903 - 1940 could turn up over a hundred pages. Some of the other vital records are searched year by year.

The death surname index search provides the following information:

Last name
First name, middle, suffix
County of death
Date of death
File number
The year of the search and page are listed

The birth surname index search provides the following information:

Last name
First name, middle, suffix
County of birth
Date of birth
File number
The year of the search and page are listed

The marriage and divorce indexes are similiar.

Texas Record Lookup Fees
Order record lookup
Texas Federal census
Surname or given name records search
Birth (1903 - 1976)
Marriage (1967 - 1976)
Death (1903 - 1976)
Divorce (1968 - 1976)

Death index example
Only half the image of the page is shown because of size. (26K)

If the surname you were looking for was Tubbs, there are over 25 names listed. So between 1903 - 1940, you might have both grandparents listed, a parent and possibly some siblings.

Need to order a single record search?
Order record lookup
Example: surname death index lookup and copy
cost $6.00