Online Texas Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Texas Death Indexes, Cemeteries and Obituaries

Texas Death Index 1964-1998 at Rootsweb (free)

Texas Death Certificates 1890-1976 from FamilySearch Labs (free) includes scanned images of the death certificates; this is currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

Texas Death Index 1903-2000 at Ancestry.com (subscription-based) a subscription also includes...

Texas Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes the Austin American-Statesman (1/1/1989-Current), Corpus Christi Caller-Times (1/4/2001-Current), Dallas Morning News (8/12/1984-Current), El Paso Times (4/15/1999-Current), Fort Worth Star-Telegram (1/1/1991-Current), Houston Chronicle (10/30/1985-Current), Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (6/6/2003-Current), San Antonio Express-News (9/27/1990-Current), and about 30 more Texas newspapers

Austin - see the Travis County section below
Bexar County: San Antonio Express-News Obituaries (recent) obituaries posted after 6/1/2007 remain online there for 180 days - see the Texas Obituaries Archive link (just above) for San Antonio Express-News obituaries since 9/27/1990
Collin County: McKinney Obituaries Indexes from the McKinney Memorial Public Library; PDF files
Corpus Christi - see the Nueces County section below
Colorado County Cemeteries from the Nesbitt Memorial Library in Columbus, Texas
Dallas County...
- Dallas Morning News Obituaries 8/12/1984-Present (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Dallas County Obituaries 1862-1950 (not complete)
Denton County: Denton Record-Chronicle Obituary Indexes - Assorted Years PDF files; also has birth & marriage indexes
El Paso County...
- El Paso County Death Index
- for El Paso Times Obituaries (4/15/1999-Current) see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
Erath County, Texas Obituary Index, mid 1980s-2005
Fort Worth - see the Tarrant County section below
Galveston Storm Death Records alphabetical listing of people known to have died in the Galveston storm of 1900
Gregg County Death Index also includes birth & marriage records
Hale County Cemetery Database
Harris County...
- Harris County Birth & Death Index 1960s-Present
- Houston Chronicle Obituaries 10/30/1985-Present (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Houston Chronicle Obituaries Index 1901-1905
- Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Database 1908-1992
- Houston Funeral Home Records Index for the Fogle West and Boulevard Funeral Homes -- from the Houston Public Library/Clayton Library
Hood County Deaths 1903-1998 scroll down to the death records section
Johnson County Genealogical Society includes cemeteries & funeral home records
Johnson County, Texas, Cemetery Inscriptions (requires payment) Hopewell Cemetery, Boatright Cemetery & Antioch Cemetery
Lubbock County - see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
McLennan County Area Cemeteries some with online transcriptions
Nueces County...
- Nueces County: Corpus Christi Obituary & Newspaper Indexes
- for Corpus Christi Caller-Times Obituaries (1/4/2001-Current) see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
San Antonio - see the Bexar County section above
Tarrant County...
- Forth Worth Public Library Obituary Index indexes obituaries in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 1966-1993 and the Fort Worth Press from 1966-1976
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram Obituaries (1991-Current) -- see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
- Tarrant County Index to Probate Records 1876-1927
- Tarrant County Probate Records Index (recent) 1980s-present; some from the 1970s
- Tarrant County: Obituaries & Death Notices Appearing In Arlington Newspapers 1901-1920
- Tarrant County: Grapevine Newspaper Birth, Wedding, Death Database Search
Titus County Cemeteries
Travis County...
- Austin American-Statesman Obituaries, 1989-Present (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Travis County: Austin History Center's Oakwood Cemetery Database 1866-1891
- Travis County Cemetery Indexes from the Austin Genealogical Society
- Texas State Cemetery in Austin (military, politicians and prominent citizens only; includes some Confederate veterans)
Upshur County: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Inscriptions, Pritchett, Texas (requires payment)
Victoria County: Victoria Advocate & Other Area Newspapers Index 1901-1944 includes obituaries
Williamson County: Master Online Cemetery Index
Williamson County: Cemeteries & Death Index 1917-1921 (not yet complete)

Death Indexes for 3 Texas Counties - Crane, Mitchell & Washington
- Texas Public Records Databases includes vital records indexes (coverage varies) for Crane, Mitchell and Washington Counties (also has a marriage index for Kerr County)

Texas Probate Indexes
- Probate Index for Brown, Bowie, Camp, Chambers, Delta, Guadalupe, Newton, Robertson, Rusk, San Saba & Williamson Counties

Ordering Texas Death Certificates & Vital Records (fees and restrictions apply)

Order Texas Birth or Death Records Online from Vitalchek
Texas Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics information about ordering birth, marriage, divorice & death certificates by mail

Texas Death Index on Microfilm (offline finding aid)...

An Index to Death Records, Texas, 1903-1945 - Bureau of Vital Statistics (Austin, Texas) microfilm information
Microfilm rolls for the above listing are available from the Family History Library - they can be ordered for viewing at local LDS Family History Centers for a small fee

Also Helpful...

Texas Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, WWI draft cards, vital records, historical newspapers and city directories

Online Texas Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide