Texas Genealogy
Vitals & Misc County Info
Dallas Co. Vital Records
Texas Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics information about ordering birth, marriage, divorice & death certificates by mail (fees and restrictions apply)
TX Death Records from 1964-1998
Texas Death Index 1964-1998 at Rootsweb (free)
Texas Death Certificates 1890-1976 (free) includes scanned images of the death certificates; this is currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime
You can also find Vitals here for:
- Texas Birth Records, 1926-1997
- Texas Death Records, 1964-1998
- Texas Marriage Records, 1966-1999
- Texas Divorce Records, 1968-1999
WHERE TO WRITE OR CALL
- State of Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics
- Dallas County Courthouse, 509 Main St., Dallas, TX 75202-3513, Telephone: (214)653-7131
- City of Dallas Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1500 Marilla St, Dallas, 214-670-3092). Birth and Death Certificates for City of Dallas are $8. Open: 8:15 am to 4:40 pm M-W-F, 7:15 am to 5:30 pm Tues, 8:15 am to 2:30 pm Thur.
- Public Records of Dallas County, 500 Main St, Dallas. For Dallas County; copies are $8. Vital records at 214-653-7477. Probate records at 214-653-7244. Land records at 214-653-7102.
- Ancestry has a fact sheet on what records are available and where to write for records in Texas.
Researching in Dallas County
There are a number of excellent resources in the Dallas area, which genealogists will find helpful in their quest:
- Dallas Public Library (1515 Young Street, Dallas), owns one of the major genealogical collections in the U.S with more than 69,000 volumes and 99,000 microforms. In the Genealogy Section on the 8th floor (214-670-1433) and Texas/Dallas Special Collections on the 7th floor (214-670-1435),
you will find the largest collection of genealogical and historical materials in the South. All states and countries are represented, but the emphasis is heaviest on the 13 original colonies, the upper and lower South, and the Midwest. While the Western, Northwestern, and Southwestern states
are representated, the collections are less inclusive. Open: Mon-Thurs 9 am-9 pm, Fri-Sat 9 am-5 pm, Sun 1 pm-5 pm. Some resources include 1790-1920 Federal census, military & pension indexes 1776-1912, ship passenger/customs, vital records, family histories, CD Rom library, vertical files,
naturalization. Special Collections include Draper Manuscripts, American City Directories prior to 1862, Freedmen’s Bureau records, Slave Narratives, Loyalist records, CT Barbour & Hale Collection, FL Archives of Spanish Government, GA Biographical Questionnaires, LA & FL records of the Dioceses,
ME Old Cemetery Assoc. Records, MA Corbin Collection - Torrey’s New England Marriages - Charles E. Banks & Holbrook Collections, NH Provincial and State Papers, NY Vosbury Collection, NC McCubbins Collection - Cherokee Indian Enrollment Cards - WPA Cemetery Inscription, OH DAR Collection -
Surname Index, OK Pioneer Histories - Dawes Rolls, Eastern Cherokee Applications, PA Tract and Land Patent Books, SC Archives - State Plats - Leonardo Andrea Collection, TN land grants, records of Cherokee Indian Agency, TX Election Registers - Military Records - Confederate Pensions, VA land patents - Bounty Grants, and more.
- The Nicholson Memorial Library in Garland, the Haggard Library (Genealogy, Local History, Texana, and Archives) in Plano, and the Mesquite Public Library also contain genealogy sections.
- National Archives-Fort Worth, Southwest Regional Branch, 501 W. Felix at Hemphill (817-334-5525), houses federal records and materials for the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, including many Indian records concerning the Five Civilized Tribes Agency. Open Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm.
- Southern Methodist University, located on Hillcrest between Daniel and Mockingbird Lane (214-692-2327). The SMU campus has several libraries, including the Bridwell Theology Library (the major Texas repository for Methodist records), and the DeGolyer Library housing a respected Texana Collection.
- University of Texas at Dallas Library at 2601 Floyd Rd., Richardson, (214-721-5329). The Library has microfilm copies of newspapers from all over the country.
- City of Dallas Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1500 Marilla St, Dallas, 214-670-3092). Birth and Death Certificates for City of Dallas are $8. Open: 8:15 am to 4:40 pm M-W-F, 7:15 am to 5:30 pm Tues, 8:15 am to 2:30 pm Thur.
- Public Records of Dallas County, 500 Main St, Dallas. For Dallas County; copies are $8. Vital records at 214-653-7477. Probate records at 214-653-7244. Land records at 214-653-7102.
- Family History Centers in the Dallas area which are near the hotel are located at:
10701 Lake Highlands Dr., Dallas (214-349-0730)
2700 Roundrock, Plano (972-867-6479)
Major Texas On-Line Resources
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