Online Texas Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Texas Death Indexes, Cemeteries and Obituaries

Texas Death Index 1964-1998 at Rootsweb (free)

Texas Death Records 1890-1976 from FamilySearch (free) includes scanned copies of the death certificates; few certificates are available prior to 1903
Texas Death Records 1977-1986 from FamilySearch (free) not yet fully indexed; includes digitized copies of the death certificates
Texas Death Certificates 1890-1976 at Fold3 (formerly Footnote) (database is 64% complete) you can download copies of the death certificates for a fee

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 Abilene Reporter-News (5/21/2003-Current), Amarillo Globe-News (6/20/2002-Current), Austin American-Statesman (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 (1991-Current), Galveston County Daily News (2002-Current), Houston Chronicle (10/30/1985-Current), Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (6/6/2003-Current), Plano Star Courier (1/14/2011-Current), San Antonio Express-News (9/27/1990-Current), and about 90 more Texas newspapers

South Texas Area: Catholic Cemeteries of the Victoria Diocese (the Victoria Diocese comprises the counties of Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton and Fayette County west of the Colorado River)

Arlington - see the Tarrant County section below
Austin - see the Travis County section below
Bexar County: San Antonio Express-News Obituaries 9/27/1990-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
Burnet County Obituary Index 1876-1910 from the Burnet County Genealogical Society
Burnet County GenWeb - Genealogy Indexes includes some cemetery transcriptions and obituary indexes
Cass County Cemeteries
Collin County...
- Collin County Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
- Plano Star Courier Name Indexes 1918-1923 and June 2003-December 2011
- For Plano Star Courier Obituaries (1/14/2011-Current) see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
- Collin County: McKinney Obituaries Indexes from the McKinney Memorial Public Library
Colorado County Cemeteries and Deaths Surname Index from the Nesbitt Memorial Library in Columbus, Texas
Corpus Christi - see the Nueces County section below
Dallas County...
- Dallas Morning News Obituaries 8/12/1984-Present (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Dallas Area Cemeteries from the Dallas Genealogical Society
- Dallas County Obituaries 1862-1950 (not complete)
- Dallas County Probate Court - Search Case Records (recent)
Denton County Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes (PDF files) includes Denton Record-Chronicle Obituary Indexes and some cemetery and funeral home 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
Fannin County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials, death indexes and other items
Fort Bend County Libraries Obituary Database
Fort Worth - see the Tarrant County section below
Galveston - for Galveston County Daily News Obituaries (2002-Current) see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
Galveston Storm Death Records alphabetical listing of people known to have died in the Galveston storm of 1900
Gillespie County: Fredericksburg Genealogical Society Indexes includes cemetery burials index and obituaries index 1980-2004
Gregg County Death Index also includes birth & marriage records
Hale County Cemetery Records Database
Harris County...
- Harris County Birth and Death Index 1960s-Present also has probate and marriage indexes
- 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 Index to Vitals and Family Events 1908-2007 (from JewishGen/Ancestry; requires free registration)
- Glenwood Cemetery Burial Records Index (Houston, Texas)
- 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
Lamar County Death and Cemetery Records Database
Liberty County Birth, Marriage and Death Index
Lubbock County - see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
McLennan County Area Cemeteries some with online transcriptions
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Newspaper Obituary Index 1971 to present
Nacogdoches County: Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Registers 1900-1952; and East Texas Cemeteries the cemeteries included are Oak Grove Cemetery and Zion Hill Cemetery/Park Street Cemetery
Nueces County...
- Nueces County: Corpus Christi Obituary Index and Old Bayview Cemetery Burials
- for Corpus Christi Caller-Times Obituaries (1/4/2001-Current) see the Texas Obituaries Archive above
Plano - see the Collin County section above
San Antonio - see the Bexar County section above
Shelby County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for deaths, cemeteries, funeral homes and marriages (from the Shelby County Historical Society)
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: Death Notices and Miscellaneous News Items from the Arlington Journal and Arlington Citizen 1897-1940 (does not include all years)
- Tarrant County: Arlington Cemetery Burials PDF file
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 (ongoing project)
- Travis County Cemetery Indexes from the Austin Genealogical Society; also has other genealogy indexes
- 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
Victoria County: McFaddin Cemetery Burials Catholic cemetery in Victoria, Texas
Williamson County...
- Williamson County: Digital Cemetery Project
- Williamson County Genealogical Society Cemetery Project
- Williamson County: Cemeteries & Death Index 1917-1921 (not yet complete)

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

Texas Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics information about ordering birth, marriage, divorice & death certificates by mail

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Texas Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
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