Online Texas Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Texas Death Records and Indexes

Texas Vital Records and Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)
- Texas Death Records Index, 1903-2000
- Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (indexed; includes digitized copies of the death certificates)
- Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
- Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 (indexed; includes digitized copies of the birth certificates)
- Texas Marriage Index, 1824-2017 coverage for the early years varies by county

Texas Death Records and Indexes at FamilySearch (these are free with registration)
- Texas Death Records Index, 1903-2000
- Texas Death Records, 1890-1976 includes scanned copies of the death certificates
- Texas Death Records, 1977-1986 includes digitized copies of the death certificates; not yet complete

Texas Obituaries Archive, 1984-Recent (coverage varies by newspaper) (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes obituaries from the Abilene Reporter-News, Amarillo Globe-News, Austin American-Statesman, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Dallas Morning News, El Paso Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Galveston County Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Plano Star Courier, San Antonio Express-News, and over 90 more Texas newspapers; coverage varies by newspaper

Texas Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials by County

Amarillo - see the Potter County section below
Arlington - see the Tarrant County section below
Austin - see the Travis County section below
Bell County Cemeteries
Bexar County and San Antonio...
- Bexar County: San Antonio Death Records Index, 1873-1926; and Birth Records Index, 1896-1936 includes scanned copies of the birth and death indexes
- Bexar County Vital Records Index (Births and Deaths) Date range not given, but it appears to cover c.1940s-c.2000s for births and c.1960s-c.2000s for deaths.
- Bexar County: San Antonio Cemetery Records, 1893-2007 from FamilySearch; includes records from the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, and San Jose Burial Park (coverage may vary by cemetery).
- Bexar County: San Antonio's Eastside City Cemeteries - Burials PDF files
- Bexar County Cemeteries some with burial indexes
- Obituaries Index for San Antonio Newspapers, 1957-1961 from the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society; PDF file
- African American Funeral Programs of San Antonio
Bosque County Cemetery Burials Database from the Bosque County Historical Commission
Brown County Cemeteries from the Pecan Valley Genealogical Society
Brown County Cemeteries from the Brown County Historical Commission
Burnet County Obituary Index, 1875-2011 from the Burnet County Genealogical Society
- Burnet County GenWeb - Genealogy Indexes includes some cemetery transcriptions and obituary indexes
Caldwell County Genealogical and Historical Society Research Center Obituary Index dates not given
Cass County Cemeteries
Collin County...
- Collin County Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
- Plano Star Courier Name Indexes 1918-1923 and June 2003-2013
- 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
Comanche County Records, 1858-1955 from FamilySearch includes digitized death records, c.1904 to 1982 (not yet indexed), and other items
Cooke County Probate Records, 1849-1982 from FamilySearch
Corpus Christi - see the Nueces County section below
Dallas County...
- Dallas Area Cemeteries also has indexes for early probate and marriage records, and other items; from the Dallas Genealogical Society
- Dallas County, Oakland Cemetery Interment Cards, 1891-1999 from FamilySearch
- Dallas County Obituaries 1862-1950 (not complete)
- Dallas County Probate Records, 1846-early 1900s digitized images from the microfilm
- Dallas County Probate Court - Search Case Records (recent)
- Dallas County: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens Burial Search Irving, Texas
Denton County: Indexes for Birth, Death and Marriage Notices (PDF files) includes Denton Record-Chronicle obituary indexes and some cemetery and funeral home indexes; from the Denton Public Library
El Paso County...
- El Paso County Death Index also has birth and marriage indexes
Erath County...
- Erath County, Texas, Cemetery Inscriptions Scanned books from FamilySearch; 3 volumes with indexes in the back of each
- Erath County: City of Stephenville Cemetery Burials for West End Memorial Cemetery and East End Memorial Cemetery
Fannin County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials, death indexes and other items
Fort Bend County Libraries Obituary Database and Cemeteries List
Fort Worth - see the Tarrant County section below
Frio County Cemeteries
Galveston County...
- Galveston County Death Index (c.1903-c.1970s)
- 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 an obituaries index, 1980-recent; and a cemetery burials index
Gonzales County Death Records, 1863-1970 from FamilySearch
Gregg County Death Index also includes indexes for birth and marriage records
Hale County Cemetery Records Database
Hardin County Clerk, Death Records, 1908-1948 from FamilySearch
Harris County and Houston...
- Harris County Birth and Death Index, 1960s-Present also has probate and marriage indexes
- City of Houston, Texas Death Certificates, 1874-August 1900 scanned books from FamilySearch
  - Index to City of Houston, Texas Death Certificates, 1874-August 1900 scanned books from FamilySearch; can be used to find the death certificates listed above
- Houston Chronicle Obituaries Index, 1901-1905 at Ancestry; requires registration
- Death Extractions from Houston Newspapers, 1899-1909 (PDF) also has a Harris County Veteran Pension Records Index, 1978-2001; from the Houston Genealogical Forum
- 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)
- Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008 (Houston, Texas) from FamilySearch
- Houston Funeral Home Records Index for the Fogle West and Boulevard Funeral Homes -- from the Houston Public Library/Clayton Library
- Harris County: Baytown Sun Newspaper Index includes obituaries, 1931-2017
- Harris County: Hill of Rest Cemetery Burials Baytown, Texas
- Harris County: Humble Area Obituary Index, 1993-21 Oct. 2020 from the Humble Area Genealogical Society
Hopkins County Genealogical Society Indexes includes indexes for births, deaths, cemetery burials, and other items; from the Hopkins County Genealogical Society
Hood County Deaths, 1903-1998
Irving - see the Dallas County section above
Jefferson County...
- Jefferson County: Port Arthur News Obituary Index, 1969-2020 from the Port Arthur Public Library
- Jefferson County Historical Commission - Cemeteries scanned books with burial indexes
Johnson County Genealogical Society includes cemeteries and funeral home records
Johnson County, Texas, Cemetery Inscriptions (at Ancestry/requires payment) for Hopewell Cemetery, Boatright Cemetery and Antioch Cemetery
Lamar County Death and Cemetery Records Database
Liberty County Birth, Marriage and Death Index
McLennan County Records Search indexes some births, marriages and deaths
Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985 from FamilySearch includes digitized death records, 1903-1985, and other genealogy records; many of the items are not indexed, but images of the records can be browsed
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
Nolan County: Cemetery Burials and Other Genealogy Indexes
Nueces County...
- Nueces County: Corpus Christi Obituary Index and Bayview Cemetery Burials
Plano - see the Collin County section above
Potter County...
- Amarillo Globe-News Obituaries, 9 December 1996 to 17 July 2007
- Potter County Probate Index, 1901-2013 at Ancestry/requires payment
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)
Swisher County Genealogy Records, 1879-2012 at FamilySearch includes death records or registers, 1903-1989 (some years missing); an index to deaths, 1903-2012; and other items (coverage varies by type of record; not yet complete)
Tarrant County...
- Tarrant County Probate Index, 1800-2012 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 also includes burial lists for Pioneers Rest Cemetery and Historic Oakwood Cemetery
- Tarrant County: Stewart Title Company Abstracts of Probate Records, c.1850s-c.1950s
- Tarrant County: Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in Arlington Newspapers, 1901-1920 some years missing
- Tarrant County: Death Notices and Miscellaneous News Items from the Arlington Journal and Arlington Citizen, 1897-1940 some years not included; click on the "Resources Available From Home" tab
- Tarrant County: Arlington Cemetery Burials PDF file
Titus County Cemeteries
Travis County and Austin...
- 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 Cemeteries
Victoria County...
- Victoria County: Victoria Advocate and Other Area Newspaper Clippings Index 1901-1944 includes obituaries; also has some cemetery listings
- Catholic Cemeteries of the Victoria Diocese (South Texas Area) The Victoria Diocese comprises the counties of Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton and Fayette County west of the Colorado River.
Waco - see McLennan County above
Wichita County: Wichita Falls Cemetery Burial Records indexes for the four city owned cemeteries: Hillcrest, Lakeview, Riverside and Rosemont
Williamson County...
- Williamson County Clerk Death Index Search c. 1930s-recent; also has indexes for births and marriages
- Williamson County: Digital Cemetery Project
- Williamson County Cemeteries
- Williamson County: Cemeteries and Death Index 1917-1921 (not yet complete)
Wise County: Cemetery Burials and Other Genealogy Indexes
Yoakum County Cemeteries

Texas Gravestone Photo Project
Gazetteer of Deceased Texas Physicians, 19th and 20th Centuries index to obituaries or other biographical resources for over 12,000 Texas physicians

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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