Enter a first and/or last name to search Texas birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the Texas birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain Texas birth certificates is available below.
Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Texas birth records, Texas birth ceritificates, Texas birth notices, Texas birth indexes, and other related Texas genealogy records.
Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.
Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.
On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of Texas. We also suggest searching for "Texas birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.
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How to Obtain Texas Birth Certificates
Texas began statewide vital records registration in 1903, though some fragmented recordings are available for earlier time periods. Master indexes are available for those recorded after 1903.
For births and deaths after 1903, and marriages after 1966, write:
Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
1100 W. 49th Street
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040
Tel: 512-458-7111 512-458-4751
For prior records, write to the clerk of the county in question.
Other Texas Birth Records Websites
- Texas Department of Health, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS - Birth and Death Records
- I Dream of Genealogy TX Birth Records
- Jack County, TX Birth Records
- vitalsearch-ca - Texas Births 2400470
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