Free Death Records Online Resources

By Claire Dowell


The Texas Vital Records office is in-charge of maintaining Death Records Texas. They maintain files of deaths that date back up to 1903. A request form is available for pick-up at their office. It is also available for download from their official webpage. Vital details such as the name of the dead person, location and date of death, and estimated age are just some of the details that you need to supply. Including more details that you know of the deceased person will increase the likelihood of locating the right file.

Once you have completed answering the form, you can send it back to the office personally or through standard mail. The corresponding fees can be paid in cash if you submit it personally and by money order or a check if you mail it. It takes about six to eight weeks before results are returned. It is quite a lengthy process but you can request to make it done quicker for an extra fee.

Death files are deemed as public files but there are a few limitations as far as retrieving them is concern. Only when a record reaches 25 years old can it be accessed freely by the public. Otherwise, only family members, their respective attorneys, and parties that have authorization from the court can retrieve them. An authorization can be retrieved by getting a notarized from that expresses consent from an authorized individual. Upon application, a valid government-issued ID is required to back-up your claim of an identity.

Whenever a person passes away, the event goes into record so that the government can trace the rate and causes of deaths. There are several instances where you have to secure a death record such as claiming a health insurance and claiming assets and properties of a deceased person. It can also be used in genealogical searches.

Another way of securing a death file is through a privately-owned website. Just supply the full name of the dead person whose records you want to secure to commence a search. And similar to that of securing it from the state's Vital Records office, supplying more details increases the odds of locating the right file. If you do not have any idea which state the files are kept, look for a website that is capable of conducting a nationwide search. Just make sure that your chosen website is a proven provider of authentic information by running a history check on it.

Those who want to retrieve Death Notices they are available at the state public library. They have a full archive of local newspapers that contain the notices. Family members are responsible for creating the death notice and sending it. Although they print them, local newspapers are not bound by law to do so. Found on a death notice are the details about the wake and even the successes that the late person achieved when he or she was still alive.




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