At http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/certcop.htm#request you will find (among other info): "Certified copies of birth and death records are available at the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics. Birth and Death Records are available from 1903 to the present. However, it was not until 1910 that records were required to be forwarded to the state. To obtain information prior to 1903 you may wish to contact the Archives Library, or the County Clerk's Office in the county where the birth or death event took place." Since your people died Jan. 1916, this would be a good place to go. Cause of death is usually on the certificate. A cheaper avenue of investigation would be at the county records - I don't know if Nacogdoches County kept a copy of the death certificates or not, some do. Good Luck! Paula >>Does anyone know of an epidemic of any kind in Nacogdoches County in 1915 or 1916? I had four members of one family die in January 1916. Two on the same date.<< R D Carnley