Since so many Georgian eventually moved to Texas, thought I'd pass along this new information about vital records on-line for Texas.... > >> We are making progress in Austin! From >>> > http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/index.htm : >>> > >>> > As of March 2000, Birth indexes from 1926-1995 and death indexes >>> > from 1964-1998 are available on the internet (free), microfiche ($) >>> > or CD-ROM ($$). Birth indexes from 1903-1925 and death indexes from >>> > 1903-1963 are available on microfiche only. >>> > >>> > Indexes for open records years are referred to as general indexes >>> > and indexes for years which are not yet open to the public are >>> > called summery indexes. The SUMMARY death index is delayed six >>> > months, the SUMMARY birth index is delayed 42 months. The time lag >>> > for the birth index is necessary in order to protect the >>> > confidentiality of adoptions and paternity determinations. >>> > >>> > The Summary Birth Index includes the last, first, and middle name, >>> > if any, of the registrant, date of birth, county of birth, and sex >>> > of registrant. The Summary Death Index includes the last, first, >>> > and middle name, if any, of the decedent, date of death, county of >>> > death, and sex of registrant. All indexes are sorted in >>> > alphabetical order by surname within each year. >>> > >>> > Birth records do not become OPEN public records until they are >>> > fifty years old, and death records become OPEN after twenty-five >>> > years. All indexes are sorted in alphabetical order by surname >>> > within each year. >>> > >>> > The GENERAL BIRTH INDEX includes the last, first, and middle name, >>> > if any, of the registrant, date of birth, county of birth, and sex >>> > of registrant, and may also include father's name and mother's >>> > maiden name. All indexes are sorted in alphabetical order by >>> > surname within each year. If the record falls into the open record >>> > category, a general index may be made available for public use >>> > [later?]. >>> > >>> > The GENERAL DEATH INDEX includes the last, first, and middle name, >>> > if any, of the registrant, date of death, county of death, and sex >>> > of registrant, and may also include social security number, marital >>> > status, and the spouse's name. All indexes are sorted in >>> > alphabetical order by surname within each year. If the record falls >>> > into the open record category, a general index may be made >>> > available for public use [later?]. >>> > >>> > These are files you can download, some quite large [File size: 9 - >>> > 13 MB File type: ASCII, tab delimited], but it beats reading >>> > microfiche at the library. They promise they will put them in HTML >>> > "soon." >>> > >>> > Marriage indexes are available on microfiche or CD-ROM from >>> > 1966-present and divorce indexes are available from 1968-present. >>> > They may be available on the internet in the future (depends on >>> > customer demand). So DEMAND! >>> > >>> > The Marriage Index includes the last, first, and middle name, if >>> > any, the county of issue, the date of marriage, the spouse's name, >>> > and state file number. The Divorce Index includes the last, first, >>> > and middle name, if any, the county of issue, the date of divorce, >>> > the spouse's name, and state file number. >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>1.6 Million Digital Images! >>Download one Today from Corbis.com >>http://click.egroups.com/1/3356/5/_/621214/_/955580571/ >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>DO NOT SEND UNSUBSCRIBE REQUEST TO LIST - >>IT WON'T WORK! >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >>SUBJECT: UNSUBSCRIBE >>BODY OF MESSAGE: UNSUBSCRIBE >> List owner: [email protected] >> >>Shortcut URL to this page: >> http://www.onelist.com/community/TexasChat >> >> > > > > > Virginia