If you are in Texas, you can find it on microfilm at the San Antonio, Dallas and Houston Public libraries. They also have some of the death certificates on microfilm there, which makes it enormously cheaper than ordering from the state. In Austin, the hard copy of the index is available at the Texas State Library and Archives. The actual certificates are not available there. In addition to Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.com (free, but sponsored and hosted by Ancestry.com) has the Texas Death Index on line. Check under searches. Good luck. rle ----- Original Message ----- From: <txbexar-request@rootsweb.com> To: <txbexar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:02 AM Subject: TXBEXAR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 71 > > > Today's Topics: > > Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:11:00 -0500 > From: <panaef@peoplepc.com> > Subject: [TXBEXAR] Surname Davis > To: <txbexar-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001e01c8ae3c$1f115700$9999e604@pat> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am very new at trying to find information about family in the past, but > noticed someone talking about checking the Texas Death Index for 1903 - > 1940. Where do I go to check that that index for those years? I would > appreicate any help I can get. > Thanks > Pat > > ------------------------------