I ran into the same problem. It turns out, at some point, when a town becomes large enough to be a city, the health department is created. From that point, death and births are recorded there, not at the county. My grandmother died in 1928 in Wichita Falls. The state does not have a record for her, Wichita Co., does not. Finally someone at the courthouse suggested the city. Hers was one of the first deaths recorded for Wichita County. Now, if we could just find her grave in the Electra Cemetery ... The funeral home that handled arrangements went out of business and I heard some years back that those records were in a storage building out behind another funeral home. I've never been able to come up with enough energy to attempt it during the summer. The cemetery in Electra seems to be run by the local funeral home. I was able to see the sales slips for plots back to about the time grandmother died, but the cemetery predates the funeral home's management. Grandmother can't be found this way; we looked by maiden name, first husband's name, married name. Maybe there is a probate record-that's just about as good. Kim Ross Librarian kross@dcccd.edu >>> "Glenn & Susie Toal" <glensuzy@airmail.net> 01/30/00 03:48PM >>> Does anyone have any ideas to offer as to where one could find a death certificate when there is not one with the state of Texas nor the county. And the funeral home, or in this case, the Hardware store, no longer exists and has not for 30 or 40 years. Thank you. Suzy