This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8458.1 Message Board Post: In Texas, birth records are sealed for 75 years ... no one but the individual or the next of kin can obtain copies ... next of kin, by law, are the following: parents, spouse, brother / sister or child ... grandchildren, by law, cannot obtain a copy even if the person and all other legal next of kin are alive ... There is no one who can do this look-up ... It is not acceptable request to expect someone to violate the law to do a look-up ... Please review the law regarding release of Texas Vital Records on-line at the Texas Dept. of Health ...