Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated May 2022)
- Anderson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Anderson County, Death Indexes
- Andrews County Index to Deaths, 1886-1995; Index to Births, 1884-1995; Deaths, 1949-1969
- Andrews County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Andrews County, Death Indexes
- Angelina County, Death Indexes
- Aransas County Early Records
- Aransas County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Aransas County, Death Indexes
- Archer County, Births and Deaths 1878-1986
- Archer County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Archer County, Death Indexes
- Armstrong County, Death Indexes
- Atascosa County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Austin County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Austin County, Death Indexes
- Bailey County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bailey County, Death Indexes
- Bandera County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bandera County, Death Indexes
- Bastrop County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bastrop County, Death Indexes
- Baylor County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Beaumont Parish Registers, 1905-1957
- Bee County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bell County, Death Indexes
- Bexar County Births and Deaths
- Bexar County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bexar County, Death Indexes
- Blanco County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Blanco County, Index to Births, 1903-1968 and Birth Records 1903-1928; Deaths, 1903-1968; Death Index, 1903-1992
- Blessing Parish Registers, 1929-1957
- Boeme Parish Registers, 1876-1957
- Borden County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Borden County, Death Indexes
- Bosque County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Bowie County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Brazoria County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Brazos County Pioneers 1800-1850
- Brazos County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Brazos County, Death Indexes
- Brewster County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Brewster County, Death Indexes
- Brewster County, Marriages, and Deaths, 1887-1965
- Briscoe County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Briscoe County, Death Indexes
- Brooks County, Births, 1911-1945; Deaths, 1934-1962; and Indexes to Delayed Births
- Brooks County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Brooks County, Death Indexes
- Brown County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Brownsville Death Records, 1910-1969
- Burleson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Burleson County, Death Indexes
- Burnet County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Caldwell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Caldwell County, Death Indexes
- Calhoun County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Calhoun County, Death Indexes
- Callahan County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cameron County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Camp County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Camp County, Death Indexes
- Carson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cass County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Castro County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Chambers County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cherokee County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Childress County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Childress County, Death Indexes
- Clay County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cleburne, Births, ca. 1917-1928 and Deaths, 1884-1950
- Cochran County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cochran County, Death Indexes
- Coke County Death Certificates, 1922-1980
- Coke County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Coke County, Death Indexes
- Coleman County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Coleman County, Death Records, 1903-1971
- Colin County Death Records and Indexes 1903-1978
- Collin County Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Search
- Collin County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Collingsworth County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Collingsworth County, Death Indexes
- Colorado County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Colorado County Death Database
- Colorado County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Comal County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Comanche County Records, 1858-1955
- Comanche County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Concho County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cooke County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Coryell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Cottle County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Crane County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Crockett County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Crosby County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Crosby County, Texas Birth Records, 1903-1937; Index to Marriages, 1886-1953; Marriages 1886-1953 and Deaths, 1840-1970
- Culberson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Culberson County, Deaths 1911-1971, Marriages 1911-1948, and Marriage Licenses 1948-1973
- Dallam County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dallam County, Death Indexes
- Dallas County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dallas County, Death Indexes
- Dawson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dawson County, Index to Marriages, Marriages and Deaths : 1905-1971
- Deaf Smith County Vital Record Indexes
- Deaf Smith County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Delta County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Denton County Births, Marriages, and Deaths Indexes
- Denton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dewitt County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dickens County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dimmit County Deaths
- Dimmit County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Dimmit County, Death Indexes
- Donley County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Duval County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Early Records of Potter and Oldham counties, Texas
- Eastland County Records, 1868-1949
- Eastland County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Ector County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Ector County, Index to Deaths, 1903-1971, Deaths, 1917-1970, Index to Marriages, 1891-1994 and Marriages, 1939-1948
- Edwards County, Death Index (1964-84)
- El Paso County Deaths
- El Paso County Parish Registers, 1932-1956
- El Paso County Parish Registers, 1948-1956
- El Paso County, Death Index (1964-84)
- El Paso County, Death Indexes
- Ellis County Genealogical Records 1850-1950 : vol. 12
- Ellis County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Ellis County, General Index to Birth Records, 1860-1984 and Delayed Births, 1903-1984, Birth Registers, 1903-1926 and Death Records, 1923-1965
- Erath County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Erath County, Death Indexes
- Fabens Parish Registers, 1921-1956
- Falls County Birth and Death Certificates
- Falls County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Falls County, Death Indexes
- Falls County, Index to Births, 1952-1968; Birth Records, 1903-1918; Death Records, 1934-1967
- Fannin County Deaths 1964-1984
- Fannin County Vital Records
- Fannin County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Fayette County Deaths 1964-1984
- Fayette County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Fisher County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Floyd County Vital Statistics
- Floyd County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Floyd County, Death Indexes
- Foard County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Fort Bend County Deaths and Obituaries
- Fort Bend County Births, Death, and Marriage Databases
- Fort Bend County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Franklin County Vital Records Indexes
- Franklin County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Fredericksburg Death Indexes
- Freestone County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Frio County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Frio County, Death Indexes
- Gaines County Deaths
- Gaines County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Galveston County Death Index
- Galveston County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Galveston County, Death Indexes
- Galveston Death and Burial Records, ca. 1882-1910
- Garza County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
- Garza County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Garza County, Death Indexes
- Gillespie County Vital Records Indexes
- Gillespie County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Gillespie County, Deaths, 1903-1965; Index, 1903-1991
- Glasscock County Vital Records Indexes
- Glasscock County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Goliad County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Gonzales County Death Records, 1863-1970
- Gonzales County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Gonzales County, Death Records, 1863-1970
- Gonzales County, Death Records, 1903-2015
- Gonzales County, Death Records, 1906-1965
- Gonzales County, Record of Inquests, 1923-1983
- Gray County Vital Records Indexes
- Gray County Index to Deaths from 1913 to 1943 : from Pampa funeral home Records
- Gray County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Grayson County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Grayson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Gregg County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Gregg County Vital Records
- Gregg County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Gregg County, Death Records, 1906-1915
- Grimes County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Grimes County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Guadalupe County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Guadalupe County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Guadalupe County, Index to Births, 1903-1991; Birth Records, 1897-1942, Index to Deaths,1931-1995 ; Deaths Records, 1903-1970
- Hale County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hall County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hall County, Death Indexes
- Hamilton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hansford County Vital Records
- Hansford County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hardeman County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hardin County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hardin County, Death Indexes
- Harris County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Harris County, Death Indexes
- Harrison County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hartley County, Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Hartley County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Haskell County Birth Records 1869-1930, Death Records 1903-1979, and Death Index 1903-1980
- Haskell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hays County District Court Indexes, 1850-1989
- Hays County Vital Records
- Hays County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hemphill County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Henderson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hidalgo County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hill County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hockley County Vital Records
- Hockley County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hood County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Hood County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hood County, Index to Birth Records, 1900-1934 and Death Records, 1913-1936
- Hopkins County Births and Deaths
- Hopkins County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Houston County Vital Records
- Houston County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Houston Death Certificates
- Houston Index to Death Certificates, 1874-1900
- Howard County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hudspeth County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hunt County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Hutchinson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Index, Texas County Records
- Irion County Vital Records
- Irion County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jack County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jackson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jasper County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jeff Davis County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jefferson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jim Hogg County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jim Wells County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jim Wells County, Death Record, 1911-1984
- Johnson County, Births, 1860-1935; Indexes, ca. 1880-1941; Birth and Deaths,1910-1917; Indexes, ca. 1928-1944
- Johnson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Jones County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Karnes County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kaufman County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kaufman County, Index to Births, 1869-1973; Births, 1910-1934; Index to Deaths, 1903-1973 and Deaths, 1903-1966
- Kendall County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kenedy County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kent County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kerr County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kimble County, Death Index (1964-84)
- King County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kinney County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Kleberg County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Knox County, Birth Records, 1901-1944; Death Records, 1909-1968
- Knox County, Death Index (1964-84)
- La Salle County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lamar County Death Index
- Lamar County Deaths
- Lamar County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lamb County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lampasas County, Death Index (1964-84)
- LaSalle County Deaths
- Lavaca County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Lavaca County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lavaca County, Death Indexes
- Lavaca County, Death Record, 1903-1978
- Lee County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Lee County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lee County, Death Indexes
- Leon County, Births, 1903-1931; Index to Births and Death, 1927-1939; and Deaths, 1929-1934
- Leon County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Leon County, Death Indexes
- Liberty County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Liberty County, Death Indexes
- Limestone County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lipscomb County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Live Oak County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Llano County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Llano County, Deaths, 1903-1934; Index to Deaths, 1924-1945
- Loving County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lubbock County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lubbock County, Deaths, 1926-1971
- Lynn County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Lynn County, Marriages, 1903-1962; and Deaths, 1904-1971
- Madison County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Madison County, Death Indexes
- Marion County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Martin County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Mason County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Matagorda County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Maverick County, Death Index (1964-84)
- McCulloch County, Death Index (1964-84)
- McLennan County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
- McLennan County Birth, Marriage, Death Index
- McLennan County, Death Index (1964-84)
- McMullen County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Medina County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Menard County, Birth and Death Records, 1913-1934
- Menard County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Menard County, Death Records, 1916-1984
- Mexia Death Index
- Midland County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Midland County, Deaths, 1909-1991
- Midland, Midland County, Deaths, 1930-1959
- Milam County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Milam County, Death Indexes
- Milam County, Death Records, 1914-1935
- Mills County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Mills County, Death Records, 1903-1985; Indexes, 1903-2009
- Mills County, Mullin Birth and Death Records, 1917-1934
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Mitchell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Montague County Index to Births ca. 1860-1941; Birth Records, 1870-1985; Death Records, 1903-1938
- Montague County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Montgomery County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Moore County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Morris County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Morris County, Death Indexes
- Motley County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Nacogdoches County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Nacogdoches Death Index
- Navarro County Death Records, 1903-1972
- Navarro County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Navarro County, Index to Births 1860-1946, and Births, 1873-1937; Marriage Records, 1933-1942; Deaths 1963-1965
- Newton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Nolan County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Nolan County, Death Records, 1903-1973; General Death Index, 1903-1993
- Nueces County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Ochiltree County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Oldham County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Orange County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Orange County, Texas Online Records Search
- Palo Pinto County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Palo Pinto County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Panola County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Panola County, Death Indexes
- Parker County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Parmer County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Pecos County Death Records, 1903-1965
- Pecos County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Polk County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Potter County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Presido County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Rains County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Randall County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Reagan County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Real County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Red River County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Reeves County Birth and Death Records
- Reeves County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Refugio County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Registered Deaths of the City Health Physician, Waco
- Roberts County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Robertson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Rockwall County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Runnels County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Rusk County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Sabine County, Death Index (1964-84)
- San Augustine County, Death Index (1964-84)
- San Augustine County, Death Records 1903-1917
- San Jacinto County, Death Index (1964-84)
- San Patricio County, Death Index (1964-84)
- San Saba County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Schleicher County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Schleicher County, Death Record, 1903-1983
- Scurry County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Shackelford County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Shackleford County General Indexes to Births and Deaths [no dates]; Birth Records, 1873-1941 and Death Records, 1903-1981
- Shelby County Marriages and Deaths
- Shelby County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Sherman County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Smith County, Births, 1870-1937; General Index to Marriages, 1848-1975; Marriages, 1848-1951; Deaths, 1910-1967
- Smith County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Smith County, Death Indexes
- Somervell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Starr County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Stephens County Death Records, 1903-1979
- Stephens County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Sterling County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Stonewall County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Stonewall County, Marriage Records (1889-1949) and Death Records (1903-1981)
- Sutton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Swisher County Death Indexes
- Swisher County Records, 1879-2012
- Swisher County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Swisher County, Death Records, 1903-2012
- Swisher County, Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1937-1959
- Tarrant County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Taylor County Death Records 1903-1986, Birth Records 1903-1932, Delayed Birth Records ca. 1897-1930, and amended Births 1900-1930
- Taylor County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Terrell County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Terry County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Texarkana, Bowie County, Deaths (1910-1929) and Births (1919-1929)
- Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
- Texas Death Index, 1964-1998
- Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973
- Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
- Texas Deaths, 1977-1986
- Texas Federal and State Census Mortality Schedules 1850-1880
- Texas Obituary Project
- Throckmorton County Deaths and Register of Death Records, 1827-1979
- Throckmorton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Titus County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Tom Green County, Birth and Death Records, 1910-1935
- Tom Green County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Tom Green County, Death Records, 1930-1990
- Travis County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Trinity County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Tyler County, Death Index (1964-84)
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Upshur County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Upshur County, Death Indexes
- Upton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Upton County, Death Indexes
- Upton County, Marriages, 1936-1950; Index to Deaths 1918-1930 and Death Records, 1918-1969
- Uvalde County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Val Verde County, Death Certificates (1932-1971), Marriage Records (1885-1955), Card Index of Birth Records (1903-1932), and Birth Records (1906-1929)
- Val Verde County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Val Verde County, Death Indexes
- Van Zandt County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Victoria County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Walker County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Waller County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Ward County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Ward County, Death Indexes
- Washington County, Birth Records, 1928-1936; Births and Deaths, 1927-1936; Birth Index 1903-1991
- Washington County, Death Certificates, 1935-1965
- Washington County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Webb County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Wharton County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Wharton County, Death Index, 1903-1947
- Wheeler County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Wichita County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Wichita County, Death Records, 1903-1935 and Index to Birth Records, 1860-1942
- Wilbarger County Marriage Records, 1882-1937; Death Records, 1903-1949 and Marriage Indexes, 1882-1934
- Wilbarger County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Willacy County, Death Certificates, 1921-1977
- Willacy County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Williamson County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Williamson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Williamson County, Index to Birth Records, 1903-1941; Birth Records,1873-1917 and Death Records, 1903-1951
- Wilson County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Winkler County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Wise County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Wise County Deaths and Obituary Clippings
- Wise County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Wise County, Index to Births 1870-1939; Birth Records 1875-1939; Index to Deaths 1903-1939 and Death Records 1903-1966
- Wood County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Yoakum County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Yoakum County, Death Indexes
- Young County Index to Death Certificates 1930-1976, Death Records 1903-1974
- Young County Death and Birth Records, 1910-1920
- Young County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Zapata County, Death Index (1964-84)
- Zavala County Texas Death Index
- Zavala County, Death Index (1964-84)
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