Source Information
Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
About Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Mandatory registration for births and deaths in Texas began in 1903, and this database contains birth certificates from the Texas Department of State Health Services, for the years 1903-1932. Some amendments to certificates of birth are included as well. These records can be rich sources of information on both a child and his or her parents. Details recorded vary by year and form, but certificates may include
- name
- birthplace
- birth date
- residence
- sex
- race or color
- legitimate or otherwise
- mother’s name
- mother’s residence
- mother’s occupation
- mother’s nationality / color
- mother’s age at last birthday
- mother’s birthplace
- number of children born to mother
- father’s name
- father’s residence
- father’s occupation
- father’s nationality / color
- father’s birthplace
- father’s age at last birthday
- name and residence of person reporting the birth