Why are Texas records so much more accessible than those of other states?
by admin on May 20, 2010
I have many ancestors and relatives who have lived in Texas, but I occasionally need to access birth, marriage, death records from other states, and many of them are not accessible through Ancestry.com or any other site.
Hmmm, I don’t know — it sounds unlikely that Texas has determined its policy on public records access entirely as a way to make money off of one specific website.
More likely, they just want to have a high level of customer service.
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Ancestry.com pays states, counties, etc for access to their records. Some states have privacy laws that prohibit the sale of the records, but Texas isn’t one of them. So Texas made a load of money by selling access to Ancestry.com. Simple as that.
References :
Hmmm, I don’t know — it sounds unlikely that Texas has determined its policy on public records access entirely as a way to make money off of one specific website.
More likely, they just want to have a high level of customer service.
References :
Have you tried the project?
References :
http://www.usgenweb.com/