Death Records Now

I am trying to apply to a group, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (I had family that fought in the TX war for independence, have been in TX since the 1700s, etc). I have the genealogy work done, but now I need to actually prove the validity of the family tree and my connection to either an original Texas settler or (this is easier) a person who is already a member of the group. To do this, I will need to get copies of birth certificates from people going from myself back a few generations. My problem is that I am not on very good terms with my father’s side of the family, and there’s no way I can get my grandfather’s records (he is still alive) which effectively stops that search pretty low on the family tree. How else can I go about getting any records?

In some circumstances you can order on line.

http://www.texasonline.state.tx.us/tolapp/ovra/

Texas began to record vital information in 1903 but a lot of people who were born at home or died at home did not get recorded.
This was pretty much the case until after WW II.

Rootsweb(freesite) has the complete Texas Bureau of Vital Statistic Death Index1903 -2000. Now, you can save a lot of money for those who died between 1903-1976 if you order a copy from Clayton Library, 5300 Caroline, Houston, Texas. They will only charge you $3 for a copy.

You might get birth certificates also but I doubt if you can do so all the way up to 1976. States are clamping down on birth certificates to just anyone due to identity theft. Ancestry.Com has the complete birth index from 1903-2000. Your public library might have a subscription to Ancestry.Com.

If your grandfather is 75 years of age or older, then you probably can get his birth certificate without any problems in Texas.

I might add that Anglo settlements did not come to Texas until the 1800s. Moses Austin asked Spanish authorities for a large tract of land that he would promote and sell to Anglo American pioneers in 1820.

A Spanish settlement from the Canary Island was at San Antonio in the early 1700s.

http://bexargenealogy.com/index_islanders.htm

Where can I find Texas birth records from 1900-present (targeting the 70s on, really) for free online. Before Roots Web was bought out, they listed birth information for free.

Also, can anyone find Louisiana birth and death records for free online (60s, on?).

Free? not that I know .. ancestry has Tx birth index but not free.
I really kind of scratch my head on them having that much. Birth records are particularly vulnerable to id theft and/or privacy laws, so it is curious that they would have those.
Same for Louisiana, but I don’t think ancestry has those.
All states legally restrict birth records to those who have immediate valid interest (the person or parents of a child).

Franklin Jefferson Moore b 1 Feb 1925 Dallas,Texas to Mr. and Mrs. Revely A. Moore.
Listed in the US Roster of World War II Dead.
Service Branch: Navy
Rank: Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class
Service Number: 6168136
I do not know much more than that, not even a death date other than bef 1945. Can anyone help me as I have searched all my sources and found nothing.

http://www.ancestry.com –World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Name: Franklin Jefferson Moore
Relative Name: Mr. and Mrs. Revely A Moore
Relative Relationship: Parents (Parent)
State: Texas
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: Killed In Action
Roll: ww2c_27
(Original view shows : MOORE, Franklin Jefferson
Pharmacist’s Mate 3c
Parents: Mr and Mrs. Revely A Moore; Route 3; Arlington, Tex)

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Franklin Jefferson Moore
Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1925
Birth County: Dallas
Certificate Number: 9528
Roll Number: 1925_0012

http://www.valortours.com/cgi-bin/boardposting.cgi?id=2763
"Re: 24th Marines, 4th Division, 3rd Battalion, killed on Saipan June 28 1944
My father’s good friend Franklin Jefferson Moore was a Marine killed on Saipan, do you have any information regarding this Marine?
Thomas Milner
thom@netutah.com
Posted by Thomas Milner (2007-09-27 03:50:12)
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http://pilot.familysearch.org–Texas Deaths 1890-1976
Franklin Jefferson Moore
B: 2 Feb.1925
D: 26 Jun 1944; Saipan
Occupation before service: Student
Father: R.A. Moore (b. in Arkansas)
Mother: Myrtle Piratt (b. Georgetown)
Burial: Dallas, Tex. on Jan. 4, 1949; Laurel Land Cemetery
Funeral Director: William H Moore

Revely Adkisson Moore (Father)
B: 06 Dec 1889, Arkansas
D: 25 Aug 1964; Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Age at death: 74 years
Father: Franklin Moore
Mother: Lucy Penn Smith
Occupation: Accountant, Moore & Co.
Residence: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Buried: Rose Hill Burial Park–Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas on 27 Aug 1964
SSN: 456-10-2410
Cause of death: acute posterior mycardial infarction due to arterioscleratic cardiovascular disease (aka major heart attack); not contributing to death was encephalomalacia right cerebral cortex (or stroke, I assume)
Funeral Home: Owens-Brumley; director: R. Divens
Funeral Home: Hugh M Moore & Sons
Age at death: 19 years 4 months 24 days

(Hope this helps you a little bit. One site listed him in the Navy Reserves, and another said the Marines)