Saturday 28 February 2015

Death Records Search Free Services

By Claire Dowell


If you want to locate Texas Death Records, head to the Texas Vital Statistics Office, Department of State Health Services or at the specific country registrar's office where they were originally filed. Deaths that were filed from 1903 up until the present date can be retrieved at both offices, but deaths that were filed prior to that year can be retrieved only at the registrar's office.

Public files can be accessed by any individual. Death files are deemed as public files 25 years after they are filed. Files that are less than 25 years of age are only given to immediate relatives of the deceased person or other parties that have the approval of immediate relatives and the court. Outside parties need to acquire a notarized statement from immediate relatives. If it has not passed 90 days after the death of a person, it is more likely than not that there is no file created yet.

A request form can be obtained from the Vital Statistics office or downloaded from their website. There is a charge of $22, payable through check money order, or cash for every request and there is no money-back guarantee for documents that are not found. The documents may be received on the same day or a few days depending on its availability. A person may also choose to mail their requests for a charge of $20 each and the return period takes around 6 to 8 weeks. The process can be done faster but there are additional charges involved.

Important fields that need to be filled-out on the request form include the name of the deceased, date and place of death, date they were born, etc. It is easier to locate the files if you can provide more details regarding the files. In cases where the year is not known, include a range of years to be searched.

In this modern day and age, public documents can now be obtained from online search tools. The court allows certain search tools to supply such documents to the public upon request. There are two kinds of search tools: free search tools and search tools that render fees. If you browse the Internet, there are several search tools you can find. More often than not, you will find one that will fit your search. Make sure that you perform a history check on various search tools to find out how credible they are.

Since death records became available online, more people began to access them. Doing a Death Search is now more convenient because it can be done virtually anywhere as long as there is a computer and an Internet connection. A search can be initiated by providing even just the full name of the deceased and results are displayed on the computer screen in just a matter of seconds.




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