 Texas birth records were recorded beginning in 1903. The majority of Grayson County birth records were recorded beginning in 1909 which is the year the state started threatening fines, forcing them to comply. Records online at FamilySearch for free (you need to create a login but it is free and no one will contact you) Texas Birth Certificate 1903-1935 (actual Birth certificate images) Texas Birth Index 1903-1997 Texas Births and Christenings 1840-1981 Grayson County Clerks Office Birth Information is also available through:
 Grayson County Texas birth records available by written request or the State Health Dept. or contact ;Grayson County Clerk's Office 100 W. Houston, St. 17 Sherman, Texas 75090 (903) 813 - 4243 Texas Delayed or Probate Birth Certificates The majority
of people who received delayed birth
certificates are people who signed into
the new Social Security System in the mid 1930s
and the workers who needed a birth certificate
to work for the government during WWII, The
majority of these were born from the late 1870s
through 1925. (example; My father lived in
another County than his birth county, Texas as
an adult but was born in Collin County, Texas.
His records were in the Collin County
Courthouse. He lived in SW Texas and he filed
in that county and the county sent it to
Collin Co. It contained the 'proof' of his
birth as certified by the courthouse he went
to; the clerks at the courthouse witnessed a
bible record belonging to his mother, also a
letter containing a statement from a person
who was a neighbor at the time of his birth
and certified that she knew the family at the
time and about the birth event. And it
included the statement of his mother who was
living at that time.)
*Also, People born in other states, moving to Texas as adults often applied to the State of Texas for a certificate which contains birth data that is not filed in the state of birth of the individual. RESOURCE- Texas Department of State Health Services. Social
Security
Death Index
Not everyone is
in the Social Security Death Index. Many
women did not have Social Security cards as they
were stay at home moms. Railroad workers did not
get Social Security death benefits. Free Internet Search provides birth and death dates In order to be listed in the SSDI, someone must have filled out a form to claim the deceased's social security death benefit. The death index is free and online, but you can also contact the SS office and order a copy of the original application submitted by the person themselves, it is called the SS-5 (babies get SS numbers today but in the near past only teens and adults could apply). This application contains the name and place of birth and dates. The names of parents and sometime other information. It is written in the applicants handwriting. Search; Social Security Death Index. U.S. Society Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. This misses a lot of people but you may find what you need there. It does not contain the SS -5 image, but is a useful database.This database is only available online at Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.com and they are a paid source but, you can go to a FamilySearch Center to use them for free: Find a FamilySearch Center Grayson County TXGenWeb Resources Grayson County Newspaper Birth Announcements Check back for changes 100th Birthday Orphan Train Susan Hawkins ©2024  |
