Death Certificates & Cemeteries
  • Who's Alive & Who's Dead
  • Deaths in Harris County, in Texas, AND outside Texas (Bureau of Vital Statistics, Houston Health Dept.)
  • Harris County Clerk's Office now has Order Vital Records (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)
  • Document Search Portal, Harris County Clerk's Office
  • Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org) | Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records |
    Obituaries
  • Houston Chronicle Obituaries [back to 11/10/2001]
    Obits from Houston Chronicle (or Houston Post) microfilm:
    Use Email Reference Form to ask Houston Public Library to photocopy obit for you.
    Cemeteries
    Harris County, Texas
  • Harris County, TX (Find A Grave)[Most comprehensive listing]
  • Harris County, TX (Interment.net)
  • Harris County, TX (Cemeteries of Harris County Texas)
    United States
  • Find A Grave
    Veterans
  • Houston Natl Cemetery | Arlington Natl. Cemetery |
  • Nationwide Gravesite Locator [NOTE: US Dept. of Veterans Affairs national cemeteries for veteran graves only. Includes some state veterans cemeteries also.]
  • Military personnel records
  • African American Cemeteries Online
    Genealogy & Adoption
    | Olympics | Genealogy | Vital Records | Death & Cemeteries | Adoption |
    Genealogy
    Consumer DNA Testing [research where YOUR DNA came from by sending off to various companies, etc.]
  • 10 Best DNA Testing of 2019
  • DNA Detectives
    Some of the best-known DNA testing sites
  • 23AndMe | Ancestry.com | MyHeritage |
  • The Limits of Predicting Relationships Using DNA

    Local Genealogy Resources

    Print Book Collections / Physical Museums (plus digital resources)

  • Clayton Branch for Genealogical Research (Houston Public Library) | Genealogy & Family History Research (HPL) [Resources] | Best Genealogy Libraries for Creating a Family Tree [lists Top Ten in U.S.] |

  • Genealogy and Local History Room (Montgomery County Memorial Library, in Conroe)

  • Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library welcomes [Chaparral] genealogy collection, debuts digitization equipment
    By Anna Lotz, Community Impact.com | March 4, 2023 2:10 PM CST

  • Chaparral Genealogical Society and Library [formerly] houses nearly 5,000 record books in Magnolia [now donated to Tomball Community Library]
    By Anna Lotz | March 7, 2018 2:51 PM CST |

  • Klein Texas FamilySearch Center (FamilySearch.org) | Conroe Texas FamilySearch Center |

  • Genealogy (Texas State Library)

  • Heritage Museum of Montgomery County | Spring Historical Museum |

  • The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park (downtown Houston, TX area)

    Local Organizations

  • Houston Genealogical Forum

  • Montgomery County Genealogial and Historical Society, Inc.

  • Harris County Historical Society | Montgomery Historical Society |

  • Harris County Historical Commission | Montgomery County Historical Commission |

    Digital Resources

  • Harris County, TXGenWeb | Montgomery County, Texas |

  • FamilySearch (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

  • Ancestry.com (Home subscription) | Both Harris County Public Library and Montgomery County Memorial Library have Ancestry Library edition as a library database |

  • Find a Grave

  • Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
  • RootsWeb | Texas GenWeb |
  • Internet Archive (including the Wayback Machine)

    Military Records

  • Fold3.com [Covers 5 English-speaking countries, including US] Home subscription edition | Both Harris County Public Library and Montgomery County Memorial Library have Fold3 Library edition as a library database |

  • Military Service Records (U.S. Natl. Archives) | Veterans' Service Records (U.S. Natl. Archives) |

  • Searching Public Records (PeopleFinders)
  • Ellis Island | Port of Galveston ship lists | Immigration to the United States (1789-1930) (Harvard University Library) |
  • African American Genealogy | Military History | Military personnel records |
  • Most Popular Baby Names
    Vital Records
    Note: Vital Records include birth & death certificates, marriage licenses, and divorce decrees.
  • Vital Chek (Express Certificate Service for birth, death, marriage, & divorce certificate/records)
    Birth Certificates
  • Harris County Clerk's Office
  • Birth and Death Certificates(Houston Health Dept.)
    Marriage Licenses
  • Harris County Clerk's Office | Marriage and Divorce Records (Texas Dept. of State Health Services) |
    Divorce Decrees
  • In Harris County: Harris County Disctrict Clerk
  • In Texas: Marriage and Divorce FAQS (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)
    Adoption
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway (Child Abuse / Child Neglect / Adoption, etc.)
  • Harris County Domestic Relations Office
    Searching for Birth Parents:
  • TX Central Adoption Registry System [Voluntary registry for adoptees 18 yrs. & over and birth parent(s)]
  • Bastard Nation: The Adoptees Rights Organization
  • American Adoption Congress
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