Texas Cemetery Records

To begin, add a cemetery record or view a list of locations and resources for Texas cemetery records.

They say that everything is bigger in Texas, and that applies to the aging population, as well. Texas is a temperate state that is a popular retirement destination, but it also means the state's cemeteries are handing more traffic than ever before. If you are searching for Texas cemetery records, you may want to consider ordering online. It is fast, easy and the most direct way of doing things.

You can also attempt to contact the cemetery that is home to your loved ones directly, but if you are not sure of the name or if you are just trying to trace your lineage and you only have a name and a date of birth, you can try to contact the Texas Cemeteries Association and the Texas Funeral Directors Association. Both organizations work hard to ensure that proper and accurate records are kept, even if the date of death you are searching for was a long time ago. There are also six different military cemeteries located in this state, including ones in San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth and in Houston. The easiest way to order these records is by placing an order online to have these important documents sent directly to your home.

The Texas Cemetery Transcription Project is an exhaustive resource for a very large state. Staffed wholly by volunteers willing to transcribe weathering tombstones across a vast area, it's part of a bigger effort on a nationwide basis thanks to the popular US Gen Web project and the national Cemetery Transcription Project this organization founded. Expect to have access to names, vital dates, and inscriptions on the stones. To retrieve Texas burial records, follow the instructions below.

 

Listed below is address and contact information for various Texas organizations relevant to cemetery records research. Locations include state veterans cemeteries, cremation societies, funeral directors associations and state cemetery administrations. If we've missed a location feel free to add a cemetery record of your own.