Probate Birth Index

Birth Certificates were not required during the pioneer years of Texas. Later, when certificates were needed for Social Security purposes, delayed birth certificates were issued.
Two witnesses were needed to swear to the information given about a birth.

The index is not in order by year. Some entries from late 1800's are mixed with much later information

The Probate Birth Index is in order only as the records were obtained.

Texas Department of Health -

In 1903, the Bureau of Vital Statistics was created and given the primary responsibility for maintaining a statewide system of vital statistics. Certificates of birth and death were filed by the county clerks and forwarded to the Board of Health. Thus a dual system of registration began which is still in existence today. Even after the Bureau was established, the registration of vital events was haphazard. Not until 1933 did it achieve a level of 90% registration. So many early 1900 records were not timely filed and when families needed a copy of their birth certificate, they would file their records with the county judge as a probate court record. Probate court records were filed from June 1939 to December of 1959 for births which were not recorded at the time of birth. County Judges approved these delayed registrations and forwarded the original certificate to our office.

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