texas vital records phone number
For complete and up-to-date information on obtaining birth and death certificates, contact the Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Unit, PO Box 12040, Austin, Texas 78711-2040; 512-458-7111 or 888-963-7111 (toll-free). You may also visit their office at 1100 West 49th Street or their Web site at:irths in Texas were not recorded at the state level until the establishment of the State Department of Public Health and Vital Statistics in 1903. It was as late as the 1930s before births were consistently recorded. The notation Inf of, meaning infant of, may appear instead of a first name in the birth indexes.