Texas vital records

If you are not going to complete this database because of your emphysis on military records please let us know so we'll stop looking for additional records! I will be very disapointed if this database is not completed.

So needing to be able to search COMPLETED Texas vital records! Can we anticipate updates soon?

Same here. When will the TX death certs be complete?

I have not seen any progress on the Texas Death Certificates since I joined over a year ago. Becoming impatient....... when will it be completed?

Not a single added record to this database in over a year. What gives?

How often have they added? I have a few more to find! :-)

As for me this is the only resone I bought it...needing the Texas Death records from 1976........

You guys are killing me. I can't wait for Footnote to publish more Texas vital records!

caroleececilia: Because footnote is actually putting in time and money to make their archive easy to search and easy to browse. Familysearch has the same data, but it's useless if it's not easy to access. I've managed to find about 50 certificates on footnote that just won't come up on familysearch. A lot of that is because I can also browse by county and date, so even when the name isn't indexed properly (as happens quite frequently with old handwritten records), I can still find the records. Familysearch's beta site will let you browse their images, but it's simply a list of the rolls they've scanned in. You can't look at it by date or location. If you can't find the record you need by searching for the name, it may as well not be there. I can only assume that all of this is because familysearch is largely volunteer based, while footnote can pay programmers and interface designers to improve the accessibility of their records.

wagnerew said of the LDS church, "most, if not all, of their members must participate in service missions." This actually is not true. LDS church members are not required to serve missions at all. They are not punished or denied any priviledges for not serving missions. It is litterally volunteer work.

However it's done, I am glad that footnote has them... I don't mind paying the membership fees.... One set of military records and or pension records (out of the "many" that I need/want)... and that is same as the 'one' membership fee that supplies me with 'hundreds' of various types of documents.... True, I could go to my 'local' library or a nearby family history center & 'look' for 'free'... but you have to 'pay' for any copies printed... and you have to 'pay' for the gas used.... over and over during numerous trips.... However,.... I'm just grateful to 'pay once' and sit at my leisure & copy & 'print' "all that I want/can or need... for just one small price.... Sounds like a 'winner' to me!.... Thank you Footnote, you are a blessing to the many of us that are open to recognizing a good thing when it's presented to us..... Val

I have found death records on Footnote that I was unable to find on FamilySearch and some on Footnote are alot clearer and easier to read

caroleececilia said/asked... "Familysearch.org has the Texas Death Records online for free, along with other primary documents. Why is Footnote charging for them? Just curious." It's not that difficult to understand if you really think about it. Like most things in life, it's a matter of economics. FamilySearch is subsidized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church -- the Mormons). The donations/offerings provided by their members pay for the equipment, film, supplies, storage, and upkeep of their vast collection. Aside from the people who work for the LDS Church (paid full-time positions), they have a sizable army of temporary volunteers (most, if not all, of their members must participate in service missions). A commercial entity such as Footnote can't compete with free -- even if Footnote was able to get all of the content it wanted for free from other sources, it would still need to charge something for the creation and on-going maintenance of their Web site -- especially if you want it to be organized/structured in a friendly consistent way.

Familysearch.org has the Texas Death Records online for free, along with other primary documents. Why is Footnote charging for them? Just curious.

Why are there no records for the year 1924?