Re: Joseph Benton Elliott - parents/ancestors
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Joseph Benton Elliott - parents/ancestors
Jan Hickey 4/22/09
I'm not related to this family.
MS Vital Records -
The state Vital Records division was enacted into law in 1917, but we maintain records as far back as 1912, so the legal requirement may be similarly earlier.
TX Vital Records -
The Texas Vital Statistics law to register births and deaths was not passed until 1903.Texas was then and is now a dual registration state which means the local registrars retain a copy of all birth and death records for the events that take place within their jurisdiction and the state retains the original of all birth and death records for the entire State of Texas.However, the statutes for registering these events were not made mandatory until 1926.However, many local registrars did not adhere to the statutes until the late 1930’s or early 1940’s.This means some records reside only in the local registrars’ files and not with the State.
Try to order Joseph's death certificate from Texas.
Parents names should be listed - PROVIDED - thath the informant knew that info.