Austin History Society - located next to Pease Park and Travis County courthouse is located on the other side for your research convenience on Guadalupe Street. Almost all of thecemeteries in Travis County have been enumerated and may be found in here along with lots of other information, old city directories, phone books, etc. Call (512) 499-7480.
Address is 810 Guadalupe St; Austin, TX 78701. They also have an extensive photography collection.

Funeral Homes: All telephone numbers listed have a (512) area code.
All Faiths 339-8878
Angel Funeral Home 441-9738
Austin Peel and Son 419-7224
Austin-Jones Funeral Home 365-7000
Beck Funeral home 244-3772;259-1610
Cook-Walden Funeral Homes (512) 454-5611
Harrell Funeral Home 443-1366
Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home 321-2576
Providence Funeral Home 352-5909
Weed-Corley-Fish 452-8811

OBITUARY number for the Austin American-Statesman, the only daily newspaper in Travis County: (512) 445-4005
WEDDING number for the same newspaper (512) 445-4023

State of Texas Library and Archives
1201 Brazos, Austin, TX
Archives: (512) 463-5480
Genealogy:(512) 463-5463
Public information office (512) 036-4636

The State Cemetery has a website that will handle inquires about the famous people who are buried there.

County Clerk office is(512) 854-9188 civil court and probate records,deeds and real estate, marriage licenses,etc.

District court office is (512)854-5828 for divorce information;(512) 854-9010 civil records; crimial division (512) 854-9420.

Medical examiner officer is (512) 854-9599.Presumeably, they can tell you where the paupers cemetery is and maybe who is buried there.

City of Austin information:
Austin Memorial Park Cemetery 2800 Hancock Drive: (512) 453-2320; All other cemeteries: (512) 478-7152.


If anyone else can think of anything else to add to this list, please do so! I know I haven't got everything because this is such a historical place!