# Appendix

Details several areas for identifying specific entities

# Article Categories

#### **Category List**

The following list identifies the codes used in the **Articles** Category field.

<table border="0" id="bkmrk-code-meaning-art-art" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 40%; margin-left: 10rem;" width="400"><thead><tr><th style="width: 19.3084%;">**Code**</th><th style="width: 80.6916%;">**Meaning**</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">art</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Article</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">bbl</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Bible Record</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">bio</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Biography</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">bok</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Books</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">bwg</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Backward Glances</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">cem</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Cemetery</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">cen</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Census Records</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">chu</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Church</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">crt</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Court Records</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">dis</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Disasters</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">eth</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Ethnic Research</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">fam</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Family Record</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">fif</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Famous &amp; Infamous</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">fnh</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Funeral Homes</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">fst</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Grayson Co. Firsts</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">his</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">County Histories</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">lib</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Libraries</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">lmk</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Landmarks</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">map</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Maps</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">mis</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Miscellaneous</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">mkr</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Historic Markers</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">mus</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Museums</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">nws</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Newspapers</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">org</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Organizations</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">pdr</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Paid Researchers</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">pks</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Parks</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">pla</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Places</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">pos</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Post Offices/Masters</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">sch</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">School</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">spt</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Sports</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">trs</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Transportation</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">twn</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Town</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">vet</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Veterans</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">vit</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Vital Records</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.3084%;">wat</td><td style="width: 80.6916%;">Waterways</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Death Certificate Templates

The first Death Certificate transcription form is for the *Texas Death Certificates 1890 to 1976* database. The second template is for the *Texas Death Certificates 1977 to 1981* database. There are two different databases and the form is slightly different.

##### **Texas State Department of Health (1890 to 1976) database template**

&lt;ul class="basic"&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;&lt;bi&gt;Texas Deaths, 1890-1976&lt;/bi&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Death Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Death Place: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Gender: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Race: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Death Age: yrs mos dys&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Estimated Birth Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Birth Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Birthplace: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Marital Status: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Spouse's Name: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Father's Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Father's Birthplace: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Mother's Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Mother's Birthplace: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Occupation: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Place of Residence:&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Cemetery: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Burial Place: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Burial Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Informant: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Certificate number: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;/ul&gt;

##### **Texas Death Certificates (1977 to 1981) database template**

&lt;ul class="basic"&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;&lt;bi&gt;Texas Deaths, 1977-1986&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Death Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Death Place: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Gender: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Race: White&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Death Age: yrs mos dys&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Estimated Birth Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Birth Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Birthplace: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Marital Status: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Spouse's Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Father's Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Father's Birthplace: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Mother's Name: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Mother's Birthplace: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Occupation: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Place of Residence: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Cemetery: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Burial Place: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Burial Date: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Armed Forces Organization: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Next of Kin or Friend: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Informant: &lt;sa&gt;&lt;/sa&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Image Number: Vol. #&lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;li&gt;Certificate Number: &lt;/li&gt;  
&lt;/ul&gt;