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Tarrant County
TXGenWeb
Guide To Locating
Tarrant County Records
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Birth Records |
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Death Records |
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Marriage Records
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Divorce Records |
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Census Records |
Only the 1850 Federal census for Tarrant County is on-line. If any
of you have access to other census records for our county and are willing
to transcribe them, we always welcome the volunteer work. |
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The FamilySearch website has the entire 1880 US census on-line. |
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The Fort Worth Public Library has all available Federal census' for
Texas through 1930. |
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The National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Branch in
Fort Worth has a complete set of all Federal census' through 1930. |
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Tax Records |
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City Directories |
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Deed Records |
The courthouse has deed records and plats from 1876 to present. |
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Official Public Records (1970's to present), including Deed Records, have
been made available on-line by the County Clerk. |
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Probate Records |
The courthouse has probate and estate records from 1876 to present. |
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Official Public Records (1970's to present), including Probate Records,
have been made available on-line by the County Clerk. |
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Some early Tarrant County probate records survived the 1876 courthouse
fire. These were published in Footprints thirty years ago and we are
slowly transcribing them to place on-line. |
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On the Fort Worth Genealogical Society's website you will find an index
to probate records from 1876 through 1927. |
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Assumed Names |
Assumed Name Records from 1977 to Present have been made available
on-line by the County Clerk. |
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Cemetery Info |
Our cemetery database contains information on 167 known cemeteries in
Tarrant County. If a cemetery has been inventoried we give the book
or periodical where it was found and in many cases we give at least one location
where to find the publication. Inscriptions for 63 cemeteries
are on our website, plus there are links to 18 additional off-site
listings. |
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Look-Up volunteers are waiting to assist you in searching through
6 other published cemeteries. |
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Guide to Tarrant County Cemeteries - Includes histories, locations,
first burials and noted burials. |
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Obituaries |
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Newspapers |
Yesterday's News contains abstracts from area newspapers dating from
the 1870's through the 1920's. |
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The Fort Worth Public Library has local newspapers on microfilm that
date back to the dark ages. |
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The Amon Carter Museum has an excellent newspaper collection. |
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See the website of the Fort Worth Star Telegram online. Articles
from 1991 to present are available. Search the archives for free, but there
is a fee to display an article after it is found. |
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School Records |
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Queries |
Read current queries in the Rootweb Message Board for Tarrant County
or post your own. |
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Read or post queries in GenForum's Genealogy Forum for Tarrant
County. |
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Prior to using the query forums, we kept them on the website. Click
to proceed to the Query Archives. |
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You may also post queries on the mailing list. |
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This page was last modified 11 Feb
2011.
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