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County Courthouse

Matagorda County Courthouse
1700 7th Street
Bay City, TX 77414
Phone: 979.244.7680

County Clerk has birth records from 1903,
marriage records from 1838, death records
from 1917, land records from 1827, probate
records form late 1800’s, military records from
1919 and court records from 1981^[1]

Matagorda County Courthouse - today

County Clerk
1700 7th Street, Room 202
Bay City, TX 77414-5094
(979) 244-7680

District Clerk
1700 7th Street, Room 307
Bay City, TX 77414
(979) 244-7621

History

Part of Stephen F. Austin's Colony.

The Handbook of Texas Online - Matagorda County

Parent County

1836--Matagorda County was created 17 March 1836 from an Old Mexican Municipality. County seat: Bay City ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Matagorda County border changes.

Record Loss

Matagorda County For Kids

Places / Localities

Populated Places

• Towns and Communities

Neighboring Counties

• Brazoria
• Calhoun
• Jackson
• Wharton

Resources

African-American Information

• Matagorda County
• Texas Slavery Project

Cemeteries

Matagorda County Cemeteries (rootsweb)

•  [RootsWeb]

Cemeteries of Matagorda County Texas (Cemeteries of Texas project)

•  [Cemeteries of Texas]

 Find-A-Grave (Matagorda county)

• Find-A-Grave
  

Census Records

• 1850 Index
• 1870 African-American Families
• 1870 Palacios Point
• 1880 Search at FamilySearch
• 1910 Collegeport Community

Churches

• Matagorda County Churches

Court

• Brands and Marks
• Early Probate Records
• Naturalizations
• Records on Microfilm

Historical Markers

• Matagorda Tourism
• Texas Settlement Region

Land

Local Histories

• History Maker Biographies
• Family Histories

Maps

• Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site
• Texas Historical Commission Atlas

Military

• General Military Links
• Confederate Military Information
• Gold Star Mothers
• Texas in the Civil War
• War Casualties

Newspapers

• Bay City Tribune
• Matagorda County Advocate
• Palacios Beacon
• Newspapers Available at Matagorda County Museum
• Celebrations - Articles about events

Obituaries

For current obituaries see newspaper sites above

• Obituaries

Photographs

Probate

• Early Probate Records

Republic of Texas

Schools

A wiki article describing an online collections is found at:

Texas, Matagorda County, School Census Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Taxation

Vital Records

• Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
• Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images]
  Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.
• Marriages and Wedding Articles

Voting

• 1867 Voters' Registration
• Women's Suffrage and 1918 Registration

Societies, Libraries and Museums

MATAGORDA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY  - publishes "Oak Leaves" genealogical data about Matagorda County twice a year (Feb. & Aug.).
1100 Seventh Street
Bay City, TX  77414-4915
carolsgibbs@yahoo.com 

 MATAGORDA COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION
P. O. Box 275
Blessing, TX 77419-0275

BAY CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
1100 7th St.
Bay City, TX 77414

PALACIOS LIBRARY
326 Main St.
Palacios, TX 77465

 MATAGORDA COUNTY MUSEUM
2100 Avenue F.
Bay City, TX 77414

 PALACIOS AREA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
CITY BY THE SEA MUSEUM
401 Commerce Street
Palacios, TX 77465

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Bay City Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
• TXGenWeb - Matagorda County
• Texas Historical Commission
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Matagorda County, Texas. Page 669 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).