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Tarrant County, Texas
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Location in the state of Texas
Location of Texas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 20, 1849
County Seat	Fort Worth
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Tarrant County Courthouse
100 W Weatherford Rm 130
Fort Worth, TX 76196
Phone: 817.884.1195 

County Clerk has birth, marriage, land and probate records from 1876
 and death records from 1903; District Clerk has divorce and court records
1860 census missing^[1]

History

Tarrant County, Texas is located directly west and is adjacent to Dallas County, Texas  and the largest community in the county today is Fort Worth. The first settlement was in 1841.

Parent County

1849--Tarrant County was created 20 December 1849 from Navarro County. County seat: Fort Worth ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Dallas
• Denton
• Ellis
• Johnson
• Parker
• Wise

Resources

  Cemeteries

• Johnson Station Cemetery  Alphabetical listing with grave marker photos
• Tarrant County DAR Burial Index  ~  TXGenWeb
• Tarrant County Cemeteries  ~  indexes, maps, transcriptions  ~  TXGenWeb
• Tombstone Transcription Project ~ Partial transcription of cemetery tombstones ~ USGenWeb
• Texas Historic Cemeteries ~ Partial indexes to historic cemeteries
• African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
• Texas Escapes Listing of Texas cemeteries with transcriptions and lots of pictures.

Individual cemeteries

BillionGraves:

• Crowley Cemetery, Crowley
• Emerald Hills Cemetery, Kennedale
• Everman Cemetery, Fort Worth
• Hawkins Cemetery, Arlington
• Hudson Cemetery, Mansfield
• Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth
• Oak Grove Cemetery, Rendon
• Skyvue Cemetery, Rendon
• Tate Cemetery, Arlington
• Walnut Creek Cemetery, Rendon
• White Cemetery, Fort Worth

Census

• 1850 Census of Tarrant County  ~  TXGenWeb
• 1880 Tarrant County Mortality Schedules  ~  TXGenWeb
• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Texas  1850 - 1930

Church

• Texas Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in Texas

Court

Directories

Fold3.com ($) has Dallas City Directories 1878-1823 (8 yrs. missing) available online.

Land

Local Histories

• Tarrant County Bibliography  ~  TXGenWeb
• Texas Museums  ~  List of all museums in Texas  ~  Hidden Ancestors

Maps

• Historical Maps  ~  From the Republic to the Turn of the Century  ~  Hidden Ancestors
• Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Military

• Muster Roll of the Tarrant County Hussars Mounted Infantry C.S.A., Tarrant County, Texas ~ TXGenWeb
• Civil War Veteran's of Tarrant County  ~  TXGenWeb
• Military Resources ~ Links to research Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Fallen Heroes  ~  Partial Index of casualties from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Honoring Our Veterans ~ Partial index of veterans from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors

Newspapers

• Home Town News  -  Texas Newspaper Index with links
• Newslink  -  Texas Newspaper List (sorted by publication frequency)
• The Olden Times   -   Historic Texas News Online

Obituaries

• Tarrant County Obituaries  ~  TXGenWeb
• Obituary Resources ~ Links to research and locate obituaries ~  Hidden Ancestors
• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project  ~  Texas
• Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot  ~  Texas Newspaper Citations
• Obituary Project ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Obituary Daily Times  ~  Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function

Probate

• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records  ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

• Texas Marriage Records  1966 - 2005  ~  Hidden Ancestors
• Texas Divorce Records  1968 - 2005   ~  Hidden Ancestors

Deaths

• Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (FamilySearch) - The name index was created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903 and in many counties prior to 1910. Fold3.com also has Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 ($) available online.

• Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch) - Index to Texas statewide death certificates covering 4 million deaths since 1964.

Societies and Libraries

• Tarrant County Public Library Addresses and URLs
• Society Hill  ~  Links and addresses to Texas genealogical and historical societies

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Arlington Texas Family History Center
• Azle Texas Family History Center
• Fort Worth Texas Family History Center
• Hurst Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

• Tarrant County Archives  ~  USGenWeb  Archives Project
• Tarrant County TXGenWeb
• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
• Hidden Ancestors  Information on Texas genealogy research as well as genealogy research in general.
• USGenWeb Texas Archives Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tarrant County, Texas. Page 674 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).