Texas Church Records

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Historical Background
Before 1900, the largest religious groups in Texas were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics.

Information Found in the Records
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 * New Mexico and Texas, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1870-1970 ($)
 * Texas, Church Records, 1852-1994 - index and images, very incomplete

Baptist
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary A. Webb Roberts Library 2001 West Seminary Drive Fort Worth, TX 76122 Phone: (817) 923-1921 (x3330) Fax: (817) 921-8754

Baylor University Moody Memorial Library Box 6307 Waco, TX 76703 Phone: (254) 710-2111 Fax: (254) 710-3116

Texas Baptist Historical Collection 209 N. 8th Street Waco, TX 76701 Phone: (254) 754-9446

For a history of the Baptists in Texas, see:


 * Carroll, James M. A History of Texas Baptists. 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Standard Publishing Co., 1923. ; digital version Vol. II: St. Paul's Seminary.com

Disciples of Christ
Brite Divinity School Collection Mary Couts Burnett Library Texas Christian University 2913 West Lowden Fort Worth, TX 76129 Phone: (817) 921-7117 Fax: (817) 921-7447

Lutheran
ELCA Region4-South Archives 1090 Oestreich Dr. Seguin, TX 78155

Phone:(830) 379-9900 E-mail: archives@swtsynod.org
 * Archives hold records for closed churches. For open churches write directly to the local church.

Methodist
Center for Methodist Studies United Methodist Historical Collection Bridwell Library Southern Methodist University 6005 Bishop Boulevard P.O. Box 750476 Dallas, TX 75275

For a history of the Methodist Church, see:


 * Phelan, Macum. History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866. Nashville, Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924. ; digital version at Internet Archive

Roman Catholic
Diocese of Amarillo P.O. Box 5644 Amarillo, TX 79117 Phone: (806) 383-2243

The diocese includes the counties of: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher and Wheeler.

Diocese of Austin 6225 Highway 290 East Austin, TX 78723-1025 Phone: (512) 949-2400

The diocese includes the counties of: Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington and Williamson

Diocese of Beaumont P.O. Box 3948 Beaumont, TX 77704-3948 Phone: (409) 924-4300

The diocese includes the counties of: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk and Tyler

Diocese of Brownsville 1910 University Blvd. Brownsville, TX 78520 Phone: (956) 550-1517

The diocese includes the counties of: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy

Diocese of Corpus Christi 620 Lipan Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Phone: (361) 693-6726

The diocese includes the counties of: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio

Diocese of Dallas 3725 Blackburn St. Dallas, TX 75219 Phone: (214) 528-2240

The diocese includes the counties of: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro and Rockwell

Diocese of El Paso 499 St. Matthews St. El Paso, TX 79907 Phone: (915) 872-8400

The diocese includes the counties of: Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves, Ward and Winkler

Diocese of Ft. Worth 800 West Loop 820 South Fort Worth, TX 76108 Phone: (817) 560-330

The diocese includes the counties of: Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Foard, Hardeman, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger and Wise

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Archives P.O. Box 907 Houston, TX 77001 Phone: (713) 652-8283

The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker and Waller

Diocese of Larado 1901 Corpus Christi Street Laredo, TX 78043 Phone: (956) 727-2140

The diocese includes the counties of: Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata and Zavala

Diocese of Lubbock 4620 Fourth Street Lubbock, TX 79499-8700 Phone: (806) 792-3943

The diocese includes the counties of: Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Haskell, Hockley, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Scurry, Stonewall, Terry and Yoakum

Diocese of San Angelo 804 Ford Street San Angelo, TX 76905 Phone: (325) 651-7500

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1829 San Angelo, TX 76902-1829

The diocese includes the counties of: Andrews, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Martin, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green and Upton

Archdiocese of San Antonio 2718 W. Woodlawn San Antonio, TX 78228 Phone: (210) 734-2620

The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, McMullen, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde and Wilson

Diocese of Tyler 1015 ESE Loop 323 Tyler, TX 75701-9663 Phone: (903) 534-1077

The diocese includes the counties of: Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Freestone, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Lamar, Leon, Madison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt and Wood

Diocese of Victoria P.O. Box 4070 1505 E. Mesquite Lane Victoria, TX 77901 Phone: (361) 573-0828

The diocese includes the counties of: Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton and Fayette

Catholic Archives of Texas 1600 North Congress Capitol Station P.O. Box 13327 Austin, TX 78711-3327 Phone: (512) 476-4888 Fax: (512) 469-9537

For a history of the Catholic Church, see:


 * Fitzmorris, Mary Angela. Four Decades of Catholicism in Texas 1820-1860. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1926. and