Foard County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas Counties F  Foard County

Guide to Foard County Texas ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Foard County Courthouse PO Box 539 Crowell, TX 79227 Phone: 940.684.1365

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1891

County and District Clerk

P.O. Box 539 Crowell. TX 79227 Phone: 940-684-1365

Parent County
1891--Foard County was created 3 March 1891 from Hardeman, Knox, King, and Cottle Counties.
 * County seat: Crowell

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Populated Places
Crowell | Margaret | Vivian

Neighboring Counties
Baylor •  Cottle  •  Hardeman  •  King  •  Knox  •  Wilbarger

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Foard County Cemeteries Maps, transcriptions and information.
 * Foard County Cemeteries from the Texas Tombstone Project
 * Foard County Cemeteries from Cemeteries-of-Texas

Maps



 * Texas Land Survey Maps for (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Texas Counties Map. TXGenWeb site.

Military

 * 1838-1900 Texas Muster Roll Index Cards at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Mexican-American War

 * 1845-1848 US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War at Ancestry.com — index $

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1800–1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1800–2000 Texas Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * 1840-1981 Texas, Births and Christenings - FamilySearch
 * 1903-1935 Texas, Birth Certificates (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * 1903-1997 Texas Birth Index (index) - FamilySearch

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 Texas Marriage Collection at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1837-1973 Texas, Marriages - FamilySearch record collection
 * 1837-1977Texas, County Marriage Index - FamilySearch records collection 
 * 1837-1977 Texas Select County Marriage Index at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1966-2010 Texas, Marriages - FamilySearch record collection

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1890-1976 Texas Death Records [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.
 * 1903-1973 Texas Deaths and Burials (index) - FamilySearch
 * 1903-1982 Texas Death Certificates at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1964-1998 Texas Death Index Texas, Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records) Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * 1977-1986 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

 * 1968-2005 Texas Divorce Records (index) - Hidden Ancestors
 * 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1968-2011 Texas Divorces at Ancestry.com — index $

Websites

 * Foard County TXGenWeb site
 * TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.