Cooke County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
1848--Cooke County was created 20 March 1848 and organized in 1849 from Fannin County. County seat: Gainesville

Neighboring Counties

 * Denton
 * Grayson
 * Love County, Oklahoma
 * Marshall County, Oklahoma
 * Montague
 * Wise

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

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.
 * Texas 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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog

Cross Timbers Genealogical Society has a website which may be useful