Burnet County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties B  Burnet County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage, burial, probate and land records from 1852 and court records from 1876; District Clerk has divorce records

History
The county is known as "the Versatile County". (1940) In 1981, the county was named Bluebonnet Co-capital of Texas..

More history about the county can be found at:


 * The Texas Handbook Online
 * Burnet County TXGenWeb in the section titled "History"

Parent County
1852--Burnet County was created 5 February 1852 from Bell, Travis, and Williamson Counties. County seat: Burnet

The county was named for David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870). David G. Burnet, speculator, lawyer, and politician, was born on April 14, 1788, in Newark, New Jersey, the fourteenth child of Dr. William Burnet, and the third of his second wife, widow Gertrude Gouverneur Rutgers. David was orphaned at an early age and raised by his older half brothers.

Places / Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Populated Places
Towns and Cities: | |  | Cottonwood Shores | Highland Haven | Marble Falls | Meadowlakes |  |  |

History of Towns and Cities from The Texas Handbook Online:


 * Bertram | Bethel | Briggs | Burnet | Cedar Mill | Council Creek | Dobyville | Double Horn | Fairland | Granite Shoals | Hoover's Valley | Joppa | Lake Victor | Mahomet | Mormon Mill Colony | Naruna | Oakalla | Oatmeal | Pleasant Valley | Prairie Point | Providence | Sage | Shady Grove | Shovel Mountain | Smithwick | South Gabriel| Spicewood | Spring Creek | Strickling | Tobey | Watson

Neighboring Counties
Bell •  Blanco  •  Lampasas  •  Llano  •  San Saba  •  Travis  •  Williamson

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Burnet County Cemetery Records, 1852-1982 by Burnet County Historical Commission and Burnet County Heritage Society, Nortex Press, 1988. This book is still available for sale.  For details on ordering the book, see Burnet TXGenWeb, Reference Books.
 * Surveyed cemetery listings, some with photos, shared by researchers with Burnet TXGenWeb - Cemetery Transcriptions.

Individual cemeteries

BillionGraves:


 * Dillingham Cemetery, Briggs
 * Watson Cemetery on US 183 between Lampasas and Liberty Hill
 * Hoovers Valley Cemetery, Burnet

Local Histories

 * Burnet County History, Vol I and II , by Darrell Debo, Eakin Press, 1978. For details on ordering the books, see Burnet TXGenWeb, Reference Books.
 * Stories, biographies, diary entries, letters, Bible pages, etc., shared by descendants of Burnet County pioneer families. From Burnet TXGenWeb.  Stories From Our Past

Maps



 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site
 * Texas Land Survey Maps for (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

 * 1838 - 1900 Texas Muster Roll Index Cards 1838-1900 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1845 - 1848 US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War 1845-1848 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * Links to information on Burnet County citizens who participated in military conflicts from the Civil War through Vietnam. From Burnet County TXGenWeb
 * The Military Influence in Burnet County

Newspapers

 * Numbered items below from Burnet County TXGenWeb:


 * 1) Index of Burnet Bulletin, 1898-1913, newspaper events; alphabetical by surname.
 * 2) Burnet Bulletin 1874-1880, indexed newspaper names and stories; alphabetical by surname.
 * 3) Burnet County, Texas Obituary Index -- 1876 - 1910
 * 4) Burnet Tidbits found in Austin Statesman newspaper, 1887 and 1888
 * 5) Index of historical articles in the Highlander newspaper; some Llano County articles; alphabetical by surname.
 * 6) Index of newspaper articles, ranging from 1905-1995; found in library's vertical files; alphabetical by surname.
 * 7) News Tidbits, from Marble Falls Messenger and Burnet Bulletin, 1874-1938; transcribed from microfilmed newspapers; arranged by publication date.
 * 8) News Tidbits from newspapers outside Burnet County; dates ranging from 1854-1912; arranged by date.
 * 9) Pleasant Turner vs. John Lauraine, Texas State Gazette, 1853; notice for Lauraine to appear in court.

Photographs

 * Photo Album of Burnet County people, places, and things. Alphabetical.  From Burnet TXGenWeb.

Probate

 * Index to probate records; transcribed from County Courthouse ledger books, dates ranging from 1868 to 1892; alphabetical by name. From Burnet TXGenWeb.  Probate Records

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


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

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records

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

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


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

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1968 - 2011 Texas Divorces 1968-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies and Libraries

 * Herman Brown Free Library
 * Burnet County Genealogical Society
 * Adam R. Johnson Chapter 2498, United Daughters of the Confederacy
 * Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Family History Centers

 * Marble Falls Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
 * Burnet County TXGenWeb Site