Jim Wells County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties IJ  Jim Wells County

County Courthouse
Jim Wells County Courthouse 200 N Almond Street Alice, TX 78332 Phone: 361.668.5702 County Clerk has birth, death, marriage, probate and court records from 1911 and land records from 1848; District Clerk has divorce records

Adopted by TXGenWeb Jim Wells County Charlie Ward

[[Image:Courthouse alice texas.jpg|frame|center|Courthouse alice texas.jpg]]County Courthouse
Jim Wells County Courthouse, Alice, TX, circa 1912

Parent County
1911--Jim Wells County was created 25 March 1911 from Nueces County. County seat: Alice

Neighboring Counties

 * Brooks
 * Duvall
 * Kleberg
 * Live Oak
 * Nueces
 * San Patricio

Cemeteries
Transcriptions of all Jim Wells County cemeteries were started in 2004, by Charlie Ward, a local volunteer. Transcriptions are located at the website and also at Find-A-Grave with photos of all headstones present at the time the walkthrough was completed. There are still a large number of cemeteries to be done.

BillionGraves:


 * Barrera Cemetery, Alice
 * Cadenas Cemetery, Alice
 * Gonzalez Cemetery, Alice
 * Fraternal Cemetery, Alice
 * Hinojosa Cemetery, Alice
 * Lattas Cemetery, Alice

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.
 * 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Alice Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

 * TEXAS GenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county