Hamilton County, Texas Genealogy

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History
History

Parent County
1858--Hamilton County was created 22 June 1858 from Bosque, Comanche,Lampasas, and Coryell Counties. County seat: Hamilton

Record Loss
1863, 1877, 1886--Courthouses and many county records were destroyed by fires in September 1863, March 1877, and February 1886.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bosque
 * Comanche
 * Coryell
 * Erath
 * Lampasas
 * Mills

Church
Hamilton County Churches

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

Newspapers
Hamilton Herald News

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

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


 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Gazetteer of Hamilton County, Texas http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gazetteer2000/