Ector County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties E  Ector County

Guide to Ector County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Ector County Courthouse 300 N Grant Avenue; Odessa, TX 79761 Phone: 915.335.3030

County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial, probate, court and land records from 1896; District Clerk has divorce records

Ector County has had two courthouses. The old red brick courthouse, built in 1904, was torn down in 1938, when the new Art Deco style courthouse opened. In 1964 a new courthouse was built around the 1938 courthouse, changing the look of the courthouse.

Inventory of County Records, Ector County Courthouse, 1973, edited by Carolyn Trigg. Read the book online at The Portal to Texas History.

Parent County
1887--Ector County was created 26 February 1887 from Tom Green County. County seat: Odessa

Populated Places
Gardendale | Goldsmith | Notrees | Odessa (partly in Midland county) | Penwell | Pleasant Farms | West Odessa

Neighboring Counties

 * Andrews
 * Crane
 * Midland
 * Upton
 * Ward
 * Winkler

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

Maps



 * Ector County 1890 Land Office Map from the Portal to Texas History.
 * Ector County 1901 from Historic Map Works.
 * Ector County Highway Map 1940 from the Texas State Library Archives Commission.
 * Ector County Highway Map 1961 from the Texas State Library Archives Commission.

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Newspapers

 * Odessa American Newspaper
 * Odessa American Statesman archives, 1957-61, 1968-73, and 1976-77, at ancestry.com $
 * Obituaries from the Acres West Funeral Chapel -- includes obits from 2008-present

Probate

 * Ector County Index to Probates 1891-1949 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.

Births
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Ector County Births 1873-1900 compiled from World War I Draft Registrations. From the TXGenWeb archives.
 * Ector County Birth Index 1926-1934 and other records from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * Ector County Birth Index 1926-1952 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriages
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Ector County Marriage Index 1966-2002 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * Ector County Marriage Records Mar 1941-Jun 1942 transcribed from the County of Ector Marriage Book No. 3 from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.
 * Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 ~ FamilySearch records collection''
 * Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973  ~  FamilySearch record collection
 * Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010  ~  FamilySearch record collection

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Deaths
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * Ector County Death Index to Microfilmed Death Records from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * 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.
 * Ector County Index to Probates 1891-1949 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * Ector County Death Index 1969-1984 and other death record from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * Ector County Death Records from the Texas Death Index 1964-1998 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site. *Ector County Death Records from the Texas Death Index 1964-1998 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * Notrees, Texas Deaths 1967-2002 from the Ector County TXGenWeb site.
 * 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce
Texas Divorces 1968 - 2005 (index) -  Hidden Ancestors

Societies and Libraries

 * Permian Basin Genealogical Society
 * Ector County Public Library Southwest Genealogy Section - 2nd Floor 321 West 5th Street Odessa, Texas 79761 (432)332-0633 website

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

 * Ector County Texas TXGenWeb site history, photos, cemeteries and more.
 * OdessaHistory.com