Dallam County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties D  Dallam County

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

County Courthouse
Dallam County Courthouse PO Box 1352 Dalhart, TX 79022 Phone. 806.249.4751 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage and court records from 1891, divorce records from 1892, probate records from 1900 and land records from 1876



Texline was named the county seat when Dallam County was organized in 1891. Ten years later the railroad came, and a new town, Dalhart, sprang up at the railroad crossing. In 1903, Dalhart became the county seat. Dallam County's first courthouse was built in 1891 in Texline. A second courthouse was built in Dalhart in 1903. The county's current courthouse, shown at right, was built in 1923.

Dallam County Courthouse County &amp; District Clerk - Terri Banks P.O. Box 1352 Dalhart, Tx. 79022 (806) 244-4751

Dallam County Government Website

Parent County
1876--Dallam County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District, but was not organized until 1891. County seat: Dalhart

Populated Places
Dalhart (partly in Hartley County) | Kerrick | Perico | Texline

Neighboring Counties

 * Cimarron County, Oklahoma
 * Hartley
 * Moore
 * Sherman
 * Union County, New Mexico

African American

 * Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870(images) - FamilySearch

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Dallam County Cemeteries - USGenWeb Tombstone Project
 * FindAGrave - transcription and photographs
 * Dallam County Cemeteries - TXGenWeb

Church
Dalhart Churches - TXGenWeb

Land
Original Land Owners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project

Local Histories

 * The Book of Years: A History of Dallam and Hartley Counties, 1969, by Lillie Mae Hunter.
 * Hartley County History from the Handbook of Texas Online.

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

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Dallam County, Texas World War II Casualties Army and Air Force -  Access Genealogy
 * Heroes of WWII -   TXGenWeb
 * US Army Company A - 31st Battalion Fort Carson, CO, 21 Nov 1957 to 13 Jan 1958-TXGenWeb

Probate

 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Marriages Dallam County - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 - FamilySearch. Index to a variety of marriage records (registers, licenses, intentions to marry, etc.) from select counties in Texas.

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

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, 1903-2000 (index) - FamilySearch


 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Divorces Dallam County - USGenWeb Archives Project

Societies and Libraries
Dallam-Hartley Library 420 Denrock Ave. Dalhart, TX 79022 1-806-874-3685

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * TXGenWeb - transcriptions and photographs
 * USGenWeb Archives Project -  transcriptions and photographs