Kenedy County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties K  Kenedy County

County Courthouse
Kenedy County Courthouse PO Box 37 Sarita, TX 78385 Phone: 361.294.5220 County Clerk has birth records from 1926, marriage records from 1923, death records from 1929, divorce and court records from 1914, probate and land records

''Inventory of county records, Kenedy County Courthouse, Sarita, Texas. ''Digital book online from the Portal to Texas History.

Parent County
1921--Kenedy was organized and created 2 April 1921 from Willacy, Hidalgo, and Cameron Counties. County seat: Sarita

Populated Places
Armstrong | Norias | Rudolph | Sarita | Turcotte

Neighboring Counties

 * Brooks
 * Hidalgo
 * Kleberg
 * Willacy

Local Histories

 * The King Ranch, 1957, 2 volumes, by Tom Lea.
 * Texas' Last Frontier: A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1917, reprinted 1962; by Frank Cushman Pierce, Rio Grande Valley Historical Society.
 * Kenedy County History from the Handbook of Texas Online.

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb 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.
 * 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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