Scurry County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties S  Scurry County

Guide to Scurry County Texas ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Scurry County Courthouse 1806 25th Street Ste 300 Snyder, TX 79549 Phone: 915.573.5332 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage, land and probate records from 1884, court records from 1909 and military records from 1918; District Clerk has divorce records



Parent County
1876--Scurry County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Snyder. The county was named for Confederate general William Read Scurry.

Places / Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places

 * Snyder - County Seat
 * Arah - historical
 * Camp Springs
 * China Grove
 * Dermott
 * Dunn
 * Fluvanna
 * Hermleigh
 * Hudd
 * Inadale
 * Ira
 * Knapp
 * Pyron - historical
 * Union
 * Wheat - historical

Neighboring Counties

 * Borden
 * Fisher
 * Garza
 * Howard
 * Kent
 * Mitchell
 * Nolan

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Scurry County Cemetery listings Scurry County TXGenWeb site.
 * Cemeteries of Texas, Scurry County page
 * Find-a-grave listings for Scurry County

Funeral Homes

 * Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home - 3101 College Ave. Snyder, Texas 79549; (325) 573-5454
 * Wright Colonial Funeral Home - 208 37th St. Snyder, Texas 79549; (325) 573-6200
 * Hillside Memorial Gardens - Colorado City Highway Snyder, Texas 79549; (325) 573-5251

Maps



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

Military

 * Scurry County military information from TXGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Snyder Daily News
 * Abilene Reporter-News- often carries reports from Scurry County

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
 * Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 ~ FamilySearch records collection''
 * Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973  ~  FamilySearch record collection
 * Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010  ~  FamilySearch record collection

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 Family Search and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.


 * 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

 * Texas Divorce Records 1968 - 2005  (index) - Hidden Ancestors

Web Sites

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