Victoria County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties UV  Victoria County

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

County Courthouse
Victoria County Courthouse 115 N Bridge; Victoria, TX 77901 Phone: 361.575.1478 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage, probate, and land records from 1838 and court records from 1867; District Clerk has divorce records

History
Colonization started in 1824 mainly by Mexican settlers. The first settlement was in 1720 which consisted of a Spanish mission and presidio.

Parent County
1836--Victoria County was created 17 March 1836 from an Old Mexican Municipality County seat: Victoria

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Victoria County border changes.

Places / Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * De Witt
 * Goliad
 * Jackson
 * Lavaca
 * Refugio

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

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Victoria County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * Teachers' Registers for Victoria County, 1888-1976 are listed by volume and name and number of the school district, the teachers' name, the school year and the shelf and box number where each volume is archived. These registers list names of students, divided according to grade level and often by gender. Researchers can come to the Victoria Regional History Center or contact the staff for specific lookups.

Maps

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

Newspapers
Fimble File of Newspaper Clippings is a collection of three scrapbooks with obituary notices and other clippings from the Victoria Advocate and other newspapers covering the years 1901-1944. The database includes a searchable name index.

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm
 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch
 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - FamilySearch

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

Societies and Libraries
The Victoria Regional History Center is a department of the Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library. It is the designated repository for the Indianola Immigrant Database. From 1844 to 1886 Indianola was a significant German immigrant port for Texas. This database is searchable by surname. The History Center lists other imporant resources for searching out German Americans in Texas.

Web Sites

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