Cooke County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties C  Cooke County

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

County Courthouse
Cooke County Courthouse 100 Dixon Street Gainesville, TX 76240 Phone: 940.668.5420  County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage, probate, court and land records from 1850; District Clerk has divorce records

Parent County
1848--Cooke County was created 20 March 1848 and organized in 1849 from Fannin County. County seat: Gainesville

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
Cities and Towns: Callisburg | Gainesville | Lindsay | Muenster | Oak Ridge | Valley View | Whitesboro (mostly in Grayson County)

Unincorporated areas: Bulcher | Burns City | Dexter | Era | Hood | Leo | Lois | Marysville | Mountain Springs | Moss Lake | Myra | Rosston | Pioneer Valley | Prairie Point | Sivells Bend | Walnut Bend | Woodbine

Neighboring Counties
Denton • Grayson • Love County, Oklahoma • Marshall County, Oklahoma • Montague • Wise

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.

Census

 * 1850 Federal Tax Index - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1860 Federal Census - USGenWeb Archives Project

Land

 * Original Land Owners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project

Local Histories

 * Cooke County Bible Records -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Historical Markers in Cooke County - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * County Commisioners 1849-1991 - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * County Officials 1849-1948 - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * County Officials 1945-1991- USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Myra High School Graduation 1913, 1914 and 1916 - USGenWebs Archive Project

Maps



 * Texas Land Survey Maps for (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


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

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications Index - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Co A 2nd Texas Partisan Rangers -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch

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


 * 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.
 * Marriages 1849-1873- USGenWeb Archives Project 
 * 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 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- USGenWeb Archives Project

Societies and Libraries
Cross Timbers Genealogical Society - North Central Texas College has a genealogical section in its library supported by Cross Timbers Genealogical Society.

Family History Centers

 * Gainesville Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Cross Timbers Genealogical Society
 * USGenWeb project - May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.