Gaines County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties G  Gaines County

County Courthouse
Gaines County Courthouse P. O. Box 847 101 South Main Seminole, Texas 79360-4342 Phone: 915.758.4003 County Clerk has birth, death and court records from 1903, marriage and probate records from 1848 and land records from 1843

County Clerk - Vicki Phillips 101 South Main, Room 107 Seminole, Texas 79360 Phone: (432) 758-4003 FAX: (432) 758-1442

Gaines County Government Website

Details: (Co Clk has b, m, d, bur, pro &amp; ct rec from 1905 &amp; land rec)

Parent County
1876--Gaines County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Seminole

Populated Places
Ashmore | Bessie | Caput | Denver City (mostly in Yoakum County) | Higginbotham | Loop | Seagraves | Seminole | Wasson | White City

Neighboring Counties

 * Andrews
 * Dawson
 * Lea County, New Mexico
 * Martin
 * Terry
 * Yoakum

Cemeteries

 * Loop Cemetery, Loop, Texas
 * Seagraves Cemetery, Seagraves, Texas
 * Gaines County Memorial Cemetery, Seminole, Texas
 * Seminole Gaines County Cemetery (South), Seminole, Texas
 * Webb Cemetery

Churches

 * Ashmore Baptist Church - Loop
 * Loop Baptist Church - Loop
 * Loop Church of Christ - Loop
 * Apostolic Assembly - Seagraves
 * Church of Christ - Seagraves
 * Church of the Nazarene - Seagraves
 * First Assembly of God - Seagraves
 * First Baptist Church - Seagraves
 * First United Methodist Church - Seagraves
 * Mt. Olive Baptist Church - Seagraves
 * St. Paul's Catholic Church - Seagraves
 * Sendero Pathway Assembly of God - Seagraves
 * Temple Baptist Chruch - Seagraves
 * Templo Bautista Getsemani - Segraves
 * Agape Church - Seminole
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Seminole
 * Family Harvest Church - Seminole
 * Fifth Street Church of Christ - Seminole
 * First Assembly of God - Seminole
 * First Baptist Church of Seminole - Seminole
 * First Methodist Church - Seminole
 * First Presbyterian Church - Seminole
 * First United Methodist Church - Seminole
 * German Church of God - Seminole
 * Gospel Mennonite Church - Seminole
 * Sommerfeld Mennonite Church - Seminole
 * South Seminole Baptist Church - Seminole
 * St. James Catholic Church - Seminole
 * West Side Church of Christ - Seminole

Funeral Homes

 * Boyer Funeral Home - Seminole
 * Connally Funeral Home - Seagraves
 * Head Family Funeral Home - Seagraves
 * Mark A. Jones Funeral Home - Seagraves
 * Ratliff Funeral Home - Seminole
 * Singleton Funeral Home - Seminole

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

Military
World War I Draft Registrations (A-L) - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site

World War I Draft Registrations (M-Z) - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site

World War II Enlistment Records - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site

Korean War Dead - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site

Newspapers
Seminole Sentinel

These newspapers are not in Gaines County but contain news about its residents:

The Brownfield News

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Vital Records

 * Gaines County Births 1905-1933 - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site
 * Gaines County Deaths 1910-1974 - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site
 * Gaines County Divorces 1968-1978 - Gaines County, TXGenWeb site
 * 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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Permian Basin Genealogical Society
 * Texas State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Seminole Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

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