CENSUS RECORDS

Federal censuses for Texas begin in 1850, and continue every ten years thereafter. Currently available are those enumerations through 1920, except for the mostly destroyed 1890 census. All are indexed in at least one format. The remaining 1890 population schedules which exist for Texas include: Ellis County (Justice Precinct 6, Mountain Peak, and Ovilla Precinct); Hood County (Precinct 5); Rusk County (No. 6 and Justice Precinct No. 7); Trinity County (town of Trinity and Justice Precinct 2); and Kaufman County (Kaufman). Although Greer County in present-day Oklahoma functioned as part of Texas between 1886 and 1896, the 1890 census for this county was enumerated under Oklahoma Territory. No censuses were taken under the Republic of Texas (1836-45), although tax records provide a substitute census for 1840. An 1830 territorial census of Miller County, Arkansas enumerated an area that is in present-day boundaries of Texas. Some rancho censuses are extant for the years between 1797 and 1826. An 1828 Padron, lists home, age, occupation, marital status, religion, as well as family members. This is available at the Texas State Library as part of the records group contained in the Nacogdoches Archives section for 1753-1836 on microfilm.

Texas Research Sources

Munnerlyn, Tom. Texas Local History: A Source Book for Available Town and County Local Histories, Local Memoirs and Genealogical Records. Austin: Eakin Press, 1983.

Texas Counties, a Catalog of In-print and Out-of-print Books, Pamphlets, Maps, Memoirs, etc. Relating to Texas Towns and Counties. Austin: State House Books, 1985.

Kennedy, Imogene Kinard, and J. Leon Kennedy. Genealogical Records in Texas. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.

Archives, Libraries, Societies, and Other Resources

Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building
1201 Brazos Street
P.O. Box 12927
Austin, TX 78711
Tel: 512-463-5455
  512-463-5463 (Genealogy Collection, Room 110)
E-mail: geninfo@tsl.state.tx.us

Texas State Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 110842
Carrollton, TX 75011

Texas Historical Commission
P.O. Box 12276
Austin, TX 78711-2276
Tel: 512-463-6100
Fax: 512-475-4872
E-mail: thc@nueces.thc.state.tx.us
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/

Texas Military Historical Society
P.O. Box 2383
Bellaire, TX 77402-2383
E-mail: tog@io.com
http://www.io.com/~tog/tmhs.html

Texas State Historical Association
University of Texas/Austin
2.306 Sid Richardson Hall
University Station
Austin, TX 78712
Tel: 512-471-1525
Fax: 512-471-1551
E-mail: rtyler@mail.utexas.edu

Brazoria County Historical Society/Museum - Old 300 Genealogical Database
Courthouse Square
100 East Cedar
Angleton, TX 77515
Tel: 409-849-5711 ext. 1208
E-mail: bchm@bchm.org

Dallas Public Library/J. Erik Jonsson Branch Genealogy Section
1515 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: 214-670-1400
Fax: 214-670-7839

Stephen F. Austin State University
Center for East Texas Studies
Ferguson Building 340
P.O. Box 6134, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Tel: 409-468-1392
Fax: 409-468-2190
E-mail: CETS@SFASUM
http://www.cets.sfasu.edu/ETRC/Index.html

Texas USGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/

Texas Confederate Journals
http://www.cba.uh.edu/~parks/tex/texreb.html

Texas General Land Office
1700 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701