Bay City Genealogy (in Matagorda County, TX)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Bay City are also found through the Matagorda County and Texas pages.


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Bay City Birth Records

1903-1932 Texas Birth Certificates Ancestry online

1903-1997 Texas Birth Index Ancestry online

1926-1995 Texas Births MyHeritage online

Texas, Birth Records, 1903-present Texas Department of State Health Services

Bay City Cemetery Records

Andrews Cemetery records, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas FamilySearch Library

Bay City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery Texas Gravestones online

Caney - Matthews Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City, Texas WorldCat

Cedarvale cemetery, Bay City, Texas FamilySearch Library

Eastview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Eastview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Gatson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Live Oak Cemetery Find a Grave online

Red Bluff Cemetery Find a Grave online

Vine Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bay City Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Bay City Church Records

Parish registers, 1908-1957 (Catholic Church. Holy Cross (Bay City, Texas)) FamilySearch Library

Recognized women of First United Methodist Church before 1894 to 1940 FamilySearch Library

Bay City Death Records

1903-1982 Texas Death Certificates Ancestry online

1903-2000 Texas Death Index Ancestry online

Texas, Death Records, 1903-present Texas Department of State Health Services

Bay City Histories and Genealogies

Bay City and Matagorda County, a history FamilySearch Library

Bay City Land Records

Deeds, 1828-1900 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1837-1888; index, 1837-1898 FamilySearch Library

Texas Land Title Abstracts, 1700-2008 Ancestry online

Bay City Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, 1926 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, 1942 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, 1942-1947 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, February 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, June 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, May 1917 Library of Congress online

Bay City Marriage Records

1824-2014 Texas Marriage Index Ancestry online

Marriage records v. A-C, 1837-1906 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1837-1900 FamilySearch Library

Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 MyHeritage online

Bay City Newspapers and Obituaries

Bay City Tribune 11/07/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Matagorda County Advocate, 1996-2008 Google News Archive online

The Bay City News 1956 The Portal to Texas History online

The Daily Tribune 1915-1918, 1931 The Portal to Texas History online

The Matagorda County Tribune 1904, 1912-1916, 1918-1919, 1924-1928, 1932-1933 The Portal to Texas History online

Offline Newspapers for Bay City

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Camp Wallace Trainer. ([Bay City, Tex.]) 1941-1944

Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.) 1904-Current

Bay City Probate Records

1833-1974 Texas, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Bay City School Records

Bay City High School - Black Cat Yearbook (Bay City, TX), 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1980, 1981 E Yearbook online

Bay City High School yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Bay City High School yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

Bay City High School yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bay City Junior College yearbook, 1940 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bay City Tax Records

Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 Ancestry online

Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 MyHeritage online



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