Dallas County TX Genealogy

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Dallas Records by Type

Birth Records (14)
Cemetery Records (491)
Census Records (42)
Church Records (73)
City Directories (138)
Court Records (6)
Death Records (31)
Histories and Genealogies (50)
Immigration Records (2)
Land Records (4)
Map Records (41)
Marriage Records (25)
Military Records (8)
Minority Records (3)
Miscellaneous Records (3)
Newspapers and Obituaries (245)
Probate Records (6)
School Records (261)
Tax Records (3)

Dallas County Records by City/Town

Carrollton Genealogy (64)
Cedar Hill Genealogy (40)
Coppell Genealogy (36)
Dallas Genealogy (728)
DeSoto Genealogy (32)
Duncanville Genealogy (36)
Farmers Branch Genealogy (38)
Garland Genealogy (67)
Grand Prairie Genealogy (71)
Hutchins Genealogy (28)

Irving Genealogy (109)
Lancaster Genealogy (40)
Mesquite Genealogy (72)
Richardson Genealogy (58)
Rowlett Genealogy (34)
Sachse Genealogy (35)
Seagoville Genealogy (33)
Sunnyvale Genealogy (33)
University Park Genealogy (31)
Wilmer Genealogy (27)

Overview of Dallas County Records

Dallas County was created in 1846 from Nacogdoches and Robertson counties.
Copies of birth and death certificates after 1903 can be obtained from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The Dallas County Clerk has birth and death records beginning in 1903, marriage records starting in 1846, probate records starting in 1842, court records starting in 1846, and land records starting in 1846.
The Dallas County District Court has divorce records.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.