Roberts County, Texas Genealogy

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Texas

Roberts County

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

Roberts County, Texas
Map
Location in the state of Texas
Location of Texas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	21 August, 1876
County Seat	Miami
Courthouse
Address	Roberts County Courthouse PO Box 477 Miami, TX 79059
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County Information

Description

The County was named for Oran Milo Roberts, a governor of Texas. Roberts County is one of six prohibitions, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse

Roberts County Courthouse
PO Box 477
Miami, TX 79059
Phone: 806.868.2341 

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage, divorce, probate, probate, divorce, probate,
court and land records from 1889 and burial records
from 1900

County and District Clerk

P.O. Box 477
Miami 79059
Phone: 806-868-2341

Roberts County, Texas Record Dates

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1903	1889	1903	1889	1889	1889	1829
Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1903. General compliance by the 1930s.

History

1876--The first Anglo-American arrived in 1876.

Parent County

1876--Roberts County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District.

• County seat: Miami

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places / Localities

Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

• Miami

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Miami (county seat)
Unincorporated communities
Wayside

Neighboring Counties

Carson  • Gray  • Hansford  • Hemphill  • Hutchinson  • Lipscomb  • Ochiltree  • Wheeler

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
FindAGrave	Family History Library	FindAGrave
Linkpendium	WorldCat	Tombstone Project
BillionGraves (name)		Cemeteries of TX
Names in Stone		Texas Cemeteries
TXGenWeb		TX Gravestones
		Epodunk
See Texas Cemeteries for more information.

Church

• Texas Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in Texas

Court

• Texas Naturalization Records  1906-1989  ~  FamilySearch Record Collection

Land

After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, have been recorded by the county. You can obtain copies of these land records by writing to the county clerk at the county courthouse. For more information, see Texas Land and Property.

The FamilySearch Catalog lists microfilm copies of deeds, trust deeds, and mortgages of many counties.

• Original Land Owners of Texas -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Roberts County, Texas Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Texas Local Histories.

Maps

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Texas Counties Map. TXGenWeb site.
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Roberts County, Texas Genealogy (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

• 1838 - 1900 - Texas Muster Roll Index Cards 1838-1900 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Mexican-American War

• 1845 - 1848 - US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War 1845-1848 at Ancestry.com — index $

Civil War

• 1861 - 1865 - Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861 - 1865 - Texas, Civil War Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission

World War I

• 1917 - 1920 - Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Roberts County, Texas Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

TX Newspaper Abstracts (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

• Census Diggins 1830-1930
• Do a Roberts County, Texas Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Probate

Probate records of Texas have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes."

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records.

See the Wiki page Texas Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Online Probate Records

• 1800 – 2000 Texas Wills and Probate Records 1800-2000 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
• 1800 – 1990 Texas Probate Records 1800-1990 at FamilySearch — images

• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records  ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)

Vital Records

Birth

• 1840-1981 Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - FamilySearch
  
• 1903-1935 Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
  
• 1903-1997 Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997  (index)-  FamilySearch
  

Marriage

• 1802-2010 Texas, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
• 1814-1909 and 1966 - 2011 Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $
• 1837-1965 Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1837-1973 Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973 at FamilySearch — index
• 1837-1977 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 at FamilySearch — index
• 1837-1977 Texas Select County Marriage Index 1837-1977 at Ancestry.com — index $
• 1966-2010 Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010   -  FamilySearch record collection

Death

• 1890-1976 Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images]
  Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by Family Search and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.
• 1890-1976 Footnote.com ($) has Texas Death Certificates 1890-1976 available online.
• 1903-1973 Texas Deaths and Burials 1903-1973 at FamilySearch.org — index
• 1903-1973 Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973   ~ FamilySearch records collection
• 1903-1982 Texas Death Certificates 1903-1982 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
• 1903-2000 Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000   ~  FamilySearch records collection
• 1964-1998 Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
  
• 1977-1986 Texas Deaths 1977-1986 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

• 1968-2005 Texas Divorce Records  1968 - 2005  (index)  -  Hidden Ancestors
  
• 1968-2010 Texas Divorce Index  1968-2010    FamilySearch records
  
• 1968-2010 Texas Divorce Index 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index
• 1968-2011 Texas Divorces 1968-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies and Libraries

Roberts County Historical Commission
Roberts County Museum
Box 306, 120 East Commercial Street
Miami, TX 79059
Telephone Number: 806-868-3291
Website

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.

• For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map

Websites

• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
• [sites.rootsweb.com/~txrobert/ Roberts County]  -  TXGenWeb Project
• USGenWeb Archives Project - Roberts County

• FamilySearch Catalog — The catalog is genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) This catalog is different than the indexed Historical Records.