Look-Ups

If you own any Moore County books and will do look-ups, please contact me. Feel free to request a look-up from the following books, the owners are listed below with their email addresses. Please observe the Look-up rules of etiquet:
ONE request per email,
Be SPECIFIC about what you want (not "anything" or "everything"),
THANK your volunteer for responding.
1. The Windswept Land, A History of Moore County, Texas was published in 1967 by Myrna Tryon Thomas of Dumas, TX, she was president of the Moore County Historical and Genealogical Association at that time. The book was given to Glenn Rutz by his grandmother. There are 8 chapters and 145 pages.
Chapter 1. Deals with early history approximately 5,000 BC to 1875.
The following chapters speak of what life was like in Moore County during these periods:
Chapter 2. 1875 - 1890
Chapter 3. 1890 - 1900
Chapter 4. 1900 - 1910
Chapter 5. 1910 - 1930
Chapter 6. 1930 - 1960
Chapter 7. Includes a List of County officials from 1892 to 1966.
Chapter 8. Contains biographical sketches of many early settlers of Moore County.
2. No City Limits - The Story of Masterson, Texas by Louise George was published in 1994 by Gateway Press, at 1001 N Calvert St, Baltimore, MD 21202. Louise George is a resident of Dumas, Texas. Herman Weiland has volunteered to do lookups in this book!
3. Snowstorms, Dust Storms and Horses Tails by W J Morton, Jr.
A book about the Morton, Kennedy, Walker and other early Moore County families.
4. 100 MOORE Years, A History of Moore Co, Texas 1882-1992 This may be the book where your ancestors are documented! Ask Gaylon Fry, his E-mail is below.
5. She Did What She Could - History of a Pioneer Woman by Wilma Morton Daughtery. This book is similar to W J Morton's book and is written by his sister Wilma. It is about their Mother Laura Elizabeth KENNEDY MORTON reflecting on the early days of Moore County. Other families mentioned are Walker, Daughtery and their neighbors!

Moore County Cemeteries

Reference Volunteer Email
Dumas Cemetery Sharon Bean csb@xit.net
Northlawn Memorial Cemetery Corinne Getman chgetman@xit.net

Search Deed Books, Minute Books, Tax Lists, etc.

Blue Star  Moore County Offices
715 S. Dumas Ave, Room 105
P.O. Box 396
Dumas, TX 79029-0396
Blue Star  Moore County Museum
800 Dumas Ave - Hwy 287
Dumas, TX 79029
806-935-3113

Books

Title Volunteer Email
The Windswept Land, A History of Moore County Glenn Rutz glennr@gower.net
Our Town Dumas Jeanette Coaly djcoaly@pldi.net
Our One and Only Cactus Jeanette Coaly djcoaly@pldi.net
No City Limits, The Story of Masterson,Texas Herman Weiland hweiland@bellsouth.net
Snowstorms, Dust Storms and Horses Tails Gaylon Fry gaylon.fry@region16.net
She Did What She Could - History of a Pioneer Woman Gaylon Fry gaylon.fry@region16.net

Moore County Census Records

Reference Volunteer Email
1880 Moore County Census Corinne Getman chgetman@amaonline.com
1910 Moore Census microfilm Jeanette Coaly djcoaly@northlink.com
1920 Moore Census microfilm Jeanette Coaly djcoaly@pldi.net

Other Resources

Resource Year Volunteer Owned By Email
Dumas City Directory 1952...... Sharon Bean Library in Dumas ceb@xit.net