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Welcome to Tarrant County TXGenWeb
an official website of the TXGenWeb Project
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 This is a GENEALOGY and FAMILY HISTORY website.

Short Cuts
Addresses	Bibliography	Cemeteries	Census
Events	General Info	Links	Look-Ups
Mailing List	Military	People	Photo Gallery
Places	Queries	Search Website	Memorials
USGenWeb's Tarrant County Archives		Vital and Other Local Records
Full Table of Contents Click on this link for even more to choose from. Tarrant County TXGenWeb's TABLE OF CONTENTS contains numerous links to vital records, newspaper abstracts, obituaries, biographies, census data, cemeteries and etc. that have been posted on this website, plus links to other websites containing Tarrant County and/or Texas genealogical or historical information.

Introduction:

Welcome! This website focuses on genealogy and history pertaining to Tarrant County, Texas and is part of the TXGenWeb Project. We certainly hope that you enjoy your visit. Check back often to see what has been added or updated.

This website is continually growing as we upload new pages, but we still need your help!  Contact us if you would like to contribute Tarrant County material or if you would consider becoming a volunteer to perform look-ups from publications in your possession.

History:

Tarrant County, located in North Central Texas, was carved out of Navarro County in 1849. In August 1841 General Edward H. Tarrant ordered a military outpost built near Village Creek. The post, named Fort Bird after Captain Jonathan Bird, was abandoned in less than a year. In 1845 the area was beginning to be settled by the Peter's Colony. In 1849 Major Ripley Arnold selected the site at the confluence of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River for a new military outpost which he named Fort Worth in honor of General William Jenkins Worth, who had won fame in the Mexican War. Birdville was the first county seat, but an election (reportedly rigged) moved it to Fort Worth in 1856. Read more about Tarrant County's history in the Handbook of Texas On-Line.

Location:

Tarrant County is situated in the middle of North Central Texas surrounded by Denton, Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Hood, Parker and Wise Counties.

Copyright:

All pages on this website are under the copyright of Tarrant County TXGenWeb, authored by Rob Yoder. Contributors submitting material for publication retain the copyright to their work while the html page itself is protected under the website's copyright. No material may be copied, printed or republished in any form (including the Internet) without express written permission from the copyright holder.

We also respect the copyrights of others. No material will be used on this website nor its associated forums without first obtaining written permission to republish from the copyright holder or it has been established that the material is in the public domain. If you suspect that someone has submitted material which you own, please contact the county coordinator.

Copyright © Tarrant County TXGenWeb 1998-2022. All rights reserved.

The TXGenWeb Project:

This site is but one of 254 county websites that comprise The TXGenWeb Project. TXGenWeb in turn is a part of The USGenWeb Project. Visit the above websites to locate partner websites representing other counties, states and countries, but keep this site bookmarked so that you can always find your way home to Tarrant County.

VOLUNTEER: There are always volunteer opportunities in becoming a County Coordinator in the TXGenWeb Project. If you are interested in adopting a county, please check out the Orphan Counties list and then contact the Orphan County Manager. If this is too much to bite off at one time, then contact any existing County Coordinator and ask how you can help them.  They may need someone to transcribe records, photograph cemeteries, or do Look-Ups out of books you own or have access to. The time you devote is up to you.

SURFING: We can always use another hand at Surfing TXGenWeb county websites. This is a program where volunteers surf a set of counties once a month to help select a website worthy of being named County of the Month.  Contact, the Committee Chairperson, if you might be interested. You do not have to be a county coordinator to volunteer as a Surfer. Best of all... This only requires about 2 to 4 hours per month of your time.  The County of the Month is judged based on this Basic Criteria.

Speaking of the County of the Month, if you think that Tarrant County TXGenWeb should be considered for this award, please put in a good word for us on the County of the Month Nomination Form. Thank you.

It is the policy of the TXGenWeb to protect the rights of privacy of living individuals. We do not publish nor distribute information that would conflict with this policy on this website nor the associated message forum and mailing list. We ask that you also honor this policy and refrain from posting messages that do not respect privacy rights.

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This page was last modified on: 31 Mar 2024