Fort Worth Genealogical Society Collection

Historical Note

The Fort Worth Genealogical Society is a non-profit, educational corporation founded in 1957. They operate in partnership with the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Fort Worth Public Library to achieve their mission of encouraging the study of genealogy and to assist the Library to acquire genealogical and historic research materials. They work to maintain public interest in genealogy, collaborate in devising efficient methods for genealogical research, and publish and disseminate genealogical and historical information to the public related to the pioneers of Tarrant County. The Fort Worth Genealogical Society began publishing a monthly newsletter in 1957, which eventually became the now quarterly newsletter, Footprints, which features solicited unpublished Texas related material with priority given to Tarrant and surrounding counties.

Scope and Contents

The Fort Worth Genealogical Society has donated various publications, transcriptions, and materials related to Texas history, with a focus on the history Tarrant and surrounding counties, and the people who lived there. The majority of materials in this collection were created, compiled, and/or published by the Fort Worth Genealogical Society.

Materials in this collection consist of the following:

Books

• Marriage Records of Early Texas, 1824-1846, compiled by Norma Rutledge Grammer, Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Genealogical Society, 1971, revised 1981
• Pioneers Rest, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, compiled by Weldon Hudson and Barbara Knox, Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Genealogical Society, 2001
• Alexander Beall - 1649-1744 - of Maryland: One Line of Descent in America. Compiled by William Hunter McLean, First Edition. 1977
• From Ayr to Thurber: Three Hunter Brothers and the Winning of the West. Compiled by William Hunter McLean, First Edition. 1978
• Historic Oakwood Cemetery with Calvary Cemetery and Old Trinity Cemetery of Fort Worth, Texas, 1994
• Tarrant County, Texas Marriage Records, Volume III. Published by Fort Worth Genealogical Society, 1992
• United States Atlas 1890 and Complete Post-Office Directory, Compiled and Published by Eleanor S. Hutcheson, 1989
• 1870 Federal Population Census, Tarrant County, Texas. Transcribed by Joe Grant, 2004