Genealogy Research
The Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division owns several types of information that genealogists researching Dallas and Texas ancestors may find useful. The Dallas Public Library also has a department dedicated solely to genealogy, which includes additional resources for the Dallas and Texas areas as well as the entire world. For more information, visit the Genealogy Division.
Items of genealogical interest within the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division:
- City Directories and Telephone Books from all over Texas
- Newspapers on microfilm from all over Texas
- Dallas District Court Civil Cases, 1846 to 1939
- Tax records for Dallas from 1846 to 1959
- Tax records for other Texas counties from 1836 or when the county was formed to 1919
- Dallas County index to probates, 1846 to 1900
- Dallas County Naturalization records and index, 1872 to 1914