ECGS
Erath County Genealogical Society
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OBJECTIVE
The Erath County Genealogical Society serves as a forum for researchers tracing families in Erath and surrounding counties. Membership dues and donations are used for acquisitions in the society's collection, which is housed at the Dublin Public Library.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership dues are $15.00 per year. Members receive a subscription to the Society's journal, The Erath County Genealogical Society Journal. Members residing within Erath County may borrow books from the society's circulating collection.
Click here for the membership form
MEETINGS
The Erath County Genealogical Society meets on a quarterly basis at the Dublin Public Library. Meetings are usually held at 2:00 p.m. on the third Saturdays of January, April, July, and October. Future meeting dates include January 20, April 20, July 20, and Friday, October 18. Contact ecgs.dpl@gmail.com for additional information.
RESEARCH HELP
Society volunteers will research look-ups in the society genealogical collection held at the Dublin Public Library. Our extensive repository includes assets not readily available elsewhere. We have rare out of print items specific to Erath and surrounding counties. Our holdings represent over 40 states [including over a 100 books about GA & TN, 200 for VA & the Carolinas], over 100 about a foreign country, some 400 Family Histories, and over 1000 materials about Texas Counties. Early Erath area newspapers are generally available from 1888 to present (some years are incomplete). Browse the Dublin Public Library catalog for subjects and titles or ask for assistance. Submit your completed Research Request Form to ECGS, c/o Dublin Public Library, P.O. Box 427, Dublin, Texas 76446.
Click here for Research Request Form
Stop by the genealogy room during library hours or schedule an appointment for genealogy assistance. Please contact the library if you wish to volunteer in the genealogy room.
Note that the Library does not have birth, marriage or death certificates but may have an abstracted listing with the information. For certificates contact the Erath County Clerk office at 100 W. Washington, Stephenville, TX 76401 or phone (254) 965-1482.
Janella Hendon will assist with genealogy help by appointment.
For more information call 254-445-4141.
Volunteers are needed to aid patrons with research. If you would like to volunteer on a weekly
CONTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL
Researchers are encouraged to submit abstracted data, ancestor charts, family group sheets, bible records and biographical sketches for preservation in the society's files and/or publication in The Erath County Genealogical Society Journal. Donations of books, CDs, microfilm, etc. are greatly appreciated.
OFFICERS
Sheryl Rascher, President
Mary Sue Peacock, Vice-President
Dana Herod, Treasurer
Mary Howard, Secretary
RECOMMENDED LINKS
ERATH COUNTY RESOURCES
http://www.dublinlibrary.org/ search the Dublin Public Library catalog
http://www.worldcat.org/ find items in a library near you
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Erath_County,_Texas_Genealogy
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?locationId=county_2591 Erath cemetery interments
https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=Erath+County+Texas&new=true&st= Library of Congress Erath items https://www.loc.gov/item/2012591102/ 1896 map of Erath County
https://www.acrevalue.com/plat-map/TX/Erath/ maps
http://txerath.genealogyvillage.com/
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/erath/eratoc.htm
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=93stealth Rady Farrar’s Erath Kin research
http://genealogytrails.com/
https://tx.countygovernmentrecords.com/texas/web/login.jsp some county clerk records
https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/ Texas Historical Markers
http://www.thc.texas.gov/search?query=Erath+county&form_token=&form_id=search_form&cx=004905124693252667962%3Asxyaskemxxg&ie=UTF-8 Texas Historical Commission Erath County
https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/
https://tsds.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/crosstimbers Tarleton State University Dick Smith Library Cross Timbers Historical Images Project - 19th and 20th century images of Central Texas, including but not limited to Erath County, Hamilton County, Hood County, Somervell County, Palo Pinto County, Comanche County, and Eastland County Collection
https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q1=&q3=&q2=&q5=&q4=&searchType=advanced&q6=&o6=NOTANY&o5=NOTANY&o4=NOTANY&o3=EXACT&o2=EXACT&o1=EXACT&sort=default&t6=fulltext&t4=fulltext&t5=fulltext&t2=fulltext&t3=fulltext&t1=fulltext&q=Erath&t=fulltext&fq=dc_type:image_photo University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, photographs
http://texasfortstrail.com/search?query=Erath+county&form_token=&form_id=search_form&cx=004905124693252667962%3Aj10at2a68xa&ie=UTF-8 Texas Forts Trail includes numerous Erath stories
https://www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenter/index.html Thurber history sources
Newspapers printed in Erath County:
Keep in mind that Erath events also appeared in papers published in other counties. Papers published in Erath county include:
The Erath Appeal, 1899 http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/erath/newspaper/appealindex.htm
Stephenville Empire-Tribune www.Newsbank.com 2000-current (subscription)
www.newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/stephenville/stephenville-empire-tribune/ 1930-1978 Full text of selected issues available through open access to Newspaper Archive. Use "Browse by Date" to choose from digitized issues.
www.yourstephenvilletx.com/ selected articles
Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/
Also look for Erath stories in other counties at this site. Filter by Erath County to find these:
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The Dublin Gazette |
1882 |
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Central Texas Journal |
1893 |
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Erath County Democrat |
1896 |
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The Tribune |
1903 |
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The Thurber Journal |
1904 |
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Texas Dairy Review |
1992 |
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The Stephenville Empire |
1882-1886, 1888-1900, 1904-1913, 1915-1916 |
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The Dublin Progress |
1888-1889, 1891-1900, 1902-1916, 1923-1933,1936-1978, 1981-1991 |
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The Dublin Progress and Telephone |
1894-1895 |
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The Stephenville Tribune |
1896, 1898, 1905, 1908-1917, 1920-1923 |
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Texas Mining and Trade Journal |
1897-1900 |
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The Dublin Weekly Telephone |
1913-1914 |
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The J-TAC |
1919-1921, 1923-2015 |
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune |
1936, 1943, 2012, 2014 |
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The Dublin Shamrock News |
1976-1977 |
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The Dublin Citizen |
1990-2014 |
Texas Resources
http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/texas-online-historical-newspapers-summary
http://www.thc.texas.gov/ Texas Historical Commission
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/index.html Texas State Historical Association
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History [Most early Erath newspapers are housed here.] rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas, such as articles, artwork, books, documents, journals, letters, magazines, maps, musical scores, newsletters, newspapers, pamphlets, patents, photographs, poems, postcards, posters, scripts, technical drawings, theses or dissertations, videos, yearbooks
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ Texas State Library and Archives Commission
http://www.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/overview/index.html Texas General Land Office History site provides Surname Index, Land Grant Search, Collections and Research Links
https://www.cyndislist.com/us/tx/
http://www.libraryoftexas.org/texshare/?orgid=586#alpha Texas residents contact your area public library for TexShare access. HeritageQuest, Texas Sanborn maps, newspapers, Texas Reference Center and more
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