 Local History Materials
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Local History books for Wichita Falls
and surrounding towns
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Wichita Falls City Directories,
1909-current
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Wichita Falls Criss-Cross (Cole's)
directories, 1964-current
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Cemetery records (including Rosemont,
Riverside, Lakeview, Hillcrest, and Wichita County Farm cemeteries in
Wichita Falls)
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Wichita Falls newspapers on microfilm
(Wichita Falls Daily Times, Wichita Falls Record News, Wichita Falls
Times, Wichita Falls Times Record News) May 1907 - current (located in Equipment Room)
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Obituary File from the Wichita Falls
Daily Times, May 1907 - December 1912 (completed), January 1913 -
December 1918 (in progress)
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Texas Collection (located
in closed storage near the Information Desk)
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Vertical Files
Microfilm
We have over 2300 rolls of
microfilm, including:
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U.S. census schedule for Texas, 1850-1930
(including most Soundex)
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Assorted U.S. census schedules and
Soundex for states other than Texas
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Index to Texas death records, 1903-1973
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Index to Texas probate birth records,
1945 and prior
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Texas mortality schedules 1850-1880
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Dawes Rolls index (not
complete)
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Sanborn fire insurance maps for Wichita
Falls
Equipment
Genealogy Collection
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Census Indexes
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How-to books
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Military resources
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Heraldry
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Lineage books
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Peerage
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Maps and atlases
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Cemetery records
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American Indian resources
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Historical materials for most states, especially
those along the traditional migration routes
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Free on-line access to
several databases for in-house users
Services
We will search for and make copies of obituaries and
other articles from the Wichita Falls newspaper for $1.00 each. Since very little of the newspaper
is indexed, we need to have the date narrowed down to at least a month and
a year. Please fill out our Obituary
Request Form.
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