Franklin County, Texas Genealogical Society

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Franklin County Lookups
 If you own any Franklin County book(s), whether listed or not, and will do look-ups, please let me know.  Volunteers are still  needed, and we can use more than one volunteer per book on some publications.

Feel free to request a look-up from the following resources. Please limit your request to one name per request. Please put FRANKLIN COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidentally deleted. In the first line of the message please put the name of the book you are requesting the lookup in.



Reference Book/Database

Volunteer

Franklin County Marriages
 

Chris Skelly
Polly Brown
Ron Davis
Rhonda Causey
 

Cemetery Markers before 1900
 

Chris Skelly
 

1870 Titus County Census

Franklin County was a part of Titus County until 1875
 

Ron Davis
 

1880 Franklin County Censuses
 

Chris Skelly
Polly Brown
Ron Davis
Rhonda Causey
 

1900 Franklin County Censuses
 

Chris Skelly
Ron Davis
Rhonda Causey
 

1910 Franklin County Census
 

Ron Davis
 

Franklin County Probate Index

Contains the name of deceased, date filed, and case number. 
Our previous volunteer for this book no longer has it. If you have a copy of this book, please consider volunteering to do lookups for it.
 

Rhonda Causey

Franklin County Death Index

Information from original death certificates, including birth and death date, place of birth, parents names, and burial place. Also contains listening by maiden name for married women.
 

Ron Davis
Rhonda Causey
 

Daily Diaries of Dr. Samuel Askew, M.D.

Dr. Askew was a country doctor in Franklin County from 1870 to 1920's 
and we have his daily dairies for several years that record births, deaths, marriages, etc. We also have information on the Shelby, White, Parker, Candler, Attaway and Mullinax families. I also have a fair amount on the Alexander and Stocks. 
 


 

Historical Records of Franklin County 

Contains Land Grants, Cemeteries, Tombstone Inscriptions Dating Before 1900, Confederate Veterans, Confederate Army Companies, Early School Records, Names in the Counties Earliest Tax and Civil Records, History of Post Offices and Communities, and a Polling List for the 1916 Election.
 

Polly Brown
Ron Davis
 

Life and Times in Franklin County 1923

Excerpts from the Optic Herald, including births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, visitors and trips mentioned in the community news columns for 1923.
 

Ron Davis
Rhonda Causey
 

Franklin County Funeral Home Records Jan 1902-Jan 1928
 


 

Index to Criminal Court Dockets
 

Ron Davis
 

Hagansport Information

1860 Hagans Port Census, 1910 Hagansport Census, Hagansport School Census 1914; 1923-24; 1931-32; 1932-33; 1933-34; 1934; 1935-36; 1936; 1937-38; 1943; 1951-52; 1963-64; 1964-65; A Journey Thru Hagansport Texas, and also has lots of other information about the northern part of the county, concentrated on the Hagansport area. Information on cemeteries; Family stories; etc.
 

Rhonda Causey