State law required that the counties begin issuing birth and death certificates in 1903. In some cases, delayed birth certificates exist for dates earlier than 1903. Requests for certified copies of a Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, and Marriage License should be directed to the County Clerk's Office at P.O. Box 617, Meridian TX 76665, (254) 435-2201. Requests for certified copies of a Divorce Decree should be directed to the District Clerk's Office at P.O. Box 674, Meridian TX 76665, (254) 435-2334.
None of the following online databases were transcribed nor are maintained by the Bosque County
Collection. As with many online databases, there are known transcription errors in these databases, and the data
should be used primarily as a reference to locate the original primary source. Warning:
With respect to Mary Kinard's Bosque County
Marriage Records (1860-1928) database, most of the dates given are actually the date
that the marriage license was issued and not the date of the actual marriage. Also,
any date given as July 20 or July 21, 1873 in the database should be regarded as
suspect as many of these are incorrect.
Some of the free searchable Texas databases, which were hosted by RootsWeb, are no longer available
online because of their privacy policy. However, searchable databases can still be found at various
ad-based and fee-based commercial internet sites.
Birth
Texas Birth Records (1926-1995 searchable) - free but with ads (click
"Begin Search/Reset" in lower right corner)
Death
Texas Death Records (1964-1998)
- free from RootsWeb
Texas Death Records
(1964-1997) - free but with ads (click "Begin Search/Reset"
in lower right corner)
U.S. Social Security Death Index
Marriage
Bosque County Marriages
(1860-1928) - Mary Turner Kinard database (see warning above)
McLennan
County Marriages (1850-1870 by groom) - some Bosque residents (McLennan Co
GenWeb site)
McLennan
County Marriages (1850-1870 by bride) - some Bosque residents (McLennan Co
GenWeb site)
Texas Marriage Records (1966-1999) - one file per year for entire state
(each file 2-6 MB)
Texas Marriage Records (1967-1998 searchable) - free but with ads
(click "Begin Search/Reset" in lower right corner)
Divorce
Texas Divorce Records (1968-1999) - one file per year for entire state (each
file 1-3 MB)
Other
Records Available on Microfilm at Baylor
University