Cooke County Contacts and Locations
Cooke County Courthouse: ........................................
(940) 668-5435
100 South Dixon
Gainesville, Texas 76240
Fax - 940-668-5440
Cooke County Clerks Office: ....................................
(940) 668-5420
County Clerk: Rebecca Lawson
100 Dixon
Gainesville, TX 76240
Note: Requests for birth, death, and marriage
certificate copies must be written and a reason for the copy stated. Some form of
ID is required. It is probably best to call ahead
before mailing in a request. The earliest records on file are as
follows: Marriage License - after 1850, Birth and Death - 1903, Deed records -
after 1850, Probate (not all) - after 1850. Charges are: birth - $23, death - $21, marriage - $1
for copy or $11.00 certified. Most other records are $1 per page for
copies. The Clerks office can not do land "searches" but will
make copies of a known date/and person on land records. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Hours are 8 to 5, Monday -
Friday.
Cooke County Library:
................................................(940) 668-5530
200 S. Weaver Street
Gainesville TX 76240
Director: Jennifer Johnson-Spence
Hours: Sunday: closed, Monday-Friday: 10 to 6, Saturday: 9 to 1.
www.cookecountylibrary.org
Note: Please do not call or write for lookups; they
do not have enough staff to handle them.
Cross Timbers Genealogical Society
(Your host group for the Cooke
County TXGenWeb Project.)
P.O. Box 197
Gainesville, TX 76241
Meetings on first Monday of the month (except
January & July) at NCTC Library at 7:00pm.
Membership (Individual & Family) dues are $15.00 per year (starting in June)
and includes our quarterly publication, The Cross Timbers Post. For information about the organization, the
quarterly publication, etc., contact
Norman L. Newton.