Robertson County Website (with links to Bremond, Calvert, Franklin, & Hearne websites)
www.rtis.com/reg/robertson-cty

Robertson County Tax Assessor-Collector
Robertson County Courthouse
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.3337 phone, 979.828.4011 fax
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8 – 5
Records: tax

Robertson County Clerk
Robertson County Courthouse
Post Office Box 1029
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.4130 phone
www.robertsoncountycourthouse.com/cchome.htm
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8 – 5
Records: birth, marriage, death, deed, minor civil & criminal cases, probate, incompentency, some plats, school records (1930 – late 1960s), soldiers’ discharges (from early 1900s on)

 Robertson County District Clerk
Robertson County Courthouse
Post Office Box 250
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.3636
robcodistclk@iolbv.com e-mail
www.robertsoncountycourthouse.com/dclerk.htm
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8 – 5
Records: immigration & naturalization, divorce, major civil & criminal cases, tax delinquency

Robertson County Historical Foundation
Post Office Box 103
Calvert, Texas 77837
979.364.2226 phone
Hours: none; contact by mail or phone.
Copies of a new reprint of the book “A History Of Robertson County, Texas” by John Walter Baker are available for sale at a cost of $41.00 (includes shipping & handling) at the above address.

 
Bremond Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Box 487
Bremond, Texas 76629
254.746.7636 or 254.746.7421 phone
jaw7252@aol.com e-mail
www.cityofbremond.com

Calvert Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Box 132
Calvert, Texas 77837
979.364.2559 phone
calverttx@calverttx.com e-mail
www.calverttx.com
Hours: No set hours; volunteers routinely respond
to e-mail & phone messages.

Franklin Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Box 126
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.3276 phone
franklincc@txcyber.com e-mail
www.franklintexas.com
Hours: Monday – Friday: 3 – 5

 Hearne Chamber Of Commerce
304 South Market Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.2351 phone
hearnechamber@txucom.net e-mail
www.rtis.com/reg/hearne
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9 – Noon; 1 – 5

City Of Hearne
210 Cedar Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.3461 phone
979.279.2431 fax
hearne@startel.net e-mail
www.cityofhearne.com

Robertson County Library
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.4331 phone
Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday: 9:30 – 12:30;
1:30  – 5; Thursday: 9:30 – 12:30; 2 – 5
The Robertson County Library has local cemetery lists that have been manually updated from newspaper obituaries as deaths have occurred, individual family histories, county history, and genealogy books from other states where Robertson County residents may have originated.  Personal visits to the library are recommended.

Smith-Welch Memorial Library
114 West Fourth Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.5191 phone
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30 – 6
The Smith-Welch Memorial Library has a limited assortment of local records, including some family histories, old phone books, church records, books on Robertson County, and other materials. The library has recently received a grant and is in the process of bringing five new computers online and scanning its card catalog and holdings into computer files. The library is currently developing its own website and will have an e-mail address in the near future. Personal visits to the library are recommended.

Bremond Public Library
115 South Main Street
Bremond, Texas 76629
254.746.7752 phone
www.bremondtxlibrary.com

Katy Hamman-Stricker Library
404 East Mitchell Street
Calvert, Texas 77837
? phone
Katy Hamman Stricker Library

Hearne Democrat Newspaper
Calvert Tribune Newspaper
Franklin Advocate Newspaper
120 West Third Street (corner 3rd & Magnolia)
Post Office Box 869
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.3411 phone, 979.279.5401 fax
news@robconews.com
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8 – 5
These three weekly Robertson County newspapers are owned by the same company and are operated out of Hearne. Copies of the Hearne Democrat from 1911 on are available for viewing on microfilm at the Hearne office. If you are unable to come in and know specific dates or date ranges, staff will conduct lookups for an hourly charge. Available copies of the Calvert Tribune and Franklin Advocate only date back to 1992.

Franklin News Weekly Newspaper
Post Office Box 935
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.3221 phone, 979.828.5536 fax
fnw@txcyber.com e-mail
Hours: Monday & Tuesday: 9 – 4;
Wednesday: Noon – 4
The Franklin News Weekly has most issues of the paper dating back to December 3, 1970. You can come in to look at past issues of the paper. No look-up services are available.

 Bremond Press Newspaper
Bremond, Texas 76629
254.746.7033 phone

Blair-Stubbs-McCauley Funeral Home
101 Decherd Street
Franklin, Texas 77856
979.828.3246 phone

Bremond Funeral Home
201 South Commerce Street
Bremond, Texas 76629
254.746.5049 phone

Heartfield Funeral Home
110 West 2^nd Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.3444 phone

Memorial Funeral Home
802 South Market Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.3663 phone

Peiskee Funeral Home
116 East Jack Street
Bremond, Texas 76629
254.746.7341 phone

Tyler Funeral Home
1102 West 2^nd Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
979.279.3213 phone

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Centers
The Family History Centers operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are treasure troves of genealogical information. To learn more about these centers, go to Family History Centers. Centers are staffed by volunteers and provide access to local, state, national, and international family history information. Personal visits are required. Robertson County information available through the Family History Library Catalog can be found at LDS. If you live outside the area, go to nearest center to find your local Family History Center. The closest Family History Centers are located at:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Bryan-College Station Family History Center
2500 Barak Lane
Bryan, Texas 77801
979.846.3516 phone
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Hours: Tuesday & Thursday: 10 – 5, 7 – 9:30; Wednesday: 7 – 9:30; 2nd Saturday of every month: 9 - 11
Rockdale Family History Center
310 Calhoun Street
Rockdale, Texas 76567
512.446.6371
Hours: Wednesday: 10 - 12 & 7 - 9; Thursday: 1 - 3 & 7 - 9; Saturday: 9 - 12

National Archives & Records Administration
Southwest Regional Office
501 West Felix Street, Building 1
Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405
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Post Office Box 6216
Fort Worth, Texas 76115-0216
817.334.5515 phone, 817.334.5511 fax
archives@ftworth.nara.gov e-mail
The Southwest office in Fort Worth is one of thirteen regional offices operated by the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA). For directions and hours, go to Southwest office. To learn about resources available at this office, go to Fort Worth resources. Should it not be convenient to go to Fort Worth to conduct research, you can always make written requests to have select materials sent to you. If you wish to rent available microfilms, you may do so either individually (by joining the Microfilm Rental Program) or through your local library. Rental information is available at renting microfilm.  If you live outside the area, go to national & regional offices to locate the NARA office nearest you.

Texas A&M University
Sterling C. Evans Library Annex 5^th Floor, Reference Division, Microtext Department
College Station, Texas 77843
979.845.1952 phone
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Map Showing Campus Location Of Sterling C. Evans Library Annex
Hours: library.tamu.edu/lhours.html
Texas A&M University is a regional repository for historic information on the following Texas counties:  Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Lee, Milam, Robertson, & Washington. Much of the same information that is available at the Robertson County Courthouse may be available on microfilm at or through Texas A&M. (This information may not be available at the Texas State Archives & Library in Austin). You can either visit Texas A&M’s Sterling C. Evans Annex 5^th floor Reference Division Microtext Department to view the microfilm or request an interlibrary (library-to-library) loan through your local library. While you can view the microfilms on-site at Texas A&M for free, you cannot check them out yourself. This has to be done through interlibrary loan.  (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Centers are not able to accomplish interlibrary loans with organizations outside of the church, like Texas A&M). Loans to libraries in Texas may be free or at minimal cost; there is a $20 processing fee (maximum of 5 microfilm reels) per request for out-of-state library requests.
Records: The following Robertson County records are available at or through Texas A&M University www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/local/robertson.htm
[FOR LIBRARY USE ONLY! Do not contact Interlibrary Services yourself. If you wish to have your local library request an interlibrary loan, provide the following information to your local librarian: Texas A&M University, Evans Library Interlibrary Services, College Station, Texas 77843-5000, 979.845.5641 (phone), 979.845.4512 (fax), cdeleon@gw-lib.tamu.edu (e-mail). Give the librarian the titles and numbers of the specific microfilm reels you need.]

Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley History
Genealogy Collection
111 South Main Street
Bryan, Texas 77801
979.209.5630 phone
www.bcslibrary.org
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Hours: Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday: 10 – 8; Friday & Saturday: 10 – 5
Records: The 2^nd floor Genealogy Collection at the Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley History features 10 computers connected to the Internet, 4 computers to use with several hundred genealogical compact disks, census records, cemetery lists, county and family histories, and other books on numerous central Texas counties, as well as microfilms to research early day editions of the Bryan Eagle and Galveston newspapers. Librarians and volunteers are available to assist. A close-to-complete set of the Hearne Democrat from 1911 - 1941 on microfilm is at the Carnegie Center (see Hearne Democrat at the Carnegie).

The Bryan-College Station Eagle Newspaper
Bryan-College Station Communications, Inc.
(closest local daily newspaper)
1729 Briarcrest Drive
P.O. Box 3000
Bryan, Texas 77805
www.theeagle.com
979.776.4444 / 800.299.7355
The Eagle Obituaries Index has obituaries online that date back to 3.8.2000.

KBTX CBS
(closest local television station)
Bryan, Texas
www.kbtx.com