Welcome to
Yoakum County
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The High
Plains |
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Hi, my name is Laura Gregory Roberts, the new county coordinator, and I
would like to welcome you to the Yoakum County TXGenWeb Project.
I'm very glad you stopped by and hope that you find this website
useful for your genealogical research. I'm always in the need of
help in getting data on-line. If you'd be interested in helping,
please let me know. I may not be able to help with specific
research questions, but should you have any questions or comments
regarding the Yoakum County Genealogy Project, please e-mail me.
Thank you to Jim Webb the former coordinator and the Webb family
for their dedication to the TXGenWeb Project.
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Yoakum County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District
and organized in 1907.
Yoakum County was attached to Martin County from 1904 until 1907
for judicial purposes.
County seat: Plains. Area was Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa Indian
territory until 1870.
Sources, Resources and Links
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The County
of the Month Award was begun to honor Mike Basham, the
original
State Coordinator for TXGenWeb. This program recognizes the
work of county coordinators and sponsors
who provide outstanding resources and assistance to genealogy
researchers who visit their site.
If you would like to nominate a County for TXGenWeb County of the
Month,
please click HERE and complete
the form naming your choice.
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The
Yoakum County Genealogy Webpage is dedicated to helping you with
your
Yoakum County family history research. Above you will find a
list of the online Genealogical Data we have posted to this
page. There are also "Other Yoakum County",
"Genealogy Help" & "Neighboring
Counties" links for more help with your
research.
I am Laura Gregory Roberts, the Yoakum
County Webpage Coordinator. Please report any problems you
have with this page to me. I hope you will find answers to
your Yoakum County genealogy questions by using the data we have
provided on this website. And if you have
genealogy data relating to Yoakum County that you'd like to
donate for posting here, you are cordially invited to contact
me
by clicking on my name above.
The USGenWeb Project is set up to provide everyone with free
access
to the genealogical data posted by our volunteers to this
internet site. The USGenWeb, TXGenWeb and this local
webpage, honor all copyright laws and do not publish or do
look-ups in publications without permission of the copyright
holder.
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Links to external web sites are being provided as a convenience
and for informational
purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval
of any of the products,
services or opinions contained in any external website.
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State Coordinator for
the TXGenWeb Project is Shirley Cullum.
If you would like to adopt a Texas county for this project,
please visit Adoptable Counties.
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