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| One computer is specifically dedicated to genealogy research. The online resources and a Family Tree Maker Program allow you to build your own family tree, research passenger logs from early voyages to the Americas and save all of your family information to your own disk. Our collections currently include: Yoakum City Birth Records 1910 - 1946 Yoakum City Death Records 1910 - 1947 Yoakum Herald Times, Death Records Index (incomplete) 1898 - 1942 Yoakum Herald Times Highlights Beck - Buffington Funeral Home Information 1910 - 1973 Obituaries 1898 - Present DeWitt & Lavaca County Cemetery Records DeWitt & Lavaca County Marriage Records DeWitt & Lavaca County History Records School Year Books 1898 - 2007 San Antonio Aransas Pass Railroad History Telephone Books City Directories |
| Family History Book DAR Indexes SAR Indexes War of 1812 Indexes Texas First Families, Vol. I Mexican War Pensions Surrounding Counties Books Texas History Books (over 300) |
| Books |
| Surnames Family Folders |
| Special Files |
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| Genealogy |
| Hours of Operation Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| Carl & Mary Welhausen Library 810 Front Street Yoakum, TX 77995 Phone #: (361) 293-5001 librarian@cityofyoakum.org |
| TexShare DataBase (It's Amazing!!!) TexShare is a subscription provided to you free of charge as a patron of our library. Try these databases filled with magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, resume builder, legal information, crafts/hobbies, genealogy, automotive, and MUCH MORE! Contact us for the username and password. |
| Through the generosity of the Tocker Foundation and University of North Texas the Yoakum newspapers have been digitized through 1963. Click on the image below to begin your search with the Portal To Texas History. |
Helpful Genealogy Reserach Links
Search Census - Find ancestors in
the complete set of U.S. Federal
Census images from 1790-1940,
including name indexes for many
years
Search Books - Find information on
people and places described in over
28,000 family and local histories.
Search PERSI Archive - Find
information about people and places
from this index of over 2.3 million
genealogy and local history articles
(1800-2009).
Search Revolutionary War - Search
selected records from the
Revolutionary War Era Pension &
Bounty-Land Warrant Application
files.
Search Freedman's Bank - Search
for individuals in Freedman's Bank
(1865-1874), which was founded to
serve African Americans.
Search U.S. Serial Set - Search the
Memorials, Petitions, and Private
Relief Actions of the U.S.Congress in
the Pro Quest U.S. Serial Set.
Search Census - Find ancestors in
the complete set of U.S. Federal
Census images from 1790-1940,
including name indexes for many
years
Search Books - Find information on
people and places described in over
28,000 family and local histories.
Search PERSI Archive - Find
information about people and places
from this index of over 2.3 million
genealogy and local history articles
(1800-2009).
Search Revolutionary War - Search
selected records from the
Revolutionary War Era Pension &
Bounty-Land Warrant Application
files.
Search Freedman's Bank - Search
for individuals in Freedman's Bank
(1865-1874), which was founded to
serve African Americans.
Search U.S. Serial Set - Search the
Memorials, Petitions, and Private
Relief Actions of the U.S.Congress in
the Pro Quest U.S. Serial Set.
| Yoakum Community First 100 Years 1887 - 1987 View this book in its entirty by clicking on image to the left. |
| Yoakum School Annuals |
| Yoakum Junior High 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 |
| St. Joseph Elementary 1986 1994 1998 1999 |
| St. Joseph High School 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 |
| Yoakum High School 1947 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1969 |
| 1980 1986 1987 1988 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 |
| Please note that the earlier dated Yoakum High School annuals do include grade school - jr. high |
