Research
TexShare Databases
Find magazine articles, research, and more in the TexShare Databases.
TexTreasures Gainesville Daily Register Digitization Project Blog
Visit the Cooke County Library’s “Gainesville Daily Register Digitization Project” blog to keep up-to-date on the progress of several TexTreasures Grants that the Library received to digitize a variety of years including 1915 - 1923, 1936 - 1946 and 1947 – 1956 issues of the Gainesville Daily Register newspaper. All of these issues will eventually be available to access on the University of North Texas’s “Portal to Texas History” website. Currently, there are over 9,000 issues available.
Check out the blog and sign-up so you know when new posts are made. Stay tuned for more posts in the upcoming weeks!
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (Grant #LS-252486-OLS-22) to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. (2023)
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Local Historical Newspapers Digital Archive
Browse or search The Portal to Texas History to explore Cooke County history and more.
Genealogy Research
Explore your roots with our genealogy research resources. Here at the library, you can browse old obituaries from the Gainesville Daily Register, cemetery lists, and other historical books and documents related to Cooke County history.
We also recommend calling or visiting the Morton Museum as another Cooke County historical resource.
Local Links
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Butterfield Stage Players
City of Gainesville
Cooke County
Cooke County Appraisal District
Cross Timbers Genealogical Society
Frank Buck Zoo
Gainesville Daily Register
Lake Kiowa CommuniQue
Lavender Ridge Farms
Local weather
Morton Museum of Cooke County
North Central Texas College
Portal to Texas History
TAMU-Commerce Digital Collection
Texas AgriLife Extension
University of North Texas – Camp Howze Museum
The Weekly News of Cooke County