Cameron County, Texas:
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Projects

• Cameron County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cameron County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Hidalgo County, TX  to the west
• Willacy County, TX  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Cameron Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Cameron County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Harlingen GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cameron County  Texas Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cameron County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Cameron County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Cameron County Cemetery Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Cameron County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Cameron County Texas Cemeteries      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• Cemeteries of Cameron County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Cemeteries of Cameron County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Directories

• Brownsville City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Harlingen City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (82)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Border Crossings  From Mexico to U.S., 1903-1957     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cameron County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Cameron County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Cameron County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Cameron County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Cameron County, TX Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TOTGS-L Tip Of Texas Genealogical Society

  • TOTGS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TOTGS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TOTGS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TXCAMERO-L Cameron County genealogy

  • TXCAMERO-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TXCAMERO-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TXCAMERO-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Brazos Island, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brazos Santiago, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brownsville, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Cameron County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Polk, Fort, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Callahan, Calhoun, Cameron, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Delta Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Cameron County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Palmeto Ranch Battle Summary  1865     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Cameron County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Cameron County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Cameron County, Texas  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Cameron County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Cameron County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Cameron County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records (16)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Brownsville Herald 
• The Brownsville Herald      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brownsville Herald  Brownsville, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Cameron County
• Thomas-Garza Funeral Directors  San Benito, Texas
• Valley Morning Star  Harlingen
• Valley Morning Star  Harlingen     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• Harlingen School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rio Hondo, TX Honor Students, Mar 1936      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Santa Maria, TX School Teachers 1930      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Santa Rosa School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Cameron, Starr, and Webb Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cameron County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Brownsville Historical Association 
• DuBois-Hite Chapter  Brownsville     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Lt. Thomas Barlow Chapter  San Benito     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Tip-O-Texas Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (12)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Cameron County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Cameron County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Cameron County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Cameron County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site 
• Station Brazos (later Station Port Isabel and Station South Padre Island)  Coast Guard Station #222

Vital Records

• Cameron County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Cameron County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Texas Birth Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Death Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes Cameron County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Cameron County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Cameron, Starr and Webb County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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