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Projects

• Cherokee County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cherokee County Memories 
• Cherokee County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jacksonville, Texas  A Collection of History and Memorabilia

Adjacent counties

• Anderson County, TX  to the west
• Angelina County, TX  to the southeast
• Henderson County, TX  to the northwest
• Houston County, TX  to the southwest
• Nacogdoches County, TX  to the east
• Rusk County, TX  to the east
• Smith County, TX  to the north

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

• Cherokee County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (16)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Cherokee County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)

Estate Records

• An Index to Probate Minutes, 1851-1853      (Source: GenealogyMagazine.com)

Ethnic

• Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site 

History

• Cherokee County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Cherokee County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Cherokee County Historical Markers      (Source: Historic Markers)
• Cherokee County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships (105)

• Library

  • History of the Library  Jacksonville Public Library

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Alto, Texas Tornado May 1893  Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Dudley injured     (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Alto, TX Tornado, May 1893      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Cherokee County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Jacksonville, TX Cotton Compress Fire, Sept 1943      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Jacksonville, TX Storm, Apr 1927      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Jacksonville, Tx. Child Plays to Close to Fireplace. Jan. 1911      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Rock Hill, TX School Fire, Mar 1908      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Rusk, TX Auto Wreck, Feb 1951      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Texas Tornadoes  Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby and Culberson Counties     (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides

• Cherokee County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Cherokee County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Cherokee County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Cherokee County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Cherokee Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Cyndi's List of Texas locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Northeast Texas Genealogical Library Resources 

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cherokee County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Cherokee County Records      (Source: East Texas Research Center)
• Cherokee County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Heritage Center of Cherokee County  Rusk, Texas
• Jim Hogg Historic Site 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Cherokee County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Vanishing Texana Museum  Jacksonville

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L For anyone who has an interest in genealogy and family history research in Nacogdoches County, Texas and surrounding counties. Surname queries, information about county records, place names, historic sites, famous and little-known people, and places in and around Nacogdoches County and East Texas are all welcome.

  • EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TXCHEROK-L Cherokee County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Cherokee County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Callahan, Calhoun, Cameron, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Delta Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Anderson through Collin Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Cherokee County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Rusk Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Jacksonville Daily Progress  Recent obituaries
• Jacksonville Daily Progress      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cherokee County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Historical Postcards of Cherokee County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Portal to Texas History  Cherokee County
• Texas--Cherokee County--Wells.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Jacksonville High School  School and Community History
• Maydelle School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rusk School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Cherokee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cherokee County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Cherokee County Genealogical Society 
• Cherokee County Genealogical Society 
• Cross of Saint Andrew Camp 2009  Alto, Texas     (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• General Joseph L. Hogg Camp 972  Rusk     (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Major Thaddeus Beall Chapter  Jacksonville     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (59)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records

• Cherokee County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Cherokee County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-10, 1926-29  Cherokee County     (Source: Footnote - Free Trial Available)
• Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976  Cherokee County     (Source: Footnote - Free Trial Available)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes Cherokee County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Cherokee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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