Ector County, Texas:
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Projects

• Ector County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ector County, Texas      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Andrews County, TX  to the north
• Crane County, TX  to the south
• Midland County, TX  to the east
• Upton County, TX  to the southeast
• Ward County, TX  to the southwest
• Winkler County, TX  to the west

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

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

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (17)

Estate Records

• Ector County Index to Probates  1891-1949     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Ector County Probate Records Index  May 1891 through 1949     (Source: USGenWeb)

History

• Ector County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Ector County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Ector County and Its People      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ector County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ector County Courthouses  History, Photographs, Postcards
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships (12)

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

  • Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis, El Paso and Erath County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Ector County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Goldsmith, TX Permian Gas Explosion, Oct 1975      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Odessa, TX Auto Wreck, May 1958      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Odessa, TX Automobile Collision, Oct 1959      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Odessa, TX Bus Bicycle Wreck, Nov 1956      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Odessa, TX Drugstore Fire, Jul 1963      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Odessa, TX Fire, Mar 1948      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Odessa, TX Gas Pipeline Explosion, Mar 1983      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Ector County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Ector County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Odessa Museums 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Ector County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• PERMIAN_BASIN-L The Permian Basin area of Texas

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

• TXECTOR-L Ector County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Ector County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Pension Applications      (Source: USGenWeb)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Ector County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Odessa Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Odessa American  April, 1959     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Acres West Funeral Chapel 
• Ector County Texas Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Odessa American  Death Notices and Obituaries for the past several months
• Odessa American      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Odessa, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Ector County Court House photos      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• Ector County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Odessa, Texas Postcards and Photographs  Texas Old Photos     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• The Portal to Texas History  Ector County
• Texas--Ector County--Odessa.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Odessa High School - Corral Yearbook (Odessa, TX)  Class of 1947     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Odessa High School - Corral Yearbook (Odessa, TX)  Class of 1964     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Odessa High School - Corral Yearbook (Odessa, TX)  Class of 1965     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Odessa High School - Corral Yearbook (Odessa, TX)  Class of 1966     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Odessa School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Odessa, TX Teachers 1933-1935      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Societies

• The Bartlett Graves Chapter #390, Odessa  United States Daughters of the War of 1812
• Jesse Chisholm Chapter #57  Odessa     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Nathaniel Davis Chapter  Odessa     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Permian Basin Genealogical Society 
• Permian Basin Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (11)

Tax Lists

• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Ector County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Ector County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (13)

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