Ellis County, Texas:
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Projects

• Ellis County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ellis County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Mountain Peak, Ellis County, Genealogy 

Adjacent counties

• Dallas County, TX  to the north
• Henderson County, TX  to the east
• Hill County, TX  to the southwest
• Johnson County, TX  to the west
• Kaufman County, TX  to the northeast
• Navarro County, TX  to the south
• Tarrant County, TX  to the northwest

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

• Ellis Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Ellis County Biographies Project      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Ellis County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ellis County GEDCOM Index 
• Waxahachie GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Church Records

• Rutherford Baptist Church  Between Forrest & Palmer communities     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Ethnic

• Lest We Forget  African American History in Ellis County

History

• Ellis County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Ellis County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Ellis County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ellis County Courthouse  Historic Courthouses in Texas
• Ellis County Historical Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Ellis County History 
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships (60)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (12)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Kentucky Colonization in Texas  A History of the Peters Colony     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Ellis County Land & Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Ellis County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Ellis County Museum  Waxahachie
• Ellis County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy and Regional History  Ennis Public Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Ellis County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Ellis County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TX-MERCERCOL-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in Mercer's Colony in Texas. Mercer's Colony was secured by Charles Mercer, a member of the House of Representatives from Virginia, as a land grant from the Republic of Texas in 1844 and covered all or part of the present Texas counties of Hunt, Rains, Rockwall, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Henderson, Navarro, Hill, McLennan, Johnston, Ellis and Dallas. Mercer's colonizing association was called the "Texas Association" but is more commonly referred to as Mercer's Colony.

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

• TXELLIS-L Ellis County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (18)

Military Records and Histories

• Ellis County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Ellis County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll      (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Ellis County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Colorado through Hamilton Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Ellis County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Ellis County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Ellis County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Historical Waxahachie Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Ellis County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ellis County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Historical Postcards of Ellis County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from Texas      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• The Portal to Texas History  Ellis County
• Texas--Ellis County--Ennis.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Texas--Ellis County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories (13)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• "No Land . . . Only Slaves!"  Volume 11, Slave Deeds of Upshur and Ellis Counties in Texas     ($)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Ellis County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ellis County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Ellis County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Boren-Reagor Springs Historical Society 
• Central Texas Brigade      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Ellis County Chapter  Czech Heritage Society of Texas
• Ellis County Genealogical Society 
• Ellis County Historical Commission 
• Midlothian Area Historical Society 
• O. M. Roberts Camp #178  Waxahachie     (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Rebecca Boyce Chapter  Waxahachie     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (103)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (13)

Vital Records

• Ellis County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Ellis County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Ellis 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 Ellis County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Ellis County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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