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Projects

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

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

• 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 (19)

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships (57)

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

  • Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis, El Paso and Erath County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Ellis County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Various Towns, TX Tornados Cause Death And Damage, May 1930      (Source: GenDisasters)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Texas locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Ellis County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Ellis County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Ellis Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

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)
• 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 (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Ellis County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll      (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 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

• Ellis County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Ellis County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

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

• Palmer School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vintage high school and yearbook photographs  includes Ellis County     ($)

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)     ($)

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 
• 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 (57)

Transportation and Industry (10)

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)
• Marriage Book B      (Source: Genie Corner)
• Marriage Records for Ellis County      (Source: A to Z Marriages)
• Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-10, 1926-29  Ellis County     (Source: Footnote)     ($)
• Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976  Ellis County     (Source: Footnote)     ($)
• 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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