Henderson County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Anderson County, TX  to the south
• Cherokee County, TX  to the southeast
• Ellis County, TX  to the west
• Freestone County, TX  to the south
• Kaufman County, TX  to the north
• Navarro County, TX  to the southwest
• Smith County, TX  to the east
• Van Zandt County, TX  to the north

Bible Records

• Henderson County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

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

• Henderson Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Henderson County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Henderson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (43)

Court and Legal Records

• Henderson County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Henderson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Texas Probate Records  1800-1900     (Source: Family History Library)

History

• Henderson County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Henderson County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Henderson County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Henderson County History      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships (65)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (10)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Henderson County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TX-ETGS-L East Texas Genealogical Society

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

• TXHENDER-L Henderson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Henderson County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Harris through Jasper Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Henderson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Henderson County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Henderson County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Malakoff News  Malakoff, Texas     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• The Malakoff News  Jun 18, 1854 - Jun 5, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Henderson County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• The Portal to Texas History  Henderson County

School Records and Histories

• Brownsboro School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Chandler School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Eustace School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Henderson County School Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Malakoff School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Malakoff, TX School Teachers 1906-07      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Henderson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Henderson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Henderson County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Athens Genealogical Organization 
• Daniel McMahon Chapter  Athens     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• East Texas Genealogical Society 
• Henderson County Historical Commission 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (35)

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 (14)

Vital Records (10)

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