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Projects

• Hidalgo County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hidalgo County Tx TXGHHP      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hidalgo County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Brooks County, TX  to the north
• Cameron County, TX  to the east
• Kenedy County, TX  to the northeast
• Starr County, TX  to the west
• Willacy County, TX  to the east

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

• Hidalgo County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Hidalgo County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• Hidalgo County  Texas Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hidalgo County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Hidalgo County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Hidalgo County Cemetery Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Hidalgo County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Hidalgo County Texas Cemeteries      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery, TX  included in the VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Census Records and Indexes (12)

Directories

• Edinburg City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Silesian Texans 

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships (67)

• Library

  • History of the Library  Mission Public Library
  • McAllen Library History 

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

  • Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt and Hutchinson County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Hidalgo County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Hidalgo, TX Area Steamer ENTERPRISE Explosion, Aug 1846      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • McAllen, Texas Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Mercedes, TX Store Fire, Aug 1930      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mission, TX Tornado, May 1919      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • San Juan, TX Plane Crashes In Church, Oct 1970      (Source: GenDisasters)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Border Crossings  From Mexico to U.S., 1903-1957     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXHIDALG-L Hidalgo County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Edinburg, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hidalgo County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hidalgo 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)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Hidalgo County, Texas  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • WWII Aviation Cadets of the Advanced Flying School, Army Air Forces, Moore Field, Mission, Texas Class of 43-K      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Hidalgo County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Edinburg Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Flores Funeral Home  Mission, Texas
• Memorial Funeral Home  San Juan and Edinburg, Texas
• The Monitor  McAllen, Texas
• The Monitor  Recent obituaries
• The Monitor  McAllen, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Monitor  McAllen     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Hidalgo County
• Obituary Requests  McAllen Public Library

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (16)

School Records and Histories

• History of the University of Texas-Pan American 
• Weslaco School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Hidalgo County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Colonel Henry Hill Chapter  Mission     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• McAllen Genealogical Society 
• Rio Grande Chapter  McAllen     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Sam Maverick Chapter  Alamo     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

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

• Combs &c. Families of Hidalgo County 
• Culpepper Archives  Hidalgo County
• Descendants of Isham Hancock      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• RelatedLines.com: A Peer-Reviewed Genealogical Site  includes Horton, Seale, Smith, Threlkeld, Walker and Williams
• Memorial of David Hillis Law  included in Memorials of deceased companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Happy Trails  includes Mercer, Rodriquez, and Torres     (Source: Wayback Machine)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hidalgo County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Hidalgo County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Hidalgo County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-10, 1926-29  Hidalgo County     (Source: Footnote - Free Trial Available)
• Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976  Hidalgo County     (Source: Footnote - Free Trial Available)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Hidalgo County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vital Statistics  McAllen, Texas
• Vital Statistics Office  Weslaco, Texas

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