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Projects

• Jefferson County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jefferson County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jefferson TX GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• Cameron Parish, LA  to the east
• Chambers County, TX  to the west
• Hardin County, TX  to the north
• Liberty County, TX  to the northwest
• Orange County, TX  to the northeast

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

• Beaumont GEDCOM Index 
• Jefferson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Jefferson County GEDCOM Index 
• My Southern History  Family genealogy website with many surnames from the Beaumont area
• Port Arthur GEDCOM Index 
• Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project 

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (16)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Jefferson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)

Directories

• Beaumont City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Nederland City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Port Arthur City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Port Neches City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sabine City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (64)

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)
• Jefferson County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Jefferson County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Jefferson County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Jefferson County Texas Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Jefferson Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXJEFFER-L Jefferson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (15)

Military Records and Histories

• Beaumont, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Jefferson through Refugio Counties
  • Sabine Pass Battle Summary  1862     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site 
  • Sabine Pass II Battle Summary  1863     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Jefferson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Jefferson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Jefferson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Southern Claims Commission  Jefferson County, Texas     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• Jefferson County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• News, Port Arthur  1924, and 1973-75     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Port Arthur News  1922-1973     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Search Beaumont Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Beaumont Enterprise 
• The Beaumont Enterprise  11/27/2000 to Current     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Beaumont Enterprise      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Beaumont Enterprise  Beaumont, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The News  Port Arthur, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Port Arthur News 
• Port Arthur News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories

• Beaumont School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Park High School  Class of 1946     (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• South Park High School, Beaumont, TX 1936 and 1938      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Vintage high school and yearbook photographs  includes Jefferson County     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Jefferson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jefferson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Captain William Sanders Chapter  Port Arthur     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Colonel George Moffett Chapter  Beaumont     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Dick Dowling Camp 1295, Beaumont      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Jefferson County Historical Commission 
• John Jay French Museum  Beaumont Heritage Society
• Les Acadiens du Texas      (Source: Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture)
• SouthEast Texas Genealogical & Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (42)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jefferson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Jefferson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Jefferson County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Spindletop, Texas 
• Station Sabine Pass  Coast Guard Station #216

Vital Records

• Jefferson County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Records Search  County Clerk's Office
• Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-10, 1926-29  Jefferson County     (Source: Footnote - Free Trial Available)
• Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976  Jefferson County     (Source: Footnote - Free Trial Available)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes Jefferson County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Jefferson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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