Mason County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Gillespie County, TX  to the south
• Kimble County, TX  to the southwest
• Llano County, TX  to the east
• McCulloch County, TX  to the north
• Menard County, TX  to the northwest
• San Saba County, TX  to the northeast

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

• A History of Central and Western Texas, Volume 1  Mason County, page 444     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mason County Biographies Project      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Mason County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Mason County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Mason County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• Historic Texas Cemeteries  Maps, Transcriptions, Photos and other information for each cemetery
• Mason County  Texas Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Mason County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Mason County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Mason County Cemetery Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Mason County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Mason County Texas Cemeteries      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

History

• A History of Central and Western Texas, Volume 1  Mason County, page 444     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mason County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Mason County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Mason County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships (20)

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

  • Mason County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris and Motley County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Mason County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Mason County Museum 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Mason County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXMASON-L Mason County genealogy

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

• TX_HILL_COUNTRY-L The history and genealogy of the region known as the "Texas Hill Country"

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

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Mason County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Mason County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Mason County News 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Mason County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mason County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)

School Records and Histories

• Mason School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Mason County Historical Commission 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (24)

Tax Lists

• Eden Township tax receipts for the year 1911      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Mason County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mason County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mason County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Mason County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Mason County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Mason 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)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Mason County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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