McLennan County, Texas:
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Projects

• McLennan County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• McLennan County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• McLennan County, Texas      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• McLennan County, Texas      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Bell County, TX  to the south
• Bosque County, TX  to the northwest
• Coryell County, TX  to the southwest
• Falls County, TX  to the southeast
• Hill County, TX  to the north
• Limestone County, TX  to the east

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

• McLennan Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• McLennan County Biographies Project      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• McLennan County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• A Memorial and biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Waco GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Court and Legal Records

• 1916 Waco Texas Lynching ("First Waco Terror")  African American History in the West Vignette

Directories

• McLennan County, Texas City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Waco City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Waco Directory  1890     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

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

History

• About McLennan County 
• McLennan County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• McLennan County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• McLennan County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• A Memorial and biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Richland County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)

• Histories of specific towns and townships (66)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (31)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• The Earle-Harrison House & Pape Gardens 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy Department  Waco-McLennan County Library
• McLennan County Archives  Waco, Texas
• Mclennan County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• McLennan County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  McLennan County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXMCLENN-L McLennan County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (19)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  McLennan County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Waco, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll      (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  McLennan County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Jefferson through Refugio Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  McLennan County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Waco Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• McLennan County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• McLennan County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Search Waco Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Waco daily examiner, Waco, Tex.  1874-1888
• The Waco evening news, Waco, Tex.  1892-1894
• Waco evening news, Waco, Tex.  1888-1889
• Waco News Tribune (Waco, Texas)  1955-1962     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• McLennan County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in McLennan County
• Pecan Grove Funeral Home  Waco and Huntsville, Texas
• The Smaller Counties of Texas Obituary and Death Notice Collection  includes McLennan County     (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Waco Tribune  Waco, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Waco Tribune-Herald 
• Waco Tribune-Herald  Waco, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Waco, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (16)

School Records and Histories (10)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• "No Land . . . Only Slaves!"  Volume 9, Slave Deeds of Smith & McLennan County, Texas     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• McLennan County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Central Texas Brigade      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Central Texas Genealogical Society 
• Henry Downs Chapter  Waco     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Historic Waco Foundation 
• Mary West Chapter 26  Waco     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)
• Sterling C. Robertson Chapter, Waco  Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (125)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• McLennan County Tax Rolls  1878-1905
• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of McLennan County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• McGregor Depot 
• McLennan County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• McLennan County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  McLennan County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Waco Depot 

Vital Records

• Application for Certified Copy of Birth or Death Certificate  McLennan County Clerk's Office
• McLennan County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• McLennan, Texas  South Carolina Death Records, including Undertaker's Certificates for Interstate Shipping, etc.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Texas Birth Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Death Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes McLennan County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  McLennan County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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