Orange County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Calcasieu Parish, LA  to the northeast
• Cameron Parish, LA  to the east
• Hardin County, TX  to the west
• Jasper County, TX  to the north
• Jefferson County, TX  to the south
• Newton County, TX  to the north

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

• Orange Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Orange County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Directories

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

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Neches County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Orange County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Orange County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Orange County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

• Histories of specific towns and townships (34)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (12)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Orange County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Orange County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Orange County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• The W. H. Stark House 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXORANGE-L Orange County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Orange County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Polk, Presidio, Rains Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Orange County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas  Reel 440 - Capt. Maxey's Co., Light Infantry and Riflemen (Lamar Rifles, State Service) Capt. McMinn's Co. Capt. McNeel's Co., Local Defense Troops (McNeel Coast Guards) Capt. Merriman's Co., Local Defense Troops (Orange County Coast Guards) Capt. Perry's Co., Local Defense Troops (Fort Bend Scouts) Capt. Rainey's Co., Volunteers (Anderson County Invincibles) Capt. Rutherford's Co., Infantry (Unattached) Capt. Simms' Co., Home Guards     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Jefferson through Refugio Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Orange County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Orange Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Orange County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Dorman Funeral Home  Orange, Texas
• Orange County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• The Orange Leader 
• The Orange Leader  Orange, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Orange, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Orange County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Orange County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Orange County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• The Portal to Texas History  Orange County
• Texas--Orange County--Orange.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

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

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• SouthEast Texas Genealogical & Historical Society 
• William Diamond Chapter  Orange     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

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

• Combs &c. Families of Orange County 
• Culpepper Archives  Orange County
• Biography of T. J. Horne  The Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898     (Source: Google Books)
• Orange County, Texas LeBlanc Records 
• Henry J. Lutcher  Sawmiller and Architect of Orange, Texas
• Patti L. MacMillan      (Source: Wyoming Biography Database)

• JOHNLYONS-L The descendants of John Lyons who resided in Louisiana from around 1790-1800 until his death about 1834. He and his wife Nancy Anne Ahart left many descendants in the south Louisiana/east Texas area.

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

Tax Lists

• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Orange County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• The History of Our Bridges  Bridge City, Texas
• Orange County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Orange County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Orange County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Orange County Birth Records, 1838 - 1926  Orange County Clerk's Office     (Source: Archives.com - Free Trial Membership)     ($)
• Orange County Death Records, 1852 - 1964  Orange County Clerk's Office     (Source: Archives.com - Free Trial Membership)     ($)
• Orange County Marriage Records, 1852 - 1965  Orange County Clerk's Office     (Source: Archives.com - Free Trial Membership)     ($)
• Orange County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Orange County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Texas Birth Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Death Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Orange County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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