Smith County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Cherokee County, TX  to the south
• Gregg County, TX  to the east
• Henderson County, TX  to the west
• Rusk County, TX  to the east
• Upshur County, TX  to the northeast
• Van Zandt County, TX  to the west
• Wood County, TX  to the north

Bible Records

• Smith County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

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

• Smith Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Smith County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Smith County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Tyler GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (46)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Smith County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Smith County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

Ethnic

• Community, Commitment, and African American Education  The Jackson School of Smith County, Texas, 1925-1954     (Source: Questia Online Library)     ($)

History (117)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cotton Belt Depot Train Museum  Tyler, Texas
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Smith County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Smith County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Smith County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TX-ETGS-L East Texas Genealogical Society

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

• TXSMITH-L Smith County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Smith, Somervell, Stephens, Taylor, Titus, Tom Green, Trinity, Upshur, Uvalde, Van Zandt, Victoria Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Smith County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas  Reel 441 - Capt. Teague's Co., Volunteers (Southern Rights Guards) Capt. Teel's Co., State Troops (Six Months, 1861) Capt. Townsend's Co., Infantry (Robertson Five Shooters) Capt. Whaley's Co., Infantry Capt. Yarbrough's Co., Infantry (Smith County Light Infantry)     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Confederate Soldiers Buried in Smith County, Texas 
  • Smith County, TX Cavalry Officers, Jun 1861      (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Smith County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Smith County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Smith County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Smith County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Cottle Funeral Home & Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home  Troup and Overton, Texas
• Lindale, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Misc Tyler TX Obituaries, Mid May, 1971      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Miscellaneous Tyler obituaries  May 1971     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Smith County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Tyler Morning Telegraph 
• Tyler Morning Telegraph      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Smith County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Past Glimpses of Tyler, Texas 
• Penny Postcards from Texas      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• The Portal to Texas History  Smith County
• Smith County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Smith County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Tyler  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Troup School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tyler Junior College - Apache Yearbook (Tyler, TX)  Class of 1962     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Tyler School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tyler, Texas High School 1939 Football Team      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Tyler, TX High School 1940 Basketball Team      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Winona School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• "No Land . . . Only Slaves!"  Volume 9, Slave Deeds of Smith & McLennan County, Texas     ($)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Smith County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Smith County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Smith County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Captain James P. Douglas Camp 124, Tyler      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Captain William Barron Chapter  Tyler     (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)
• East Texas Genealogical Society 
• Historic Tyler 
• James Smith Chapter, Tyler  United States Daughters of 1812
• Mary Tyler Chapter  Tyler     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Richard Borden Chapter, Tyler  The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
• Smith County Historical Society 
• Smith County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (117)

Tax Lists

• Smith County Tax Lists      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records (12)

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