Waller County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Austin County, TX  to the west
• Fort Bend County, TX  to the south
• Grimes County, TX  to the north
• Harris County, TX  to the east
• Montgomery County, TX  to the east
• Washington County, TX  to the northwest

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

• Waller Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Waller County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Waller County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships (31)

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

  • Hempstead, TX Bridge Collapses, Jan 1956      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hempstead, TX Business Section Fire, Apr 1894      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hempstead, TX gravel truck accident, May 1936      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hempstead, TX Train Wreck, Nov 1884      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise and Wood County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Waller County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Waller County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Waller County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Waller County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Waller County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Waller County, TX Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• WallerCountyGenealogySociety      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

• TXWALLER-L Waller County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• Hempstead, Fort, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Waller County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Waller County, Texas Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Williamson, Wilson, Wood, Young, Zapata Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Waller County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• The Brookshire Eagle  Brookshire, Texas     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Brookshire Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• The Brookshire Times  Brookshire, Texas     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Waller County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Brookshire Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Waller County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Canon Funeral Home  Waller, Texas
• Hempstead, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Times Tribune 
• The Times Tribune, Brookshire      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• The Portal to Texas History  Waller County
• Waller County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Waller County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Waller County Poorhouse Pictures      (Source: The Poorhouse Story)

School Records and Histories

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

Societies

• The Waller County Genealogy Society      (Source: Wayback Machine)

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

• Combs &c. Families of Waller County 
• Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898)  African American History in the West Vignette
• Biography of William Samuel Green      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)
• West Brazos Genealogy Pages  Genealogy of Burke, West, Weaver, Rhodes, Champion, Wolf, Izard, Ramsey, Chatham, Tumlinson
• Biography of Rev. W. A. Walton  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• West Brazos Genealogy Pages  Genealogy of Burke, West, Weaver, Rhodes, Champion, Wolf, Izard, Ramsey, Chatham, Tumlinson
• Sandra Burbridge's Heritage  includes Wilson

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• 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  Waller County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Waller County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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