Jackson County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Calhoun County, TX  to the south
• Colorado County, TX  to the north
• Lavaca County, TX  to the northwest
• Matagorda County, TX  to the east
• Victoria County, TX  to the west
• Wharton County, TX  to the northeast

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

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

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Jackson County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• Jackson County  Texas Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Jackson County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Jackson County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Jackson County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Jackson County Texas Cemeteries      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Jackson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships (21)

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

  • Edna, TX Business District Fire, Nov 1906      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Edna, TX courthouse fire, Jun 1900      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Johnson and Jones County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Jackson County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXJACKSO-L Jackson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Jackson County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Harris through Jasper Counties
  • Jackson County in the Civil War      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Jackson County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Jackson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Jackson County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Old News, Genealogy & History from Francitas & Jackson County, Texas      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Edna, Texas Postcards and Photographs  Texas Old Photos     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Jackson County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Jackson County Old Photos      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Old Jackson County Court House, Edna      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• The Portal to Texas History  Jackson County
• Texas--Jackson County--Edna.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Edna School Teachers in 1938      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• Edna School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Jackson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jackson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Jackson County     (Source: Family History Library)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (19)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jackson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Jackson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Jackson County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Jackson County Marriages 1835-1849      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• Jackson County Marriages 1860-1869      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• Jackson 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)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes Jackson County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Jackson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Jackson County     (Source: Family History Library)

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