Taylor County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Callahan County, TX  to the east
• Coleman County, TX  to the southeast
• Fisher County, TX  to the northwest
• Jones County, TX  to the north
• Nolan County, TX  to the west
• Runnels County, TX  to the south
• Shackelford County, TX  to the northeast

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

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

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Taylor County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• City of Abilene Cemetery 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Taylor County  Texas Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Taylor County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Taylor County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Taylor County Cemetery Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Taylor County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Taylor County Texas Cemeteries 

Census Records and Indexes (19)

Directories

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

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships (30)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (15)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Abilene Public Library Genealogy Department  (About mid-page)
• Buffalo Gap Historic Village 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Frontier Texas! 
• The Grace Museum 
• The McWhiney Collection 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Taylor County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Taylor County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXTAYLOR-L Taylor County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (20)

Military Records and Histories

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

• 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  Taylor County     (Source: Family History Library)

• Korean War

  • Taylor County, TX Servicemen Killed in Korea      (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)

• World War I

  • Taylor County, TX Servicemen Killed in World War I      (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Taylor County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Abilene, TX Servicemen Discharged  Jul 1945     (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)
  • Taylor County, Texas  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Taylor County, TX Servicemen Killed in World War II      (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (12)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Abilene Funeral Home  Abilene, Texas
• Abilene Reporter News 
• Abilene Reporter-News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abilene, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Piersall-Benton Funeral Directors  Abilene, Texas

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories (27)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Taylor County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• John Davis Chapter  Abilene     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The McWhiney Foundation 
• Taylor County Historical Commission 
• West Texas Genealogy Society  Abilene, Texas

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (119)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Birth/Death Certificates  County Clerk's Office
• Miscellaneous Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Taylor 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  Taylor County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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