Van Zandt County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Henderson County, TX  to the south
• Hunt County, TX  to the north
• Kaufman County, TX  to the west
• Rains County, TX  to the northeast
• Smith County, TX  to the southeast
• Wood County, TX  to the east

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

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

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Van Zandt County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Cemeteries of Van Zandt County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Union Grove Cemetery Association 
• Van Zandt County  Texas Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Van Zandt County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Van Zandt County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Van Zandt County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Van Zandt County Texas Cemeteries 

Census Records and Indexes (42)

Court and Legal Records

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

History

• Van Zandt County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Van Zandt County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Van Zandt County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Van Zandt County Historical Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

• Histories of specific towns and townships (108)

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

  • Canton, TX Tornado, Apr 1919      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Grand Saline, TX airplane crash, Aug 1930      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Val Verde, Van Zandt and Victoria County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Van Zandt County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Wills Point, Texas Tornado May 1907      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Wills Point, TX Tornado, May 1907      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Van Zandt County Abstracts 
• Van Zandt County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Edgewood Heritage Park/Historical Village 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Van Zandt County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Van Zandt County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Van Zandt County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

Lookups

• Van Zandt County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TX-MERCERCOL-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in Mercer's Colony in Texas. Mercer's Colony was secured by Charles Mercer, a member of the House of Representatives from Virginia, as a land grant from the Republic of Texas in 1844 and covered all or part of the present Texas counties of Hunt, Rains, Rockwall, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Henderson, Navarro, Hill, McLennan, Johnston, Ellis and Dallas. Mercer's colonizing association was called the "Texas Association" but is more commonly referred to as Mercer's Colony.

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

• TXVANZAN-L Van Zandt County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

• Canton, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Van Zandt 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  Van Zandt County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Grand Saline, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Van Zandt County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Van Zandt Newspapers 
• Van Zandt Newspapers  Wills Point, TX     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Penny Postcards from Texas      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• The Portal to Texas History  Van Zandt County
• Van Zandt County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)

School Records and Histories

• Canton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Grand Saline School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wills Point School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Neches River Chapter  Canton     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Union Grove Cemetery Association 
• Van Zandt County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (45)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Van Zandt County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Van Zandt County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Wills Point Depot 

Vital Records

• 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 Van Zandt County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Van Zandt County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Van Zandt County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Van Zandt County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Van Zandt County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Van Zandt Deaths      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

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