Washington County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Austin County, TX  to the south
• Brazos County, TX  to the north
• Burleson County, TX  to the north
• Fayette County, TX  to the southwest
• Grimes County, TX  to the east
• Lee County, TX  to the west
• Waller County, TX  to the southeast

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

• Austin Colony Pioneers  Including History of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery and Washington Counties, Texas     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Washington Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Washington County Biographies Project      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Washington County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (35)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Washington County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Washington County, Texas Court of Commissioners of Roads & Revenue, 1836-1846 

History

• Early Texas Settlers, 1700s-1800s  includes Austin Colony Pioneers, Including History of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery, and Washington Counties     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• The history of Brenham and Washington County  1915     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The History of Brenham and Washington County      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Washington County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Washington County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Washington County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

• Histories of specific towns and townships (70)

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

  • Brenham, Texas Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise and Wood County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Washington County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXWASHIN-L Washington County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

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

• 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  Washington County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Robertson through Wood Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Austin Colony Pioneers  includes Early Pioneers and Settlers of Washington County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Migrations through Washington County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Washington County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Washington County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Washington County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Washington County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Banner Press, Brenham      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brenham Banner Press      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brenham Banner-Press 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Brenham, Texas Postcards and Photographs  Texas Old Photos     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Historical Postcards of Washington County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Portal to Texas History  Washington County
• Texas--Washington County--Burton.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Washington County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Washington County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)

School Records and Histories

• Baylor Female College, Independence  Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Baylor University, Independence  Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Blinn College Historical Statement 
• Breham School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brenham School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brenham, TX Mary Rial High School Class of 1903      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Burton Heritage Society 
• Captain Jabez Deming Chapter  Brenham     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Chappell Hill Historical Society 
• Heritage Society of Washington County 
• Washington County Genealogy Society 
• Washington County Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (69)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Washington County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Washington County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Washington County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Washington County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (10)

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