Colorado County TXGenWeb Project

Colorado County
TXGenWeb Project

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Welcome to the USGenWeb Project Pages for Colorado County, Texas!

Colorado County was formed in 1837 from a Mexican Municipality with the county seat in Columbus.

Link to Site Log for major updates

Thanks to Nesbitt Memorial Library, Bill Stein, David Hahn and Errol Rizzuto the
1920 Colorado County Census has been indexed and is now online

Thanks to Mike Cooper we have now uploaded over 2000 tombstone photos to Lakeside cemetery.
Now Mike has sent photographs of the tombstones at Eagle Lake Masonic cemetery. We have begun uploading them.

The Weimar Mercury newspaper through 1960 is now online.

Burials
Nesbitt Memorial Library alphabetical
listing of known burials within
the county

Census Records
Look!! We have a complete set
with most indexed
Updated 10/06/08

Online Data
Includes court records,
List of early county citizens, postmasters and much more
Updated 8/09/08

Communities
Histories, photographs, related links
Updated 7/16/08

Biographies
Updated 9/10/08

Reminiscenses
Updated 10/29/07

Recollections

Lookups
Lookup offers for cemetery listings,
marriages, 1850 census, books, and more

Calendar
Updated 7/17/08

Research Tips & Resources
Where to find birth, marriage,
and death dates, & more!

USGenWeb Archives Project
Colorado County research materials

Cemeteries
Cemetery histories & descriptions,
photographs, listings of ALL known Colorado County cemeteries with links to online obits
Updated 11/03/08

Church and Bible Records
Updated 12/16/07

The Military
a section for online data
pertaining to the many wars
in which men/women of our county have participated
Updated 11/1/08

Families of Colorado County
Family Group Photographs
Family Reunions
Biographies & genealogy websites
Updated 8/10/08

Family Group Sheet Project
In cooperation with Colorado County Historical Commission
Updated 11/11/08

Photographs
Share your old photographs,
identify others
Updated 9/23/08

Photo Index
schools, tombstones, cemeteries, families

Nesbitt Memorial Library
Archival holdings, an "ungilded" history
of the county, extensive online data,
bibliography, and much more

Newspapers
Current newspapers, locating old copies

Weimar Mercury newspaper OnLine

Neighboring Counties
TXGenWeb sites

Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries now online!
Updated 11/15/08

Vital Records
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Includes early births
announced in the newspapers
Updated 11/1/08

Schools
Updated 5/21/08

Historical Markers
Updated 10/13/08

It Was in the News

A hodge podge of items found in
county newspapers
Updated 9/4/08

Citizenship News
Added 6/25/07

Weddings
A-H; I-O; P-Z
listed by groom
Updated 11/1/08

Golden (or More) Wedding Anniversaries
Updated 7/16/08

Colorado County Mailing List
Ask questions, share knowledge about
research in Colorado County

Message Board
Submit and/or view queries

Archived Queries

This site was updated on November 15, 2008

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If you find any bad or missing links, please notify Dorothy Albrecht.

This will not find queries on the Colorado County Message Board. There is a separate search engine at that site.
Some of the resources on the "Online Data" page have their own search engines that will also need to be checked separately.
However, this will seach all of the cemetery records, obituaries, news items, biographies, etc.

If you have any comments, problems, or suggestions pertaining to this web site,
please contact the county coordinator, Dorothy Albrecht.
Check in regularly to see how the site is progressing!

If you can offer any assistance with lookups or data, please let me know.

If you wish to comment to the TXGenWeb Project about this web site click here.

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