This page lists major changes/additions made to the Colorado County TXGenWeb website. It does not list minor modifications or corrections.
7/07/08 Today we completed adding the new burials for the first half of 2008. There are now approximate 24,000 burials online.
7/07/08 Today we completed adding those photos of tombstones at Lakeside Cemetery that can be identified with burials there. There are some additional photos that will need some research before they are added. Thank you Mike Cooper for furnishing over 2000 photos.
6/05/08 Today we added the 9500th obit online
3/20/08 Changed the face of the website after moving to the new txgenweb.org website
2/10/08 Today we added the 9000th obit online
2/06/08 Over 8900 obituaries are now online
1/24/08 Thanks to Oliver Schweke we have updated Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. All listed unmarked graves have been marked as such.
1/19/08 Began listing the last of the known 2007 burials.
10/10/07 Added Historical Markers section
10/10/07 The Montgomery-Thatcher Cemetery is the first in the county to have photo of each tombstone online.
9/09/07 Linked to Weimar United Church of Christ records
8/29/07 Over 8200 obituaries are now online
8/21/07 Added burials for first seven months of 2007
6/11/07 Over 7450 obituaries are now online
6/01/07 Added Unidentified Photographs. Fabers maybe???
5/11/07 Added Colorado County Birth Index A thru K and L thru Z
3/27/07 Over 7000 obituaries are now online
3/21/07 Added burials for last four months of 2006
3/11/07 Added about 75 more wedding articles in a little differnt format plus a page on Golden Weddings
3/01/07 Over 6800 obituaries are now online
3/01/07 Added articles on 1909 Storm
1/31/07 Over 6700 obituaries are now online
1/09/07 Notified that Colorado County received the County of the Year award for 2006
1/08/07 Over 6500 obituaries are now online
11/07/06 Linked to Nesbitt Memorial Library's First United Methodist Church, Weimar, Records 1892-1990
11/03/05 Linked to Nesbitt Memorial Library's 1910 Colorado County Census Index
10/28/06 Over 6000 obituaries are now online
9/04/06 Added four Columbus School pictures recently thanks to Mike Mattern
8/30/06 Added over 50 Tombstone pictures thanks to Sandra Long Anders
8/18/06 Added an article of Clear Creek Cemetery by Ernest Mae Seaholm
8/09/06 Linked to Nesbitt Memorial Library's Trinity Lutheran (Frelsburg) Burial Records 1889-1964
7/29/06 Over 5500 obituaries are now online
7/14/06 Added picture of ca 1911 Columbus First Grade students and teacher
7/09/06 Added pictures of Vox Populi School students
6/27/06 Added pictures of Live Oak School students
6/03/06 Added 16 Remember Our War Dead by Joe C. Fling
5/24/06 Added burials for first four months of 2006
5/10/06 Added two "new" cemeteries: Oakes Cemetery and Judyville Cemeteries Also renamed the Richardson Homestead Cemetery as Rock Island Cemetery
5/01/06 Have begun adding World War I Draft Registration Cards thanks to Patti Hall-Smith
4/29/06 Over 5000 obituaries are now online
4/15/06 Added Clay Maeckel's family site
3/13/06 Thanks to Regena Williamson we have updated the Cheetham Cemetery
2/03/06 Added 1948 and 1954 pictures of Mentz School
1/23/06 Completed adding the burials through 12/31/05 with many of their obituaries
10/01/05 Over 4500 obituaries are now online
07/14/05 Linked to Nesbitt Memorial Library's 1880 Colorado County Census Index
07/14/05 Linked to Nesbitt Memorial Library's Colordo County Members, Texas State Troops, 1861-1863 site
06/21/05 Added Second Fallen Texas Hero
06/03.05 Added Photo Index
05/23/05 Added a beginning attempt to name World War I Casualties
05/23/05 Made an addition of 190 burials in the last six weeks including 2005 burials
05/19/05 Added Glidden Cemetery
04/25/05 Redesigned School Index page. Hopefully it will be easier to use.
03/26/05 Added 2005 Photo Tour of Reels Bend Cemetery
03/06/05 Added United Daughters of the Confederacy 1901 - 1902 in Colorado County
03/02/05 Added Fallen Texas Hero
02/27/05 Over 4000 obituaries are now online
02/20/05 Added Alphabetical List of Area Service Men Who Died During World War II
02/19/05 Added another new feature, Family Group Sheet Project.
01/02/05 Added links to various communities from the Handbook of Texas OnLine
01/29/05 Added a new feature. Mystery Picture Can you identify the place or the people?
01/29/05 Added pictures to the Brushy and Pin Oak school pages
01/23/05 Added third page of Weimar School Alumni (1924 through 1941)
01/22/05 Added burials for last quarter of 2004
01/18/05 Added first two pages of Weimar School Alumni (pre 1900 through 1923)
01/16/05 Added The Axel Seaholm Family to the Families of Colorado County section
01/14/05 Added link to Nesbitt Memorial Library's Online Photographs and Images
01/13/05 Added link to Sts Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, Frelsburg, Records of Baptisms, Part I, 1846-1857
01/13/05 Added list of historic farms and ranches recognized by the Family Land Heritage Program
01/08/05 Added Biography of Harris Taylor Green
01/04/05 Added link to 1900 Colorado County Census Index
01/01/05 Over 3625 obituaries are now online
10/16/04 Added a picture of Altair School and students ca 1910. Can you help identify any of the students?
10/16/04 Added two pictures of Brushy School and students 1921 and 1925.
10/16/04 Added two pictures of Weimar School and students ca 1911. Can you help identify any of the students?
10/16/04 Added two pictures of Bois d'Arc school and students ca 1908. Can you help identify any of the students?
10/13/04 Added Indexes for Delayed Birth Registration for 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s.
10/04/04 Completed adding the burials from 7/1/04 through 9/15/04 with many of their obituaries
10/04/04 Completed adding the burials found by Virgil Thompson
10/03/04 Added Union Veterans compiled by Ernest Mae Seaholm
09/25/04 Added Confederate Soldiers buried in Colorado County
09/25/04 Added War of 1812 information
09/25/04 Added Mexican War information
09/18/04 Added pictures of Bernardo School, separated Bernardo from Willow School
08/29/04 Added information on County Line Methodist Church
08/22/04 Began a Biography Section
08/18-21/04 Added obits, some additional burials, and news items. Look for some of them under the community names or school names.
08/19/04 Added list of men from the county that were in the Spanish American War
08/15/04 Added page for reports of Family Reunions - Past and Present
08/14/04 Added obits and POW Days in Russia
07/20/04 Added news articles to 1880, 1890, 1920, and 1930 (Need suggestions as to how these could be more effective.)
07/0904 Added Deaths from 1850 Census Mortality Schedule to Unknown Burial Sites
06/19/04 Added Early Recollections of Colorado County
05/11/04 Added Slaves Who Died During Year Ending June 1, 1850
05/1104 Added Slaves Who Died During Year Ending June 1, 1860
05/07/04 Added It Was in the News