The THCGA is a volunteer organization that seeks to locate, record, preserve and protect Brazoria County’s historic cemeteries.

BRAZORIA COUNTY RESOURCES

ATLAS OF HISTORICAL COUNTY BOUNDARIES   http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/

BRAZORIA COUNTY CLERK: Records search  http://brazoriacountyclerk.net/recorder/content/Searches.htm

BRAZORIA COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM http://brazoriacountytx.gov/departments/museum

BRAZORIA COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Several on-line resources; sign in with your library card) http://bcls.lib.tx.us/

BRAZORIA HERITAGE FOUNDATION MUSEUM, Brazoria    http://brazoriahf.org/site/museum/

COLUMBIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM, West Columbia (Menu: Visitors: Historical Sites: Museum) http://www.westcolumbiatx.org/

THE FACTS NEWSPAPER   http://thefacts.com/

LAKE JACKSON HISTORICAL MUSEUM   http://www.lakejacksonmuseum.org/

LAKE JACKSON LIBRARY GENEALOGY CLUB meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the library conference room.  All interested persons are welcome to bring their genealogy questions.

TEXAS HISTORICAL CEMETERY GUARDIANSHIP ASSOCIATION - Brazoria County Cemetery map http://tinyurl.com/BrazoriaCems/

 

TEXAS STATEWIDE RESOURCES

CLAYTON LIBRARY                 http://houstonlibrary.org/internet-li

HANDBOOK OF TEXAS https://tshaonline.org/handbook/searc

PORTAL TO TEXAS HISTORY      https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/

TEXAS DIGITAL SANBORN MAPS http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sanborn/texas.html

TEXAS GENEALOGY SOCIETY   http://www.txsgs.org/

TEXAS GENWEB                http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/allcc.htm

TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: Cemeteries preservation information http://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/cemetery-preservation

TEXAS HISTORIC SITE ATLAS http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us

TEXAS RESEARCH WIKI (Texas records and how to find them with pages for each county) https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Texas,_United_States_Genealogy

TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION   https://www.tsl.texas.gov/

 

NATIONWIDE RESOURCES

ANCESTRY PLUS (must be in the library to use it) http://www.ancestry.com

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT    https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx

CASTLE GARDEN PASSENGER SEARCH  http://www.castlegarden.org/

CYNDI’S LIST    http://www.cyndislist.com/

DIGITIZED NEWSPAPERS  http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

ELLIS ISLAND PASSENGER SEARCH   http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/

FAMILY SEARCH https://familysearch.org

FIND A GRAVE https://findagrave.com

US GEN WEB PROJECT www.usgenweb.org