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Corporal David Phillip McCormick
April 10, 1982 - April 28, 2008

Tribute Pages

 

In Memory of
 Matagorda County's
Fallen Heroes

All Gave Some,
 Some Gave All

Killed in Iraq
 

View Tribute Pages for All Matagorda County Casualties




Sergeant Joshua Allen Ward
October 23, 1978 - February 9, 2009

Tribute Pages

 

Thank you previous Matagorda County Coordinators       Edward Hayden       Lois Kennedy        Sue Siebert

Site hosted by Rootsweb - December 2004 - February 2018
 

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Matagorda County, a part of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, was one of the original Texas counties formed on March 17, 1836. Click the link below to read its history from the Handbook of Texas.

History of Matagorda County

Matagorda County History told by its residents

Stephen F. Austin
statue near the junction of Highways
288 & 35
in Brazoria County.

 

WHAT'S NEW          LOOKUPS

ROOTSWEB QUERIES

Texas Counties A - Z

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

USGenWeb SPECIAL PROJECTS
 

TexShare Databases
are available free through Bay City Public Library, Palacios Library and other public libraries across the great state of Texas. Visit your local library to get the necessary login and password. Databases for genealogy include Heritagequest (Census Records, Books, PERSI, Revolutionary War Records and Freedman's Bank Records) as well as the Texas Digital Sanborn Maps. Click the logo to go to the TexShare page.


MATAGORDA COUNTY RESEARCH
 

African American Information
Matagorda County Slave Database
Marriages
1837-1955          1966-2002          Wedding Articles
Archives  Matagorda County: The Texas Revolution & The Republic of Texas
Auto Owners & Registrations Matagorda County Genealogical Society
Oak Leaves (MCGS publication) Master Index
Bible Records Matagorda County For Kids
Bibliography Matagorda County Historical Commission
Births Matagorda County Misc. Items
Survey Markers
Texas Exposition Shows
Boy Scouts
Bay City          Collegeport           Palacios
Medical History
Brands and Marks Memories
Businesses             Jewish Businesses Military Information 
Caney Run Mail Route Murder and Mayhem
Cemeteries          Obituary and Cemetery Index Naturalizations
Census Information Newspapers      Palacios Beacon Online  NEW
History of the Palacios Beacon
Features
Dear Santa - Letters to Santa 1916-1929-1931
Shocking Stories
Colonial-Tribune Mickey Mouse Club
Celebrations - Parties, socials, etc.
Centenarians Notaries 1913
Churches Obituaries                 Obituary and Cemetery Index
Funeral Program Index
Check the sites below for the most up-to-date obituaries and funeral information.
Bay City Sentinel
Bay City Tribune
Palacios Beacon

Victoria Advocate
Duncan Roberts Funeral Home
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
Shaun's Mortuary

Taylor Bros. Funeral Home
Confederate Information Oil Industry
Court Records
Probates and Wills
Property Indexes & Records
Passenger Lists to Port of Matagorda
and Matagorda Custom House Records
DAR Mary Rolph Marsh Chapter   Photo Album
Deaths        Interments 1839-1864       Deaths 1911 - 1917
Texas Death Certificates 1890 - 1976  FREE

Social Security Death Index
see obituaries
Pioneer Settlers of Matagorda County
Directories
1906 Bay City Telephone
1941 Bay City Directory - African-American Entries
Political Graveyard
Divorces Postmasters
Elected Officials QUERIES
Epidemics          1862 Yellow Fever          1918 Influenza Railroads
Family Histories
Families         
     Jewish Families of Matagorda County
Matagorda County Doctors
Ranching
Family Land Heritage Properties Records on Microfilm
Farming     Rice Research Resources
Flag Rice Festival        Queens          1902 Rice Carnival Brochure
Fraternal Organizations Matagorda County School Yearbooks
School History          School Censuses
Actual images of the school censuses are available at
farmilysearch.org
Funeral Homes Sons of the American Revolution - Cradle of Texas Chapter #33
Brazoria, Matagorda & Wharton Counties
Gold Star Mothers
1930 Gold Star Mother Pilgrimage of Mrs. Carrie Kelly
The Sons of the Republic of Texas
Matagorda Chapter No. 35
Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse Surname List
Historical Markers Tax Records
History Makers Tombstone Transcription Project
Hotels & Motels Towns and Communities
Hurricanes Transportation
Intercoastal Canal Celebration Voters' Registration - 1867-1869
Jules Leffland Buildings War Casualties
Libraries - Bay City    Genealogy Books
Palacios
Waterways
Colorado River
Local Contacts Women's Suffrage
Maps  

 

MATAGORDA COUNTY LINKS

Matagorda County

Matagorda County Chambers of Commerce
Bay City Matagorda    Palacios    Sargent

Matagorda County Extension

Matagorda County Fair & Livestock Association

Matagorda County Museum
Matagorda County School Yearbooks

Matagorda Harbor

Matagorda Lighthouse

Newspapers
Bay City Sentinel  Bay City Tribune  Palacios Beacon

Palacios Area Historical Association and Museum

Port of Bay City

Preserve America
Schools   Bay City  Holy Cross  Matagorda  Palacios  Tidehaven  Van Vleck

Town Web Pages - Bay City   Palacios

Where to stay when researching in Matagorda County

GENERAL LINKS

Cyndi's List

Federal Census Enumerator Instructions 1850-1950

Find A Grave

Google Earth

Hereditary Societies 

Social Security Death Index

USGS National Mapping Information

TEXAS LINKS

Adjutant General Service Records

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

Clayton Library Friends 

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Handbook of Texas

Indianola Immigrant Database

 Lone Star Junction
Portal to Texas History

San Jacinto Museum

Save Texas Cemeteries

Texas Almanac
Texas Daughters of the American Revolution

Texas Death Certificates 1890 - 1976  FREE

Texas Dept. of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program

Texas Historic Sites Atlas

Texas Historical Commission

Texas Newspapers Online

Texas Slavery Project

Texas State Genealogical Society

Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Library and Archives

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Texas Division

Women in Texas History

 

In Memory of


Shirley Ann Webb Cullum
September 24, 1946 - August 8, 2019


TXGenWeb State Coordinator
November 1, 2006 - August 8, 2019

 

 

October 2016
TXGenWeb State Coordinator 
Gina Heffernan

TXGenWeb Webmaster
Carla Clifton

TXGenWeb Assistant State Coordinators
Laura Roberts
Jane Keppler


Matagorda County Coordinator
  Carol Sue Gibbs

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If you find any broken links, please let me know.
 

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