Huntsville Public Library

Genealogy Research

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Walker County Genealogical Society Web Page

The Huntsville Public Library has an extensive genealogy collection which includes local
history and archive materials. Walker County Genealogical Society members contribute to the growing collection which is confined in the Johnnie Jo Sowell Dickenson Room at the library. Computers are available for research and links to many research tools include Heritage Quest, New England Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Texas Vital Records, U.S. Census Index, Marriage Records, Military Records, Land Records, and much more. U.S. Census and Texas County census may be read and printed from the microfilm readers available.
The collection of microfilm also includes the Huntsville Item.
Walker County Pioneer files and Family Bible records are available for copying at 15 cents a page.

The Texas Tides focuses on east Texas related resources with emphasis on history, science, and multicultural resources.

Walker County Treasures consists of
9 collections of photographs and documents related to Walker County.

Other Genealogical Search Sites

Google www.google.com --- the ultimate “look-up” for names and places

Go to www.genealogy-search-help.com/ --- for genealogical searches

                Linkpendium USA --- Genealogy & Family History www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA links to
                    over 5 million websites

                Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet --- www.cyndislist.com