Travis County, Texas, part of the TXGenWeb

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Travis County is one of the oldest counties in Texas created in 1840, and named for William Barrett Travis, a hero of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution.
Bastrop was one of the original counties created in 1836 and Travis County was formed from Bastrop County during the years Texas was a Republic (1836 to 1845).
Austin, named for Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas, is both the state capitol and the county seat for Travis County.

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Austin has created a new virtual tour of the Oaklwood Cemetery See the Chapel Website And the virtual tour of the Cemetery

Archives

Online and Free!

Including:

Cemeteries - usgw archives
Cemeteries - Austin Genealogical Society
Original Land Owners of TX, Land Survey Abstract Indices
Marriages, Groom surnames beginning with A
Military Records

War of 1812 Interview of James Campbell-Privateer
Civil War

Korean War casualties

Plus obituaries, funeral home records, college yearbooks and much, much more!

Census Records

1850 US Census
Transcribed by the Austin Genealogy Society

Cemeteries

Austin Genealogical Society records
Texas State Cemetery
Texas Tombstone Project
The Political Graveyard List of final resting places of politicians who were born, lived or buried in Travis County, Texas.

Churches

Family Histories & Photos

Riepe Genealogy

Historical & Genealogical Societies

History of Travis County

Local Resources

Libraries, and Courthouses

Lookups

Folks with resources on Travis County willing to help you in your research

Mailing List

Travis County Mailing List Subscribe, Unsubscribe, and search archives.

Maps

Military

Travis County Confederate pension applications
Search all Confederate pension applications applied for in Texas
World War II Casualties: Army and Air Force

Mortuary Records

Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home Records

Naturalizations

Complete index to Naturalization Records prepared by the WPA
Transcribed by the Austin Genealogy Society

Newspaper Obituaries

Austin American Statesman current or search 1 year's archives

Photos
Help identify the folks in these photos
Queries

Queries from the old system
Ancestry's Rootsweb Query Board queries

Records

List of resources pertaining to the history of Austin and Travis County available at the Austin Public Library
Records available on microfilm from Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Austin History Center's Oakwood Cemetery database

Surrounding Counties

All Texas Counties

county selection page (alphabetical)

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This page was last updated on October 26, 2024

Thanks to previous CC's Wynnell Noelke for her initial work and
Tamara Stevens who took over and created this great design and added
her work to make this county page great!

Copyright 2007-Present by Christine Morton

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