Angelina County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties A  Angelina County

Guide to Angelina County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has some birth records from 1875, death records from 1903, marriage, probate and land records from 1846; District Clerk has divorce records; County Clerk and District Court have court records from 1920

Parent County
1846--Angelina County was created April 22, 1846 from Nacogdoches County.

County seats: Marion 1846-1854; Jonesville 1854-1858; Homer 1858-1892; Lufkin 1892-present.

Angelina is named for a Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them.

Record Loss
1891--Angelina County Courthouse at Homer burned on November 19, 1891. Many of the county records - including those in the assessor's office and the justice of the peace office were destroyed.

Populated Places
Cities and Towns: Burke | Diboll | Hudson | Huntington | |  | Zavalla

Neighboring Counties

 * Cherokee
 * Houston
 * Jasper
 * Nacogdoches
 * Polk
 * San Augustine
 * Trinity
 * Tyler

African American

 * Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870(images) - FamilySearch
 * Texas African American Griots ~  USGenWeb
 * AfriGeneas ~  African Ancestored Genealogy
 * Texas African American Genealogy ~  Access Genealogy

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Angelina County Cemeteries ~ TXGenWeb
 * Angelina Cemeteries ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Church

 * Angelina County Area Churches - listing of churches in the area

Court

 * County Court at Law 1
 * County Court at Law 2
 * 159th District Court

Land

 * Land Survey Abstract Indices of the Original Land Owners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Texas Family Land Heritage Registry First Edition -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Maps



 * Texas Land Survey Maps for (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * 1914 Map of Angelina, Gregg, Harrison, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith &amp; Trinity at www.rootsweb.com
 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site
 * Map of Angelina County - Library of Congress

Military

 * 7th Texas Cavalry
 * WWII Casualties Army and Airforce - Access Genealogy
 * Civil War Pension Confederate Pension Applications On file at the Texas State Library and Archives for Angelina County -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Confederate Indigent Families of Angelina County -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Civil War Muster Rolls -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Newspapers
Online Newspapers

Lufkin Daily News

Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate

 * Angelina County Clerk - access to probate records
 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch

Taxation
Angelina County Tax Assessor - property taxes

Vital Records

 * Angelina County Clerk - access to marriage records, birth certificates, death certificates and wills

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Angelina County Marriages - TXGenWeb
 * Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 - FamilySearch. Index to a variety of marriage records (registers, licenses, intentions to marry, etc.) from select counties in Texas.

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images] Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.
 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000 (index) - FamilySearch

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Societies and Libraries

 * Kurth Memorial Library - Lufkin Texas
 * Angelina County Genealogical Society
 * Angelina County Historical Commission

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lufkin Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project - records from Angelina County
 * Angelina County- TXGenWeb Project
 * Cyndi's List- Links to state and county resources
 * Cyndi's List- Links to state and county resources