The Fayette County TXGenWeb Project's Home Page

Cemeteries

Cemetery histories & descriptions, photographs,
listings, lookup offers
Updated 3/27/24

Obituaries

Thousands of obituaries of those who
lived in or are buried in Fayette County
E-mail Rox Ann to contribute obits or photos.

Families of Fayette County

Biographies & genealogy websites

Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives

Link to new FHMA website
See also online catalog

Online Data

Links to online data pertaining directly to Fayette
County – doctors, postmasters, history articles, national register listings & more

Vital Records

Where to find birth, marriage, death,
& divorce records, online and off –
includes link to county clerk's office

Communities

Histories, photographs, related links

Footprints of Fayette

Local history articles written by members
of the Fayette County Historical Commission
Updated 5/14/24

Photographs

Share your old photographs, identify others,
take a look at the unidentified photos.
Learn about early photographers. Another photo identified on 4/30/2024!

Lookups

Lookup offers for cemetery listings, marriages, books, and more

Historical Markers

Categorized by vicinity with links
to text and photographs

Military

Participants, casualties, memoirs from
conflicts from the Texas Revolution forward
Updated 4/29/24

Newspapers

Old news articles, current newspapers, locating old copies
Old issues of many Fayette County newspapers are now online!

Census

1850, 1860 Census with Indexes, Slave Schedules, 1870 Index, 1880 Census Search Engine

African-American Genealogy

Online county & town maps, then & now
Historic county maps you can order
See New Improved Interactive Cemeteries Map!

USGenWeb Archives Project

Vital records & additional online info
in the USGenWeb Archives Project

If you have any comments, problems, or suggestions pertaining to this web site or if you can offer any assistance with lookups or data, please contact the volunteer county coordinator, Rox Ann Johnson. Check in regularly to see how the site is progressing!

This site is devoted exclusively to history and genealogy. Please check the chamber of commerce or city websites linked under "Communities" for information on recreational and public facilities or government services.

This search engine will not find queries on the Fayette County Message Board which has a separate search engine. Some of the resources on the "Online Data" page also have their own search engines that will need to be checked separately.

The Fayette County TXGenWeb Project

Cemetery histories & descriptions, photographs, listings, lookup offers Updated 3/27/24

Thousands of obituaries of those who lived in or are buried in Fayette County E-mail Rox Ann to contribute obits or photos.

Biographies & genealogy websites

Link to new FHMA website See also online catalog

Links to online data pertaining directly to Fayette County – doctors, postmasters, history articles, national register listings & more

Where to find birth, marriage, death, & divorce records, online and off – includes link to county clerk's office

Histories, photographs, related links

Local history articles written by members of the Fayette County Historical Commission Updated 5/14/24

Share your old photographs, identify others, take a look at the unidentified photos. Learn about early photographers. Another photo identified on 4/30/2024!

Lookup offers for cemetery listings, marriages, books, and more

Historical Markers

Categorized by vicinity with links to text and photographs

Participants, casualties, memoirs from conflicts from the Texas Revolution forward Updated 4/29/24

Old news articles, current newspapers, locating old copies Old issues of many Fayette County newspapers are now online!

1850, 1860 Census with Indexes, Slave Schedules, 1870 Index, 1880 Census Search Engine

Slave transactions, tenant and share-crop contracts, cemeteries, etc.

Virtual tours of local history sites Local museums; Updated 1/22/2024

TXGenWeb sites

Online county & town maps, then & now Historic county maps you can order See New Improved Interactive Cemeteries Map!

Vital records & additional online info in the USGenWeb Archives Project