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Winkler County Texas

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Interesting Links


Here are some links to Winkler County sites and the Surrounding West Texas Area.
If you have a website with an interest to West Texas in general or to Winkler County specifically, please send me the link and I will add it to the list. Their are also Links to online Genealogy sites, that are loaded with information on Texas Research.

USGenWeb Search Us

USGenWeb Civil War State Links  

The Buffalo Barracks 1837-1846

Haley Memorial Library The purpose of the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library and J. Evetts Haley History Center is to preserve our western heritage. The Library houses more than 25,000 books, manuscripts and other printed material documenting western history. Established in 1976, this remarkable institution has endured the test of time. Offered in the collections are printed and manuscript materials on western exploration, frontier military history, early railroads, the development of ranching and farming, mining, politics, frontier social history and material on regional and local Texas histories

Kermit Chamber of Commerce The Chamber is located at 112 N. Poplar Kermit, Texas 79745 (915) 586-2507

More history on the Oil Boom The seat of Winkler County was a mere village in 1926.
The population of this entire county was only 81...."

Texas small towns travel guide. Texas travel, towns, architecture, history, stories, and many Texas links.


Here are some good genealogical links to other sites.

The Center for American History The University of Texas at Austin

The Olden Times Historic newspapers online. 18th- through Early 20th-century Newspapers from the U. S., England, Scotland, Ireland & Australia!

GenForum

CousinConnect

Rootsweb

Historic Texas Cemeteries

Interment.net contains thousands of transcriptions of cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions, from cemeteries in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries

Find A Grave resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members

County Clerk Office Listings for Texas  
Need an address for a county in Texas all are listed here!

The Odessa American Newspaper Located 45 miles west of Kermit (don't miss their TWENTIETH CENTURY SECTION WITH 100 YEARS WORTH OF HISTORY ON ECTOR COUNTY AND THE PERMIAN BASIN)

Midland Reporter Telegram newspaper for Midland, Texas. (don't forget to ck out their links section, has lots of local links.)

San Angelo Standard Times Obits newspaper

KWES News West 9 local television station located in Midland

CBS 7 local television station located in Midland

UTPB: The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Visit the J. Conrad Dunagan Library, they have an online searchable catalog, their Archives is the Texas Repository in this area and contain a wealth of local history and documents from all over West Texas are stored here. DON'T MISS THIS ONE

Odessa College This is the Local Junior College in Odessa, Texas

Winkler County, TXGenWeb  ARCHIVES

TXGenWeb Project Archives

USGenWeb Archives

Family Treemaker Online

GENEALOGY-4-FUN; introduce your family to the great game of genealogy, makes a great gift idea! This game is really fun!

Heartland Genealogical Society

AnyWho.com - Find People or Businesses

Rootsweb This is some of the nicest people on the web

Beatty Project 2000 This site is for anyone with connections to surname BEATTY (all various spellings)

Barney Family Historical Association This is for anyone researching the BARNEY name.

Lone Star Junction a Texas history resource provided for the benefit of both Texans and "foreigners" alike.

The HandBook of Texas over 23,000 articles on every topic imaginable all concerning the Great State of TEXAS!

Texas Trails - The Comprehensive Texas Information Site

 

 

 

Last Updated: Saturday, July 14, 2007

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