Volunteering

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Volunteering 

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star1.gif (470 bytes)Adopt and maintain Texas county websites. If you are interested in sponsoring a county, please contact Shirley Cullum, TXGenWeb State Coordinator for further details.
star1.gif (470 bytes)Volunteer lookups or other for this site, contact the Jackson County Coordinator.

star1.gif (470 bytes)Transcribe census records for USGenWeb Archives Census Project.

star1.gif (470 bytes)Texas State Cemetery Confederate Research Project

star1.gif (470 bytes)USGenWeb Volunteer Information - see what to expect.
star1.gif (470 bytes)USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project

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star1.gif (470 bytes)Transcribe Anything  and Donate it to the Project of your choice.  Basic surname indexes to complete transcriptions are always helpful.   Here's some ideas to get you started:

  • baptisms and confirmations
  • land abstracts

  • biographies
  • local, state and federal tax records
  • military records

  • cemeteries
  • muster rolls

  • census records - state and federal (including various schedules, i.e. slave, free, mortality)
  • newspaper clippings

  • church records
  • obituaries

  • court records
  • pension records

  • county clerk records
  • prison records

  • deed records
  • probate court records

  • directories - church, city, business
  • property tax records

  • Federal Land Grants
  • vital records - birth, marriage, divorce, death

  • Immigrant Ship Lists
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star1.gif (470 bytes)PLEASE REMEMBER AND KEEP IN MIND...ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU RESEARCH MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL TO ANOTHER.  BE A VOLUNTEER IF YOU HAVE A BOOK OR OTHER MATERIAL (even if it is only while you borrow it from the library), OR DONATE MATERIALS YOU NO LONGER NEED OR HAVE MADE COPIES OF, AND SHARE YOUR COMPILED FAMILY TREE.  If  needed, we can always request written permission to avoid copyright infringement.  If you're interested, read the rules.