The links on this page are to sites which may have
interest to
Burnet County researchers.
Many are the personal genealogy of persons
who have ancestors in this Burnet County.
If you have a genealogy
page on the internet with ties to Burnet County and would like to
have it linked here, please email me:
Burnet County - Attractions, Places of Interest, etc. Very comprehensive from LCRA and the Colorado River Trail.
Burnet County Demographics - Compiled by The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties
David G. Burnet (1788-1870) - The first president of the Republic of Texas.
John Porter Henry Family - the Henry family settled near Smithwick prior to 1880. Family information by Judy Henry
The Wyatt and Shelton Home Page has info on Lake victor and bluffton as well as the county ancestors, Banks, and Rutledge. ...William M. Banks was born 4 July 1866, reported birthplace on the census as South Carolina. Parents unknown. He married Alice V. Rutledge, 8 October 1887 in Richmond County Georgia. Alice, born 16 September 1867 in (Tennessee on census), was the daughter of William Dean Rutledge and Susan V. Johnson...
Suzanna Edwards' Home Page lists her Burnet County ancestors of Eldridge, Levingston and Edwards, plus many more surnames and pictures.
The website put together by Janet Lewis Crain concentrates on her ancestors from Burnet County, including: LEWIS, JACKSON, VICKERS, BRANTLEY, STINNETT, HOLLOWAY, WILKS, YOUNG. She writes that she will gladly share files and will try to help researchers on these lines.
Teresa Shands has two websites - The first concentrates on the Burnet County names of MCFARLIN,PROFFITT,KEELER,COX, while the second has information about KING, REED,BARTON,MCFARLAND, and CHAMBERLAIN) Check back often, this is a work in progress. Check the Burnet page, too--Teresa has contributed a lot of info here for Burnet researchers!
JoAnn Hopper has contributed a great deal to the Burnet site. Now she has let us know about the Ricketson Family History she contributed to at Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site. This site was created by fellow researcher, John Ricketson. Her ancestor, Hiram Ricketson, can be found in another website about the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters.
The Colliers have a website featuring stories of their Burnet County ancestors the Clark, Fry, Bible and Greer families.
Christy Coppedge's website features the names LaForge, Mauldin, and Jennings in Burnet County. Go to Christy's Family, scroll down and click on the LaForge link in the left column.