Milam County, Texas

Welcome to the
Milam County, Texas
Genealogy Website

[Photo - Milam County Courthouse (restored)]

This website is sponsored by the members of the Milam County Genealogical Society. The Milam County Genealogical Society is a member of the Texas State Genealogical Society and the Federation of Genealogical Societies.

The municipality of Milam was officially named by the Texas Consultation of 1835 to replace the municipality of Viesca, which is assumed to have had identical boundaries with the Sterling C. Robertson colony. Robertson and George Childress represented the municipality of Milam at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. With the passage of laws by the First Congress of the republic organizing county governments on December 19 and 20, 1836, the municipality became Milam County.

The Milam County Courthouse burned on April 9, 1874 and all records were destroyed. The only surviving item is one surveyor's notebook that contains no genealogical information. (See: Books On-Line)

Milam County is in east central Texas 150-miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is bordered by Robertson, Burleson, Lee, Williamson, Bell, and Falls counties. Cameron, the county seat, is at the intersection of U.S. highways 77 and 190 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 60-miles northeast of Austin and 140-miles south of Dallas.

The county's center lies 4-miles south of Cameron at 30°47' north latitude and 96°59' west longitude. The present county covers 1,019 square miles of level to slightly rolling terrain at an elevation that ranges from 250 to 600 feet above sea level.

Milam County Calendar of Events

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Milam County Volunteer Opportunities

Milam County Resource Information

Address & Resources (Local Information, Courthouse, Libraries, Appraisal District)

Archives at the USGenWeb Archives Project

Bible Records

Bibliography (Books, Archival/Manuscripts, Theses)

Court Records - Early Appeals (1840-1875)

Famous People & Families

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Fraternal Organizations

Naturalization Records - Index

Newspapers

Political Graveyard

Post Offices

Probates - Index

Publications for sale

Vital Records (Birth, Death, Divorce & Marriage)

Voters' Registration - (1867-1869)

Milam County Genealogical Links

Milam County Genealogical Society

Milam County Genealogical Society - Newsletters (1992-1997)

Milam County Genealogical Society - Publications / Books

Milam County Researchers for Hire

Milam County Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com

Milam County General Links

Milam County Government On-Line

Milam County Sheriff's Office - History of the Department & Slain Officers

Milam County Information

Milam County Agriculture Extension Service

Milam County Historic Jail

Texas Specific Links

Milam County Genealogical Society is a member of the following organizations

Texas State Genealogical Society

Federation of Genealogical Societies

Texas State Genealogical Society
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This web site was awarded Outstanding Website (3rd Place) in
the 2003 TSGS Web Page Competition

This web site was awarded 2nd Place Website in
the 2004 TSGS Web Page Competition

This website was created on 15 Feb 2001 - Most recent revision on 7 Oct 2007
Copyright © 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Lynna Kay Shuffield - All rights reserved.

NOTICE - No USGenWeb or TXGenWeb site has permission to link to this webpage or any webpages contained within this website.
The Coordinator for the Milam County Website is: Lynna Kay Shuffield
P. O. Box 16604
Houston, Texas 77222

Lynna Kay writes "Our Loose Ends" Genealogy Column

Background is the Official Tartan of Texas - Texas Bluebonnet Tartan - designed by June P. McRoberts and adopted on May 25, 1989, by the Texas Legislature In-House Concurrence Resolution No. 242.

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