This map is great, thanks for giving the information to us. However, it really doesn't answer answer the question as to what counties are considered to be part of "East Texas", the counties included in the coverage of the East-Texas-Roots list. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/map/txregion.htm The top section on the Texas Map is divided into sections: the top east section is called Counties in the north eastern region of Texas and the following counties are included in it. Counties in the north eastern region of Texas 33 Anderson County 5 Bowie County 19 Camp County 13 Cass County 34 Cherokee County 6 Collin County 14 Dallas County 8 Delta County 25 Ellis County 2 Fannin County 10 Franklin County 32 Freestone County 1 Grayson County 23 Gregg County 22 Harrison County 27 Henderson County 9 Hopkins County 38 Houston County 7 Hunt County 15 Kaufman County 3 Lamar County 37 Leon County 31 Limestone County 39 Madison County 21 Marion County 12 Morris County 35 Nacagdoches County (shouldn't this be spelled "Nacogdoches"? 26 Navarro County 30 Panola County 17 Rains County 4 Red River County 24 Rockwall County 29 Rusk County 36 Shelby County 28 Smith County 11 Titus County 20 Upshur County 16 Van Zandt County 18 Wood County To click on the section below the above region, we find: Counties in the Southeastern Region of Texas and includes these counties: 8 Angelina County 21 Austin County 1 Bastrop County 32 Brazoria County 4 Brazos County 3 Burleson County 30 Calhoun County 34 Chambers County 20 Colorado County 11 Fayette County 26 Fort Bend County 33 Galveston County 5 Grimes County 29 Hardin County 27 Harris County 24 Jackson County 17 Jasper County 35 Jefferson County 19 Lavaca County 2 Lee County 28 Liberty County 31 Matagorda County 13 Montgomery County 18 Newton County 36 Orange County 15 Polk County 10 Sabine County 9 San Augustine County 14 San Jacinto County 7 Trinity County 16 Tyler County 23 Victoria County 6 Walker County 22 Waller County 12 Washington County 25 Wharton County However, some people consider "East Texas " an area of it's own, the boundary is undefined by most, but most likely a combined area to create from the Red River south to the Gulf. Some purists consider East Texas to be somewhere below Bowie County but before you get to the coast and doesn't start until you get well past Dallas to the east... I was more than surprised to discover Dallas, according to this map, is included in the "north east" region of Texas when by all other counts we are in the North Central region. So, I guess the answer to the question of "where is East Texas" depends on where you think it is, all counties are covered, whether it be "north east, east, or southeast Texas or somewhere in the middle of the North east and Southeast.:) I'm just glad to have a list available to cover such a varied area for all researchers.. Jo Autrey jmautrey@email.msn.com ----- Original Message ---- > Sharon Church wrote: > > > > Would you please post the names of the counties considered to be in > > East Texas? or a description of the boundries, like from Titus county > > on the west to Bowie on the east, to Panola on the south. > > Something like that. > > Thanks, > > Sharon Church > > -- > Southwest/South Central CC Representative, USGenWeb Advisory Board > Personal page http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/gmayfield/index.html > TX Tombstone Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Texas/ > Texas Surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/txsurnames.html > Panola County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpanola/ > Rusk County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm >