M.P. Baker Library
Genealogy Resources
Local History
- Old Jail Library and Museum Panola County Historical and Genealogical Association
- Sammy Brown Library Public Library in Carthage, Texas
Panola College Digital Collection
- Black Gold Interviews about life in the 1970's of African American communities in the Panola County area.
- The Loblolly Gary High School students created this publication for the purpose of preserving and providing information about their community's past so that they may better understand the present world.
- Panola Oral History Collection Collection of audio recordings and written transcripts of Interviews by students of local people and family members. Years range from 1986 to 1999.
Panola Watchman Newspapers
- Available online from 1961-1998.
- Microfilm for the years 1873-1881 and 1896-2016 are available at the M.P. Baker Library at Panola College.
- Microfilm for the years 1882-1895 are unavailable.
Portal to Texas History
- Black Gold Interviews about life in the 1970's of African American communities in the Panola County area.
- East Texas Register Newspaper published in Carthage, Texas. Years 1920 (vol.19) and 1921 (vol. 20) are available.
- Loblolly Gary High School student publication available from 1973 to 2003.
- Panola Watchman Panola County, Texas newspaper.
- Pony Express The student newspaper includes news of interest to the Panola College community from 1948 to 2009.
- The Fighting Men of the Indian Wars Bill O'Neal's Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion.
Sanborn Maps
- Texas Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 Historic Texas city and town maps.
- Texas Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1877-1922 The University of Texas at Austin Libraries
- Library of Congress Digital Collection of Sanborn Map
Texas Newspapers
Other Genealogy Resources
- Ancestry.com Texas Free access to digitized materials made available for Texas residents
- Consumer Affairs DNA Testing and Ancestry Website Guide
- Family Search Free access to historical record collections from around the world
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission Digitized Archival Collections available