Welcome to Montgomery County!

Here is a running record of updates to our site.

Date Description New / Updated
07/26/2025 Texas Offers an Original Birth Certificate for Adult Adoptees New
07/24/2025 Montgomery County Cemeteries Recognized By HTC New
06/25/2025 Mittie J Campbell Historical Marker New
06/20/2025 Bruce Jansen has joined us as Co-Coordinator New
03/06/2025 Jean Smoorenburg has passed away New
08/08/2024 August 2024 Genealogy Room Newsletter
New
08/08/2024
July 2024 New Books at the Library
New
08/08/2024
June 2024 New Books at the Library
New
08/08/2024

Obituary of Laura Paulette Simmons Dare Class of 1970
New

06/17/2024
May 2024 New Books at the Library
New

05/07/2024

April 2024 New Books at the Library

New

05/04/2024

DGS Heritage Preservation Award New

04/04/2024

April 2004 Genealogy Room Newsletter
New

04/04/2024
March New Books at the Library
New
03/08/2024

February 2024 New Books at the Library
New

03/02/2024

March 2024 Genealogy Room Newsletter
New

02/03/2024

January 2024 New Books at the Library
New

02/03/2024
February 2024 Newsletter
New
01/07/2024

Lineage Fair January 25 2024 12-3

New
01/07/2024

December 2023 New Books at the Library
New

01/07/2024
Update on Smoorenburg.htm
Updated
01/07/2024
January 2024 Newsletter
New
11/27/2023

Obituary of Carmela "Connie" Armstrong
New

11/07/2023
November-December Newsletter
New
10/31/2023
October New Books in the Library
New
10/04/2023
What's New at the Library
New
10/04/2023
September New Books in the Library
New
10/04/2023
October Newsletter
New
09/26/2023


New books Donated & new Genealogy & History Room Staff photo
New


09/06/2023















Sweetrest Cemetery Transcription
Transcribed in 2002 by
Darlene Madeley Lee, Rita Wiltz
Jolene Custe
r

Best to compare the old and new transciptions

New
Sweetrest Cemetery Transcription
by Annette Kerr in 202
3

New
09/05/2023

New Books at the Library for August 2003
New

09/05/2023

Genealogy & History Room Newsletter for September
New

08/18/2023

New Books at the Library from June 2023 - July 2023
New

08/18/2023

Genealogy & History Room Newsletter for August

New

06/24/2023

New Books at the Library from February 2023 - May 2023
New

05/26/2023

Hickory Grove Cemetery Updates with Obituary of PatChron Nichols
Updated

4/03/2023

Obituary of Evelyn Diane Cranford
Strunk Class of 1970

New

3/21/2023
Major & Margaret Graves have been moved. Updated
3/19/2023


Hickory Grove Cemetery: New Contact info for burials
Updated

3/19/2023


HISTORIC CEMETERIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS updated 19 Mar 2023
Updated

3/10/2023
Obituary of Martha Etta Gandy
New
3/10/2023
Hickory Grove Cemetery Updated
New
3/10/2023
Short YouTube Video on Conroe
New
3/10/2023


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy and History Room for January 2023
New


03/02/2023
What's New at the Library
Updated
03/02/2023
Lookups Volunteers
Updated
02/09/2023
Obituary of Chester Alan Gilson New
1/04/2023


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy and History Room for December 2022
New


12/31/2022

New Genealogy Staff photo & New Genealogy Newsletter
New

12/08/2022

New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy and History Room for November 2022 New

12/3/2022


Obituary of Pat Nichols
Class of 1970
Obituaries of Class of 1970
New


11/12/2022
More on Bays Chapel Community
Updated
11/12/2022
What's New at the Library
Updated
11/09/2022

New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy and History Room for October 2022 New

11/03/2022



Town of Bays Chapel updated with info on Bay's Chapel Community

Their Never was a town called Bays Chapel It was known as Bays Chapel Community
See Bays Chapel Community

Updated



10/21/22

Chaparral Genealogical Society& Library is now permanently closed.

Lone Star College - Tomball Community Library now houses their collection.

See DNA, Genealogy & Lineage Societies for more info

Updated

10/18/2022

Class of 1970 Updated and Obits1970 updated
Updated

09/08/2022


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy and History Room for August 2022
New


08/23/2022
Obituaries from Class of 1970
Updated
08/09/2022
What's New at the Library
Updated
08/09/2022


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy and History Room for July 2022
New

06/30/2022
Obituaries from Class of 1970
New
06/04/2022


Announcing a new librarian in the Genealogy & History Room:
Laura Politte

New


06/04/2022


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy & History Room for
May 2022

New


04/14/2022


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy & History Room for
March 2022

New


01/02/2022

Conroe Community Cemetery Restoration Project Needs your Help
New

12/02/2021

New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy & History Room for November 2021
New


11/08/2021

How can you help restore Conroe Community Cemetery
New

09/06/2021
What's New at the Library
Updated
09/06/2021


New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy & History Room for August 2021
New


09/06/2021
Sacred Heart Historians Seeking Info
New
08/21/2021

Former Montgomery County Hospital site could see $12M renovation
New

08/21/2021

New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy & History Room for July 2021
New

08/21/2021


Sondra Hernandez receives William Harley Gandy Distinguished Service award in 2018
New


8/04/2021
Conroe's First City Hall
New
08/04/2021
Luther W. Allen, Jr.
New
08/03/2021

New Books on the shelf of the Genealogy & History Room from
June 2020 to June 2021

New

08/03/2021

What's New in the Library
They are OPEN!!!!
New

07/05/2021


Updated Cemetery
Contact information as of
June 26, 2021

New


07/02/2021


Photo of Grave of Cpl James Gilford & Ollie Westbrook in Montgomery Memorial Cemetery
New


06/30/2021

Montgomery County Texas
Records & Resources

Updated

06/30/2021

Montgomery Memorial Cemetery
Montgomery County Texas

Updated

06/30/2021

African American Cemeteries of Montgomery County Texas
New

02/11/2021

Old G.I. Dean Cemetery aka Old Dean Cemetery updated
Updated

12/01/2020
Conroe Post Office Mural
New
12/01/2020


Lake Creek Settlement Marker Dedication Ceremony in 201701/2020 in PDF



12/01/2020
Updated Smoorenburg.htm
Updated
12/01/2020

The Early History of Montgomery Texas by Kameron Searle
New

12/01/2020

Andrew Montgomery Never Received a Land Grant from Stephen F. Austin
New

10/7/2020
Class of 1970 updated
Updated
07/28/2020

Oldest commercial building
in Montgomery County gets upgrades

New

07/28/2020

Photo of Liberty School Class of 1935 courtesy of Melissa Stewart
New

07/08/2020


Two Transcriptions of NoName
NoName Cemetery
aka Robinson-Brown Cemetery
aka
St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery New Caney Texas
Update


07/08/2020
Link added to W T Smith Cemetery
Update
07/07/2020

Two Surveys of Lewis Dupree Cemetery & Graveyard
Update

04/2020



According to Carl Smith's facebook page, effective April 2020 he is no longer the Genealogy Librarian at the Montgomery County Library System
New



02/23/2020

Conroe High School Class of 1970 Obits
Updated

02/04/2020
Conroe High School Class of 1970
Updated
1/22/2020
Conroe High School Class of 1970
Updated
1/22/2020

Obits from Conroe High School Class of 1970
Updated

12/16/2019

Montgomery County created this week in 1837
New

12/16/2019

Montgomery Historic Society website is now online
New

11/29/2019

Nick's Cafe and "The Phoenix"

New
11/29/2019


Jane Keppler and Jean Smoorenburg Receive The William Harley Gandy Distinguished Service Award

New


11/29/2019


Carl Smith's Programs at the
Genealogy & History Room
January – March 2020

New


10/10/2019

New Books in the Genealogy & History Room August October 2019

New

10/09/2019

We have a new TXGenWeb State Coordinator, Rob Yoder
New

10/09/2019
Class of 1970 and Obituaries
Updated
09/29/2019
Class of 1970 and Obituaries
Updated
09/03/2019


Carl Smith's Programs at the
Genealogy & History Room
September – December 2019

New


08/14/2019


Our TXGenWeb State Coordinator Shirley Ann (Webb) Cullum passed away. Her obituary.
New


08/13/2019

Announcement: Conroe Community Cemetery Restoration Project is now accepting membership. For more info: contact https://cccrp.org
New



08/01/2019
Dr. Whitson B. "Pete" Etheridge II
New
08/01/2019

Friends, family, remember Late doctor
New

07/17/2019
Obituary of LucilleHopkinsHodge
New
07/15/2019

‘Texian’ poem statue to be unveiled
on Fannin’s birthday July 17

New

07/15/2019

Montgomery County Veterans Memorial Commission’s unveils first monument in new park
New
07/10/2019
Sweetrest Cemetery
Updated
07/10/2019
Updated Buildings
Updated
07/10/2019
The Everett Family
New
07/10/2019

Everett Hardware building demolished after city says it is unsafe
New

07/10/2019



Updated Conroe Community Cemetery for Conroe Community Cemetery Restoration Project aka CCCRP
Updated



07/10/2019

Updated Luther Dorsey, A Buffalo Soldier Laid to Rest in Conroe
Updated

07/10/2019

Obituary of Verna Jean (Hodges) Temple, Class of 1970
New

06/05/2019




Texas Czech Genealogical Society All-Day Seminar, Missing: Our Elusive Family Members-MIAs, Orphans, and Adoption, July 20, 2019, Caldwell, TX 77836
New




06/05/2019


New Instructions for Montgomery County Genealogy and History Preservation Pad
New


04/27/2019
Transcription of Pilgreen Cemetery
New
03/20/2019

April 12-13, 2019 Genealogy Workshop10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Sponsored by the Texas Czech Genealogy Society and the Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center, Temple Texas. This workshop is open to anyone wanting to research their family history, learn how to use internet sources, translate documents, use research books emphasizing Czech immigrants and Czech Republic maps, including Cadastral maps, search for ancestors in the Czech Republic Archives, get individual help with genealogy questions, dating old photos and much more. Registration & Flyer

New
















03/10/2019

Carl Smith's Programs May - August
2019

New

02/06/2019











Carl Smith, the genealogy librarian at Central, will be giving his “Getting Started with FamilySearch” presentation at George Mitchell on Thursday, February28, from 9:30-11:30 am in our large meeting room.
Space is limited. Registration recommended. Register online at www.countylibrary.org/calendar.htm

New











01/14/2019

Oklahoma Cemetery question on death date of Mollie Bell George
Update

01/14/2019

Grand Lake in Grand Central Park–circa 1920 Conroe history by Larry Foerster
New

01/02/2019
Library Programs January - April 2019
New
12/29/2018
Walking Tour of Conroe
New
12/29/2018
Obituary of Mike Allen - Class of 1970
New
12/14/2018



Texas Czech Genealogical Society Seminar, January 26, 2019
Exploring Resources for Discovering Our Roots,
Brochure & Registration
New



11/21/2018
Courtenay Crane Cross Obituary
New
10/01/2018
Hickory Grove Cemetery updated
Update
09/04/2018

Old Danville Cemetery at Rootsweb is now back online
Update

09/04/2018

2018 Genealogy Lock-In Program of Events
October 19, 2018

Update

09/04/2018

2018 Programs in the Genealogy & History Room Updated
Update

08/31/2018















Yell Pine Grove Cemetery:
Sheran McCants, August 31, 2018: The road to the Yell Pine Grove Cemetery was changed to the top of a hill (for safer entrance and exit to 149). The state maintains the road to the cemetery. They took down the sign to the cemetery when the road was changed. My brother-in-law told me that
the state will not put up a sign (because there is a lock on the gate) unless it is declared a Historical Site. (There are plans by the Cemetery Association to put up a sign on our property.)
Update















08/29/2018

New Books at the Library
May -August 2018
searchable PDF
New

08/08/2018

Carl Smith's Programs at the Genealogy & History Room August - December 2018
New

08/01/2018


Mary Alice Hunt's Memories of Grand Lake including a Great map and index of pre1901 fire of Conroe
New


07/25/2018

Obituary of Bobby Lee Puyear
Conroe Class of 1970

New

06/13/2018


1850 Federal Census Montgomery County, Texas Correction p 15 from Tim Collard to Lem Collard
Updated


04/20/2018


Instructions for Using the Preservation Pad Equipment in the Genealogy & History Room
New


03/19/2018

MCMLS Genealogy Programs:
April ‑ July 2018

02/04/2018

We have a New URL for Montgomery County Mail List
Updated

01/15/2018

Nonprofit seeks to save submerged cemetery
New

01/15/2017
Photo of Kenneth Edward Jenkins in Rosewood Cemetery New

01/9/2018

Conroe couple purchases, restores Isaac Conroe home
New

12/20/2017




Genealogy Programs at Other MCMLS

Locations for January 2018


and Genealogy & Local History Room

Programs for February 2018

New




12/20/2017
Samuel Beck Obituary
New
12/07/2017

Central Library in Conroe to be Closed Entire Month of January 2018
New

12/03/2017

Sanders Cemetery Historical Marker Dedication
New

12/03/2017
U.S. – Mexican War Roster
New
11/19/2017

Retired Conroe educator DeFee still hits the gym at age 99
New

11/19/2017
Jeanette DeFee Day
New
11/19/2017

Montgomery County Clerk has a new page
New

10/17/2017
Obituary of Ruth Ophelia Hogan
New
10/04/2017

Carl Smith's Programs at the Genealogy & History Room October – December 2017
New

08/03/2017
Obituary of Robert Melvin Westmoreland
New
07/25/2017
Sapp Cemetery, Photos added
Updated
07/24/2017
Sapp Cemetery Updated
Updated
06/23/2017
DNA, Genealogy & Societies
Updated
06/03/2017

New Presentation Pad made it's debut at the library on June 1, 2017
New

05/07/2017

New Photos Willis Cemetery - April 27, 2017
New

05/07/2017

Genealogy and History room's New Preservation Pad
New

04/07/2017


What's New at the Library as of
March 31, 2017
New books & Microfilm
New


04/06/2017

First Annual Montgomery County Historicade Oct 25-28, 1949
New

04/02/2017

Carl Smith's Programs at the Genealogy & History Room, April September 2017
New

03/05/2017
Lake Creek Settlement Preserving History
New
02/14/2017


Historians, county officials hope someone
can move Carter home, Stewart Law Office

New


02/14/2017



First Recipient, Ms. Kay Lynn Dawes, of William Harley Gandy Distinguished Service Award, February 28, 2017

New



02/14/2017

Dedication Ceremony for Texas Historical Commission Marker for Lake Creek Settlement February 25, 2017 New

01/23/2017


Former County Judge hopes to move war memorial park
New


01/21/2017


Additional Biography of Taylor, William Stanhope (1819–1869) by Norman B. Taylor
New


01/20/2017



Update on Transcription of Elizabeth Shaw Cartwright Cemetery aka Cartwright Sunday Cemetery by Karen Hugo
New



01/14/2017

What's New at the Library as of
December 31, 2016

New

12/19/2016


Carl Smith's Programs at the Genealogy & History Room January - March 2017
New