Resources

Texas Researcher

~ Addresses - this page from the TEXAS STATE LIBRARY provides addresses and phone numbers of all TEXAS county and district clerks' offices

 

~ Books Online

~~ The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days, by Noah Smithwick

 

~ Calculate birth dates based on age at death from gravestones. This Web site will do the calculation for you.

~ Cemeteries of TX

~ Cyndi's List - U.S. - Texas - a quick click gives you a comprehensive list of Texas sites from the Master Lister, Cyndi Howells.

~ Database from RootsWeb - the link below is a fully searchable databases [Birth and Marriage databases were removed from Rootsweb]

~~ Texas Death Records - (1964-1998) contains 3,963,456 Records

~ Index of TexGenWeb Counties 

 

~ Land Grants In Texas - information about land grants and how to get copies

 

~ Lone Star Junction: A Texas Almanac - Great Texas site and they support the efforts of the TexGenWeb

 

~ Marriage and Divorce Records in Texas - Information about obtaining these types of records in Texas

 

~ Military Service Records - an online index of Texas service records from 1836-1935

~ Newspaper Collection - The Center for American History at the University of Texas has a search engine for 2,997 historic Texas newspapers. Holdings are at UT.

 

~ State Library Genealogy Collection - describes holdings at the library and online capabilities

 

~ Texas counties (all TXGenWeb sites)

~ Texas Handbook Online - a great Texas reference resource, with search feature

~ Texas Ranger Research Center - site includes the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame

 

~ Texas Slavery Project - A collection of information about slaves in the state

~ Texas Tombstone Transcription Project - a volunteer effort that benefits us all

 

~ Vital Statistics - Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics--the agency responsible for the task of recording all the births, deaths, marriages and divorces in Texas

 

Last update:  Sunday, 01-May-2005 17:49:55 MDT