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Projects

• Early Texas Families 
• Lone Star Junction  a Texas history resoruce
• Texas Genealogy & History  The TXGenWeb Project     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Texas Heritage Online  Unified online access to Texas' historical documents and images
• Texas History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Texas History and Genealogy      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• The Texian Empire      (Source: American Local History Network)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Blogs

• Texas History & Genealogy Blog 

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (18)

Court and Legal Records

• Black Sheep Ancestors  Directory of Links for Prison and Convict Records, Court Records, Executions, Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Bandits
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Statewide County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Texas Executions 

Directories

• Texas City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Texas City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Ethnic (31)

History (30)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (11)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Texas General Land Office 
• Texas Land Title Abstracts      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Lookups

• Obituary Lookup Volunteers 
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Forum  Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Virginias, the Carolinas and the Deep South
• H-Texas  H-Net Discussion Network on Life & Culture in Texas

• TEXAS-L Texas Genealogy

  • TEXAS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TEXAS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TEXAS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TEXAS-ROOTS-L Texas, especially Germans in the 19th century

  • TEXAS-ROOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TEXAS-ROOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TEXAS-ROOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TX-HISTORY-L Texas History

  • TX-HISTORY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX-HISTORY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX-HISTORY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TX-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in Texas

  • TX-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TX-TEXSTATE-L Texas Genealogy

  • TX-TEXSTATE-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX-TEXSTATE-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX-TEXSTATE-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (75)

Military Records and Histories (31)

Miscellaneous Data (11)

Newspaper Records

• Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives  Texas     (Source: GenDisasters)
• Old Texas Genealogy, History & News      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)
• Personal...But Polite  Newspaper Extracts of Personal Columns
• Search Texas Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Directory of Texas Funeral Homes 
• Genealogical Gleanings from Texas Obituaries & Death Records      (Source: GenealogyMagazine.com)
• Miscellaneous Texas Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• National Hall of Records  The National Repository for Online Obituaries
• Obituaries 101  Links to newspapers with obituaries
• Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: ObituariesHelp.org)
• Texas Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• History of Education in Texas  1903     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Texas Old High School & College Yearbooks      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Death Indexes from 1964-1998      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Map Collection Search  Archives & Manuscripts, Texas State Library
• Republic Claims Search  Texas State Library
• Texas Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)
• Texas Divorces Search Engine  1968-2002
• Texas Marriage Search Engine  1966-2002
• Texas Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
• USGenNet Texas Site Search      (Source: USGenNet)
• USGenWeb Search 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• All God's Children Got Wings  Tribute to Former Slaves of Texas
• Shackles on my Feet  African American Laws of 19th-Century Texas
• The Slave Narratives of Texas      (Source: AfriGeneas)
• Texas - 1850 US Federal Census_Slave      (Source: Family Search Indexes - Flash required for access)
• Texas Slavery      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• The USF Africana Heritage Project 

Societies (23)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (23)

Tax Lists

• Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, Texas  1865-1866     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• A Financial History of Texas      (Source: Google Book Search)
• The Fiscal History of Texas      (Source: Google Book Search)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Texas Historic Light Station Information & Photography 
• Texas Transportation Archive  Transportation history, photographs, and employee records

Vital Records (25)

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