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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• Texas Heritage Online  Unified online access to Texas' historical documents and images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)
• The Texian Empire      (Source: American Local History Network)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Ancestor Lineages of Members  Texas Society, National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, Volume 1      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, Volume 2      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families  Family records of 3,000 Anglo-American settlers of Mexican Texas     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Texas Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Texas Family Group Sheet Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Texas GEDCOM Index 

Blogs

• Genealogy Blog Archive for Texas 
• Texas History & Genealogy Blog 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Texas  Independent Genealogy Resource
• Confederate Veterans Buried in Texas 
• Grave Locations Of Restoration Movement Leaders In Texas      (Source: The Restoration Movement)
• Historic Texas Cemeteries      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)
• Historic Texas Cemetery Program  The Texas Historical Commission
• Save Texas Cemeteries 
• Texas African American Cemeteries      (Source: African American Cemeteries Online)
• Texas Cemetery Directory  D'Addezio.com
• Texas Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)

Census Records and Indexes (5)

Court and Legal Records

• Black Sheep Ancestors  Directory of Links for Prison and Convict Records, Court Records, Executions, Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Bandits
• Texas Executions 

Ethnic (23)

History

• History of Texas      (Source: Wikipedia)
• The Portal to Texas History 
• Texas Beyond History  The Virtual Museum of Texas' Cultural Heritage
• Texas Historical Time Line 
• Texas History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Texas Treasures  An online exhibit of historical artifacts and documents

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Texas      (Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia)
  • Texas Baptist History      (Source: Baptist History Homepage)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Earthquake History of Texas 
  • Hurricane Carla Hits Texas Coast, Sept 1961      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Texas Tornadoes 1950-1995      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (10)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Texas General Land Office 
• Texas Land Title Abstracts      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• The Handbook of Texas Online 
• Historic House Museums & Historic Structures 
• Historic House Museums in Texas 
• Historical Museum Guide for Texas      (Source: Census Finder)
• Texas Archival Paper Collection, 1941-1957  Texas Division     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)
• Texas Archival Resources Online 
• Texas Public Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Texas Records      (Source: Footnote)     ($)
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission 

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 (66)

Military Records and Histories (25)

Miscellaneous Data

• Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Confederate Indigent Families Lists (1863-1865)  Texas State Library
• Early Texas Settlers  1700s-1800s     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Genealogy Surnames in Texas      (Source: Surnames By Town)
• Heritage Books      ($)
• Republic Claims Search  Texas State Library
• Texas Materials      (Source: Quintin Publications)     ($)

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• 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 Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Penny Postcards from Texas      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Slices of Time  Reuniting lost family photographs with their families     ($)
• Texas Libraries      (Source: Post Card Library)
• Texas Old Photos      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Texas Panoramic Photos  1905-1941     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Texas Photographs - People      (Source: DeadFred: The Original Online Genealogy Photo Archive)
• Texas Postcards      (Source: USGenWeb)
• U. S. Historical Postcards  1901-1960     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Family Photo Collection  c. 1850-2000     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• 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 Slavery      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• The USF Africana Heritage Project 

Societies (19)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (25)

Tax Lists

• 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

• Texas Historic Light Station Information & Photography 
• Texas Transportation Archive  Transportation history, photographs, and employee records

Vital Records (22)

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