General Resource Sites

• AccessGenealogy - Texas Genealogy Resource Center 
• American Local History Network - Texas 
• Ancestor Search - Texas Genealogy Search Engines 
• Ancestors: Resource Guide - Texas 
  Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
• Ancestry.com - Texas Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
• ePodunk 
  Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• Family Tree Connection - Texas Resources 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Texas 
• Genealogy in Texas and Beyond 
  Data and links to genealogical/historical societies and other resources for those doing research in Texas.
• Geneasearch: A Guide to Texas Genealogy 
  Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
• Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties 
  Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
• G Spot United States Adoption Registry for Texas 
• Kindred Trails - Texas Genealogy Resources 
• Lineages.com - Texas Research Room 
• Lonestar Genealogy 
  Texas Genealogy web site with an extensive surname list. Featuring auto posting.
• Lonestar Genealogy Web Ring 
• Looking 4 Kin - Texas 
• Lower Rio Grande Valley / Northeast Mexico Genealogical Research 
  Bibliography of materials which are useful to those doing Hispanic genealogical research on families connected with South Texas and Northeast Mexico. Many materials are avaiable through interlibrary loan.
• Migrations Across Texas 
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: U.S.A. Genealogy - Texas 
• South Texas Genealogy 
• StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Texas 
• Surname Navigator USA 
  A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
• TexMex Family History Research: Genealogy/Geneology 
  People and place names of thousands of professionally taken photographs of South Texas 1890-1930s, most around 1920; extraction of various US Census and county vital records are listed with an emphasis on the GUERRA, HINOJPSA and MORIN surnames. Starr, Cameron and Hidalgo Counties, Texas, World War I Draft Cards of 1917-1918.
• USGenWeb - TXGenWeb Project 
• Websites at RootsWeb 
  • ROOTS-L United States Resources: Texas 
    Comprehensive list of research links, including many to history-related sites.
  • RootsWeb Message Boards - Texas 
  • Texas at RootsWeb 
    State-specific resources hosted at RootsWeb.
  • TX Resources at RootsWeb 
• WorldVitalRecords.com - Texas 
  An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.

Government & Cities

• 50states.com - Texas State Information Resource 
  A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
• City Directories Available in the State Archives 
  Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
• County and District Clerks 
  Contact information by county.
• Court Web Sites - Texas 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
• FindLaw: Texas: Courts 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
• NACo - About Counties - Texas 
  From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
• Official City Web Sites for the State of Texas 
• Peelle's County Recorder Directory 
  Listing of addresses and phone numbers for all the county recorders.
• Public Records Online 
  Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
• State of Texas Government Information 
• USA CityLink Project - Texas 
• Yahoo! Get Local...Texas Counties and Regions  or Cities
  Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.

History & Culture

• Civilian Conservation Corps Index of States/Camp Listing 
  • Texas 
• The Forty Eighters 
  From the Handbook of Texas Online. Oriented towards Texas Germans but interesting general information on this immigrant group.
• Ghost Towns of Texas 
• The Handbook of Texas Online 
  A six-volume encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture, published in 1996. More than 23,000 articles.
• Cross Timbers Historic Images Project 
  Collection of 19th and 20th century historic images from the Cross Timbers area of Central Texas, including but not limited to Erath County, Hamilton County, Hood County, Somervell County, Palo Pinto County, and Comanche County. The Cross Timbers Historic Images Project is done in cooperation with the Dick Smith Library at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
• King's Highway Project - El Camino Réal de los Tejas 
  From the Texas Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
• Lone Star Junction: A Texas Almanac 
• The McArdle Notebooks - Texas State Library 
  Henry McArdle's battle paintings, Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto, have become Texas icons. The painstaking detail of the paintings was reflected in exhaustive research. McArdle's notebooks are packed with letters, notes, and photographs documenting the paintings and the events they depict.
• Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas 
  For the study and dissemination of information about the DeWitt Colony in the period 1700-1846.
• Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program 
  From the Texas Historical Commission. Project to preserve and protect this historic courthouses of Texas.
• Texas History Links - Texas State Historical Association 
• Texas History Timeline 
• Texas Landmarks & Vanished Communities 
  Interactive Listing of Texas Landmarks including cemeteries, vanished communities, and others for genealogy researchers.
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Historic Sites and Exhibits 
• The Turnverein Movement 
  From the Handbook of Texas Online. Oriented towards Texas Germans but interesting general information on these German social clubs.
• Victoria County Brands 
  Ranchers' names with examples of brands for 1838-1896 from Victoria County, Texas.
• Yahoo!...History...Texas 

How To

• Ancestry.com - Texas Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
• FamilySearch Research Guidance - Research Outline - Texas 
  This outstanding outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your ancestors. It explains terms associated with this state's particular genealogy research and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.

Immigration

• Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of Galveston, Texas 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• Galveston: Ellis Island of the West 
  A book by Bernard Marinbach.
• Galveston, Texas - Immigrant & Passenger Arrivals - Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
  Lists of microfilm roll numbers from the National Archives and Records Administration.
• ISTG - Galveston Arrivals - Vol. 1 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - Galveston Arrivals - Vol. 2 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - Galveston Arrivals - Vol. 3 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - Galveston Arrivals - Vol. 4 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - Galveston Arrivals - Vol. 5 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists to Texas 
  Search for ships passengers on ships to Texas. Search by year or use my Ships to Texas search engine. NARA & FHC film numbers are provided for ships 1820-1957.
• Passengers on Ships Arriving in Galveston in 1885 
• Ships Passenger Lists Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871 
  A book by the Galveston County Genealogical Society.
• Texas Tortuga Press 
  Online searchable index of surnames and ship names for immigration from Germany to Texas 1865-1869.
• Texas Seaport Museum 
  Located in the historic port of Galveston, the Texas Seaport Museum explores Texas' history of seaborne commerce and immigration.
  • Galveston Immigration Database 
    Computerized database of 130,000 passengers who disembarked in Galveston from the period 1846-1948. Searchable at the Museum itself or by mail for a fee.
    • Accessing the Galveston Immigration Database 
    • Frequently Asked Questions 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Abell Library - Austin College  ~ Texas
• American Cotton Museum  ~ Greenville, Texas
• Catholic Archives of Texas 
• Center for American History  ~ Austin
  From the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Research and Collections Division 
    • Archives & Manuscripts 
      Contains nearly 70,000 linear feet & comprise more than 7000 individual collections. These collections reflect the collecting scope of the Center, namely, the history of Texas, the Southwest, the South, and the Rocky Mountain West, the history of the University of Texas, congressional history, & specific national-in-scope topics, including media history & the history of the professional touring entertainment industry.
    • Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection 
      Holds more than 130,000 books & periodicals about Texas, published in Texas, or produced by writers strongly associated with Texas.
    • George W. Littlefield Southern History Collection 
      One of the nation's principal resources for research on topics related to the history of the eleven states that seceded from the Union.
    • Maps 
      More than 35,000 printed & manuscript maps which date from 1513 to the present. These cartographic resources depict many geographic areas throughout the world, but their special strengths relate to Texas, the U.S. South, the U.S. Southwest & Mexico.
      • Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
        Alphabetical index gives locations and years available.
    • Newspapers 
      The Center's Newspaper Collections contain more than 4,500 Texas, Southern, U.S., and non-U. S. titles and is the largest collection of its kind in Texas.
      • Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation 
        Listing of more than 600 Texas newspapers indexed by ethnic, religious, professional, or political orientation.
    • Professional Touring Entertainment Industry Archive 
      Supported by the Society for the Preservation of Professional Touring Entertainment History to document the touring entertainment industry's history.
    • Subject Guides to Collections 
      • African-American History Resources - Table of Contents 
      • Genealogy Research Resources 
      • German-American Titles 
      • Latino History & Culture 
      • Mexican American History Resources - Table of Contents 
      • Plantation Resources 
      • Ship Passenger Lists, 1842-1854 
      • Slaves and Slavery Resources 
      • Swedes in Texas 
      • Texas Colonial Period 
        Resources for genealogical research during the Texas colonial period, 1585-1836.
      • Texas Jewish Collections 
      • Texas Revolution Resources 
    • Texas Directories 
      A significant collection of telephone directories for most Texas cities & towns from roughly the late 19th century through the present day. Index provides alphabetical listing of locations & years available.
    • Western Americana Collection 
      Contains materials documenting the historical development of the western United States, with special focus on the Rocky Mountain West.
• Chappell Hill Historical Museum 
• Dallas Public Library 
• Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library 
  At the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
• DeGolyer Library: Collections  ~ Dallas, Texas
  From Southern Methodist University. Includes the Baldwin Locomotive collection, the Muskogee collection, and more.
• East Texas Research Center 
  From the Stephen F. Austin State University. Holds personal, corporate, and county records. Also holds newspapers, obituaries, and oral histories.
• Family History Center - The Colony, Texas 
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • Texas 
• FamilySearch - Family History Centers in Texas 
  A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
• Fort Worth Public Library 
  • Fort Worth Public Library Genealogy, History & Archives 
• George Bush Presidential Library and Museum 
• Houston Public Library 
  • Clayton Library - Center for Genealogical Research 
  • Texas and Local History Collection 
• Hill College - Harold B. Simpson History Complex 
  The Confederate Research Center was founded in 1963. Includes information on both Confederate and Union soldiers.
• LIBCAT: US - Texas 
  A directory of library resources on the Internet.
• LibDex - The Library Index - Texas 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• The Lower Rio Grande Valley Historical Collection 
  At the University of Texas - Pan American Library. Holds materials dealing with the geographic area from Laredo to Corpus Christi south to Brownsville, Texas and the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León and Coahuila
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum 
• Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - Texas 
• Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum 
  • Library & Archives 
• Paso al Norte Museum  ~ El Paso
  Preserves the history of El Paso as the "Ellis Island of the Southwest".
• PublicLibraries.com - Texas 
• Repositories of Primary Sources: Texas 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
• San Antonio Public Library 
  • Genealogy 
• Sophienburg Museum & Archives 
  "Dedicated to the preservation of the history of German settlement in New Braunfels and German genealogy in Texas and the West".
• Texas Baptist Historical Collection 
• Texas Family History Centers 
  A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
• Texas Prison Museum  ~ Huntsville
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum  ~ Waco
  • Texas Ranger Research Center 
    • Texas Rangers: Killed in the Line of Duty 
• Texas Seaport Museum 
  Located in the historic port of Galveston, the Texas Seaport Museum explores Texas' history of seaborne commerce and immigration.
  • Galveston Immigration Database 
    Computerized database of 130,000 passengers who disembarked in Galveston from the period 1846-1948. Searchable at the Museum itself or by mail for a fee.
    • Accessing the Immigration Database 
    • Frequently Asked Questions 
• Texas State Library & Archives Commission 
  • Archives and Manuscripts 
  • County Records Available on Microfilm - Texas State Library 
    List of microfilmed holdings for counties in Texas, available at various libraries throughout the state.
  • Genealogy Resources 
  • Library Catalog of Texas State Agencies 
  • Reference/Documents Collection 
  • Sam Houston Center 
• United Methodist Church Annual Conference Archives Directory 
  List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
• University of Texas Libraries Online 
  • Center for American History 
  • Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection 
    Nearly 900,000 books, periodicals, & pamphlets, 2,500 linear feet of manuscripts, 19,000 maps, 21,000 microforms, 11,500 broadsides, 93,500 photographs, & 38,000 other items from & about Latin America, & on materials relating to Latinos in the US. Latin America is here defined to include Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean island nations, South America, & areas of the US during the period they were a part of the Spanish Empire or Mexico.
    • Mexican Archives at the Benson Latin American Collection 
  • Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 
• The University of Texas-Pan American Library 
  • Lower Rio Grande Valley Collection 
    Specializes in materials for southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Locality Specific

• Guerrero Viejo 
  Texas town settled in 1750. The site includes census records, images and genealogies.
• Piney Woods Rooters of Southeast Texas 

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Texas Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: USA/TX 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• 8TH-TEXAS-CAVALRY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the 8th Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers), Confederate States of America. Archives: browse or search.
• 11TH-TEXAS-CAVALRY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the 11th Texas Cavalry, Confederate States of America. Archives: browse or search.
• 17TH-TX-CAVALRY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the 17th Texas Cavalry, Confederate States of America. Archives: browse or search.
• GERMAN-TEXAN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in German and Central European immigrants to Texas, especially Germans in the 19th century. Archives: browse or search.
• LA-TX Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Texas and Louisiana. Archives: browse or search.
• NORTH-TX Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in North Texas.
• PGST Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas and resources available for researching Polish ancestry.
• TEXAHOMA-ROOTS-L Mailing List 
  Oklahoma & Texas.
• TexasGenealogy Maling List 
• TEXAS-ROOTS Mailing List 
• TMG-NORTHTX-USERS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding The Master Genealogist (TMG) software program that has been presented at the North Texas TMG Users Group Meeting.
• TX-AFAM-GEN Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching their African American genealogy in Texas. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-AfriGeneas Mailing List 
  To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Texas.
• TX-BAPTIST Mailing List 
  For genealogical interests in the Baptist churches in Texas from pre-Republic times to the mid-1950s. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-CATHOLIC Mailing List 
  For genealogical interests in the Catholic Church in Texas from the early Spanish settlement through the 1950s. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-CEMETERIES Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in locating and preserving historical information about Texas cemeteries.
• TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the preservation of historic Texas cemeteries.
• TX-COTTON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in cotton farming in Texas and their ancestors who participated in it.
• TX-CIVIL-WAR Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Texans during the Civil War including those who fought in the war, lived in Texas at the time, or applied for pensions from or in Texas. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-CW-10thCav Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the role of the 10th Texas Calvary during the Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-CZECH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the immigrants from Czechoslovakia to Texas in the 1840-1930 timeframe.
• TX-EARLY-LEADERS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in early political officers, both appointed and elected, in Texas. Archives: browse or search.
• TXGW-NEWS Mailing List 
  A read-only mailing list for those researchers who are interested in receiving "The TXGenWeb Project News and Review" newsletter.
• TX_HILL_COUNTRY Mailing List 
• TX-HOUSTON-LIGHT-GUARD Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Houston (Texas) Light Guard and the men who belonged to the unit in the late-1800s. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-Landmark Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Texas landmarks and vanished communities.
• TX-LUTHERAN Mailing List 
  For genealogical interests in the Lutheran church in Texas from pre-Republic times to the mid-1950s. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-METHODIST Mailing List 
  For genealogical interests in the Methodist church in Texas. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-MEX Mailing List 
  For anyone with ancestors who immigrated to Texas from Mexico. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-OILGEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the people who participated in the Texas Oil Boom (1901-1930s). Archives: browse or search.
• TX-POLISH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the immigrants from Poland to Texas in the 1840-1930 timeframe.
• TX-REVOLUTION Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching ancestors who fought in the Texas Revolution against Mexico (1835-1836). Archives: browse or search.
• TX-SHARECROP Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Texas sharecroppers and the problems in tracing them. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-VETERANS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in those who signed up for military service in Texas and/or participated in military operations in Texas during the Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I. Archives: browse or search.
• WESTEX-ROOTS 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in West Texas.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• 1895 U.S. Atlas - Texas 
  Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
• American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Texas 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Texas 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - Texas 
  Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
• Color Landform Atlas: Texas 
  Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
• Defunct Counties of Texas 
  Article by R. L. Batts in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association.
• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) 
  From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
• K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - Texas 
• Map of Texas Counties (North) , (Southeast) , (Southwest) 
• MapQuest: World Atlas: Texas 
• The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Texas Maps 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Map of Texas Counties 
  • Texas Department of Transportation County Maps 
• RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo 
  Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
• Texas County Locator 
  Choose from list of all Texas counties and that county's position will be displayed.
• Texas General Land Office Archives - Map Collection 
• Texas Historic Sites Atlas 
  Presented by the Texas Historical Commission. The Atlas features more than 200,000 site records, including data on Official Texas Historical Markers and National Register of Historic Places properties in Texas. Also included are courthouses, museums, and sawmills across the state. You can search by Historic Designation, Keyword, County, Address, or Site Name.
• Texas Map Collection 
• Texas Original Land Owner County Maps 
  CD-ROM for sale of scanned images of original land owner maps for various Texas counties.
• University of Texas at Arlington - Map Collections 
• U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Texas County Selection Map 
• U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Texas 
  At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library 
  • Texas Digital Map Library 
• Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Texas 
  Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.

Military

• 1st Texas Sharp Shooters, Burnet's Battalion, CSA 
• 4th Texas Infantry Co.K 
• 4th Texas Co. E "The Lone Star Guard" 
• 7th Texas Cavalry - Company B, 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers (Confederate) 
  Muster roll and unit history for this Confederate Civil War unit. Composed primarily of German-Texans from Comal County, Texas.
• 7th Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment 
• 9th Brigade, Texas Militia, Texas State Troops 
• 9th Texas Cavalry, CSA 
• 9th Texas Artillery, CSA 
• 9th Texas Infantry, CSA 
• 11th Texas Cavalry 
  Complete listing of regimental personnel, with service records and resources used. Unit history, with listing of engagements.
• 20th Texas Cavalry, Company B - Martin's Company (Dismounted) 
• 29th Texas Cavalry, CSA 
• 34th Texas Cavalry 
• 37th Texas Cavalry (Terrell's), CSA 
  The home of Terrell's Texas Cavalry and research and documentation of the "Forgotten Confederates" - Black, Hispanic, Native American, Jewish, and others.
• The Alamo 
• Alphabetical List of San Jacinto Veterans 
• Adjutant General Texas Volunteers (Spanish-American War) Records, 1898-1902 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Military Records 
• Ancestry.com - WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - Texas 
  Scanned images available by subscription.
• The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Texas 
• Civil War Battle Summaries by State - Texas 
• Civil War Rosters - Texas 
  List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
• The Civil War Round Table of Dallas 
• Colonel Buchel's 1st Confederate Texas Cavalry Regiment 
  A bi-lingual English/German web site on Colonel Buchel's 1st Confederate Texas Cavalry Regiment.
• Company E, 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry - Invincibles 
  The Corsicana Invincibles.
• Company F, 6th Texas Cavalry, The Lancaster Guard 
  A brief sketch and list of the members of Co. F., "Stone's Regiment", part of Ross' Texas Brigade.
• Company I, 18th Texas Cavalry 
  Brief sketch and list of the members of Company I, Darnell's Regiment, later Company H, Granbury's Consolidated Texas Brigade.
• Confederate Indigent Families Lists (1863-1865) - Texas State Library 
  Please be aware that only an index of names appears at this site. Linda Mearse has transcribed the records on file in the State Archives in her book, Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865. In order to help preserve the original records, please request the Mearse transcription through interlibrary loan.
• Confederate Pension Records 
  From the Texas State Electronic Library. Searchable database of Confederate pensions filed in the state of Texas. Provides access to indexed names, county of residence, and pension number of some 54,634 approved, rejected, and home pensions issued by the Texas government between 1899 and 1975.
• Confederate Soldiers of Northeast Texas 
• CSA - 2nd Texas Cavalry CO. K 
  Military & Genealogy information about the men that served in CO K. This Regiment was also known as the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles.
• Dresden's Texas Cavalry Company I, 19th Cavalry Regiment 
• Flags of the Texas Revolution 
• Fourth Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment 
• Fouty's Company - Company G 15th Texas Infantry Regiment 
• Gould’s Battalion - 6th Texas Cavalry Battalion 
• Halbert's Company - Company E 15th Texas Infantry Regiment 
• Index to Confederate Pension Applications 
• Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 
• Internment of German Americans in the United States During World War II 
• Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Texas 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
• Lockhart's Company G or H, 20th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) 
• McKie's Company - Company F, Morgan's Texas Cavalry 
• Martin's Company - Company B, 20th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) 
• Milam County, Texas: List of Honor 
  Individuals Who Have Given Their Lives in the Defense of Their Country from World War I through Vietnam.
• Molloy's Men, Company H, 20th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) 
• Moss's Company - 13th Texas Infantry Regiment, Company E 
• Muster Roll Captain R. R. Sissell's Company, Hopkins County, Texas 1861 
• Name Index to the Military Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas 
• Official Historic Web site of the 10th Texas Infantry 
• Parsons' Texas Cavalry Brigade 
• RandysTexas 
  Regimental history and complete roster for the 18th Texas Infantry, CSA.
• San Jacinto Monument and Museum 
• Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas 
  For the study and dissemination of information about the DeWitt Colony in the period 1700-1846.
  • War of Independence 1832-1836 
• Terry's Texas Rangers Online Archive 
  Dedicated to gathering, preserving, and sharing the history of Terry's Texas Rangers (8th Texas Cavalry Regiment), 1861-1865.
• Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935 
• Texas Army of 1836 
  Alphabetical roster of men present at the battle of San Jacinto, the Harrisburg Camp, at Gonzales, at the Seige of Bexar, at the Alamo before its fall, or at Goliad.
• Texas Confederate War Journals 
• Texas In The Civil War Message Board 
  History and genealogy research site for the discussion of Texas and Texans in the Civil War.
• Texas Revolution 
• Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Texas 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
• VLB | Texas Veterans Homes | Index 
• Winkler's Company - Company I, 4th Texas Volunteer Infantry 
  The Navarro Rifles.
• World War II Internment Camps 
  From the Handbook of Texas Online.

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - Texas - Newspapers and News Sources 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records 
• Austin American-Statesman 
• The Dallas Morning News 
• Home Town News - Texas 
  Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
• Houston Chronicle Interactive 
• Lubbock Online 
• My San Antonio.com - From KENS 5 and the San Antonio Express-News 
• Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Obituaries 
  Held at the Stephen F. Austin State University.
• NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: Texas 
• NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Texas 
• Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Texas 
• Newspaper Collection 
  Texas newspaper collection held at the Stephen F. Austin State University.
• NewspaperLinks.com - Texas 
• TheOldenTimes.com: Old Texas News 
  Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
• OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Texas 
• ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Texas Newspapers 
• San Antonio Express-News Online 
• Texas Newspaper Project 
• Tracing Our Roots
  Column by Brenda Burns Kellow.
• The United States Newspaper Program 
  Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
  • Texas 
• US Newspaper Links - Texas Newspapers 
• World-newspapers.com - Texas Newspapers 
• Yahoo!...Newspapers...Texas 

Occupations

People & Families

• African American Genealogy Resources: States/Texas 
  From Christine's Genealogy Website.
• AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Texas 
• Capt. Cicero Rufus Perry Website 
  Website dedicated to Texas Ranger Captain Cicero Rufus Perry.
• Dallas Virtual Jewish Community 
• Germans in the Texas Hill Country 
  Genealogy, stories, letters, pictures, immigration, settlements, etc. pertaining to Germans in the Texas hill country. Some featured surnames: BEIERLE, FUHRMANN, KOHN, LUDWIG, PFEUFFER, UECKER, WEIDNER, etc.
• Hightower Black Market Babies of Texarkana, Texas 
  Information about Hightower Babies that were adopted on the black market.
• The LEWIS Family of Collin County Texas 
• Paddock's Biographical Record 
  Surname index to B. B. Paddock's History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas published in 1906.
• Polish Texan Genealogy Page 
• TexasCzechs 
• Texas Slavery Project at the University of Houston 
  Seeks to recover the names and biographical information for every slave who ever lived in Texas.
• Titskanwatitch Tribe of Texas 
  Home page of the Titskanwatitch Tribe of Texas. Welcoming Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, Chanas, and Karankawa peoples.
• Tribes and Villages of Texas 
• The Wendish Texans 
• WPA Life Histories from Texas 
  Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.

Periodicals & Pamphlets

Photographs & Memories

• Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Texas 
  Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
• FamilyOldPhotos.com - Texas 
  Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
• Historic Texas Postcards 
  From the George Fuermann City of Houston Collection at the University of Houston Libraries.
• Old-Yearbooks.com - Texas 
  Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• AAA Genealogy Researcher - Affordable Accountable Ancestry 
  Diane Tofte Kropp, Pearland, Texas.
• Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Texas 
  Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
• Ancestry Legacy  ~ Houston
• Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Texas  or Specializing in Texas 
• Carpenter Genealogical Services  ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
  A professional genealogical research group in Salt Lake City specializing in the United States and Western Europe. Our focus is Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colonial Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming, Nebraska and African American/Slavery research and slavery in the South. Western European limited to Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Scandanavian countries. Families of note: WINGET, HATHAWAY, AXTELL, CLUTTER, DOUD, LYTLE, BLEHSCHMIDT, EHMAN, HAGGSTROM.
• Diane Tofte Kropp - United States Professional Research Services  ~ Pearland, Texas
  United States research at one of the top genealogical libraries.
• Dickenson Research & Photo-Video Evidence 
  Huntsville, Texas. Specializing in Locating Missing Heirs in Estate Cases and General Genealogical Research.
• Free Texas Lookups 
  Texas Death and Birth Indexes. Texas 1920 census.
• GenealogyFinder.com - Services 
• genealogymagazine.com - Genealogical Research Services 
  Searches available for Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.
• Genealogy Professional Amy Long Genealogist#160;
  Expert in Indiana, Kentucky & Texas research.
• genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Western and Mid-Western United States 
  Including the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
• Holly Heinsohn Texas Genealogy 
  South Central Texas Genealogy research services with a special focus on German immigration and colonizations (1830's - 1860's) in these specific counties: Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Lavaca.
• John Wylie Consulting  ~ Grand Prairie, Texas
• Kenjura Genealogical Services - Professional Genealogical Services in North Texas 
  Professional genealogical research services for the greater Houston, TX area (Harris County, Brazoria County and adjacent counties).
• A Loving Journey, Adoption Reunion Searching 
  Discreet, compassionate searching available to reunite families separated by adoption. Serving states of California, Hawaii, Illinios, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Utah.
• McNicholl Genealogical Services - Professional Scottish Family History Research 
  Research services: Scottish, Texas, Census, Computer-Related Genealogy.
• "Our Loose Ends" Genealogy Column 
  By Lynna Kay Shuffield of Houston, Texas.
• Piney Woods Research Services 
  East Texas research, from researchers in Seattle, King County, Washington.
• Pioneer Information Services 
  Specializing in records for north and east Texas, as well as using computers in your genealogical research.
• Professional Genealogy Research, Researching Your Ancestors 
  Shirley J. Shumate has more than 25 years of experience in genealogical research. An accredited researcher, genealogist, former librarian. Specialty is Texas research by county, early Texas History, Westward migrations through Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri, and Colonial North Carolina and South Carolina. Includes ALL SURNAMES and is NOT limited to the RUSSELL and Allied Families. Counties - BELL, BEXAR, BLANCO, BOSQUE, BROWN, BURNET, CALLAHAN, COLEMAN, COMANCHE, CONCHO, CORYELL, EASTLAND, GILLESPIE, KIMBLE, LAMPASSAS, LLANO, MASON, MENARD, McCULLOCH, MILLS, RUNNELS, SAN SABA, TAYLOR, TOM GREEN, TRAVIS, WILLIAMSON.
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Texas 
  A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
• Search My Line 
  Montgomery, Texas.
• Texas - Fort Worth Obituaries 
  A research and photocopying service for death notices and obituaries published in the "Fort Worth Telegram" between 2 July 1902 and 31 December 1923.
• Texas State Genealogy: Professional Genealogists helping folks find conne