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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

GAZETTEERSLook this term up in the glossary.

Several helpful guides to places in Texas have been published. These include:

Bartholomew, Ed. 800 Texas Ghost Towns. Fort Davis, Tex.: Frontier Book, 1971. (FHL book 976.4 H2be.)

Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Texas. 2nd ed. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. (FHL book 976.4 E5g; film 896651 item 2.)

Madison, Virginia and Hallie Stillwell. How Come It's Called That?: Place Names in the Big Bend Country. [Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1958.] (FHL book 976.493 E2h.)


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GENEALOGYLook this term up in the glossary.

The Texas State Library and most university libraries, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person. The following are major manuscript collections and published sources.


Manuscript CollectionsLook this term up in the glossary.

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection. This collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and is available on 47 films at the Family History Library. (FHL films 850123—.) A similar DAR collection was filmed in 1961 (FHL film 227500-16).

Spanish-American Mission Collection. This is a collection of family group forms showing the ancestry of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Southwest. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL Latin America films 940001-6). The original forms are interfiled with the Patron Section of the Family Group Records Collection.


Published SourcesLook this term up in the glossary.

Ancestors: A Book of Lineage Charts. 7 vols. Tyler, Tex.: East Texas Genealogical Society, 1979-95. (FHL book 976.4 D2a.)

Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas: Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. 3 vols. Austin, Tex.: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1963-85. (FHL book 976.4 D2f.)

Morris, Mrs. Harry Joseph. Citizens of the Republic of Texas. Dallas: Texas State Genealogical Society, 1977. (FHL book 976.4 D2m.) This includes over 8,000 names on pedigrees contributed to the society. It is indexed.

Residents of Texas, 1782-1836. 3 vols. San Antonio, Tex.: The University of Texas, Institute of Texan Cultures, 1984. (FHL book 976.4 D2rte.)

Texas Family Land Heritage Registry, 8 vols. Austin, Tex.: Texas Department of Agriculture, 1974—. (FHL book 976.4 R25t.) The Department of Agriculture inaugurated a program in 1974 to identify pre-1874 farms and ranches that have been operated continually by the same family. The published volumes list the original owners, location of the land, date of ownership, and names of the present owners. A complete set of the published records are available at the Texas State Library. It is listed in the catalog under TEXAS - GENEALOGY - PERIODICALS.

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