Texas, United States Genealogy

''This article is about a southern state of the United States, formerly part of Mexico. For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation).''   United States&#160; &#160; Texas   Texas Counties Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. <span class="fck_mw_template"> Major Repositories <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Dallas Public Central Library">Dallas Public Central Library</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Texas State Library and Archives Commission">Texas State Library and Archives Commission</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Texas Historical Commission">Texas Historical Commission</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Clayton Library">Clayton Library</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Texas Heritage Museum">Texas Heritage Museum</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)">National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Allen County Public Library">Allen County Public Library</a> Maps <a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/texas/maps/">Texas County Maps and Atlases</a> Migration Routes Colorado River (Texas)<span class="fck_mw_template">· Pecos River<span class="fck_mw_template">· Red River<span class="fck_mw_template">· Rio Grande<span class="fck_mw_template">· Sabine River<span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Butterfield Overland Mail">Butterfield Overland Mail</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Camino Real de los Tejas">Camino Real de los Tejas</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Camino Real de Tierra Adentro">Camino Real de Tierra Adentro</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Coushatta-Nacogdoches Trace">Coushatta-Nacogdoches Trace</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jones Plummer Trail">Jones Plummer Trail</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Preston Trail">Preston Trail</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="San Antonio-El Paso Road">San Antonio-El Paso Road</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Santa Fe Trail">Santa Fe Trail</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Texas Road">Texas Road</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Southern Pacific Railroad">Southern Pacific Railroad</a><span class="fck_mw_template">· <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Texas and Pacific Railway">Texas and Pacific Railway</a> Research Tools <ul><li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Genealogy-Research-Community/117055888382845">Texas Genealogy Research Community</a> (facebook) </li></ul> <ul><li>The <a href="http://txgenweb.org">TXGenWeb Project</a> provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories and surname registry. Also provides many helpful Texas Internet links. </li><li>The <a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/">Portal to Texas History</a> created and maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. </li><li>Texas State Historical Association - <a href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook">Handbook of Texas Online</a> encyclopedia of Texas "history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 25,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories."<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">Texas State Historical Association, &quot;Introduction&quot; in Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/about/introduction (accessed 30 October 2010). <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/3/35/Texas.png" _fck_mw_filename="Texas.png" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="200" alt="Texas.png" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 200;" /> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/e/e0/Texas_flag.png" _fck_mw_filename="Texas flag.png" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="175" alt="Texas flag.png" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 175;" /> <img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="" alt="" /> </li></ul> Wiki articles describing online collections are found at: <ul><li><a href="Texas Birth Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas Birth Certificates</a> </li><li><a href="Texas Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas Births and Christenings</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Concho County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Concho County Records</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Birth Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Birth Index</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Comanche County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Concho County Records</a> </li><li><a href="Texas County Marriage Records (FamilySearch Historical Collections)">Texas County Marriage Records</a> </li><li><a href="Texas County Marriage Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas County Tax Records</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Membership Applications (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Membership Applications</a> </li><li><a href="Texas Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas Deaths and Burials</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998</a> </li><li><a href="Texas Death Records, 1977-1986 (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas Death Records 1977-1986</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Matagorda County, School Census Records (FamilySearch Historical Collection)">Texas, Matagorda County, School Census Records</a> </li><li><a href="Texas Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas Marriages</a> </li><li><a href="Texas, Naturalization Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Texas, Naturalization Records</a> </li></ul> Did You Know? <ul><li>County courts have been established in each county and have jurisdiction over major criminal cases, civil matters, and some naturalizations. A judge oversees matters and a county clerk keeps the records. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of county court records from many counties of Texas. From Galveston County, for example, county court minutes are available from 1867 to 1908. </li><li>Probate records of Texas have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes." </li></ul> Things you can do  In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by: <span class="fck_mw_template"> Sources <span class="fck_mw_template"> <span class="fck_mw_template">

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