Genealogy

Links to FamilySearch.org where you can learn the five steps to discovering your family tree, an online brochure from the Federation of Family History Societies, the USGenWeb Project home page, which provides Internet sites for genealogical research for each county and state in the U.S., and the Texas State Library's genealogy Collection, which includes microfilm of federal census schedules and family and county histories.

Resources

  • FamilySearch.org - Discovering Your Family Tree

    This outline will teach you the five steps of research. 1) Identify what you know about your family. 2) Decide what you want to learn about your family. 3) Select records to search. 4) Obtain and search the record. 5) Use the information.

  • First Steps in Family History

    From the Federation of Family History Societies. This online brochure provides answers to a new researcher's first questions about family history.

  • Texas Genealogy

    This is the homepage for the USGenWeb Project, a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and state in the US.

  • Texas State Library's Genealogy Collection

    These collections include microfilm of the federal census schedules for all states through 1910, selected states from the 1920 and 1930 censuses, family and county histories and a variety of Texas government records.