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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 for [[Portal:Texas|Texas]]. | [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=547664&disp=Genealogical+collection+%5BTexas%5D++ www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp]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 for [[Portal:Texas|Texas]]. | ||
=== Manuscript Collections === | === Manuscript Collections === | ||
'''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. (available on 47 Family History Library | '''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. (available on 47 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=547664&disp=Genealogical+collection+%5BTexas%5D++ 850123].) A similar DAR collection was filmed in 1961 (Family History Library 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. (Family History Library Latin America films 940001-6.) The original forms are interfiled with the Patron Section of the Family Group Records Collection. | '''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. (Family History Library Latin America films 940001-6.) The original forms are interfiled with the Patron Section of the Family Group Records Collection. | ||