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*[[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]] letters, photos, maps, settlement history, American Indians, the Civil War, slavery, Chinese exclusion, repatriation, segregation, and World Wars I and II.  
*[[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]] letters, photos, maps, settlement history, American Indians, the Civil War, slavery, Chinese exclusion, repatriation, segregation, and World Wars I and II.  
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]]
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases.


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
'''''Similar Collections'''''  


*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.  
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.  
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*Harris County District Clerk  
*Harris County District Clerk  
*Houston Public Library  
*Houston Public Library  
*Repositories in '''surrounding counties:&nbsp;''' [[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria]], [[Chambers County, Texas|Chambers]], [[Fort Bend County, Texas|Fort Bend]], [[Galveston County, Texas|Galveston]], [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty]], [[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery]], [[Waller County, Texas|Waller]].
*[http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/genfirst.html Texas State Library and Archives Commission], Austin, federal censuses, vital statistics indexes, military indexes, county tax rolls, city directories, newspapers, voter registration, convicts.  
*[http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/genfirst.html Texas State Library and Archives Commission], Austin, federal censuses, vital statistics indexes, military indexes, county tax rolls, city directories, newspapers, voter registration, convicts.  
*[http://www.thc.state.tx.us/ Texas Historical Commission], Austin, 5,000 publications of which 3,000 are books, historical sites, cemeteries, oral history, heritage trails, city and county histories, military history and photos.  
*[http://www.thc.state.tx.us/ Texas Historical Commission], Austin, 5,000 publications of which 3,000 are books, historical sites, cemeteries, oral history, heritage trails, city and county histories, military history and photos.  
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*Rice University - Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center  
*Rice University - Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center  
*San Jacinto Museum of History Library  
*San Jacinto Museum of History Library  
*[http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?pid=1134 Texas Baptist Historical Society] histories of local congregations.
*[http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?pid=1134 Texas Baptist Historical Society] histories of local congregations.  
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Louisiana Archives and Libraries|Louisiana]], [[New Mexico Archives and Libraries|New Mexico]], [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]], and [[Mexico Archives and Libraries#State_Archives|Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas]]


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