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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


*Alternate Repository ''{create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}''<br>
*[[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.
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*[[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. Outstanding for the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England.
*''such as:'' NARA I  
*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, MO, national censuses/indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers.
*NARA II  
*National Archives at _____
*State Archives
*State Library


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


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*[http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php Briscoe Center for American History] (Univ. of Texas at Austin) rivals the State Library collection.
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*[http://www.hillcollege.edu/info/texasheritagemuseum/ Texas Heritage Museum, Hill College], Hillsboro, outstanding Civil War collection.
*National Personnel Records Center  
*LC
*FHL


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
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*University Libraries  
*University Libraries  
*Church archives  
*Church archives  
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [SC], [TN], and [VA]
*[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.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/reqproc/certified_copy.shtm Texas DSHS Vital Statistics], Austin, births, deaths, marriages, divorces.
*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]]


=== Sources  ===
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