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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


Serves [[Arkansas|Arkansas]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma|Oklahoma]], and [[Texas|Texas]].<ref>"Services for Federal Agencies" in ''The National Archives at Fort Worth'' at http://www.archives.gov/southwest/agencies/ (accessed 23 December 2010).</ref> Includes [[United States Census|federal '''censuses''']] of all states, 1790-1930 (and indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920); '''military''' [[US Military Service Records|service records]], [[US Military Pension Records|pension]] and [[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|bounty land warrant]] applications; '''[[US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records|passenger arrivals]]'''; '''[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes Commision]]''' for the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Manuscripts, photos, maps received from federal district and bankruptcy '''[[United_States_Court_Records|courts]]''' and '''85 federal agencies''' in four states. Subjects emphasized are regional and national history, '''westward expansion''' and '''Southwest settlement''', '''[[American Indian Genealogy|American Indians]]''' (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War]], American [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|Civil War]] and Recontruction, '''[[African American Slavery and Bondage|slavery]]''', Chinese exclusion, segregation, [[World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918|World War I]], [[World War II United States Military Records, 1941 to 1945|World War II]], economic development, oil, U.S. space program, public administration, political science, law, ethnology, and U.S. diplomacy.<ref>"Research at the Archives Facility" in ''The National Archives at Fort Worth'' at http://www.archives.gov/southwest/public/research.html (accessed 23 December 2010).</ref>
Serves [[Arkansas|Arkansas]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma|Oklahoma]], and [[Texas|Texas]].<ref>"Services for Federal Agencies" in ''The National Archives at Fort Worth'' at http://www.archives.gov/southwest/agencies/ (accessed 23 December 2010).</ref> Includes [[United States Census|federal '''censuses''']] of all states, 1790-1930 (and indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920); '''military''' [[US Military Service Records|service records]], [[US Military Pension Records|pension]] and [[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|bounty land warrant]] applications; '''[[US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records|passenger arrivals]]'''; '''[[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes Commision]]''' for the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Manuscripts, photos, maps received from federal district and bankruptcy '''[[United States Court Records|courts]]''' and '''85 federal agencies''' in four states. Subjects emphasized are regional and national history, '''westward expansion''' and '''Southwest settlement''', '''[[American Indian Genealogy|American Indians]]''' (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War]], American [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|Civil War]] and Recontruction, '''[[African American Slavery and Bondage|slavery]]''', Chinese exclusion, segregation, [[World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918|World War I]], [[World War II United States Military Records, 1941 to 1945|World War II]], economic development, oil, U.S. space program, public administration, political science, law, ethnology, and U.S. diplomacy.<ref>"Research at the Archives Facility" in ''The National Archives at Fort Worth'' at http://www.archives.gov/southwest/public/research.html (accessed 23 December 2010).</ref>  


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*[http://www.archives.gov/southwest/holdings/index.html Guide to Archival Holdings at the National Archives Southwest Region (Fort Worth)] record group level descriptions of archival holdings including agency administrative history.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/southwest/holdings/index.html Guide to Archival Holdings at the National Archives Southwest Region (Fort Worth)] record group level descriptions of archival holdings including agency administrative history.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/ ''Federal Records Guide''] Search NARA's holdings of federal records at a very high level, to identify which record groups may have material about your research topics. [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index-alpha/ Alphabetical index] to the ''Federal Records Guide''. [http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/tools/record-group-clusters.html Record Groups by topic clusters] in the ''Federal Records Guide''.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/ ''Federal Records Guide''] Search NARA's holdings of federal records at a very high level, to identify which record groups may have material about your research topics. [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index-alpha/ Alphabetical index] to the ''Federal Records Guide''. [http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/tools/record-group-clusters.html Record Groups by topic clusters] in the ''Federal Records Guide''.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/southwest/finding-aids/native-american-microfilm.html American Indian Records Available on Microfilm at the National Archives in Fort Worth, Texas] tribe-by-tribe lists, Indian schools, and Non-Indians in Indian Territory.
*[http://www.archives.gov/southwest/finding-aids/native-american-microfilm.html American Indian Records Available on Microfilm at the National Archives in Fort Worth, Texas] tribe-by-tribe lists, Indian schools, and Non-Indians in Indian Territory.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/ancestor-search.html Wantabes and Outalucks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records] at Fort Worth. Finding a tribe, and record types described.
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/ancestor-search.html Wantabes and Outalucks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records] at Fort Worth. Finding a tribe, and record types described.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/regions/southwest.html (ARC) Search Hints for the Southwest Regional Archives]
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/regions/southwest.html (ARC) Search Hints for the Southwest Regional Archives]  
*Loretto Dennis Szucs, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, ''The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches'' (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1988), pg??????????????????????. ({{FHL|630522|item|disp=FHL Book 977 A3sz}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17738169 WorldCat entry]. Describes each field branch collection, microfilms, services and activities. Each of 150 record groups of the archives is also described.
*Loretto Dennis Szucs, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, ''The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches'' (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1988), pg??????????????????????. ({{FHL|630522|item|disp=FHL Book 977 A3sz}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17738169 WorldCat entry]. Describes each field branch collection, microfilms, services and activities. Each of 150 record groups of the archives is also described.


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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>


*[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research]], Houston, TX
*[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.
*[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research|Clayton Library]], Houston, censuses, military, passenger lists, periodicals, family histories, maps, Texas and Houston records, veritcal files, British vital records index, German, Canadian records.
*[http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/reqproc/certified_copy.shtm Texas DSHS Vital Statistics], Austin, births, deaths, marriages, divorces.
*[http://www.hillcollege.edu/info/texasheritagemuseum/ Texas Heritage Museum, Hill College], Hillsboro, outstanding Civil War collection.
*[http://smu.edu/libraries/ Southern Methodist University], Dallas, history, biography, newspapers, ethnic studies, government papers.
*[http://www.dallascounty.org/ Dallas County and District Clerks] probate, family, civil, criminal, deeds, births, marriages, deaths.
*[http://www.dallashistory.org/ Dallas Historical Society] 3 million documents, 10,000 books on TX history, 30,000 photos.
*[http://www.dallaspioneer.org/about_us/index.php Dallas County Pioneers Association] preserving history of early settlers.
*[http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?pid=1134 Texas Baptist Historical Society], Dallas, histories of local congregations.


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