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*[https://houstonlibrary.org/hrc Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus] collections, research, services, events, FAQs, and history.<br> | *[https://houstonlibrary.org/hrc Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus] collections, research, services, events, FAQs, and history.<br> | ||
*[https://halan.sdp.sirsi.net/client/hou Houston Public Library Online Catalog] | *[https://halan.sdp.sirsi.net/client/hou Houston Public Library Online Catalog] by title, author, subject, series, call number, ISBN /ISSN, Lexile number, or government document number, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. <br> | ||
*[https://houstonlibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy databases] Includes Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, HeritageQuest, HistoryGeo, Fold3, MyHeritage, and newspapers. <br> | *[https://houstonlibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy databases]. Includes Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, HeritageQuest, HistoryGeo, Fold3, MyHeritage, and newspapers. <br> | ||
===Collection Description=== | ===Collection Description=== | ||
This branch of the Houston Public Library has one of America's best genealogical collections. With an emphasis on the Gulf Coast region, the library also has an international collection and material for all fifty U.S. states. Collections include Texas and Houston-area death records including funeral home records, censuses, passenger arrival lists, manuscripts, international resources for Europe, Canada, and Mexico, military records, family histories, genealogical periodicals, maps, and family history vertical files. Clayton Library is an Affiliate Library of the FamilySearch Library Affiliate Program. | This branch of the Houston Public Library has one of America's best genealogical collections. With an emphasis on the Gulf Coast region, the library also has an international collection and material for all fifty U.S. states. Collections include Texas and Houston-area death records including funeral home records, censuses, passenger arrival lists, manuscripts, international resources for Europe, Canada, and Mexico, military records, family histories, genealogical periodicals, maps, and family history vertical files. Clayton Library is an Affiliate Library of the FamilySearch Library Affiliate Program. Their special collections includes 25 major genealogical collections, such as the Barbour, Blake, Draper Manuscripts, and Vosburgh collections, Loredo TX Archives 1749-1872, and Nacagdoches TX Archives 1733-1836. | ||
To search Clayton Library's holdings, check the [https://halan.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/hou/search/advanced?dt=list Houston Public Library Catalog] for printed books, the [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/microprint Clayton Library Microprint Database] for microprint holdings, and the [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/periodicals Clayton Library Periodical Database] for periodical holdings. | To search Clayton Library's holdings, check the [https://halan.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/hou/search/advanced?dt=list Houston Public Library Catalog] for printed books, the [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/microprint Clayton Library Microprint Database] for microprint holdings, and the [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/periodicals Clayton Library Periodical Database] for periodical holdings. | ||