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*[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/index.html Clayton Library Internet site] collections, research, services, events, FAQs, and history.<br> | *[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/index.html Clayton Library Internet site] collections, research, services, events, FAQs, and history.<br> | ||
*[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. <br> | *[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. <br> | ||
*[http://houstonlibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy databases] 24 including Ancestry, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, Fold3, and newspapers. <br> | *[http://houstonlibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy databases] 24 including Ancestry, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, Fold3, and newspapers. <br> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas and adjoining states.<ref name="DB107">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 107. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> USA and state materials, 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, periodicals, maps, family history vertical files, and Family History Library Affiliate Program. | One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas and adjoining states.<ref name="DB107">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 107. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> USA and state materials, 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, periodicals, maps, family history vertical files, and Family History Library Affiliate Program.<ref name="Coll">[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/collections.html Collections] at ''Clayton Library Center for Genealogy Research'' (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref> Their special collections includes 25 major genealogical collections, such as the Barbour, Blake, Draper Manuscript, and Vosburgh collections, Loredo Archives, and Nacagdoches Archives.<ref name="SpColl">[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/collections_special-collections.html Special Collections] at ''Clayton Library Center for Genealogy Research'' (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref> | ||
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 Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail: Email Reference Please use this form for genealogy and research questions. Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 832-393-2600 Hours:[1] Sunday and Monday Closed ; Tuesday 10am–6pm ; Wednesday10am–8pm ; Thursday 10am–6pm ; Friday 10am–5pm ; Saturday 10am–5pm Directions, map, and public transportation: Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas and adjoining states.[2] USA and state materials, 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, periodicals, maps, family history vertical files, and Family History Library Affiliate Program.[3] Their special collections includes 25 major genealogical collections, such as the Barbour, Blake, Draper Manuscript, and Vosburgh collections, Loredo Archives, and Nacagdoches Archives.[4] Tips[edit | edit source]
Guides[edit | edit source]{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]{ List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.} If you cannot visit or find a source at the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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The Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research is part of the Houston (TX) Public Library System