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Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail: Email Reference Use this form for genealogy and research questions.

Address:^[1]

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
5300 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77004-6896

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:

Clayton Library Internet site collections, research, services, events, FAQs, and history.
Houston Public Library Online Catalog

by title, author, subject, series, call number, ISBN /ISSN, Lexile number, or government document number, and in WorldCat.

Genealogy databases 24 including Ancestry, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, Fold3, and newspapers.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

This branch of the Houston Public Library has one of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas, adjoining states, and Tennessee.[2] It has nationwide and statewide 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, genealogical 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 Manuscripts, and Vosburgh collections, Loredo TX Archives 1749-1872, and Nacagdoches TX Archives 1733-1836.[4]

Tips[edit | edit source]

Bring a sweater because it is often chilly.
Free parking is available for users of the library.
Lockers are available for a quarter which will be returned when you return the key.
A snack area is available with vending machines and tables.
Free Wi-Fi is available and you are welcome to bring in your laptop and connect to the Internet.
Public computers are available with a Houston Public Library PowerCard, or computer use card.^[1]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

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

National Archives at Fort 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 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.

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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.
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.
National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons.

Neighboring Collections

Chaparral Genealogical Society Library over 2,100 books, manuscripts, and microfilms.
Harris County Archives maps, manuscripts, oral histories, schools, orphan home, J.P. dockets.
Harris County Clerk births, marriages, deaths, and land deeds.
Harris County District Clerk civil, criminal, and family court records.
African American Library at the Gregory School history of African Americans in the Houston area.
Rice University - Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center Asian Americans, Civil War, slavery, Houston and Texas history, World War II, British Maritime & Naval history, women's history.
San Jacinto Museum of History Library rare books, manuscripts, and histories about Texas.
Galveston and Texas History Center ethnic Germans in Texas and Gulf Coast immigrant database.
Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center earliest Texas settlers.
Repositories in surrounding counties: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, federal censuses, vital statistics indexes, military indexes, county tax rolls, city directories, newspapers, voter registration, convicts.
Briscoe Center for American History, Univ. of Texas at Austin, rivals the State Library collection.
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.
Texas DSHS Vital Statistics, Austin, births, deaths, marriages, divorces.
Texas Heritage Museum, Hill College, Hillsboro, outstanding Civil War collection.
Southern Methodist University history, biography, newspapers, ethnic studies, government papers.
Texas Baptist Historical Society histories of local congregations.
Repositories in other surrounding states: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and in Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 About the Library at Clayton Library Center for Genealogy Research (accessed 26 October 2013).

[About-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 About the Library at Clayton Library Center for Genealogy Research (accessed 26 October 2013).

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-'''Email:''' [mailto:cla.reference@houstontx.gov cla.reference@houstontx.gov]
+'''E-mail:''' [https://houstonlibrary.org/email-reference Email Reference] Use this form for genealogy and research questions.
-'''Address:'''
+'''Address:'''<ref name="About">[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/about.html About the Library] at ''Clayton Library Center for Genealogy Research'' (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref>
-:'''Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research'''<br>5300 Caroline St.<br>Houston, TX 77004-6896
-'''Telephone:'''  832-393-2600
+:'''Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research'''<br>5300 Caroline St.<br>Houston, TX 77004-6896<br><br>
-'''Hours:'''  [https://houstonlibrary.org/all-locations Hours and locations]
+'''Telephone:'''<ref name="About" /> &nbsp;832-393-2600
-'''Directions, map, and public transportation:'''
+'''Hours:'''<ref name="About" /> Sunday and Monday Closed&nbsp;; Tuesday 10am–6pm&nbsp;; Wednesday10am–8pm&nbsp;; Thursday 10am–6pm&nbsp;; Friday 10am–5pm&nbsp;; Saturday 10am–5pm<br>
-*[https://houstonlibrary.org/all-locations Maps for all locations]
+'''Directions, map, and public transportation:'''<br>
-*[https://www.ridemetro.org/ Metro Transit Authority of Harris County]
+*[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/about_directions.html Directions and map]
+*[http://www.ridemetro.org/Default.aspx Metro Transit Authority of Harris County]
 '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
-*[https://houstonlibrary.org/hrc Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus] 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, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. <br>
+*[https://halan.sdp.sirsi.net/client/hou Houston Public Library Online Catalog]{{WC}} 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>
+*[http://houstonlibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy databases] 24 including Ancestry, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, Fold3, and newspapers. <br>
 ===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. 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.
+This branch of the Houston Public Library has one of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas, adjoining states, and Tennessee.[2] It has nationwide and statewide 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, genealogical 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 Manuscripts, and Vosburgh collections, Loredo TX Archives 1749-1872, and Nacagdoches TX Archives 1733-1836.[4]
-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.
-'''Family Histories'''
-Clayton Library has one of the most extensive collections of published and unpublished family histories in the southern United States. The collection contains over 15,000 cataloged volumes and extensive vertical file materials. To search for cataloged books in Clayton Library's Family History collection, check the Houston Public Library Catalog. For best results, search for your surname as a subject heading phrase (example: "Watkins Family") in the Keyword Search window. A small portion of Clayton Library’s family histories can be found digitized at [[FamilySearch.org]].
-'''Houston and Texas Area Death Records'''
-Clayton Library contains an impressive collection of records for deaths in Texas and the Houston area. First, Clayton Library houses the original records of two Houston funeral homes: the Fogle West Funeral Home (or Fogle West Undertaking Company -- 1921 through 1975), and the Boulevard Funeral Home (or Boulevard Undertaking Company -- 1961 through 1967). Second, Clayton's book collection contains transcripts of City of Houston death certificates from 1874-1894, 1896, and January through August 1900. Third, Clayton Library's microprint collection contains the Harris County register of deaths, volume 1, 1903-1909. These deaths in the City of Houston or Harris County are not included in the statewide collection of Texas death records and index that are available through the State Vital Records Office in Austin, or in the databases of Ancestry and FamilySearch.
-Clayton Library has created a searchable index to the [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/funeralhomes Fogle West Funeral Home and Boulevard Funeral Home] records database.
-'''Texas Book Indexes Database'''
-Clayton Library volunteers have indexed books located in the Clayton Library collection that do not contain an index in the book itself. These books are local history materials relating to Harris County and surrounding counties.
-'''Special Collections'''
-These materials are generally manuscript documents from other library or archival collections that have been microfilmed and made available for research. This material normally covers 15th, 16th, and early 17th century time periods. For more information about these collections please visit the [https://digital.houstonlibrary.org/clayton Clayton Library Family History Research Center] page.
-'''Microprint'''
-A variety of records are available on microfilm and microfiche, including census records, military records, vital records, and county records. Many of these records have been made available digitally, but many of the microfilms in Clayton Library’s collection have not been digitized or made available online. To search microprint materials please search the [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/microprint Clayton Library Microprint Database]. Try searching by location and type of record such as “Texas” and “vital” if looking for birth, marriage or death records in the state of Texas.
-'''Periodicals'''
-The periodical collection covers most U.S states, many foreign countries, and many surnames. Clayton Library has over 3,000 genealogy and local history periodical titles. The material published in periodicals can be unique and is not often found in other publications; it can also help break down a brick wall in your research. Many of these periodicals are indexed in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), which is available online through the website Findmypast. To determine Clayton Library's holdings of a specific periodical title please search [https://clayton.houstonlibrary.org/periodicals Clayton Library's Periodical Database].
 ===Tips===
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 *Free parking is available for users of the library.
 *Lockers are available for a quarter which will be returned when you return the key.
-*Bring a flash drive to save book and document scans, as well as documents from internet research. Bring small change to make photocopies.
+*A snack area is available with vending machines and tables.
 *Free Wi-Fi is available and you are welcome to bring in your laptop and connect to the Internet.
-*Public computers are available with a Houston Public Library MY Link card or with a temporary pass issued by staff.
+*Public computers are available with a Houston Public Library PowerCard, or computer use card.<ref name="About" />
 ===Alternate Repositories===
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 '''''Similar Collections'''''
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch 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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
+*[[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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.
 *[[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.
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 '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
+*[http://www.chaparralgensoc.org/index.html Chaparral Genealogical Society Library] over 2,100 books, manuscripts, and microfilms.
 *[http://www.harriscountytx.gov/archives/Default.aspx Harris County Archives] maps, manuscripts, oral histories, schools, orphan home, J.P. dockets.
 *[http://www.cclerk.hctx.net/ Harris County Clerk] births, marriages, deaths, and land deeds.
 *[http://www.hcdistrictclerk.com/Common/Default.aspx Harris County District Clerk] civil, criminal, and family court records.
 *[http://www.thegregoryschool.org/ African American Library at the Gregory School] history of African Americans in the Houston area.
-*[https://library.rice.edu/woodson Rice University - Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center] Asian Americans, Civil War, slavery, Houston and Texas history, World War II, British Maritime &amp; Naval history, women's history.
+*[https://library.rice.edu/collections/WRC Rice University - Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center] Asian Americans, Civil War, slavery, Houston and Texas history, World War II, British Maritime &amp; Naval history, women's history.
 *[http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Library/ San Jacinto Museum of History Library] rare books, manuscripts, and histories about Texas.
 *[http://www.gthcenter.org/contact.htm Galveston and Texas History Center] ethnic Germans in Texas and Gulf Coast immigrant database.
 *[https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/shc/index.html Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center] earliest Texas settlers.
-*[https://www.lonestar.edu/library/tomball.htm Lone Star College - Tomball Community Library] holds local history and genealogy resources, including the thousands of books, manuscripts and other materials formerly held in the Chaparral Genealogical Society and Library.
+*Repositories in '''surrounding counties:&nbsp;''' [[Brazoria County, Texas Genealogy|Brazoria]], [[Chambers County, Texas Genealogy|Chambers]], [[Fort Bend County, Texas Genealogy|Fort Bend]], [[Galveston County, Texas Genealogy|Galveston]], [[Liberty County, Texas Genealogy|Liberty]], [[Montgomery County, Texas Genealogy|Montgomery]], [[Waller County, Texas Genealogy|Waller]].
-*Repositories in '''surrounding counties: ''' [[Brazoria County, Texas Genealogy|Brazoria]], [[Chambers County, Texas Genealogy|Chambers]], [[Fort Bend County, Texas Genealogy|Fort Bend]], [[Galveston County, Texas Genealogy|Galveston]], [[Liberty County, Texas Genealogy|Liberty]], [[Montgomery County, Texas Genealogy|Montgomery]], [[Waller County, Texas Genealogy|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.
 *[[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.
 *[http://smu.edu/libraries/ Southern Methodist University] history, biography, newspapers, ethnic studies, government papers.
-*[https://texasbaptists.org/ministries/texas-baptist-historical-collection Texas Baptist Historical Collection] 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 '''''in Mexico:''''' [[Mexico Archives and Libraries#State_Archives|Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas]]