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=== State === | === State === | ||
''' | '''[https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ Texas State Library and Archives]''' <br>Building F 1201 Brazos <br>P.O. Box 12927 <br>Austin, TX 78711 <br>Phone: (512) 463-5460 <br>Fax: (512) 463-5436 <br><br> Original manuscripts for Texas under Mexico, as a republic, and as a state, including all counties, vital records, newspapers, books, and maps.<ref name="DB107" /> Three divisions of the Texas State Library house materials of interest to genealogists: the Information Services, the Archives, and the Local Records divisions. The Information Services Division contains such records as published histories, vital record indexes, census records, and military records. The Archives Division preserves colonial, republic, and state government records, while the Local Records Division maintains valuable city and county government records. Microfilm copies of the city and county records are distributed among 26 Texas repositories. | ||
Original manuscripts for Texas under Mexico, as a republic, and as a state, including all counties, vital records, newspapers, books, and maps.<ref name="DB107" /> Three divisions of the Texas State Library house materials of interest to genealogists: the Information Services, the Archives, and the Local Records divisions. The Information Services Division contains such records as published histories, vital record indexes, census records, and military records. The Archives Division preserves colonial, republic, and state government records, while the Local Records Division maintains valuable city and county government records. Microfilm copies of the city and county records are distributed among 26 Texas repositories. | |||
A helpful guide to important sources at the Texas State Archives is: | A helpful guide to important sources at the Texas State Archives is: | ||
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'''[http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php Briscoe Center for American History]''' (University of Texas at Austin) <br>2300 Red River St. <br>Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 2 <br>Room 2.106 <br>Austin, Texas 78712-1426 | '''[http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php Briscoe Center for American History]''' (University of Texas at Austin) <br>2300 Red River St. <br>Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 2 <br>Room 2.106 <br>Austin, Texas 78712-1426 | ||
This collection is as large as the state archives including newspapers, biographies, private collections, the American South, military history, Western Americana, and photos. | This collection is as large as the state archives including newspapers, biographies, private collections, the American South, military history, Western Americana, and photos, and the ''[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01227/cah-01227.html Natchez Trace Collection]'' papers from Mississippi and Louisiana.<ref name="DB107" /> | ||
'''[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research]]'''<br>5300 Caroline<br>Houston, TX 77004<br>Telephone: 713-284-1999<br>Internet: http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/ <br><br>One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas, adjoining states, and Tennessee.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref> | '''[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research]]'''<br>5300 Caroline<br>Houston, TX 77004<br>Telephone: 713-284-1999<br>Internet: http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/ <br><br>One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas, adjoining states, and Tennessee.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref> | ||