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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
-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" />
+: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" /><br><br>
-'''[[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/
-'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br>Internet: http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php <br><br>Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107" />
+:One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas, adjoining states, and Tennessee.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref><br><br>
+'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br>Internet: http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php
+:Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107" />
 === Regional  ===
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 [http://drtl.org/ '''Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library''']<br>P.O. Box 1401 <br>San Antonio, TX 78205-1401 <br>Phone: (210) 225-1071 <br>Fax: (210) 212-8514<br>
-Especially good collection for the Mexican colonial era in Texas, some resources for the Texas Republic, and good genealogical reference works.<ref name="DB107" />
+:Especially good collection for the Mexican colonial era in Texas, good resources for the Texas Republic, and genealogical reference works.<ref name="DB107" /><br><br>
 '''[http://www.mysapl.org/ San Antonio Public Library]'''<br>600 Solidad Plaza<br>San Antonio, TX 78205<br>Phone: (210) 207-2500<br>
-Good genealogy and Texana collection.<ref name="DB107" /> <br>
+:Good genealogy and Texana collection.<ref name="DB107" /><br><br>
+'''[http://library.sfasu.edu/ Ralph W. Steen Library]''' (Stephen F. Austin State University)<br>1112 North St.,<br>Nacogdoches TX 75962<br>Phone: (936) 559-2970<br>
+:Good genealogy collection including the pre-Civil War period, the East Texas lumber industry, and oral histories.<ref name="DB107" /><br><br>
-'''<u>Stephen F. Austin State University</u><br>'''[http://libweb.sfasu.edu/ Ralph W. Steen Library]<br>[http://libweb.sfasu.edu/proser/etrc/ East Texas Research Center]<br>1936 North St.,<br>Nacogdoches TX 75962
+'''[http://www.gthcenter.org/contact.htm Galveston and Texas History Center]''' (Rosenberg Library)<br>2310 Sealy Avenue <br>Galveston, TX 77550 <br>Phone: (409) 763-8854<br>Fax: (409) 763-0275 <br>
-'''[http://www.gthcenter.org/ Rosenberg Library Archives]<br>'''2310 Sealy Avenue <br>Galveston, TX 77550 <br>Phone: (409) 763-8854<br>Fax: (409) 763-0275 <br>
+:Their strength is Germans in Texas, and a database of immigrants to the Gulf Coast.<ref name="DB107" /><br><br>
 '''Fort Worth Public Library'''
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-=== Further Web Sites  ===
-You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Texas in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:
-'''[http://usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]'''
-A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
-'''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/usa/ Roots-L]'''
-A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
-'''[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]™''' FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.
 === Archive Inventories  ===