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Lone Star Family Trails

Want to learn more about Texas resources, records, and historical context for your Texas ancestors? Join Texas State Genealogical Society as we launch Lone Star Family Trails, a new monthly podcast. Each podcast will highlight one specific element that adds to your genealogical knowledge when researching your Texas ancestors. Listen to a TxSGS host interview an expert guest during this 35 to 45 minute audio program. Hear about Texas State Genealogical Society events, programs, and projects. Follow up with a corresponding blog on the TxSGS website with additional information for your reference. Episodes will be released monthly and are available in the Lone Star Family Trails Podcast Library.

Lonestar Genealogy

Texas Genealogy web site with an extensive surname list. Featuring auto posting.

LoneStar Texas Genealogy & History (Facebook)

Ideas, notes, surnames, links, Even FREE monthly lookups to help with your research.

Lower Rio Grande Valley / Northeast Mexico Genealogical Research

Bibliography of materials which are useful to those doing Hispanic genealogical research on families connected with South Texas and Northeast Mexico. Many materials are avaiable through interlibrary loan.

Migrations Across Texas

MyHeritage - Texas $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Olive Tree Genealogy - Texas Genealogy & History

South Texas Genealogy

StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Texas

Surname Navigator USA

A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.

Texas Ancestors

A free site that teaches to search in courthouses, land offices, and libraries. You will be able to put stories to names. Unlock all the missing pieces, in your family tree.

TexMex Family History Research: Genealogy/Geneology

People and place names of thousands of professionally taken photographs of South Texas 1890-1930s, most around 1920; extraction of various US Census and county vital records are listed with an emphasis on the GUERRA, HINOJPSA and MORIN surnames. Starr, Cameron and Hidalgo Counties, Texas, World War I Draft Cards of 1917-1918.

USGenWeb - TXGenWeb Project