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County Records Available on Microfilm - Texas State Library

List of microfilmed holdings for counties in Texas, available at various libraries throughout the state.

Documenting the American South

Sponsored by the University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this is a a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

Freedmen's Bureau Records - Texas Reports of Murders and Outrages

From The Freedmen's Bureau Online.

Order of the Eastern Star

Records from the Past Matrons Club, Nacogdoches, Texas Chapter.

Portal to Texas History

The Portal is a gateway to Texas history materials. You may discover anything from an ancestor's picture to a rare historical map. From prehistory to the present day, you can explore unique collections from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, genealogical societies, and private family collections. The Portal continues to grow as additional partners contribute digital versions of their collections.

Republic Claims - Texas State Library and Archives Commission

The Republic Claims series of Comptroller's records includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846. It also includes records relating to Republic pensions and claims against the Republic submitted as public debt claims after 1846. The files include supporting documents such as vouchers, financial accounts, military records, receipts, notes, or letters.

Texas Parks Civilian Conservation Corps Drawings Database

From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Introduction to the Republic Claims

The Republic Claims series of Comptroller's records includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846. It also includes records relating to Republic pensions and claims against the Republic submitted as public debt claims after 1846. The files include supporting documents such as vouchers, financial accounts, military records, receipts, notes, or letters.

Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Republic of Texas Passports

The Republic of Texas passports collection contains 55 documents. These include requests for passports, orders to issue passports, and one proclamation granting entrance into the Republic. Some relate to the freedom of movement within the Republic of Texas, while others request access to Mexico, the United States and Europe. Most documents were created between 1836 and 1845, although two are from the 1850s.

The Texas stock directory; or, Book of marks and brands. In a series of volumes designed to embrace the entire State (1865) (Internet Archive)

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