While not all documents and records you might need for your family history research can be found online, quite a bit has been added recently to some popular online databases. Check them out:Ancestry.com [$]
FamilySearch.org Texas Collections [Free] Must register for free in order to view scans of documents.
- Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924-1954
- Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953
- Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905-1927
- Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920
- Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977
- Brownsboro, Chandler & Brownsboro Statesman 10/12/2006–Current Recent Obituaries
- Dallas, Dallas Observer 05/04/1995–Current Recent Obituaries
- Houston, Houston Press 12/09/1993–Current Recent Obituaries
- Kilgore, Kilgore News Herald 03/22/2005–Current Recent Obituaries
- Whitehouse, Tri County Leader 02/03/2005–Current Recent Obituaries
Newspapers.com [$]
- Houston, The Houston Post 1893-1952
- Dallas, The Dallas Express 1919-1922
- Fort Worth, Fort Worth Daily Gazette 1883-1896
- Laredo, El Democrata Fronterizo 1904-1919
Compiled by Lacey Frazier
I highly recommend the Portal to Texas History (http://texashistory.unt.edu/), which is FREE and requires no registration. Lots of Texas newspapers, yearbooks, etc. digitized, indexed, and posted there.
Hi Amanda,
Thank you so much for adding that free resource. Did you know you can find past issues of our quarterly STIRPES on The Portal to Texas?
Stay tuned as we highlight on the blog more resources — online and offline as well as free and paid — to help you out. You just never know where the clue you need will be. We will also be going over how to use The Portal to Texas.
Thanks for reading!
~Caroline
I was so happy to receive this information. A few years ago I was a member.
We use to have work shops and share information with each other. I still
love my true African American History. Maybe many of you do not remember
me. I know I have forgotten many of the names. I will have to look up my
old records again. I was so happy to receive this information. I hope to
hear from you soon. GOD bless all of you and keep DIGGING. I still live
in San Marcos, Texas. Hope to hear from you soon.
Ollie Hargis Giles
FamilySearch indexed the Texas County Tax Lists, where they can be accessed for free.
You are absolutely correct. However, this is not a list of all the ones FamilySearch has indexed but a list of ones they have added recently.
Thank you for your feedback.