Gen Resources

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Texas History

  • The Handbook of Texas is a digital state encyclopedia developed by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) that is free and accessible on the Internet for students, teachers, scholars, and the general public.

    The Handbook of Texas Online

  • A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas.

    The Portal to Texas History

  • Forum discussions and photo archives.

    Traces of Texas

  • Genealogy Web Site about Burnet County, Texas

    http://txgenwebcounties.org/burnet/

  • 60+ databases all in one location.

    https://texshare.net/

  • Flickr website with historical photos from the Lower Colorado River Authority’s archives. Includes photos of the construction and early operation of the dams in the Highland Lakes region.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcra_photos/albums/72157651844987370/

  • Texas Digital Archive | TSLAC

    The Texas Digital Archive manages, preserves, and facilitates access to the electronic records collections of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, including those transferred by state agencies or digitized by the State Archives.

    https://tsl.access.preservica.com/

    University of Texas at Austin Collections

    A collection of digitized materials from the University of Texas Libraries. Items include newspapers, images, books, maps, and more.

    https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/

    Texas Archival Resources Online

    TARO makes descriptions of the rich archival, manuscript, and museum collections in repositories across the state available to the public. The site consists of the collection descriptions or "finding aids" that archives, libraries, and museums create to assist users in locating information in their collections. Consider these an extended table of contents which describe unique materials only available at the individual repositories. In most cases, the collections themselves are NOT available online.

    https://txarchives.org/home

  • A virtual museum focusing on the prehistory of Texas from the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin. It provides results of archeological and historical research on the cultural heritage of Texas. Online exhibits cover a multitude of subjects regarding Texas’ prehistory. Teacher lesson plans and activities for kids are also available.

    https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/

  • The museum's Texas History Online center includes: the Texas Story Project, Texas Story Podcast, an interactive Texas map, an artifact gallery, a Texas history timeline, and more. 

    https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover

Image of Burnet Texas circ 1900

Local Resources

General Research

  • The ultimate goal of the Open Library is to make all the published works of humankind available to everyone in the world. Search the archives for digital loans.

    Open Library

  • Sites for researching multiple records in one location:

    Allen County Public Library: Genealogy Center, Forty Wayne Indiana

    Genealogy Today

    National Archives: by state

  • The National Archives holds Federal military service records from the Revolutionary War to 1912 in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Military service records from WWI - present are held in the National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in St. Louis, Missouri.

    Post-WWI regimental and unit records are primarily held at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.

    National Archives: Military Records

  • Genealogy Forum

    Ancestor Hunt

    Geneanet

  • Geneanet.org is a free website where you can build your family tree and search Canadian records.

  • Historical Texas Case Law

    Information on the Texas State Law Library website about official and unofficial case reporters throughout Texas history.

    https://guides.sll.texas.gov/historical-texas-cases

    Caselaw Access Project

    A website by Harvard Law School that makes all published U.S. court decisions freely available online to the public. The Caselaw Access Project aims to digitize and provide free access to 360 years of U.S. case law from state, federal, and territorial courts in a consistent format. 

    https://case.law/

    Bouvier 1856 Law Dictionary

    A LAW DICTIONARY ADAPTED TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE AMERICAN UNION by John Bouvier Revised Sixth Edition, 1856

    https://wzukusers.storage.googleapis.com/user-32960741/documents/5ad525c314331myoR8FY/1856_bouvier_6.pdf

    CourtListener

    CourtListener is a free legal research website containing millions of legal opinions from federal and state courts. With CourtListener, lawyers, journalists, academics, and the public can research an important case, stay up to date with case law as it develops, or do deep analysis using our raw data.

    https://www.courtlistener.com/

  • Created by the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries is an online resource that documents the creation and evolution of every U.S. county and county equivalent from the colonial period through the 20th century. It provides maps and extensive documentation of every boundary change over time.

    https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/

  • This Library of Congress collection provides free access to select digitized newspaper pages through 1963. It is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. In addition, as a starting point for researching in Chronicling America, librarians at the Library of Congress have created over 300 research guides on topics widely covered in the American press of the time.

    https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/about-this-collection/

Vintage postcards and letters

Record research