Texas Vital Statics

Choose "Genealogy", and click on the link called "Vital Statistics Indexes". This will detail the types of indexes and materials that are available in our collection. While we do not have the actual certificates, we do have selected indexes to births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. In addition, you may wish to also review the information in the Genealogy section called "County Records on Microfilm".
Some of the records you are looking for may have been microfilmed and available to be borrowed through the interlibrary loan program. Please check to see if your county is listed and the type of records which have been filmed.


Genforum

One of the most comprehensive ways is throughwhich is the US Genealogical project. When you go to that web page, you can click on Texas and then on the counties. There is a lot of information about Texas Czechs and you can do a general name search.


Texas Historical Markers

Have you ever been curious about what historical markers are in the county you are researching?
You can use this:Select "County Search" and go from there. There is other historical information you can obtain by doing different types of searches.


Texas Land Title Abstracts

TEXAS LAND TITLE ABSTRACTS

This database is a quick and ready reference to original land grants in Texas issued by the successive governments of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the State of Texas. It lists, by counties, the names of the original grantees (the individuals or companies that obtained the initial right to claim part of the public domain), the patentees (the person or company listed on the patent that formally conveys land out of the public domain at the conclusion of the land granting process), the land grant class, the location of the corresponding file and patent in the archives of the Texas General Land Office, the date of patent, and the acreage. These original land grant records are maintained by the Archives and Records Division of the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) and are arranged by the 38 land districts into which the 254 counties of Texas are divided. The database page's extended description shows the three-letter code for each land district. For an overview of Texas land grants and a description of land grant categories (headrights, military grants, scrip) visit


History of Texas Land Grants

A brief history of land grant in Texas can be found here.


Texas General Land Office

The Texas General Land Office offers a name search service on names found in this database. The name submission form can be accessed from the main database page. Visit this page for more information about the service and other database details.

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