Texas Genealogy & Family Trees

Learn when births, deaths, and marriages were recorded in Texas, and how to obtain Texas birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records. Includes links to Texas birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate applications.

Alphabetic listing of towns and cities in the state of Texas in 1895, with both state and county maps.

Part of the worldwide Books We Own project, this Texas genealogy page contains a listing of Texas genealogy and history books with volunteers willing to provide free lookups.

Find a Family History Center near you in this listing of the LDS Church family history centers located in Texas.

A free message board devoted to Texas genealogy queries.

Find links to free online census records for Texas from Mark E. Reed.

Society Hill offers a good listing of genealogical and historical societies in Texas with phone numbers, addresses, and Web sites where available.

Learn how to research your Texas ancestors with this free compilation of Texas genealogy research strategies and resources. From FamilySearch.org.

Email-based discussion groups on a variety of topics relating to Texas genealogy and family history.

Find transcribed cemeteries for Texas online, listed by county.

Search for Texas ancestors in this online census data transcribed by hard-working contributors of this volunteer genealogy project.

A guide to obtaining copies of Texas vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.