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Libraries, Archives
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Clayton
Library
Center For Genealogical Research
530 Caroline
Houston, TX 77004-6896
Phone: (832) 393-2600
Houston
Public Library
Central Library
Julia Ideson Building
Texas Room and Archives
500 McKinney
Houston, Texas 77002
(Key Map #493L)
Phone 832-393-1313
Branch
Locations
Sterling
Municipal Library
Mary E. Wilbanks Avenue
Baytown, TX 77520
Phone: (281) 427-7331
Fax: (281) 420-5347
Harris
County Texas Archives
USGW Archives Project
State Records Center and Talking Book
Warehouse
4400 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Austin, Texas
Phone: (512) 452-9242
Texas
State Library and Archives Commission
The Genealogy
Collection is open Tuesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (closed
on Mondays)
P.O. Box 12927
Austin, TX 78711
Phone: (512) 463-5480
Genealogy Collection
Phone: (512) 463-5463
Family
History Centers
LDS Genealogy
Mormon Genealogy
familysearch.org
Baytown Texas
1010 Birdsong Drive
Baytown, TX 77521-3206
Phone: 281-428-5141
Clear Lake Texas
1802 Gunwale
Houston, TX 77062
Phone: 281-488-4406
Cypress Texas
16535 Kleinwood Dr
Spring, TX 77379
Phone: 281-251-5931
Houston Texas
1101 Bering Drive
Houston, TX 77057-2310
Phone: 713-785-2105
Houston Texas East
4202 Yellowstone Drive
Pasadena, TX 77504
Phone: 281-991-8479
Houston Texas North
16331 Hafer Road
Houston, TX 77090
Phone: 281-893-5381
Katy Texas
1603 Norwalk
Katy, TX 77413
Phone: 281-578-8338
Kingwood Texas
4021 Deerbrook
Kingwood, TX 77339
Phone: 281-360-1352
Magnolia Texas
31705 Michael Road
Magnolia, TX 77355-8564
Phone: 713-521-9728
Old Katy Texas
1928 Drexel
Katy, TX 77493-1715
Phone: 281-391-7689
Pine Trails Texas
14404 Kemrock Drive
Houston, TX
Phone: 281-458-1526
Shadowdale Texas
4703 Shadowdale
Houston, TX 77041
Phone: 713-466-7706
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Historical & Genealogical
Societies
Cherokee
Cultural Society of Houston
4407 Rose Street
Houston, TX 77007
Greater
Houston Jewish Genealoigcal Society
Harris
County Chapter Czech Heritage Society of Texas
4117 Willowbend
Houston, Texas 77025-5706
Toll free (866) 293-2443 Local (713) 349-0500
Harris
County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 391
Pasadena, TX 77501
The
Heritage Society
Houston, Texas
1100 Bagby Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 655-1912
Harris
County Historical Commission
Secretary:
Trevia Wooster Beverly
2507 Tannehill Drive Houston, TX 77008-3052
Phone: (713) 864-6862
Houston Afro-American Historical &
Genealogical Society
302 Harbor Drive
Houston, TX 77062
Houston
Genealogical Forum
PO Box 271466
Houston, TX 77277-1466
Houston Polish Genealogical Society
3606 Maroneal
Houston, TX 77025
Humble
Area Genealogical Society
La
Porte / Bay Area Heritage Society
PO Box 847
LaPorte, TX 77572-0847
Sons
of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston Chapter #38
Katy, Texas
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Harris County
Texas Genealogy & Family History Resources
Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Baytown, Bellaire, Channelview, Clear Lake Area,
Deer Park, Houston, Humble, Jersey Village, Kingwood, La Porte,
Pasadena, Seabrook, South Houston, Spring, Tomball, Waller, Webster
Established: March 17, 1836
Parent County: Harrisburg Municipality
County Seat: Houston
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The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains
information on millions of deceased individuals with United
States social security numbers whose deaths were reported
to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains
over 89 million death records.
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CensusLinks.com
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Harris
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County 1870 Census
Harris County TXGenWeb Project
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County, Texas Federal Census Index
US-Census.org
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County Texas Voter Registration Searchable Database
Tax.co.harris.tx.us
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to Online Census Records Harris Co., Texas
Census-Online.com
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U.S. Federal Census Index. States/Territories: CA, IA,
KS, MO, NE, NM, TX, OR, UT
Genealogical Publishing Company
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the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
Ancestry.com ~ The Indian Census schedules
are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents
or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as
required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98).
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Census Records Online at Ancestry.com!

Free Trial Available. View all original federal
census records taken every 10 years from the first census
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Houston Chronicle
801 Texas
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Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 220-7171
Obituaries
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This database is a compilation of obituaries published
in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources.
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Historic Newspapers Online

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and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers
who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the
1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately
4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different
records compiled from everything from original passenger
lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed,
you may find the following information: name, age, year
and place of arrival, and the source of the record.
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