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Links to Help With Research All resources are free unless marked with - $$$ Local / Regional Resources A. M. Aikin Archives The Paris News On-Line The Red River Historian — a newsletter published by Robin Jett Texas Historical Commission Atlas for Lamar County — Information about historic sites in the county (and other counties in the state) Lamar County Appraisal Database Lamar County Deed Index Records — starting in 1960 Mary Hall–Ferguson's pictures of Lamar County military headstones Debra's Best Free Websites for Genealogy Research
Texas State Resources Handbook of Texas Online Texas Research Help Texas State Genealogical Society WPA Life Histories of Texas Texas State Library - includes TexShare Databases
U. S. Resources FamilySearch.org A One-Step Portal for Online Genealogy — Stephen P. Morse Free Public Records Online U. S. Census Bureau Transcribed Census Records Transcribed Census Records Heritage Quest — $$$ (may be accessed free through your home library login) Social Security Death Index Linkpendium Epidemics Chart Downloadable PDF Copies of NARA's Free Publications Some of the most popular: (110) Using Civilian Records for Genealogical Research (108) Black Family Research (109) Military Service Records (114) Land Entry Files There are many more!
African American African American Research AfriGeneas NARA Publication — Black Family Research
Birth Records Births and Deaths Lamar County Texas Births — 1926–1931
Books WorldCat/OCLC Family Search Books — more than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications
Calendars Calendars for the Years 1582 Through 3000 What Day of the Week for a Date Ancestor Search Genealogy Calculators & Tools
Canadian Research Canadian Genealogy Centre
Cemeteries and Death Records Lamar County Cemetery Records Mary Hall-Ferguson's pictures of Lamar County headstones Death Indexes Online Texas Death Certificates 1890–1976 (New index) Texas Death Certificates 1890–1976 (Old index) Social Security Death Index Headstone Emblems Grave Symbols: Abbreviations on Gravestones Guide to Gravestone Carvings Nationwide Gravesite Locator — User-submitted gravestone records with a special collection covering veterans Cemeteries — Internment.net Find–a–Grave African-American Cemeteries
Census Helps A One–Step Portal for On–Line Genealogy — Stephen P. Morse U. S. Census Bureau Transcribed Census Records Transcribed Census Records Heritage Quest — $$$ (may be accessed free through your home library login)
Church Resources Historical Religion in America The Ultimate Guide to Religion in American History
DNA DNA Results Explained — Also see Understand Your yDNA Results Family Tree DNA A One–Step Portal for On–Line Genealogy — Stephen P. Morse
General Help Site Toolbox Analytics — complete instructions for setting up Google Analytics on your website Free Counters for Websites Validation Online Link Checker (be sure to include the / after your website URL or it will try to check all of RootsWeb) Free Download Link Checker HTTrack Website Copier CNet's Web Site Tools for Windows — use these with caution! <hyper>gurl Website Tools Research Toolbox Free Handy Tools for Genealogists Linkpendium Helm's Genealogy Toolbox Thomas MacAntee's Genealogy Research Toolbox Ancestor Search Genealogy Calculators & Tools Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet Black Sheep Ancestors Ancestry's Family Tree Templates & Pedigree Charts
Irish Research Boston Pilot Griffiths Valuation, 1848–1864 Irish Famine Passenger Records — NewYork
Land Resources Deed Interpretation Guide Texas County Appraisal Database — Select the county County Deed Index Records - starting in 1960 — Not all counties are included, free registration and you can view documents, but have to pay to view them clearly
Map Resources USGenWeb Digital Map Library Animated Atlas Antique Maps$$$ — Maps cost but you can view them for free David Rumsey Map Collection Database Library of Congress Panoramic Maps Collection
Military Resources Online Military Indexes and Records DAR Online Library USGenWeb Pension Project Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835 – 1845 National Archives and Records Administration Pacific wrecks — plane crashes and missing planes in the Pacific Navy Memorial World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 — requires a login — $$$ (on Ancestry) Prisoners of War of the Japanese World War II Memorial Army Soldiers of Texas and Oklahoma of the 90th Division Vietnam War Honor States - Online Memorial and Archive for Those Who Lost Their Lives in War North Texas Chapter of the Texas Association of the Vietnam Veterans Merchant Marines American Battle Monuments Commission Can also be searched by unit Korean War Memorials Korea Archives Korean War — Remembering Fellow Texans Korean War Project (DNA requests for identification and spaces to leave memorial notes) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office Korea–Texas Unaccounted for (has other war information as well) Civil War — SCV Camp Mabry in Austin Websites for Merchant Marine Ships during WW2 Convoy Web Home Convoy Web — Hague Collection Merchant Marines Ships — Pacific Theater WWII Find Shipmates Arlington Cemetery POW/MIA Mary Hall–Ferguson's pictures of Lamar County military headstones World War II Records — on Ancestry, but appear to be free Military Records — on Ancestry, but may be free Sons of the American Revolution Records — on Ancestry, but may be free
Native American Resources Access Genealogy National Archives (NARA) Archival Resources Catalog — Native Americans
Newspaper Resources NewspaperArchive.com — $$$ Chronicling America — Historic American Newspapers GenealogyBank — $$$ Newspapers.com Civil War Era Newspapers Harper's Weekly Newspaper Stories of the Civil War
Passenger Lists/Immigration Castle Garden Ancestors OnBoard — $$$ Ellis Island A One–Step Portal for On–Line Genealogy — Stephen P. Morse Finding Family from Ship's Passenger Lists — a great genealogy resource shared by Chloe, a young genealogist
Search Engines USGenWeb Archives Search Engines Linkpendium FamilySearch.org
Surnames Linkpendium WorldConnect Family Tree DNA

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