Helpful websites links: :


Genealogical Societies


Texas State Genealogical Society

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/      


Dallas Genealogical Society
https://www.dallasgenealogy.org


Fort Worth Genealogical Society

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txfwgs/html/links.html


Mid-Cities Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmcgs/index.html

Irving Genealogical Society

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txigs/


Government Sites

Texas State Library and Archives
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/genfirst.html



Texas General Land Office

http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsSearch.cfm


The Bureau of Land Management

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

The Bureau of Land Management website offers researchers a source of information on the initial transfer of land titles from the Federal government to individuals. In addition to verifying title transfer, this information will allow the researcher to associate an individual (Patentee, Assignee, Warrantee, Widow, or Heir) with a specific location (Legal Land Description) and time (Issue Date).

National Archives Southwest Region

http://www.archives.gov/southwest

The website of the National Archives Southwest Region in Fort Worth, Texas houses a center for historical and genealogical research, where they have both an Archival and Microfilm Research Room for researchers. Their historical records date from the 1800s to the late 1900s, and include letters, photographs, maps, architectural drawings, and other documents received from over 100 Federal agencies and courts in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.


Newspapers


Grand Prairie Reporter

http://grandprairiereporter.com/

Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/


Ft. Worth Star Telegram

http://www.star-telegram.com/local_news/



Research Sites


U.S. Genweb
https://www.usgenweb.com


Texas Genweb

http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/society.htm

The TXGenWeb Project is a grass-roots all volunteer genealogical/historical effort.   Each county webpage is commercial free and contains useful tips, online databases particular to that area, volunteer lookups, surname queries, descriptions of local libraries, historical background information, contact information, and much more.  All information is free. 


Cyndi's List

https://www.cyndislist.com

Probably the most exhaustive list of genealogical materials available on the internet can be found here.


Ancestry.Com
https://www.ancestry.com

Family Tree

http://www.familytree.com/


Heritage Quest

http://www.heritagequestonline.com/



More Interesting Websites:


Askolivetree.blogspot.com - Every day I will choose one question to answer. Send your query about your ancestors to me then check back here to see if it has been answered.

Ancestorsatrest.com - Find your ancestors in death records. Search free death records such as coffin plates, death cards, funeral cards, wills, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions on AncestorsAtRest.com Find links to other death records like cemeteries, vital stats, and obituaries.


Daddezio.com - Website focused upon Italian research, with instruction, information and more


DeathIndexes.com - Lists of links to United States death records, by state


GenCircles.com - Upload and share your family trees.



Genuki.org.uk - Large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.



Irishfamilyresearch.co.uk - Trace your Irish ancestry here. 


JewishGen.org - Jewish, reference, instruction, coordination, and databases.



ObitCentral.com - Obituary database for finding obituaries and performing cemetery searches.


Paper-trail.blogspot.com - Find Ancestors in genealogy Documents such as birth and marriage certificates, burial & Cemetery records, land records, indentures, slave certificates and more


SurnameWeb.org - A collection of surname website links; online since 1996.