Websites
USEFUL INFORMATION FOUND IN OTHER PLACES
The Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association
Source for free Texas history - See the menu towards the top where you can choose to: Browse - Search - or select different topics: Texas Day by Day - eBooks - Music - Civil War - African American Texas - Tejano History - Houston - Texas Women
The Portal to Texas History - UNT
A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas.
TX - The Texas Almanac
The premier reference for everything Texas. Information on various topics, including election results, records of extreme weather in the state, and facts about all 254 counties. - Part of the Texas State Historical Association - going back to 1857. Visit the archives to see the earliest works, published by the Galveston News.
Texas GenWeb
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.