The Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP) is an umbrella organization for carrying out research in representative Texas German speech communities in central Texas. The goals of the TGDP are:
* to preserve the Texas German dialect as it reflects the rich cultural and linguistic traditions of its residents
* to gather basic research information about linguistic diversity in order to understand the nature of language variation and change
* to provide information about language differences and language change for public and educational interests
* to use the material collected in research projects for the improvement of educational programs about language and culture
A site for finding Obituaries, funeral homes, and cemeteries.
This was brought to our attention by Liz Hicks, Genealogy Director, Clayton Library and Genealogy Editor for GTHS.
This site's Land Grant Database contains 450,000 plus records f property titles the land office has issued since the Republic of Texas established it in 1836.
The Sophienburg: New Braunfels Archives and Museum of History. Dedicated to preserve the history of the settlement of New Braunfels and the subsequent development of this city and area of Texas. The Sophienburg Museum relates the history through the display of artifacts and displays of early life in New Braunfels. The Sophienburg Archives preserves the written history of the area through thousands of collections of personal and public documents.
Scroll to Archival Finding Aids to access databases of nearly 54,700 Confederate pensions, Confederate indigent families, citizens' claims against the Republic of Texas, and Adjutant General service records from 1836 to 1935.
The German genealogy internet portal for the society for Computer genealogy (Verein für Computergenealogie). The society maintains several servers on which can be found a lot of information related to German genealogy. From this portal page you can access most services and databases directly.
The Friends of the San Jacinto Battleground is a non-profit group whose mission is to support, preserve and honor the site of the 1836 battle where Sam Houston’s Texan troops were victorious over the forces of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, dictator of Mexico.
In just eighteen minutes on the afternoon of April 21, those seeking liberty and freedom from tyranny won a battle that accelerated the westward expansion of the United States to the Pacific coast, a decisive event that changed the course of world history. Indeed, the San Jacinto Battleground is a National Historic Landmark with state, national and international significance.
Linkpendium's links on Texas. Linkpendium's goal is to index every genealogy, geneology, (: family history, family tree, surname, vital records, biography, or otherwise genealogically-related site on the Internet.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library is part of the Alamo complex in San Antonio, Texas. The library has been developed and is supported and maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for the use of all researchers. The non-circulating collections pertain to the history of Texas, San Antonio, and the Alamo.
The site has information and pictures on over 1700 Texas Towns & Ghost Towns. This site also has a number of articles by Texas columnist on Texas History, Humor, Topics, and Opinion.
One caution, this site is sponsored by a Texas Travel agency and it also includes a lot of Google ads. So watch where you click.