Dallas Area Libraries With Genealogical Collections
Dallas Public Library http://catalog.dallaslibrary.org/polaris/search/misc/esources.aspx
Plano Public Library https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/9a077bab-5e3d-4702-a027-d4107816628d
Farmers Branch Library https://farmersbranch.librarycatalog.info/polaris/Search/misc/esources.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&Category=52
Carrollton Public Library https://innovative.cityofcarrollton.com/screens/resources_genealogy.html
Richardson Public Library https://rson.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default
Mesquite Public Library https://www.cityofmesquite.com/577/Genealogy
Online Databases at Local Libraries
American Ancestors- At Dallas Public- In-Library Only New England History and Genealogical Society
America’s Genealogy Bank http://infoweb.newsbank.com/gbnl/
America’s Obituaries and Death Notices https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/?p=OBIT
Ancestry Library Edition- Free at Home til at least March 31, 2021
Bibliography of Native North Americans
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. The database is an essential research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists, and policy makers.
e-books and Journals (Some of the links below do not work- The purpose of the links is for you to see what the database is about. You will need to access the database using your own library website and library card.
Fold 3- Military, Census, Dawes Rolls and more. You likely will be able to access from home after logging in with your library card
Handbook of Texas History
A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture with over 23,000 articles.
Heritage Quest https://hqrl.com/
HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources. Contains U.S. census records, an index to Revolutionary War records, books, and articles from genealogical and historical magazines. This website is likely accessable at home after logging into your library with your library card
History Geo https://www.historygeo.com/
Newspaper Archive -DGS Donation to DPL https://access.newspaperarchive.com/aboutus/
Reference Solutions(Formerly Reference USA) http://www.referenceusa.com/Home/Home
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities across a century of change. Combined with other sources such as city directories, photographs, small-scale maps, census records, genealogies, and statistical data, Sanborn maps provide an unparalleled picture of life in American towns and cities.
Texas Reference Center
The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Texas Reference Center contains 30 full text periodicals, 100 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more. Examples of titles offered include: Best in Texas, Texas Business Review, Texas Education Review, Texas Journal of Women & the Law, Texas Monthly, and many more
Tex-Share Databases TexShare Library of Texas is an extensive collection of databases which gives users the opportunity to access full-text articles in encyclopedias, almanacs, reference books, journals, newspapers, and electronic books. Databases include Ebsco MasterFile and Academic Search, Heritage Quest Online, Texas Digital Sanborn Maps, Ebsco Consumer Health Complete, Gale Literature Resources Center, InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, and Net Library. You will need a login and password, which you may request from a reference librarian.
Worldcat/First Search.org Learn locations of books, articles, journals, dissertations, etc https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSPrefs?entityjsdetect=:javascript=true:screensize=large:sessionid=fsap05pxm1-1680-kkbuw2sg-yt5swg:entitypagenum=1:0
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Finding Books Online
Other than libraries several places come to mind most are listed on Cyndislist.com at https://cyndislist.com/books/ebooks/
Places like Amazon Books, Google Books, Hathi Trust, Genealogy Bank, Family Search, Heritage Quest, Internet Archives, https://genealogical.com/
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