Explore Beyond the County Pages

Special Projects

Collections & Collaborations

Discover More of Texas History

TXGenWeb and our USGenWeb partners preserve specialized collections that can add context, clues, and images to your family history research.

TXGenWeb Project — An asterisk marks a project hosted directly by TXGenWeb. Other projects are maintained by USGenWeb partner sites.

Texas Postcard Collection

Browse historic Texas postcards, including towns, courthouses, county scenes, and special collections. Many images date from before 1960.

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Headstone Emblems

Identify religious, military, fraternal, occupational, and other symbols found on grave markers and cemetery monuments.

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Texas USGenWeb Archives

Explore contributed historical and genealogical records from counties across Texas through the USGenWeb Archives Project.

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Search the USGenWeb Archives

Search contributed records across the USGenWeb Archives when you need to look beyond a single county or collection.

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Tombstone Transcription Project

Find cemetery surveys, gravestone inscriptions, and tombstone photographs contributed by volunteers to preserve burial information.

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Penny Postcards from Texas

Explore another historic postcard collection preserved through the USGenWeb Archives, with images organized by Texas county.

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Have Something to Contribute?

Many TXGenWeb collections exist because researchers and volunteers shared photographs, transcriptions, and local-history materials. If you have Texas genealogy material that may belong in one of these projects, contact the appropriate project or county coordinator.