Research Guides

• Family Search Wiki

  There are over 98,212 articles on this wiki with information about available resources and other how-tos.

• 50 Questions to Ask Relatives about Family History

• ThoughtCo. com Genealogy page

• Linkpendium: The Definitive Directory - Genealogy Links

• Genealogy in Time Magazine
• Genealogy Tips for Tracing Female Ancestors

• Ancestry.com

• American Ancestors: New England Historic Genealogical Society

• Ancestry vs FamilySearch vs MyHeritage vs FindMyPast

  Comparison of the 4 biggest genealogy research sites

• Fayette County Churches and Church Records

• Catholic Archives of Texas

Parish Registers, 1840-1957: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Victoria TX. - Call Number: Regional History Microforms F394.V56P29 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Trinity Lutheran Church: records: Victoria Texas. - Call Number: Regional History Microfilm BX8076.V58T75

Publication Date: 1851

• Portal To Texas History

  A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas, including newspapers.

• Texas General Land Office

• Archives.com

• Ancestor Search Quick Search

• Ancestor Search

• Free Databases for Louisiana Genealogy

• Find a Grave
• HeritageQuest Online 

  The UHV Library subscribes to HeritageQuest. Non-affiliated researchers must be on campus to use this database. HeritageQuest® Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. Powered by Ancestry® with more than 4.4 billion records and coverage dating back to the 1700s. Chadwyck-Healey