Genealogy: Home
Genealogy sites from government agencies or organizations that use government information
Getting Started
- Start Your Genealogy Research (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration)The NARA is the archive for records created by the United States federal government, including census, military, naturalization, and immigration records. Its central location is in Washington, DC,
- Clayton Library for Genealogical Research (Houston Public Library System)HPLs Clayton Library branch is one of the top genealogical research libraries in the United States. Patrons can also use Ancestry Library Edition, Heritagequest, and FindMyPast onsite, as well as a number of other databases.
- FamilysearchSearch your family and create an online tree for free. Similar to ancestry.com in that it provides access to many different records and images of documents.
Subject Guide
Attribution
Linda Spiro, Government Information and Education Librarian, created this guide with input from Anna Shparberg and maintained the guide until her retirement in August, 2017.
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