Great Sites for Texas Research
The Portal to Texas History--excellent resource for digitized old newspapers, photographs, maps, and books by University of North Texas.
http://texashistory.unt.edu
Texas GenWeb Project--some counties have tons of info, some, not so much. http://www.txgenweb.org
General Land Office--some land grant info has been digitized. You can search the database for your ancestor. Maps here, too. Look under the tab "How Do I?".
http://www.glo.texas.gov
Texas Death Records--odds and ends--http://olddeathrecords.org/category/browse-state/texas
Three-Legged Willie--Williamson County, but also a probate index for 11 counties
http://three-legged-willie.org
The Olden Times Historic Newspapers--http://theoldentimes.com
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