Genealogy
We have a small genealogy collection of books and CD's.
Access the eShelf & Research icon - then the "Selected Sites "section in red-- for list of links to databases and libraries that are helpful for geneaolgy research, for description of our genealogy collection, the vision for the collection, and about our genealogy meetings.
Some helpful databases include ---
Click on Texshare databases, then go to Heritage Quest
http://www.bosquecountycollection.org
The archives collection at Meridian, Texas on Bosque County history and a vertical file of family histories.
This site has Texas death certificates up to 1976 by clicking on Search, then on Search Records Pilot on the drop-down menu tab
The site has records on families that people have sent in to them, plus through their own records search.
The library at clifton and also the Waco-McLennan County Library ( West Waco LIbrary and Genealogy Center) on Bosque Blvd behind the cotton Patch have the library edition for use inside the library on their computers in genealogy room.
https://familytreemagazine.com/article/101-best-websites-2015
http://www.progenealogists.com/top50genealogy2009.htm ---- The top 50 !
http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleauthb.htm --- listing of many databases
http://www.homeadvisor.com/article/show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html
The Valley Mills Girl Scout troop found this site very helpful. It gives a general overview of genealogy, with sites to go to for researach plus forms to download.
Many libraries have helpful websites listed, including---
The Nellie Pederson Civic Library at Clifton
The Waco-McLennan County Library
The Salado library and also the museum at Salado (for Scottish history and genealogy)
Tip of the day ! -- Type in an ancestor's name in quotation marks-- you might find a website full of information on that person by some distant relative. 2 success stories!