Genealogy Resources

• Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
• Cyndi's List
• Jewish Genealogy
• National Archives & Records Administration Genealogy Page
• National Genealogical Society
• Obituary Links Page
• RootsWeb 
• VietnamGenWeb 

• Southeast Texas Genealogical and Historical Society 
• GenWeb Project - Jefferson County
• Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus
• Tyrrell Historical Library Digital Collections

https://stacks.paplibrary.org/books-research/port-arthur-news-obituary-index

Mailing Lists - Send an email to a single address and everyone subscribed to the list receives the email. Archives are frequently searchable. Genealogy lists are often organized by surname, location, or topic.

Message Boards - Think of an electronic bulletin board organized by date that the message was posted. Also searchable and organized by surname, location, or topic.

Databases - Databases are searchable collections of information such as web page indexes, birth/death information or any other type of information you can imagine.

Software - A lot of software is available for free online and can be downloaded.

• Port Arthur News Obituary Index -  Obituary Index for the Port Arthur News available from Febuary 1, 1969 - 2013
• Social Security Death Index
• HeritageQuest (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
  • In-library access
  • Remote access
• Family Treemaker CDs - Available on the library's computers in Archives Room.