RELATED LINKS

Please feel free to visit any of the following Web sites to find more information on these topics:

• Environment
• Recreation and Travel
• History
• Texas Population
• Vital Statistics
• Government
• Education
• Texas Business
• Culture and Arts
• Texas News Media
• Religious Groups in Texas

Environment

• McDonald Observatory's StarDate Online
• Texas Nature, generally, from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Texas Birds and Birding, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Wildlife Management Areas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• The Mammals of Texas list
• Weather Information from National Weather Service
• U.S. Naval Observatory (calculating times of moonrise/set and sunrise/set for a particular location)

Recreation and Travel

• Texas Department of Transportation (Texas travel information)
• Visitor information for individual cities
• Texas City Government Home Pages
• Texas Events, Fairs and Festivals List
• Road Mileage Calculator (distances between Texas cities)
• Road Conditions and Lane/Road Closures
• Texas State Park List and Information
• National Parks and Historic Sites in Texas
• Recreational facilities on National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
• Texas Hunting License Information and Regulations
• Texas Fishing License Information and Regulations

History

• The Texas State Historical Association
• Texas Historical Commission
• Texas State Library and Archives - for government records and historic documents
• General Land Office - for Texas land archives and records
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• Texas Historic Sites Atlas
• The Alamo and Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
• Texas State Cemetery, final resting place of many of the makers of Texas history
• Historic sites in the state parks system
• Lone Star Junction, an interesting and well-researched Texas history site
• Rock Art Foundation

Texas Population

• Texas State Data Center
• U.S. Census Bureau 2000 census data

Vital Statistics

• Texas Department of State Health Services Bureau of Vital Statistics
• Health Statistics
• Verification of Marriage and Divorce
• Birth and Death Certificates – Certified Copies
• Heirloom Birth Certificates
• Central Adoption Registry

Government

Texas Government:

• Texas Constitution
• Governor of Texas
• Texas Governor's Mansion
• Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• Attorney General of Texas
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas
• Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
• Texas Secretary of State
• Texas Legislature, including bills from the last legislative session
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Texas Statutes
• Election Information and Returns
• Voter Registration Information
• Texas State Government Budget and Taxes

Local Government:

• Texas Cities' Information
• County Information

Federal Government:

• Library of Congress
• United State Senate
• United States House of Representatives
• Library of Congress' "Thomas" site (information about Congress and the federal government, including bills, text of the Congressional Record, Congressional committee information, historical documents, the legislative process and U.S. Government Internet resources)

Education

• Texas Education Agency (information about Texas' public schools)
• Higher Education Coordinating Board (information about Texas universities and colleges)
• Financial Aid Information for Texas Colleges and Universities
• Adventures in Education Financial Aid Information

Texas Business

• Business and Industry Data Center
• Economic Development and Tourism
• The Texas Workforce Commission
• Foreign-Trade Zones
• Minerals Yearbook of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

Culture and the Arts

• Texas State Library
• Texas State Library's "About Texas" page
• Texas Libraries with Web Pages
• Find any Texas public library
• Texas Film Commission
• Texas Music Office
• Texas Poets Laureate
• Texas State Artists

Texas News Media

• Texas Press Association
• Texas Newspapers and Broadcast Outlets
• Pulitzer Prize Winners
• Belo's Texas newspapers and television stations:
     • The Dallas Morning News
     • WFAA, Channel 8 (ABC) – Dallas
     • KENS, Channel 5 (CBS) – San Antonio
     • KHOU, Channel 11 (CBS) – Houston
     • KVUE, Channel 24 (ABC) – Austin
     • TXCN-Texas Cable News

Religious Groups in Texas

• Assemblies of God
• Baptist General Convention of Texas
• Catholic Archives of Texas
• Texas Catholic Historical Society
• Episcopal Diocese of Texas
• Dallas Jewish Historical Society
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
• United Methodist Church
• Methodist Archives and Research Center, John Rylands University Library of Manchester
• Presbyterian Church (USA)