Curator Corner: Some Resources for Genealogy Research

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City Directories

There are various ways you can access them online and physically:

El Paso Main Library ‘s Border Heritage

UTEP Special Collections:

Burges House’s Jane Burges Perrenot Research  Library.

How can you access them Online?

https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CIT/

http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/city_direct/

Both are free.

Online Resources

http://www.epcounty.com/publicrecords/officialpublicrecords/OfficialPublicRecordSearch.aspx

free. Open Records( Birth,Marriage,Deeds,and other legal records.)

https://www.familysearch.org/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://newspaperarchive.com/(free if you are a student or faculity member at UTEP)

https://www.newspapers.com/(fee based) free access at the Burges House’s Jane Burges Perrenot Research  Library .

https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/home.page(fee) (free if you are a student or faculity member at UTEP)

EPCHS Curator,

Joseph Ramon Micheal Longo

Since 1954 the El Paso County Historical Society has been a driving force in the historic scene of El Paso. EPCHS strives to foster research into the history of the El Paso area; acquire and make available to the public historic materials; publish and encourage historical writing pertaining to the area; and to develop public consciousness of our rich heritage.