The Federation of Genealogical Societies has a conference scheduled in Austin, TX 8-11 Sept. 2004. These are good learning experiences. For more about this go to http://www.fgs.org Their latest Forum has several sites for Texas research. http://www.dallaslibrary.org, Dallas Library. www.archives.gov/facilities/tx/fort_worth.html, Ft. Worth federal archives facility. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc, Austin History Center. http://www.cah.utexas.edu/, Center for American History. http://www.drtl.org, Daughters of the Republic of Texas. http://www.frenchlegationmuseum.org, what an interesting site. http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs, Texas Bureau of Vital Records. http://www.glo.state.tx.us, Texas General Land Office. I had trouble getting this to download. It may be temporary. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us, Texas state library and Archives. Bette