Alert!

March 12, 2025: Click here to read an important letter from the Library Director.

We are experiencing network disruptions affecting our catalog and Internet. Our Technology Team is actively working to resolve the issue. Check back for updates; we appreciate your patience!

  • Books can still be checked out with an FBCL library card
  • eBooks ARE AVAILABLE on OverDrive/Libby and hoopla; click here for instructions.
  • Overdue fines are waived until the network issue has been resolved
  • Most online resources are now available
  • Not available: Catalog & access to your account, Wall Street Journal, LinkedIn Learning, Hotspots & Launchpads

Alert: University Branch Library

University Branch Library (Sugar Land) will be CLOSED on Friday, March 14, for a scheduled power outage by CenterPoint Energy. 

In-House Resources

various print resources at the genealogy and local history department

  • Fort Bend County Obituary Database
  • Fort Bend County photo collection
  • Fort Bend County vertical files (biographies, cemeteries, churches, history)
  • Fort Bend County Newspapers (Fort Bend County only, starting with 1911; Brookshire Times 1899-1984; Galveston Daily News 1865-1917; and Telegraph & Texas Register, Houston, Texas 1835-1875)
  • Other Newspapers (Houston Post 1981-1993, New York Times 1978-2011, Wall Street Journal 1988-2002, The Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston) from 1847-1875, and more)
  • Census indexes
  • Civil War collection
  • DAR lineage books and indexes
  • Genealogies (family histories)
  • Guidebooks (how to do research)
  • Immigration records (published passenger lists)
  • Local histories (county, state, and city & town histories for southeastern U.S.)
  • Periodicals (genealogical, historical and family publications)
  • Special collection of the Czech Heritage Society of Texas

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