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Orange County Texas Inventory of County Archives - (Book - AbeBooks) : This 194 page book details a historical sketch of the county as well as housing, care, and accessibility of the records. This book also includes many of the proceedings in the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constable, and Tax Assessor-Collector. Indexed. Publication Date: 1941. -

Spanish American War - Texas - (Database Online - World Vital Records) : This database contains more than 23,000 records of Texans who fought in the Spanish American War in 1898. Here you will find their names, organization and call number. Subscription required. -

A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847 - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This work is the answer to an increased interest in the Verein colonization in Texas, a movement that brought thousands of German immigrants into Texas from 1844 to 1847. A short history describes the beginnings of the Verein movement in Germany and its development into the largest colonization project in Texas history. Of special interest to the descendants of these early Texas settlers is a list of over 4,000 immigrants compiled from German and Texas ship passenger lists, which provides such information as age, names of accompanying family members, place of residence in Europe, name of ship, and dates of departure and arrival. -

Bayland Orphan Home Records 1867-1948 (Harris County, Texas) - (Database Online - Footnote) : These records consist of nine volumes, and several loose documents, kept by the Board of Trustees of the Bayland Orphan Home from inception until it closed in 1948. The children, both boys and girls, were not always orphans in the sense that both parents were dead. Often, children were admitted "on account of the extreme poverty of the applicants." -

Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Assembled from local land office records after Texas gained its independence from Mexico, the Character Certificate files in the General Land Office in Austin establish the identities of early immigrants to Texas, fix their date and place of settlement, and shed light on their origins and their families. In using this book, then, the researcher has at his fingertips the unique genealogical records of around 5,000 early Texas settlers! -

Confederate Soldiers - Texas - (Database Online - Footnote) : These records contain card abstracts of entries relating to each soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports. They may also contain the originals of any papers relating solely to a particular soldier. Browse by military unit, then name of soldier, or use the search box related to this title. Requires payment. -

Genealogical Records in Texas - (Book - Amazon.com) : The vast genealogical records of Texas are available to the researcher provided he knows how and where to find them. Texas covers a lot of ground, but this guide cuts it right down to size and makes record searching fast and convenient. In text and maps it provides detailed information on the legal and historical background of the state, the origin of each county in the state, the location of the records for each portion of the county before it was organized into its present boundaries, and the specific records available in the various county courthouses, the Texas State Library, the Texas State Archives, and the Texas General Land Office. Essential!
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Research in Texas - (Book - Amazon.com) : National Genealogical Society Special Publication, No 70 Research in the States Series -

Texas Divorce Records : 1966-2000 - (Database Online - MyTrees.com) : Subscription Required - Free Preview of Search Results. -

Texas Family Histories and Genealogies - (Book - Amazon.com) : This work is a list of books about families who have TX roots. Most of the approximately 2500 books are found in the collections of the Library of Congress, The Daughters of the American Revolution Library in Wash., D.C., or the National Genealogical Society Library in Arlington, VA. Very few histories of TX families were written prior to 1910. The authors have added about 60 pages of other books, including county histories and other references to TX families. 1999, 331 pp., bibl., full name index. -

Texas Masonic Deaths with Selected Biographical Sketches - (Book - Amazon.com) : Information from Grand Lodge annual reports published for the years 1858 through 1882 are the basis of this book. Part One, Deaths Reported in Lodge Records, lists lodge member deaths year by year. Part Two, Biographical Sketches, covers many of the Masons mentioned in the first part of the book. Part Three, Additional Information, presents the articles “Petition for First Lodge in Texas” and “Masonry as Explained in 1853”; how to contact the Masonic Grand Lodge; and a glossary. 1998, 203 pp., surname index. -