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Early Texas Birth Records, 1838-1878. By: Jane Sumner, Alice Gracy, and Emma S. Gentry, Orig. Pub. 1978, Reprinted 2002, 150 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-130-2.

Many persons believe that birth records in Texas were not kept until 1903. However, the Texas Constitution Convention of 1869 called for the registration of births, deaths and marriages in every organized county and such was set up by legislative action in 1873 and repealed in 1876. A few counties continued to keep birth records of which the number was 43 counties. Of these, 25 counties had their original books. often when registering a child born during the years 1873-1878, the parents would list all of their previous children, hence there are many quite early dates, as early as 1838.

$28.50

East Texas Newspapers, 1839-1856, Abstracts of Early.  By: Linda Cheves Nicklas, Pub. 1994, 168 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-503-0.

This new title of newspaper abstracts covers papers in Clarksville, Marshall, Nacogdoches, and San Augustine. Texas did not require the filing of death certificates until 1903 and hence for someone trying to locate the death of a family member for early to mid 19th century deaths. The author has attempted to locate all death notices found in these papers, as well as marriage notices which generally gave additional information not available elsewhere, such as parents' names, state of origin and full name of the parties. Also included is data of historical interest, such as the establishment of new towns and steamship travel. A number of EAST TEXAS counties have suffered devastating losses of records due to courthouse fires. In cases of "burned" counties, not only were marriages included, but so is other information ordinarily found in county records, such as probate notices.

East Texas, Memorial and Genealogical Records of.  By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Orig. Pub. 1895, Reprinted 1982, over 465 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-300-3.

This book contains approx. 200 Biographical Sketches of these early citizens.

El Paso Newspapers through 1886, Births, Deaths, and Marriages from. Vol. #1.  By: The El Paso Genealogical Society, Pub. 1982, 226 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-171-X.

El Paso Area Newspapers, 1891-1895, Births, Deaths, and Marriages from. Vol. #3.  By: The El Paso Genealogical Society, Pub. 1995, 408 pages, Index.

(Galveston) St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galveston, Texas, Baptismal, Confirmation, Marriage, and Death Records, 1860-1952. By: The Galveston County Genealogical Society, Pub. 1984, 168 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-344-5.

GALVESTON ISLAND, TEXAS, Heroes Buried on. By: the Sidney Sherman Chpt. of Daughters of the Republic of TX., Pub. 1982, 88 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-297-X.

Until recently, this book was thought to be out-of-print. We have just discovered a small quantity in our warehouse, so don't wait too long to order your copy. Because when it goes this time, who knows when it will be reprinted. There are more than 120 heroes who fought for Texas Independence buried on Galveston Island. Men from many of the eastern, northern and southern states traveled to Texas to fight, bringing a wealth of genealogy with them. Family sketches include Allen, Austin, Ballinger, Borden, Bruan, Burnet, Burns, Chambers, Cherry, Childress, Cronican, Eve, Grover, Hall, Harris, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Joseph, Labadie, Leonard, LePert, Love, McLean, Menard, Mills, Morris, Murphy, Nichols, Phelps, Seeligson, Sherman, Smith, Somerell, Trueheart, Williams, Yard. A list of 82 heroes buried on this islands also included in this valuable book.

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Galveston, Texas, Ships Passenger List, 1846-1871, Port of. By: The Galveston Co. Genealogical Society, Pub. 1984, 272 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-343-7.

This is the only early ships' passenger list that has survived for Texas. Information you will find includes name of vessel, name of master, port of departure, name of passenger, age, sex, occupation, origin, and destination. This book contains more than 9,000 names and is a very valuable tool for this time period.

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1822-1874.  By: John Henry Brown, Orig. Pub. 1880, Reprinted 1978 & 1994, 1152 pages, with 209 steel engravings, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-120-5.

This book is a "MUST" for the student of Texas history and especially for student of the early American Indians and the wars fought between them and the white man. One of the most important aspects of this volume are the Biographical Sketches of over 536 individuals and their family histories, with the names of over 6,500 other individuals.

Southwest Texas, Memorial and Genealogical Records of.  By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Pub. 1884, Reprinted 1978 & 1994, 688 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-122-1.

This is probably the RAREST of all the volumes done by the Goodspeed Publishing Co. on nay of the states they compiled book on. This volume is similar to their other volumes in that it first gives a history of the state from earliest times; is followed by county histories included in the volume; and the Biographical sketches of individuals. This volume contains approximately 925 Biographical sketches with genealogical data on some 3,600 other families / individuals, with many of the families being carried well back into the mid 1700's.

War of 1812 Veterans in Texas. (REVISED & UPDATED). By: Mary Fay Smith, Pub. 1979, Revised & Reprinted 1994, 468 pages, New Index, Hard Cover, ISBN #0-89308-690-8.

This book encompasses 650 men, known to have set foot on Texas soil at some time during their lives, who rendered military or public service during the War of 1812 period - from 1784 when the Amer. Revolution ended to 1815 when the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 was ratified.  Information, when available, includes the places and dates of birth and death; place and date of marriage and the name of the celebrant of the ceremony; the names of all wives; children's dates of birth and names of their spouses; place of enrollment for service and places of residences in Texas and those before arriving; the names of veteran's immediate superior; cross references to the pension and bounty land file records in the National Archives, which include the names of relatives, friends and neighbors who served as witnesses. Appendix I is a special list of more than 100 widows with madden names given, showing the place and date of death of husband who did not himself enter Texas. Appendix II lists sources offering further information. This newly revised edition contains some 50 additional Veterans who Mrs. Smith has researched and found since the first edition in 1979. This reference work is important for Texas research and equally valuable for historical and genealogical research on non-Texas families; witnesses, for example, were living all across the present-day United States, from Maine to California - the scope is truly national.