T-AJ1  Genealogical records in Texas.  Imogene Kennedy, Leon Kennedy.  Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987; repr., 1992.  248 p.  $24.50 ISBN 0-8063-1185-1 (cloth)
    Detailed information on the legal and historical background of the state, the origin of each county, and the location of the records of each county before its present day boundaries. Discusses specific records available in county courthouses, the Texas State Library and Archives, and the General Land Office. Lists original colonies and districts, a glossary of Spanish terms used in land records, and Texas libraries with resources for genealogical research. Bibliography.

T-AJ2  Genealogical resources at the Texas State Library.  2nd ed.  Austin: Texas State Library & Archives Commission, 1996.  18 p.  TexDoc L 1900.1 G286rea 1996
Also available: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/genfirst.html
    Discusses the holdings of interest to the genealogy researcher at the state library. Describes the types of material collected as well as equipment and services available. Mentions collections beyond genealogical materials, such as newspapers and government documents. Internet version provides free access to the text included in the printed version.

T-AJ3  A guide to Texas research.  Carolyn R. Ericson, Joe E. Ericson.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1994.  97 p.  ill.  $15 ISBN 0-911317-55-4 (paper)
    Guidebook covers research in the colonial and republican eras; military records, 1846-1946; and research since 1846 by record type, such as census schedules and tax records. Includes a topical index and a selected bibliography.

T-AJ4  LoneStar genealogy.  URL: http://www.lonestargenealogy.com/
    Introduction to genealogical research in Texas. Few transcribed records. Users can contribute surnames being searched, family histories, and recipes.

T-AJ5  Research in Texas.  Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck.  Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Soc., 1992.  36 p. (Research in the states ser.; NGS special pub., no. 70)  $6.50 ISBN 0-915156-70-9 (cloth)
    Introduction to genealogical research in Texas. Includes information on Texas history and settlement and a bibliography of biographical directories. Discusses the Texas State Library, other important libraries, and state genealogical societies. Treats major record types, such as church, court, and land records.

T-AJ6  Texas family histories and genealogies.  LaVerne V. Hall, Donald O. Virdin.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1999.  326 p.  $28.50 ISBN 0-7884-1193-4 (paper)
    Pt. 1: family histories with ‘Texas roots’ held in the Library of Congress, the DAR Library, the NGS Library, or 15 other depositories. Includes addresses of libraries in Texas with significant genealogical holdings. Pt. 2: bibliography of county histories and other books on Texas useful to family historians. Includes general bibliography of books on genealogy and surname index.

T-AJ7  The TXGenWeb project.  URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/
    Part of the larger USGenWeb Project, this site serves as a clearinghouse for Texas genealogy on and using the Internet. Additional information and resources can be found in web sites for individual counties. GenWeb Project sites are created and maintained by volunteers. Individual county sites vary in the kind of resources available, the quality, and the hosting computer servers.

T-AJ8  The Bexar archives (1717-1836): a name guide.  Adán Benavides, Jr., comp.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1989.  1169 p.  ISBN 0-292-70772-X
    Grouping of records formed by public institutions of provincial Texas and maintained at the Bexar Archives at the Center for American History at the Univ. of Texas at Austin. Composed of 80,795 documents of over 250,000 manuscript pages and over 4,000 pages of printed material. The collection was published in 172 reels of microfilm during 1967-1971. Microfilm is available at research institutions for interlibrary loan. 30,000 manuscripts that contain approximately 8,200 names with multiple entries thereunder and 1,800 cross-references were selected. Compound Spanish surnames alphabetized as usually given in historical literature. All spellings of names are given. Variant spellings of surnames and given names are listed within parentheses immediately below main entry. Years in parentheses following main entry indicate individual’s entry into and exit from documentary file. Arrangement of subentries is chronological and includes brief description, place of origin, date, microfilm reel number, and frame number.

T-AJ9  Convict record ledgers (1849-1954) and convict record ledgers indexes (1849-1970).  URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/convict.html
    History and background of convict ledgers, types of information contained therein, getting started, how to use the indexes and ledgers, how to borrow the microfilm, legibility issues, additional resources, lists of occupations and offenses given in the records.

T-AJ10  Czech genealogist’s handbook for tracing your Czech ancestors in the Lone Star State and Czechoslovakia.  Albert J. Blaha.  Rev. ed.  Houston: A. J. Blaha, 1986.  ca. 172 p.  ill., maps.  (Czech footprints across the bluebonnet fields of Texas)
    Discusses genealogical records in both Czechoslovakia and Texas. Church records, civil registration of vital statistics, the Czech and Gothic alphabets, maps, immigration and naturalization records, census records, and place name conversions are some of the topics addressed.

T-AJ11  Dallas Jewish genealogy guide: resources for doing Jewish genealogy distant from major research centers.  David A. Chapin.  Dallas: Dallas Jewish Historical Soc., 1993.  142 p.
    For the beginning Jewish genealogist in the Dallas area, primarily those with ancestors from eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Covers the genealogy process, computers, U.S. public records, LDS records, names, and European and local resources.

T-AJ12  Jim Wheat’s "post masters and post offices of Texas, 1846-1930".  URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpost/postmasters.html
    List of postmasters and post offices in Texas. When listed by individual post offices, entries for postmasters include years of service. Includes bibliographical references.

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T-AJ13  Bibles, bibles, bibles: a collection of 18th & 19th Century family Bible records.  Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Kathryn Hooper Davis, comp.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 2000.  231 p.  $35 ISBN 911317-62-7
    Entries arranged in no order. Some include publication information for the extracted bible. Includes a name index.

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T-AJ14  Compiled index to elected and appointed officials of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846.  Austin: State Archives Div., Texas State Library, 1981.  155 p.
    Transcribes all information appearing in Secretary of State’s records. Gives date of election or appointment, name of official and office held, county in which he served, usually the confirmation and/or commissioning date, and volume and page of the original registers in which each individual can be found. Also contains an index of county officials.

T-AJ15  Austin colony pioneers: including history of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery, and Washington counties, Texas.  Worth S. Ray.  Austin: Pemberton Pr., 1970; repr., Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1995.  378 p.  ill.  ISBN 0-8063-1473-7
    Covers the history of the Austin colony, San Felipe, and the individual counties from the title. Includes a number of biographical entries and name lists. Includes a surname index to the whole volume.

T-AJ16  Austin’s old three hundred: the first Anglo colony in Texas.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1999.  192 p.  ill.  ISBN 1-57168-291-0; $21.95 ISBN 0-585-16327-8 (ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    Pt. 1: Brief biographical sketch written by a descendant for each colonist. Author and all source materials cited. Some biographies include passages from original documents, citing the source. Pt. 2: Each colonist listed with known living descendants, and again with amount of land grant, name of the present county where the grant is located, and date of title. Includes glossary and index.

T-AJ17  The Goodspeed memorial and genealogical record of Southwest Texas.  Chicago, IL: Goodspeed Brothers, 1894; repr., Easley, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1978.  689 p.  ISBN 0-89308-300-3
    Biographical sketches of Texans living in the southwest portion of the state in the mid-1890s.

T-AJ18  Memorial and genealogical record of Texas (East): containing biographical histories and genealogical records of many leading men and prominent families.  Chicago, IL: Goodspeed Brothers, 1895; repr., Easley, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1982.  471 p.  ill., ports., maps.  $42.50 ISBN 0-89308-300-3 (cloth)
    Biographies of East Texans who were living in the mid-1890s. Includes new material by Silas Emmet Lucas, Jr. Southern Historical Pr. published a 16-page index comp. by Louise Clements Palmer in 1982.

T-AJ19  Nacogdoches - gateway to Texas: a biographical directory.  Carolyn Reeves Ericson.    Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1986 (v. 2), 1991 (v. 1, rev.), 2002 (v. 3).  3 v.  ill., ports., maps.  $37.50 ISBN 0-911317-48-1 (v. 1); $35 ISBN 0-911317-40-6 (v. 2); $150 ISBN 0-911317-67-8 (v. 3)
    Contents: v. 1, 1773-1849; v. 2, 1850-1880; v. 3, 1881-1920.
    v. 1 also contains transcriptions of original documents in Texas history and law and historical maps showing yearly changes in Texas political divisions between 1836-1845. Includes an annotated bibliography and an index. v. 2 includes an occupations index and a name index. v. 3 data taken from cemetery records, military records, marriage records, family records, church records, Confederate Pension applications, etc. Each entry contains the source reference.

T-AJ20  Peters Colony of Texas: a history and biographical sketches of the early settlers.  Seymour Vaughn Connor.  Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., 1959.  473 p.
    History of the Peters colony, a land settlement project in northeast Texas from 1842 through 1848, and biographical information on its settlers.

T-AJ21  Texas Panhandle forefathers.  Barbara C. Spray, comp.  Dallas: National ShareGraphics; repr., Colleyville: Curtis Media, 1983.  387 p.  ill., photos.  $30 ISBN 0-88107-011-4 (cloth)
    Includes brief biographical sketches of the early residents of the 26 counties in the Texas Panhandle from 1875 to Dec. 1903. Sections: (1) coded family stories depicting lifestyles, hardships, and triumphs of the settlers; (2) photographs; (3) coded family group sheets.

T-AJ22  Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution: history, biographies, portraits, and genealogy.  Howard Gilmer Jessee.  Austin: the Soc., 1980.  230 p.  ill., ports.
    History of the Texas chapter of the SAR, organized in 1896. Includes portraits and biographies of deceased and living members.

T-AJ23  Yankees in the Republic of Texas: some notes on their origin and impact.  Arthur C. Burnett.  Houston: Anson-Jones Pr., 1952.  63 p.  $7.50 ISBN 0-685-05007-6 (cloth)
    Biographical sketches of energetic Yankees who pioneered in Texas. In addition to those originating in the 5 New England states, there are chapters on residents from New York and New Jersey. Each state has a chapter with the native sons arranged thereunder in alphabetical order. References are given to other biographical compendia used in preparing the entries.

T-AJ24  Banks and bankers of early Texas, 1835-1875.  Joe E. Ericson.  New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1976.  170 p.  ill.
    Pt. II contains directories identifying many public and private banking firms. When possible, gives city and county of bank site, date of charter or incorporation, initial capitalization, original stockholders, and early officers. Pt. III contains biographies of bankers, arranged alphabetically by surname, giving date of immigration to Texas, as well as name of bank with which they were associated.

T-AJ25  Judges of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846: a biographical directory.  Joe E. Ericson.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1980.  350 p.  ill.  $20 ISBN 0-911317-04-X (cloth)
    Arranged alphabetically by surname. Where it could be obtained, birth, death, and marriage dates, military service, and other public service are included. Added to basic biographical facts are name and birth date of marriage partners; names, birth dates, and marriage partners for children; and names of parents. Also includes places of burial and places from which judges immigrated to Texas. Data on judges was obtained from census records, county histories, county record, biographical directories, biographies, and general histories of Texas. Sources are given at the end of each biographical sketch and are included in the bibliography.

T-AJ25a  Texas physicians historical biographical database.  URL: http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/doctors/doctors.cfm
    See T-EH23a.

T-AJ25b  Sons of the Republic of Texas.  Sons of the Republic of Texas.  Paducah, KY: Turner Pub. Co., 2001.  192 p.   ill.  $55 ISBN 1563116030, 9781563116032 (cloth)
    A history of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, including family and ancestral biographies of current and past members of the organization.

T-AJ25b  Texas Masonic deaths with biographical sketches.  Michael Kelsey, Nancy Graff-Kelsey, Ginny Guinn Parsons.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998.  203 p.  ISBN 0-7884-1037-7 (paper)
    Three-part book based on annual reports from Grand Lodge of Texas published between 1858 and 1882. Pt. 1 contains lodge member deaths by year. Gives name, number and location of lodge, county where meetings were held, and names of members who died during the year before the report was made to the Grand Lodge. Pt. 2 contains biographical sketches using information from lodge records, newspaper obituaries, and tombstone inscriptions. Pt. 3 contains 2 articles, "Petition for First Lodge in Texas" and "Masonry as Explained in 1853"; how to contact the Grand Lodge; and an explanation of terms used in Masonry.

T-AJ25c  Marked gravesites of citizens of the Republic of Texas: an indexed guide to 436 early citizen’s [sic] burial places.  Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  Austin: The Historical Publication Committee, 1987.  109 p.  (paper)
    Contains names, residences, and grave locations of 436 Republic of Texas citizens along with names, addresses, and chapter names of DRT members who descend from them. Includes surname index of the citizens.

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ENUMERATIONS:

T-AJ26  1830 citizens of Texas.  Gifford White.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1983; repr., 1999.  291 p.  ill., maps.  ISBN 1-57168-305-4; $21.95 ISBN 0-585-24218-6 (ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    Seven original Texas population sources combined into one indexed volume. Entries are based on Stephen F. Austin’s register of families, the Mexican census of San Antonio and of Nacogdoches, the 1867 voter registration lists, and petitions in the General Land Office.

T-AJ27  1840 citizens of Texas.  Gifford White, comp.  Repr. ed.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1994.  3 v.  ill.
    v. 1 and v. 3, based on land grants, list individuals with their county of residence, date of arrival in Texas, military service, and other information. The v. 2 contains the names of more than 11,000 taxpayers, based upon tax lists, with references to property, slaves, and other valuables. v. 2 was originally published in 1966 under the title 1840 census of the Republic of Texas.

T-AJ28  1890 Leon County, Texas, census uniquely reconstructed & annotated.  Mary C. Moody.  Arlington: Blackstone Pub. Co., 1999.  241 p.  $49.95 ISBN 1-884130-08-9 (paper)
Also available: Similarly reconstructed 1890 population lists for Caldwell, Cass, Hamilton, Limestone, Montgomery, Travis, and Walker counties.
    A reconstructed census based primarily on the 1890 Leon County tax roll and the supplement tax roll. Each entry includes source citation. Section 2 lists persons in the 1880 and 1890 federal population census schedules for Leon County but not on the 1890 tax list. Includes an index.

T-AJ29  Citizens of the Republic of Texas.  Mrs. Harry Joseph Morris, ed.  Dallas: Texas State Genealogical Soc., 1979.  56 p.
    4,812 entries for citizens of Texas prior to entry into the Union in 1846. Each entry contains the name of the citizen and basic genealogical data. The name and address of the individual who submitted the data is also included.

T-AJ30  The first census of Texas, 1829-1836, to which are added Texas citizenship lists, 1821-1845, and other early records of the Republic of Texas.  Marion Day Mullins.  New ed.  Arlington, VA: the National Genealogical Soc., 1992.  63 p.  (National Genealogical Soc. special pub. 22)
    Reprinted from the National Genealogical Society quarterly. Early lists of residents in Texas based on census records and citizenship lists. The lack of an index, however, demands a page-by-page search.

T-AJ31  Kentucky colonization in Texas: a history of the Peters Colony.  Seymour Vaughn Connor.  Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1954; repr., Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co., 1994.  153 p.  ill., map.  $20 ISBN 0-8063-1032-4 (paper)
    Reprint of a series of 8 installments appearing in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Nearly half of the work consists of a listing of the settlers with their marital status, occupation, age, year of migration, county of residence in Texas, state or country of birth, previous state of residency, literacy, and number of children. Data based on the 1850 census of northeast Texas.

T-AJ32  Residents of Texas, 1782-1836.  Carmela Leal, ed.  San Antonio: Univ. of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures, 1984; dist. by Ericson Books; repr., Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1996.  3 v.
    Records transcribed from Spanish by the staff of the Institute of Texan Cultures. v. 1 contains statistical reports for the period 1783-1820 for various settlements, and Spanish census records for the period 1782-1806. Spanish and Mexican census records from 1807-1834 appear in v. 2. v. 3 has the census reports for 1835 and records of petitions for land, dowry grants, letters of manumission, wills, testaments, and estate settlements dating from 1603-1803.

T-AJ33  The State of Texas federal population schedules, seventh census of the United States, 1850.  Vera C. Carpenter.  Huntsville, AR: Century Enterprises, 1969.  5 v.
    v. 1-4 consist of transcriptions of the data from the original manuscript enumerations. The counties are in alphabetical order, with some exceptions. v. 5 is a surname index (no forenames are included). Errors in the transcriptions as well as typographical errors exist.

T-AJ34  Tennesseans in Texas.  Helen Marsh, Timothy Marsh.  Easley, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1986.  402 p.  $37.50 ISBN 0-89308-561-8 (cloth)
    Based on the 1850 federal census of Texas. Lists every household in Texas in which one or more individuals had a nativity in Tennessee. Arranged by county and thereunder by household. The name, age, sex, occupation, and state or county of birth are given for each individual.

T-AJ35  Texas scholastics, 1854-1855: a state census for school children copied from the originals in the Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.  Gifford White.  Rev. ed.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991.  500 p.  ISBN 1-55613-442-8
    Includes all 48 counties with extant schedules, including Washington. Arranged by county. Includes a surname index.

T-AJ36  United States census returns, Texas, 1850-1880.  Austin: Texas State Library.  59 microfilm reels, 35mm.
    Agricultural census, social statistics, manufacturers, and mortality schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880, and the delinquent, dependant, and defective classes for 1880. Rolls 2-60 of the National Archives series T1134.

T-AJ37  The map guide to the Texas census, 1820-1920.  William Thorndale, William Dollarhide.  Blaine, WA: Dollarhide Systems, 1985.  13 p.
    Series of Texas maps showing the boundaries of the empresario grants in 1820 and 1830 and the counties in 1840-1920. Essential in determining jurisdiction for local historical and genealogical research.

T-AJ37a  Map guide to the U.S. Federal censuses. Texas, 1840-1920.  William Thorndale, William Dollarhide.  Bountiful, UT: Dist. by American Genealogical Lending Library, 1987. 1 atlas (16 leaves) maps
    Presents county boundary maps outlined in black for each census taken between 1840 and 1920, superimposed on present –day county boundary maps of Texas outlined in white. Includes notes and census schedule availability for each county in each census.

T-AJ37b  Texas boundaries: evolution of the state’s counties.  Luke Gournay.  College Station: Texas A & M Univ. Pr., 1995.  138 p.  maps.  ISBN 0-89096-653-2 (cloth); 0-58157-492-X (ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    An illustrated chronological atlas of Texas’ 254 county formations and evolutions. County descriptions include date of creation, date of organization, history of county seat(s), and for whom or for what the county was named. Some entries include dates of boundary adjustments.

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INDEXES:

T-AJ38  Texas 1850 census index.  Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 2001.  893 p.  ill., map.  $295 ISBN 1-877677-97-3
    An every-name index to the Texas schedules of the 1850 federal census. Each entry includes name, age, sex, race, birth place, county, and location in the schedules, including the roll number of National Archives series M432.

T-AJ39  Texas 1860 census index.  Ronald Vern Jackson, ed.  Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1986; repr., Jordan, UT: Genealogical Services, 1998.  524 p.  $129 ISBN 0-89593-550-3
    More than 116,000 entries arranged alphabetically by either the name of the head of household or the name of any other individual of a different surname residing in the household. Gives county of residence and manuscript page number.

T-AJ40  Texas 1870 census index.  Raeone Christensen Steuart, ed.  Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 2000.  2 v.  $295 ISBN 0-944931-04-5
    Entries include the same information as T-AJ38, but roll numbers refer to M593. Indexes every head of household, any person with a different surname from the head of household, any male 50 years of age or older, any female 70 years of age or older, any person with the same surname as the head of household but a different race or color, and all individuals living in institutions.

T-AJ41  Texas 1880 federal census index.  Ronald Vern Jackson, ed.  Salt Lake City, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems Inter., c1989; repr., Jordan, UT: Genealogical Services, 2000.  2 v.  ill., maps.  ISBN 0-89593-498-1
    Index to head of household and individuals with surnames different from the head of household. Each entry includes the name, county, stamped page number in National Archives series T9, and sub-county location, usually the enumeration district or incorporated place.

T-AJ42  Texas departed: an index of the 1890 mortality schedules of Texas.  S. Kae Partin, comp.  Nacogdoches: Partin Pub., 1996.  4 v.
    v. 1-2 are referred to as v. 1, pt. 1 and pt. 2, and v. 3-4 as v. 2, pt. 1 and pt. 2. In v. 1, the names are arranged first by county and then alphabetically. In v. 2, the names are arranged in a single alphabetic file. Each entry includes name, sub-county place (such as justice of the peace precinct or enumeration district), and county.

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T-AJ43  Texas county records: a guide to the holdings of the Local Records Division of the Texas State Library of county records on microfilm.  Prepared by Michael Heskett.  2nd ed.  Austin: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Local Records Div., 1990.  550 p.  TexDoc L1900.8 T312cor 1990
Also available: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/local/index.html
    Microfilmed county records information for 137 Texas counties. Arranged alphabetically by county. Gives dates of creation and organization of county, county seat and zip code, name of institution to which loan requests should be sent, office that is custodian of records listed, title of record and inclusive dates of the record available on microfilm, significant variations in title among volumes of a record series, missing volumes, references to other records containing related material, whether record is indexed, reel number, inclusive dates and number of each volume of records series on reel, and page breaks, so correct reel can be ordered for volumes divided between two reels. Alphabetical listing of loaning institutions and addresses, along with ordering information and loan policies, appears in front of volume. Internet version provides free access to text included in printed version.

T-AJ44  Texas county records guide.  Brack Warren.  Corpus Christi: Brack Warren & Assoc. (P.O. Box 6497, Corpus Christi, TX 78466-6497), 1992.  83 p.
Also available: Texas Obsolete Records Guide
    The intended audience for this guide is the investigator or researcher interested in modern county records (i.e., those of the last 20 years). The book delineates the records maintained by various county government offices. Each entry gives the record title plus any alternative names, the retention period, and the authorizing state statute. A list of administrative records often kept by various offices is also given. Includes an index.

T-AJ45  Texas local history: a source book for available town and county histories, local memoirs, and genealogical records.  Tom Munnerlyn.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1983.  112 p.  ISBN 0-89015-378-7
    Lists all materials on Texas local history that were currently available at the time of publication. Section 1 contains town and county publications, arranged alphabetically by county and thereunder by title of publication, with full bibliographic description and purchase price. Section 2 lists state and regional publications, arranged by sub-section (biographical, general references, industry, landmarks, maps and atlases, racial groups, regional, and periodicals). Section 3 lists sources to be used only for ordering specific books in preceding sections. Although pricing and ordering information is very dated, the book is still useful for identifying publications which may still be available for purchase or may be found at libraries.

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GENERAL WORKS:

T-AJ46  Character certificates in the General Land Office of Texas.  Gifford White, ed.  Austin: G. E. White, 1985; repr., Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1993.  265 p.  ill.  $26.50 ISBN 0-8063-1251-3 (paper)
    In accordance with the colonization laws, immigrants had to prove their good character either by providing credentials from the previous homeland or by having two witnesses vouch for them. Each individual had to give his place of origin, marital status, occupation, and the size of the family. Each entry consists of the name of the household, the date of his or her arrival, and county.

T-AJ47  Czech immigration and naturalization records in Texas.  Edmond H. Hejl, comp.  Beaumont: Czech Heritage Soc. of Texas, 1997.  323 p.
    Key to Czech immigration to Texas through analysis of naturalization records and passenger lists and ship manifests, mostly of the port of Galveston. Each abstracted list includes its own index and bibliographical references.

T-AJ48  A new land beckoned: German immigration to Texas, 1844-1847.  Chester W. Geue, Ethel H. Geue.  New & enl. ed. repr.  Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002, c1972.  207 p.  ill., maps.  $23.50 ISBN 0-8063-0981-4 (cloth)
    Based on the 11 reports made by Prince Karl of Solm-Braunfels to the director of the Verein in Germany. More than 7,000 immigrants are listed with their European residence, name of vessel on which they sailed, and usually birth and death dates. Includes index and bibliography.

T-AJ49  New homes in a new land: German immigration to Texas, 1847-1861.  Ethel Hander Geue.  Waco: Texian Pr., 1970; repr., Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994.  187 p.  ill.  $22.50 ISBN 0-8063-0980-6 (paper)
    Contains 5,600 names. Supplements T-AJ48.

T-AJ50  Villages of origin (Protestant): specific Czechs and Moravians in Texas associated with specific villages of origin in Cechy or Moravia, abstracted from the register records of the Ross Prairie, Wesley and Nelsonville Brethren Churches, 1872-1900.  Edmond H. Hejl, comp.  S.l.: s.n., 1983.  1 v.  ill., maps.  (Czech footprints across the bluebonnet fields of Texas)
    Village of origin of the Protestant Czechs and Moravians who immigrated to Texas between 1850 and 1900. Includes the maiden name and village origin of wives. Data from parish registers.

T-AJ51  The Wends of Texas.  Anne Blasig.  Brownsville: Springman-King Printing, Inc., 1984.  123 p.  ill.
    In chronological sequence, the author examines the Wends’ European origin, the causes of their emigration, and their travel to the New World. Append. II is an abstract of the original ship register translated from German to English by the author.

T-AJ52  Citizens and foreigners of the Nacogdoches district, 1809-1836.  Carolyn Reeves Ericson.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1981, 1985.  2 v.  $7.50 ISBN 0-911317-37-6 (v. 2, paper)
    v. 1 contains a verbatim copy of the register of foreigners in East Texas in 1809. Citizen applications for the 1820s and 1830s were used to prepare biographical sketches in both volumes. Sketches are alphabetically arranged.

T-AJ53  Papers concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas.  Malcolm Dallas McLean, comp.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1974-1993.  19 v.  ill.
    Records of the colonization and individuals involved in the settlement of Robertson’s Colony, which covered parts of 30 Texas counties.

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PASSENGER LISTS:

T-AJ54  Ship passenger lists: Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871.  Easley, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1984.  164 p.  ISBN 0-89308-343-7
    Extant passenger lists for Texas’ major port of entry in the 19th century. Chronological order and thereunder by name of vessel. The name, age, sex, occupation, place of origin, and destination constitute each entry.

T-AJ55  Passenger lists for Galveston, 1850-1855.  Albert J. Blaha, comp.  Houston: A. J. Blaha, 1985.  1 v.  ill.
    Lists of Germans immigrating through the port of Galveston which do not exist among the extant passenger arrival lists in Galveston. These lists are taken from European depositories.

T-AJ56  Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at Galveston, Texas, 1896-1906.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1986.  3 microfilm reels, 16mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M1357)
    Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at Galveston, Texas 1906-1951. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1984. 7 microfilm reels, 16mm. (National Archives microfilm pub. M1358)
Indexes to T-AJ57.

T-AJ57  Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Galveston, Texas, 1896-1948.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1984.  36 microfilm reels, 35mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M1359)
    Passenger manifests of vessels arriving at Galveston and the subports of Houston, Brownsville, Port Arthur, Sabine, and Texas City. The early lists are shipping company manifests and the later lists are on Immigration and Naturalization Service forms. Chronologically arranged, the lists run from Jan. 1896 through 25 Oct. 1948. Some of the lists are annotated to show the date of admission as a resident alien or of naturalization. Those entries stamped “debarred” indicate those aliens not allowed to enter the U.S.. Some lists include the names of U.S. citizens returning from abroad.

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T-AJ58  First settlers of the Republic of Texas: headright land grants which were reported as genuine and legal by the traveling commissioners, January 1840.  Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Frances Terry Ingmire.  Nacogdoches: Ingmire, 1982.  2 v.
    v. 1 covers Austin through Jasper counties; v. 2 covers Jefferson through Washington counties. Approximately 38,000 claimants appear by their respective county commissioners. The names of the claimants; their land in leagues, labors, or acres; the date; and remarks constitute each entry.

T-AJ59  Index to Spanish and Mexican land grants.  Virginia H. Taylor.  Austin: General Land Office, 1976.  88 p.
    Land grants between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, in alphabetical order by name of patentee. Each entry includes the name of the present day county, the acreage, references to the original records, lawsuits, judgments, and legislative acts.

T-AJ60  The Spanish archives of the General Land Office of Texas.  Virginia H. Taylor.  Austin: Lone Star Pr., 1955.  285 p.
    Includes a concise descriptive and chronological narrative for those endeavoring to use this body of data. The appendix of more than 100 pages contains the names of recipients of land grants from the Spanish and Mexican governments, the date of the grant, the amount, the colony or commissioner, and the present county of location.

T-AJ61  Stephen F. Austin’s register of families from the originals in the General Land Office.  Villamae Williams, ed.  San Antonio: Ingmire, 1984; repr., Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co., 1996.  198 p.  ill.  $12 ISBN 0-8063-1252-1 (paper)
    Information on the families who settled with Austin in Texas under the Act of 1825. Information includes date of arrival in Texas, age, marital status, ages of children, number of slaves, and place of origin.

T-AJ62  Texas Confederate scrip grantees (C. S. A).  Thomas L. Miller.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1985.  165 p.  $15 ISBN 0-911317-38-4 (paper)
    In 1881 Texas provided for land to be given to Civil War veterans and widows whose husbands had been killed in service. These are the recipients of the 1,280-acre scrip certificates. The certificates are listed in alphabetical order by name of claimant, and include the county, certificate number, acreage, date, and comments.

T-AJ63  Texas land title abstracts, vol. 1-A.  Paris: Wright Pr., 1984.  433 p.  ISBN 0-915263-01-7
    19 counties (including Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Red River, Titus, Upshur, and Wood) which basically comprised old Miller County, or that part of Texas north of the Sabine River. Map of each county shows the boundaries of the original land grants. Within each county the original grantees are listed in order by the initial letter of the surname. Information includes the name of each grantee, the certificate number, patentee, and the date of patent.

T-AJ64  Mercer’s colonists.  Gifford White.  Austin: G. White, 1984.  39 p.  ill.  ISBN 0-911317-31-7
    A list of certificates, arranged by certificate number, issued in 1844 and 1845 to settlers of Charles Fenton Mercer’s Colony. The settler’s name, number of acres to which he was entitled, and date of certificate are given.

T-AJ65  Guide to Spanish and Mexican land grants in South Texas.  Austin: Texas General Land Office, 1988.  Unpaged.
    Expanded and retitled ed. of Virginia H. Taylor’s 1976 Index to Spanish and Mexican land grants. The new work lists and describes 364 grants issued by the Crown of Spain and the Republic of Mexico. Entries contain summaries of the grant records available in the Texas General Land Office and brief histories of grant confirmations by the State of Texas.

T-AJ66  Texas family land heritage registry.  Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 1974-    Biennial (formerly annual).  TexDoc A900.5 F21
    Personal histories and remembrances of families whose farms have been in agricultural production for one hundred years or more. Rich in genealogical detail.

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T-AJ67 An index to Texas first families: a certificate program.  Wanda Lamberth Donaldson, ed.  Temple: Texas State Genealogical Soc., 1999.  80 p.  $10 ISBN 0-9704391-3-X (paper)
    The Texas First Families program is sponsored by the Texas State Genealogical Soc. It is open to anyone directly or collaterally descended from a Texas resident living in Texas on or before Feb. 19, 1846. Sections: index by ancestor, including name, applicant, and certificate number; and index by applicant, including name, ancestor, and certificate number.

T-AJ68  The Alamo heroes and their revolutionary ancestors: bicentennial project.  San Antonio: s.n., 1976; repr., 1995.  88 p.
    Co-produced by San Antonio-based chapters of the DAR: the Alamo Chapter, the O’Shavano Chapter, and the San Antonio de Bexar Chapter. Lineages for the men who fell at the Alamo. Both paternal and maternal lineages are traced back to the Revolutionary era (1775-1783), including dates and places of birth and death. References to each hero are succinctly stated so that each entry also serves as an index to the published literature.

T-AJ69  Debrett’s Texas peerage.  Hugh Best.  New York: Conrad-McCann, 1983.  385 p.  ill.  ISBN 0-698-11244-X
    Includes genealogical sketches on the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Alamo heroes, senior officers at the Battle of San Jacinto, and other notables of the Republic. Among other genealogical charts is the disproved descent of Lydia Bunker, wife of H. L. Hunt, from William the Conqueror.

T-AJ70  Founders and patriots of the Republic of Texas: the lineages of the members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1963-  .  8 v.
    Each entry traces the daughter back to her qualifying ancestor, including birth, death, marriage, and spouse in each generation. Book VI published in 2001.

T-AJ70a  Texas Society, Daughters of the American Revolution: history of the Texas Society, 1975-2006.  s.l.: the Soc., 2006.  129 p.  ill., ports.
    History of the Texas Society of the DAR from 1975 to 2006. Includes histories of local chapters throughout Texas, arranged alphabetically.

T-AJ71  Mayflower descendants in the State of Texas and their lineages.  v. 1, Frankie Summers Hauser, ed., San Antonio: Naylor Co., 1967; v. 2, Edith K. Zuber, comp., San Antonio: Graphic Arts, 1971; v. 3, Barbara Lewis Williams, comp., 2002,Baltimore, MD: Gateway Pr., 2002, 314 p.; v. 4, Barbara Lewis Williams, comp., Baltimore, MD: Gateway Pr., 2005, 425 p.   Direct book orders to: Catherine Badalamenti, 128 West End Street, Chester, SC 29706.
    Lineages of individuals residing in Texas who have joined the Texas chapter of the General Soc. of Mayflower Descendants. When the information is available, the lineage gives year of marriage for each couple, but no dates or places of birth or death are given. Lacks bibliographical references.

T-AJ72  New England to Texas: some family histories.  Dallas: National Soc. of New England Women, 1986.  121 p.
    Genealogical essays on more than 24 families in Texas whose ancestors were from New England.

T-AJ73  The roster of Texas Daughters of revolutionary ancestors.  Texas Soc., National Soc. of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  S.l.: Southern Historical Pr., 1976.  4 v.  ISBN 0-89308-238-4 (set)
    Arranged alphabetically by name of the patriot or veteran. Includes any service performed during the Revolutionary War. Genealogical information on each individual is given, as well as the names of descendants in Texas who have obtained DAR membership.

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CASUALTIES:

T-AJ74  American revolutionary soldiers buried in Texas.  Clovis H. Blakebill.  S.l.: Texas Soc., Sons of the American Revolution, 1998.  168 p.
    Each entry contains a biographical sketch of the patriot, some with passages from original documents and/or tombstone transcriptions. Arranged alphabetically by subject. A works cited list for each entry appears at the end of the book.

T-AJ75  Their last full measure: Texas Confederate casualty lists.  L. L. Knight, comp.  Arlington: G. T. T. Pub., 1997.  3 v.
    Collection of casualty, hospital and prisoner of war lists published in contemporary newspapers during the period 1861-1865. Sources exclusive to ongoing Texas newspapers available in microfilm. Contents: v. 1, 1861-1862; v. 2, 1863; v. 3, 1864-1865. Each volume includes indexes by battle, regiment, and name.

T-AJ76  Deaths, American Expeditionary Force, W.W. I, 1917, 1918.  Ashley Kay Nuckols.  S.l.: s.n., 1995.  1 v.  ill., ports.
    A list of Texans who died as part of the American forces during the first World War and their ranks at the time of death. Divided into sections according to the cause of death: in battle, by wounds, by disease, and by accident. Each section has two files, one listing the names alphabetically under each rank, and a second listing the names by town or city. The first file contains a reference to the page number of the same name in the second file.

T-AJ77  World War II honor list of dead and missing: State of Texas.  U.S. Adjutant-General's Office and War Dept. Bureau of Public Relations.  Washington, DC: War Dept., 1946.  85 p.
Also available: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ww2/army-casualties/texas.html
    Entries for Army and Army Air Force personnel filed according to home address of the deceased or missing person. Each volume arranged by county and thereunder alphabetically by surname. Lists name, rank, service, service number, and status.

T-AJ77a  State summary of war casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel from: Texas. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. (1942-09/18/1947)  URL: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ww2/navy-casualties/texas.html
    Identifies Texas men on active duty between 7 December 1941 and the end of World War II who died as a result of enemy action or in operations in war zones. Casualties resulting from illness, criminal activity, or suicide that took place in the U.S. or abroad are not included. Entries are arranged by the following categories: Dead (Combat), Dead (Prison Camp), Missing, Wounded and Released Prisoners, and thereunder alphabetically by name. Includes the serviceman’s rank, name, address and relationship of the next-of-kin.

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MUSTER ROLLS AND REGIMENTAL HISTORIES:

T-AJ78  Muster rolls of the Texas Revolution.  Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1986.  318 p.  ISBN 0-911317-36-8
    From transcripts housed in the General Land Office and the Texas State Archives. Depositions were taken from officers and men of the Revolution concerning membership of their companies in 1837 and 1838. Original rosters in the War Dept. were also used. The list was prepared in 1850. It was later copied, and in 1921 a certified typescript was made.

T-AJ79  The Texas frontiersman, 1839-1860: Minute Men, Militia, Home Guard, Indian Fighter.  Frances Terry Ingmire.  St. Louis, MO: F. T. Ingmire, 1982.  104 p.
    The volunteers, in alphabetical order, who prepared to leave home at a moment’s notice to squelch any trouble on the Texas frontier. Each entry consists of the name of the soldier, his rank, his commanding officer, his organization, date of enlistment, date of discharge, and the source of the record. Counties of enlistment are frequently given.

T-AJ80  Texas veterans in the Mexican War: muster rolls of Texas military units.  Charles D. Spurlin, comp.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1984.  275 p.  $20 ISBN 0-911317-29-5 (paper)
    Identical information in T-AJ81, but includes a preface with information on the creation of the original record and supplemental sources.

T-AJ81  Texas volunteers in the Mexican War.  Charles D. Spurlin.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1998.  312 p.  ill.  $19.95 ISBN 1-57168-168-X (paper); $19.95 ISBN 0-585-21793-9 (ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    An expansion of T-AJ80, adds considerable narrative content. The appendices list all the volunteer soldiers from Texas in the U.S. Army. Organized by company, each entry includes name and age. A brief annotation at the head of the lists details where the company was organized and mustering dates. Includes a bibliography and index.

T-AJ82  Compendium of the Confederate armies: Texas.  Stewart Sifakis.  New York: Facts on File, 1995.  147 p.  ISBN 0-8160-2293-3
    Part of a 10-volume work on Confederate armies. Contains chapters on artillery, cavalry, and infantry units. Units having numerical designations are listed first, followed by units using name of commander, home region, or some other name. Units are then broken down alphabetically by size (e.g., battalions, batteries, companies, and regiments). Each entry starts with unit’s name, followed by a summary of its organizational details. Next paragraph starts with the first commanding officer and continues with an alphabetical listing of other field-grade officers. Paragraph after that is brigade and higher-level command assignments, followed by a listing of battles and campaigns the unit was engaged in. Final paragraph is suggested further reading, if any. Contains battle and personal name indexes.

T-AJ82a  Spain’s Texas patriots in its 1779-1783 war with England during the American Revolution. Part 5 of Spanish borderlands studies.  Granville W. Hough, N. C. Hough.  Midway City, CA: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research Pr., 2000.  176 p.  (paper)
    Arranged in 8 sections. Sec. 1, Texas time line and activities; Sec. 2, missions, priests, land and prayers for victory in Texas; Sec. 3, beef for Spanish armies from Texas ranches during Spain’s 1779-1783 war with England; Sec. 4, militia service in Texas during Spain’s 1779-1783 war with England; Sec. 5, Texas donations to the war fund to defeat England; Sec. 6, Texas patriots and near patriots, 1779-1783; Sec. 7, epilogue; Sec. 8, references for descendants of Spanish soldiers and other patriots who served in Texas and bordering provinces of Mexico during Spain’s 1779-1783 war with England. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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PENSION RECORDS:

T-AJ83  Republic of Texas pension application abstracts.  John C. Barron.  Austin: Austin Genealogical Soc., 1987.  400 p.
    Abstracts all of the applications for a pension for military services rendered to the Republic of Texas. In addition to proof of service, the abstracts provide valuable genealogical data: birth, death, and marriage dates and places, as well as heirs of veterans.

T-AJ84  Texas Ranger Indian War pensions.  Robert W. Stephens.  Quanah: Nortex Pr., 1975.  124 p.  ISBN 0-89015-087-7
    Abstracts of pension applications to the federal government by Texas Rangers for service against the Indians after 1846. Arranged in alphabetical order by name. Abstracts include dates and places of birth, death, and marriage; names of spouses; and military service.

T-AJ85  Index to applications for Texas Confederate pensions.  John M. Kinney; Peggy Oakley, ed.  Rev. ed.  Austin: Texas State Library, 1977.  357 p.
Also available: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html
    Lists more than 65,000 individuals to whom pensions were granted as Confederate veterans and their widows beginning in 1899. Due to a computer programming problem, the title ‘Mrs.’ before a widow’s name was used in alphabetizing the list. Another distracting feature of this work is the division of the text into sections: approved applicants, Confederate home inmates, and rejected applicants. The online version is found on the website of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Search parameters may be set for name, county, and application number. Results may be sorted alphabetically by name or numerically by application number.

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SERVICE RECORDS:

T-AJ86  Texas Ranger service records, 1830-1846.  Frances Terry Ingmire, comp.  St. Louis, MO: Ingmire, 1982; repr., Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1998.  171 p.
    Lists, in alphabetical order, the name of the ranger, his rank, enlistment date, discharge date, and county or district of enlistment for the men who served as rangers between 1830 and 1846. Includes index.

T-AJ87  Texas Ranger service records, 1847-1900.  Frances T. Ingmire, comp.  St. Louis, MO: Ingmire, 1982; repr., Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Pr., 2001.  6 v.
    Compiled from muster and pay rolls, these records are in alphabetical order. For each ranger, his rank, date and place of enlistment, company, commanding officer, where stationed, regiment, remarks, discharge date, and place of birth are given. Includes index.

T-AJ88  They also served: Texas service records from headright certificates.  Gifford White, ed.  Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1991.  185 p.  $25 ISBN 0-911317-49-X (paper)
    Abstracts of county records of headright certificate applications and grants beginning in 1838. Arranged by county. Subsequent arrangement and information included with each entry varies by county. Captures evidence of service in the Texas Revolution missed by the muster rolls of the D.R.T. (T-AJ78) and in Linda Ericson Devereaux’s The Texas navy.

T-AJ89  Texas Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865.  Janet B. Hewett, ed.; Joyce Lawrence, arr.  Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1997.  2 v.  $200
    Entries extracted from The roster of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865. Transcribed from National Archives record M253, Consolidated index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers. v. 1, name roster lists individuals alphabetically; v. 2, unit roster lists each individual under the corresponding unit.

T-AJ90  Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Texas.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1955.  41 microfilm reels, 16mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M227)
    Indexes T-AJ91.

T-AJ91  Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Texas.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1959.  445 microfilm reels, 16mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M323)
    Arranged by organization, ending with either the regiment or independent battalion or company. Under each unit the service records are arranged alphabetically. Generally, each soldier’s file contains his name, date of enlistment, age, place of residence, place of rendezvous, term of enlistment, date and place of discharge. Promotions, muster roll reports, P.O.W. status, and medical history may also be included.

T-AJ92  Compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Mexican War in organizations from the State of Texas.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1959.  19 microfilm reels, 16mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M278)
    Arranged according to an organizational breakdown with independent companies at the end. Within each unit, the service records are arranged alphabetically by surname of the soldier.

T-AJ93  Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Texas.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1962.  2 microfilm reels, 16mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M393)
    Alphabetical index to T-AJ94.

T-AJ94  Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Texas.  Washington, DC: National Archives, 1960.  13 microfilm reels, 16mm.  (National Archives microfilm pub. M402)
    Records of men enlisting in Texas units in the Federal Army during the Civil War. Sometimes includes age, place of birth, residence at the time of enlistment, occupation, and physical description. Personal papers occasionally provide additional data about residence, family, or business. Information regarding heirs is sometimes found in records of hospitalization or death in service. The rank or ranks, terms of service, and events in the soldier’s military career are routinely given.

T-AJ95  Republic claims search.  URL: http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicSearch.jsp
    The Republic claims ser. of Comptroller’s records deal with payments made for service to the Republic from 1835 through 1846, including audited claims, pensions, public debt claims, and unpaid claims. Users must search by name. The results table includes fields for claimant name, type of claim, claim number, name mentioned, and reference to microfilm reel number and beginning and ending frames.

T-AJ96  Texas Adjutant General service records.  URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/service/index.html
    Official service records from the Adjutant General’s Office, plus service records from other agencies, covering the years 1836-1935. Search by name, but a particular organization, such as the Texas Volunteer Guard, can be specified. The results include the name, an abbreviation for the organization, and reference code to the original documents. These service records have been scanned and saved as Portable Document Format (PDF) images and are now searchable by going to the following URL: http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/ServiceSearch.jsp

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VETERANS RECORDS:

T-AJ97  Texas veterans of Czech ancestry.  Czech Heritage Soc. of Texas.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1999.  328 p.  ill.  ISBN 1-57168-344-5
    Documents names and family histories of military veterans of Czech background. Alphabetically arranged by surname. Information given is from personal experiences and family records.

T-AJ98  Confederate indigent families lists of Texas, 1863-1865.  Linda Mearse, transcriber.  San Marcos: L. Mearse (2841 Paso Del Robles, 78666), 1995.  509 p.
Also available: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/cif/index.html
    Transcription of the original lists in the Texas State Library. The lists had been created to distribute $1 million annually to families, widows, and other dependents of soldiers serving in state or Confederate forces, or who had been killed or disabled in service. Arranged by county, subsequent arrangement varies. Each entry consists of at least the soldier’s name or the current head of the household and the number of dependents. Includes a surname index, with some names expanded to both fore- and surnames. Lists were not compiled for every county.
    Internet site differs from the book in that the site contains only indexes, searchable by surname or by county.

T-AJ99  Union pensioners living in Texas before 1883.  Inez Waldenmaier.  Tulsa, OK: s.n., 1986.
    Lists veterans, the majority of whom had served in the Union Army, living in Texas in 1883. The name of the soldier, his certificate number, and his county of residence are included.

T-AJ100  War of 1812 veterans in Texas.  Mary Smith Fay, Mae Wynne McFarland, comp.  New Orleans, LA: Polyanthus, 1979; repr., Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1994.  457 p.  $42.50 ISBN 0-89308-690-8 (cloth)
    Persons had to have been to or in Texas at some time of their life and fought in the War of 1812 in order to be listed. 650 veterans, in alphabetical order, are identified. Each entry consists of birth date and place, death date and place, parent’s names, spouse(s), known children, residences, military service, pension file number, bounty land number, grave marker, and biographical comments.

T-AJ101  1890 Texas census index of Civil War veterans or their widows.  Bryan Lee Dilts, comp.  2nd ed.  Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing, 1992, 1996.  67 p.  ill., map.  $19 ISBN 0-914311-50-6; $8 ISBN 0-914311-51-4 (microfiche)
    Each entry consists of the name, the county within Texas, the post office, the supervisor’s district, and the enumerator’s district. Many Confederate veterans are not included because the special schedule was intended to identify Union veterans and spouses for veterans’ benefits. Information is given on how and where to obtain the census materials referenced here. The bibliography includes entries for indexes for individual counties or parts of counties, arranged alphabetically.

T-AJ102  Gray ghosts of Far West Texas: a history of Confederate veterans & their families who settled in the Texas counties of Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell.  Verna A. Bonner.  Alpine: V. A. Bonner (HC 65 Box 14J, Alpine, TX 79830), 1998.  ill., photos.
    Each entry includes biographical, genealogical, and service information, including citations. Second section includes transcriptions and/or photocopies of newspaper articles about, and obituaries of, some listed veterans, widows, or other family members. Also includes photographs of grave markers.

T-AJ103  The heroes of San Jacinto.  Samuel Houston Dixon, Louis Wiltz Kemp.  Houston: Anson Jones Pr., 1932.  462 p.
    Biographies of the men who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, based upon records in the General Land Office and the Texas State Archives.

T-AJ104  Reminiscences of the boys in gray, 1861-1865.  Mamie Yeary, comp.  McGregor: M. Yeary, 1912; repr., Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1986.  928 p.  ill., 36 l. of plates.
    Extensive biographical and military service detail on former Confederate veterans residing in Texas. Reprint includes a new index.

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T-AJ105  Abstracts of early East Texas newspapers, 1839-1856.  Linda Cheves Nicklas, comp.  Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1994.  161 p.  $30 ISBN 0-89308-503-0 (cloth)
    Abstracted items of genealogical interest extracted from 13 East Texas newspapers. Entries are mostly birth, marriage, and death announcements. Expansion of earlier abstracts deposited in the Sheen Library. Includes an index.

T-AJ106  Early Texas news 1831-1848: abstracts from early Texas newspapers.  Helen S. Swenson.  St. Louis, MO: Frances Terry Ingmire, 1984.  131 p.
    Abstracts taken from newspapers for San Felipe de Austin, Brazoria, and Clarksville on microfilm at the Texas State Library. Legal notices, advertisements, and genealogically valuable articles.

T-AJ107  Miscellaneous Texas newspaper abstracts: deaths.  Michael Kelsey, Nancy Graff Floyd, Ginny Guinn Parsons, comp.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1995, 1998.  2 v.  $22 ISBN 0-7884-0321-4 (v. 1, paper); $32 ISBN 0-7884-0781-3 (v. 2, paper)
    Death notices extracted from 40 Texas newspapers. Time period is unclear, but most entries are from the mid-19th-century. Includes a glossary of terms, places and people. Includes a surname index.

T-AJ108  Texas references in Alabama records with surname index from recently discovered research notes of Pauline Jones Gandrud.  Thomas Harold Wood, ed.  Tuscaloosa, AL: Tuscaloosa Genealogical Soc., Night Group, 1998.  69 p.
    Transcribed entries from original records mentioning Texas. Items cite the original source but not the volume of Alabama records. Arrangement is unclear, but book includes a surname index.

T-AJ109  Gone to Texas: genealogical abstracts from The telegraph and Texas register, 1835-1841.  Kevin Ladd, comp.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994.  283 p.  $25 ISBN 0-7884-0005-3 (paper)
    Born at the same time as the Texas Revolution, this newspaper chronicles murders, fatal encounters with Indians and Mexicans, unusual deaths, marriages, probate proceedings, and ordinary events of the new Republic. Entries arranged chronologically. Index has 10,000 references to individuals and a place name index with references to hundreds of towns, cities, counties, forts, and frontier settlements. Separate index to slave names.

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T-AJ110  Republic of Texas: poll lists for 1846.  Marion Day Mullins, comp.  Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1974, repr. 1998.  189 p.  $22.50 ISBN 0-8063-0598-3 (paper)
    List of individuals who paid a poll tax of $1 in 1846. The state charged the tax to every white male resident over the age of 21 and every female resident who was the head of a household. Arranged alphabetically by name. Each entry also includes the county of residence.

T-AJ111  Texas county tax rolls.  URL: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/taxrolls.html
    Explains background, arrangement, availability, and irregularities of microfilmed Texas county tax rolls, after which the following listings appear: ser. 1, encompassing the earliest rolls through 1910, indicates which tax rolls are missing for certain periods in certain counties; ser. 2 includes rolls from 1911-1921 and indicates which reels are missing; ser. 3 (1922-1947) and ser. 4 (1948-1959) list counties for which the tax rolls have not been filmed.

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GENERAL WORKS:

T-AJ112  Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Vital Statistics..  URL: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm
    Information on contacting the Bureau and obtaining access to, or copies of, records produced or maintained by it. Several indexes are available to download.

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BIRTHS:

T-AJ113  Early Texas birth records, 1838-1878.  Alice Duggan Gracy, Jane Sumner, Emma Gene Seale Gentry, comp.  Easley, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1982, repr. 1991.  143 p.
    The Texas Legislature provided for the registration of births in 1873, but repealed the unpopular legislation in 1876. Of the 148 counties in existence, this work contains the records of 43. Many parents who registered one child in this period included earlier children’s births as well. Alphabetically arranged by surname. Includes parents’ names, child’s name, the date of birth, and the county.

T-AJ114  Index to probate birth records.  Austin: Texas State Library, n.d.  5 microfilm rolls, 16mm.

T-AJ115  Index to probate birth records, 1945 & prior.  Austin: Texas State Library, n.d.  2 microfilm rolls, 16mm.

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DEATHS:

T-AJ116  Some Central Texas obituaries: births begin with 1846, deaths for 1906-1994.  Gloria V. Martin, comp.  Rockdale: Milam County Genealogical Soc., 1996.  620 p.
    Transcribed obituaries from The Thorndale champion and Rockdale reporter. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

T-AJ117  Texas cemetery inscriptions: a source index.  Sharry Crofford-Gould.  San Antonio: Limited Editions, 1977.  52 p.
    Pt. I includes listings for individual cemeteries which have been copied. The majority of these records appeared in books or periodicals. Pt. II is a county-by-county inventory of books, unpublished manuscripts, and microfilm publications containing Texas cemetery inscriptions. Non-cemetery records which provide information similar to that found on a tombstone are also included in Pt. I.

T-AJ118  A reference to Texas cemetery records.  Kim Parsons, comp.  Humble: K. Parsons (P.O. Box 2342, Humble, 77347-2342), 1988.  491 p.
    Section 1 is an alphabetical listing of cemeteries by county. Where available, listings include other information such as cemetery’s location and age. If cemeteries are recorded, they are cross-referenced to one or more sources. Section 2 is an alphabetical listing by county of cemetery record sources. Each source is cross-referenced to one or more locations where this source is available. Section 3 is an alphabetical listing of where these sources can be located.

T-AJ118a  Texas cemeteries: the resting places of famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Texans.  Bill Harvey.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2003.  ix, 284 p.  ill.  $60 ISBN 0292734654, 978-0292734654 (cloth); 0292734662, 9780292734661 (paper); 0292797893, 9780292797895 (ebook)
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    Brief information about famous, infamous, and/or interesting Texans who made significant contributions to Texas in all areas of life. Arranged by city.

T-AJ119  Lost, abandoned, family & small community cemeteries along the Red River Valley in Northeastern Texas in Fannin, Grayson, Collin, Red River, Delta, Cooke, Hunt, & Lamar counties: a compilation of cemetery listings copied between 1930 and 1965.  Patricia Armstrong Newhouse, ed.  Honey Grove: Newhouse Pub. (P.O. Box 52, Honey Grove, TX 75446-0052), 1993.  138 p.
    Based on cemetery census records created between 1930 and 1965. Many of the records were handwritten and transcribed by the editor. Includes a surname index.

T-AJ120  The index to death records: Texas, 1903-1940.  Austin: Texas State Library, n.d.  7 microfilm reels, 16mm.
    This set is alphabetical for the entire state for the period indicated. Information includes the name of the decedent as reported on the death certificate, the county of death, the date of death, and death certificate number assigned by the Bureau of Vital Statistics.

T-AJ121  The index to death records: Texas, 1941-1973.  Austin: Texas State Library, n.d.  11 microfilm reels, 16mm.
    Includes the same information as in T-AJ120. The alphabetical arrangement is divided into the following chronological periods: 1941-1945 (4 reels), 1946-1955 (6 reels), and in individual years for 1956-1973 (12 reels).

T-AJ122  Texas death records.  URL: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi
    Access to an index of the Texas death records for the years 1964-1998. Users may set parameters for the following fields: surname, given name, gender, county of death, and year of death. The surname field may be set to exact, soundex, or metaphone searches. Resulting entries are presented as a table in groups of 15. Each entry includes fields showing last name, first name, middle initial, suffix, date of death, county of death, gender, and marital status. Users also may add their own comments to the database. The database is hosted by RootsWeb.com, based on information from the Texas Dept. of Health.

T-AJ123  Index to probate cases of Texas.  Texas State-Wide Records Project.  Repr. ed.  Fort Worth: American Reference Pub. Co., 1972, 1942.
    Counties indexed: Atascosa, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brown, Camp, Chambers, Coleman, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hardin, Hays, Liberty, Marion, Morris, Newton, Nolan, Orange, Robertson, Runnels, Rusk, San Saba, Shelby, Titus, Trinity, Walter, Williamson, and Woods. Each volume indexes the probate court from the formation of the county or the earliest extant record through the late 1930s. The entry for each county is alphabetical by descendent, orphan, or the one declared incompetent, with the case number and date of the file.

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MARRIAGES:

T-AJ124  Marriage records of early Texas, 1824-46.  Norma R. Grammer.  Fort Worth: Fort Worth Genealogical Soc., 1980.  127 p.
    All extant records of Anglo-American marriages in Texas prior to annexation by the U.S. Organized by political division (usually county) and then chronologically. Data for each entry are name of groom, name of bride, and date. Includes name index.

T-AJ125  8800 Texas marriages, 1824-1850.  Helen Smothers Swenson.  Round Rock: H. S. Swenson, 1981; repr., Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1995.  2 v.  ill., map.
    Lists marriages in Texas for 59 counties by groom’s name in alphabetical order. Entries also list bride’s name, the date, and the county of marriage. Includes an index by Frances Terry Ingmire.

T-AJ126  Texas marriages, early to 1850: a research tool.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing; dist. North Salt Lake, UT: Heritage Quest, 1990.  276 p.  ill., maps.  $37 ISBN 1-877677-26-4
    Index to marriages in Texas prior to 1851 found in documents in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT. Also includes information on Texas county formation, settlement patterns, and requirements for marriage record keeping.

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Updated: 31 October 2007
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