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February 2008

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 TEXAS CENSUS

Texas 1850 Counties: Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria,
            Brazos, Burleson
Texas 1850 Counties: Collin, Colorado, Comal, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, DeWitt, Ellis
            Tarrant, Fannin, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Guadalupe, Gillespie, Goliad,
            Gonzales, Grayson, Grimes
Texas 1850 Counties: Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lamar, LAVACA, Leon,
            Liberty, Limestone, Matagorda, Medina
Texas 1850 Slave Schedule: Lavaca
Texas 1850 Agricultural: Lavaca

1860 TEXAS CENSUS

Texas 1860 Counties: Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Galveston
Texas 1860 Counties: Karnes, Kaufmann, Kerr, Kinney, Lamar, Lampasas, LAVACA,
            Leon
Texas 1860 Slave Schedule: Lavaca
Texas 1860 Agricultural: Lavaca

1870 TEXAS CENSUS

Texas 1870 Counties: Lampasas and LAVACA
Texas 1870 Counties: Fayette and Fort Bend
Texas 1870 Agricultural: Lavaca

1880 TEXAS CENSUS

Texas 1880 Counties: Anderson (pt), Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Atascosa, Austin,
            Armstrong, Briscoe, Randall, Swisher
Texas 1880 Counties: Fannin (pt), Fayette, Fisher, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Frio
            Scurry
Texas 1880 Counties: Lampasas (pt), Lamar, and LAVACA
Texas 1880 Agricultural: Lavaca
Texas 1880 Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Classes: Lavaca

1890 SPECIAL SCHEDULES

Texas 1890: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows Of Union Veterans of
            The Civil War

1900 CENSUS

Texas 1900 Counties: Lamar, Lampasas, LaSalle, LAVACA

1910 CENSUS

Texas 1910 Counties: LAVACA, Liberty, Limestone

1920 CENSUS

Texas 1920 Counties: LAVACA, Leon, Limestone (pt)
Texas 1920 Counties: DeWitt, Delta, Denton (pt)
Texas 1920 Counties: Fayette
Texas 1920 Counties: Gonzales

1930 CENSUS

Texas 1930 Counties: LaSalle, Lee, Lipscomb, LAVACA

Texas 1930 Counties: Denton (part), Dimmit, Donley, DeWitt

TAX ROLLS

Lavaca County Tax Rolls: 1846 – 1910

TEXAS VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS 1867 – 1869

Reel #1            Anderson through Bell County
Reel #2            Bexar through Cameron County
Reel #3            Chambers through Dallas County
Reel #4            Davis through Fayette County
Reel #5            Fort Bend through Grayson County
Reel #6            Grimes through Harrison County
Reel #7            Hays through Kerr County
Reel #8            Kendall through Matagorda County
Reel #9            Maverick through Parker County
Reel #10          Polk through Shelby County
Reel #11          Smith through Van Zandt County
Reel #12          Victoria through Zapata County

LAVACA COUNTY PROBATE MINUTES VOL. A – V 1846 – 1916

 

LAVACA COUNTY INDEX TO PROBATE MINUTES 1853 – 1869

LAVACA COUNTY PROBATE MINUTES
            PROBATE MINUTES (RECORD OF ESTATES) 1854 – 1877
            RECORD OF WILLS, BONDS AND OATHS 1870 – 1883

LAVACA COUNTY INDEX TO DEEDS, GENERAL 1846 – 1889

LAVACA COUNTY NATURALIZATION RECORD INDEX 1853 – 1935

LAVACA COUNTY NATURALIZATION RECORDS 1890 - 1912

LAVACA COUNTY INDEX TO CIVIL MINUTES 1847 – 1974

LAVACA COUNTY DEED RECORDS VOL. A – 3 1846 – 1886

LAVACA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT MINUTES 1847 - 1912

SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS

Hallettsville: Reel 19
Moulton: Reel 28
Shiner: Reel 36
Yoakum: Reel 42

 

IMMIGRATION PASSENGER LISTS

Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1896 – 1906; Aab, Heinrich – Kraus, Piotr
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1896 – 1906; Kraus, Albert – Polyak, Maria
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1896 – 1906; Pitsch, Franz – Zytekiewcz, S.

Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Aab, Maria – Duquesne, Ididro
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Duran, Carlos – Inglis, E.
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Ingram, Joseph – Lavitianz, A.
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Lawenda, Joel – Papurlieff
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Paracheroff, D. – Schriever
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Schrobenhauser, A. – Weigert
Galveston, Texas, Index to Passenger Lists, 1906 – 1951; Weiger, Georg - Zyzora, W.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Passenger Lists, Before 1900; Italia, Francesca – Johse, Carl
New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Passenger Lists, Before 1900; Tazo, Christesa – Veronique, Ketterer

New Orleans, Louisiana, Passenger Lists: Nov. 21, 1882 – Oct. 31, 1883
New Orleans, Louisiana, Passenger Lists; Nov. 1, 1883 – Aug. 30, 1884
 
New York, New York, Passenger Lists: Oct. 29, 1880 – Dec. 30, 1880
New York, New York, Passenger Lists: Jan. 1, 1881 – Mar. 8, 1881
New York, New York, Passenger Lists; Mar. 9, 1881 – Apr. 11, 1881

 

MISCELLANEOUS MICROFILM

Texas State Genealogical Society 1995 – 1998 Applications

Record of Appointment of Postmasters: 1832 – Sept. 30, 1971
Texas: Lamb – Newton Counties  LAVACA COUNTY 1866 – 1971

Wheat, Postmasters and Post Offices of Texas 1846 – 1930

Post Office Department Records, Republic of Texas 1835 – 1841

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Texas 1865 – 1866
Roll 1 Dist. 2 Annual, Monthly and Special List  Dec. 1865 – Dec. 1866

TEXAS RANGER SERVICE RECORDS

Section 1: Rangers: approximately 1830 – 1846

Section 2: Minute Men: 1841 Acklin - Zurcher
Section 3: Rangers 1847 – 1900 A through Z

COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS WHO SERVED
DURING THE MEXICAN WAR IN ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

CHURCH RECORDS

LAVACA COUNTY
Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Hallettsville, Texas
St. Mary’s Catholic Church: St. Mary’s Texas
SS. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church: Shiner, Texas
St. Joseph Catholic Church: Moulton, Texas
Queen of Peace Catholic Church: Sweet Home, Texas
St. John the Baptist Church Catholic Church: Koerth, Texas
Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church: Moravia, Texas
St. Ludmila Catholic Church: Wied, Texas
St. Anthony, St. Augustine: Witting, Breslau and Worthing, Texas

FAYETTE COUNTY
Zion Lutheran Congregation of Swiss Alp, Texas

NEWSPAPERS

AUSTIN DAILY BULLETIN

                Nov. 27, 1841 – Jan. 18, 1842

AUSTIN TEXAS SENTINEL
            Jan. 15, 1840 – Nov. 11, 1841

BRAZORIA INDEPENDENT – TEXAS PLANTER
            See next page for detailed list of titles and dates

 

COLORADO CITIZEN

            July 23, 1859 – March 2, 1905
Sept. 17, 1908 – Dec. 29, 1911

CUERO DAILY RECORD
            1895 – 1899

HALLETTSVILLE HERALD AND PLANTER
            Oct. 23, 1873 – Dec. 26, 1877

HALLETTSVILLE HERALD
            Dec. 25, 1887 – Dec. 31, 1915 (Missing 1904, 1906)

HALLETTSVILLE HERALD (SEMI-WEEKLY)
            Jan. 4, 1924 – Dec. 31, 1929

HALLETTSVILLE NASINEC
            Oct. 14, 1914 – June 14, 1916

HALLETTSVILLE NEW ERA
            Jan. 10, 1908 – Dec. 31, 1912

HALLETTSVILLE NEW ERA HERALD
            April 7, 1947 – July 1969

HALLETTSVILLE NOVY DOMOV
            Jan. 16, 1919 – Nov. 15, 1926;  May 3, 1941 – Sept. 30, 1942

HALLETTSVILLE SEMI-WEEKLY NEW ERA HERALD
            Jan. 7, 1930 – Dec. 30, 1930
            Jan. 6, 1931 – June 30, 1942

HALLETTSVILLE OBZOR
            June 1, 1905 – Oct. 8, 1914

HALLETTSVILLE REBEL
            July 1, 1911 – June 2, 1917

HALLETTSVILLE TRIBUNE
            HERALD: July 14, 1904 – April 11, 1919
            NEW ERA: March 10, 1899 – Oct. 22, 1909
            NEW ERA: April 29, 1913 – Jan. 30, 1920

 

HALLETTSVILLE TRIBUNE AND TRIBUNE HERALD
            1932 – Present (Missing 1939 and 1954)

HOUSTON DEMOCRATIC
            March 18, 1846 – March 28, 1951

HOUSTON MORNING STAR
            April 8, 1839 – Feb. 3, 1846

MOULTON EAGLE
            1900 – 1960, 1987 - 1998

NACOGDOCHES AND NAPLES
            March 13, 1852 – July 26, 1859 (incomplete); April 20, 1892

NORDHEIM VIEW
            1904 - 1913

SAN FELIPE TELEGRAPH AND REGISTER
            Oct. 10, 1836 – March 4, 1846

SHINER GAZETTE
            1892 – 1951

TEXIAN ADVOCATE
            1848 – 1854

VICTORIA ADVOCATE
            1862 – 1926

WASHINGTON LONE STAR – TEXAS NATIONAL REGISTER
            See next page for detailed list of titles and dates

YOAKUM DAILY HERALD
            Sept. 17, 1898 – Dec. 1, 1925

YOAKUM DAILY TIMES
            Oct. 4, 1898 – May 18, 1899

YOAKUM WEEKLY HERALD
            June 9, 1904 – May 30, 1914

YOAKUM WEEKLY TIMES
            Sept. 12, 1903 – Aug. 7, 1914

 

YORKTOWN NEWS
            Feb. 6, 1908 – July 3, 1913

MICROFICHE

TEXAS BIRTH RECORDS 1950 – 1997

1890 TEXAS VETERANS CENSUS INDEX

TEXAS MARRIAGE, EARLY TO 1850

VICTORIA CO. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY SURNAME INDEX 1980 - 1997