Friench Simpson Memorial LibraryHALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS |
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Friench Simpson Memorial LibraryHALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS |
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705 East Fourth Street, Hallettsville, TX 77964 Visit the official Friench Simpson Memorial Library web site.
The Friench Simpson Memorial Library local history/genealogy collection concentrates on Lavaca County and adjoining counties. A wide range of materials is availableincluding books, microfilms and historic photographs.
Highlights of the collection feature eleven books about Lavaca County written by Judge Paul C. Boethel and six books of cemetery listings. The archives include World War II news clippings, rural school photographs, Hallettsville Volunteer Fire Department records, and Masonic records. The surname vertical file collection includes materials donated by Judge Paul C. Boethel, the Charles Hrncir family and Elsie Smothers. Our microfilm collection features the 1850-1920 Lavaca County census, tax rolls and issues of the Hallettsville Herald, Tribune Herald and New Era, the Shiner Gazette, the Moulton Eagle and the Yoakum Times and much more. Inquiries should be sent to: Brenda Lincke Fisseler. |
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The library's recent addition of 1,950 square feet greatly expanded our Local History/Genealogy area.
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File Cabinets# 1 Negatives/CDs/Glass Slides # 2 Family Vertical Files: Surnames A – H #3 Family Vertical Files: Surnames I – R #4 Family Vertical Files: Surnames S – Z # 5 Masonic Records: Joshua Chapter and Boyce Chapter 124 & 186 #6 Zion Lutheran Church: Charlottenburg Record Book #7 Lavaca County Photographs: Index Available #8 Lavaca County Photographs: Index Available |
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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 – Q 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 New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Passenger Lists, Before 1900; Italia, Francesca – Johse, Carl CHURCH RECORDS
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