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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Revised Ordinances of the City of Hallettsville - July 1, 1901
City of Hallettsville Archives Assessment Book, City of Hallettsville 1891-1896 Cash Accounts with the City of Hallettsville September 1888 – August 1906 Criminal Fee Book, Corporation Court, City of Hallettsville No. 1 – 309 October 30, 1899 – July 13, 1905 Occupation Tax Register, City of Hallettsville 1891 – January 1914 Occupation Tax Register, City of Hallettsville Hallettsville and other Lavaca County Communities 1896 – Dec.1903 Tax Rolls, City of Hallettsville 1897 – 1912 Masonic Records Heel-Fly Time in Texas Hallettsville City Cemetery Association Records Texas at Vicksburg Hallettsville New Era Hallettsville New Era-Herald Hallettsville Tribune |
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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 – 1906 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 – X 1846 – 1882 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 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 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. 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