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List of resources pertaining to the history of Austin and Travis County
Available at the Austin History Center in the Austin Public Library
9th and Guadalupe | (512) 974-7480 | P.O. Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768-2287
Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. | Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Sunday, 12 noon-6 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, closed
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Available at the Austin History Center in the Austin Public Library
9th and Guadalupe | (512) 974-7480 | P.O. Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768-2287
Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. | Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Sunday, 12 noon-6 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, closed
Can't get there? Try their reference services.
Annuals
and Directories
Birth records
1820-1835
- Austin city directories
- 1872 to present.
- Austin Independent School District staff directories
- 1959/60 - 1971/72, 1981/82, 1984/85 - 1991/92, 1997/98, 1998/99.
- Austin telephone directories
- 1905, 1907, 1908, 1912, 1922 to present.
- The Cactus
- The student annual of the University of Texas at Austin. 1894-1986.
- Cole’s Cross Reference directories
- 1957 to present.
- High school and junior high school annuals
- Annuals from many schools in Austin and Travis County.
- Travis County directories
- 1894-95 and 1898-99.
- Various organizations' directories
- Membership directories from local groups such as the Rotary Club, Masonic Lodges, Austin Woman's Club, the Standard Club.
Birth records
- Brackenridge Hospital Records
- 1924-1939, 1944-1949, July 1966 - September 1977. Births are logged by date. There is no name index for these records.
- Early Texas Birth Records, 1838-1878.
- Assumption Cemetery Listing
- Listing of markers. Compiled in 1999.
- Austin State Hospital Cemetery Record
- Alphabetical list of those buried in this cemetery. Data includes name, race, county of origin, admission date, date of death, and plot number. Separate list by plot number.
- Cemeteries of West Travis County
- List of gravestones in 37 small cemeteries in far western Travis Co. Compiled in 1977.
- Cemeteries of the Western Hill Country of Travis County, Texas
- Tombstone inscriptions for 31 cemeteries. Includes name index. Compiled in 1991.
- City of Austin Cemetery System Interment Report Microfiche
- Biannual updates of Interment Reports of city cemeteries. Dates of interment from 1800's to present. Alphabetical by name of deceased. Cemeteries included: Oakwood, Oakwood Annex, Mt. Calvary, Memorial Park, Evergreen, Travis Country International, Highland Park, Jewish Memorial, and Plummers.
- City Cemetery Legers, 1837-1973
- Ledgers record burials for the city cemeteries. Recorded are names, ages, sex, race, nativity, cause of death, attending physician, where buried, by whom buried. Completeness of data varies from ledger to ledger and entry to entry.
- Davis Cemetery, Travis County
- Tombstone listing compiled in 2001. Also includes history of cemetery, photographs of cemetery, articles about cemetery, and some obituaries and biographies of those buried there.
- Documentation of the Historic Fiskville Cemetery
- Tombstone listing by Russell Yeager and Boy Scout Troop 454. Compiled in 1999.
- 1993 Survey of Manor, Texas Cemetery
- List of markers by Evelyn S. Donnell. Park Springs Cemetery
- Record of markers, compiled during 1994-95.
- Russell Collection of Cemetery Data from the Tombstones in Travis County, Texas
- Tombstone inscriptions for 24 very small cemeteries, including 6 cemeteries in Blanco Co. Includes name index. Compiled in 1964-65.
- Travis County Cemeteries: Travis County 19th Century Pioneers
- List of interments for people born in 19th Century and buried in selected Travis Co. cemeteries. Includes name index. Compiled in 1986.
- Williamson Creek Cemetery, 700 Block Little Texas Lane, Austin Texas 78745
- Inventory conducted by Dale L. Flatt from 8/23/200? to 9/21/2001. Accompanied by CD-ROM with text and 456 photos taken at the cemetery.
1820-1835
- The First Census of Texas, 1820-1836: To which
are
added Texas Citizenship Lists, 1821-1843 and other Early Records of the
Republic of Texas.
1840s
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- 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas
- Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846
- 1850
- The State of Texas Federal Population Schedules; Seventh Census of the United States
- Population Schedules (Slave Schedule), Travis County; Seventh Census of the United States
- The Five Schedules of the 1860 Federal Census, Travis County, Texas
- Five schedules are slave, population, mortality, agriculture, and industry.
- Population Schedules: Texas, Travis County; Ninth Census of the United States
- Schedule of Inhabitants, City of Austin, County of Travis, State of Texas, 1875
- Population Schedules: Texas, Travis County; Tenth Census of the United States
- 1890 Travis County, Texas Census: Uniquely Reconstructed and Annotated
- 12th Census of Population, 1900: Texas, Vol. 102: Travis County No index
- 13th Census of Population, 1910 No index.
- 14th Census of Population: Texas No index.
- Tax rolls, 1840 - 1943
- Alphabetical by name.
- Alexander Eanes' records
- City Sexton's record of death for October 1859 - May 1866.
- Bartholomew Diary
- An account of daily events in Austin for the period 1853-1923. Deaths of locals are included. Accompanying name index.
- Brackenridge Hospital death records
- 1924-1939, 1947-1948, 1952-1958. Deaths logged by date. No name index.
- Travis County inquest records
- Justices of the Peace records. Dates vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and range from 1887 to 1977.
- Travis County probate minutes
- 1840-1852 and 1840-1852.
- Travis County Probate Record, 1840-1916
- Travis County Index to Probate Minutes, 1870-1926
- Austin American -Statesman
- 1871 - 1883 Paper index.
- 1884 Subject headings and headlines for local stories are computer searchable at the Austin History Center.
- 1885 - 1955 No index.
- 1956 - 1981 Paper index.
- 1981 - 1992 Subject headings and headlines for local stories are computer searchable at the Austin History Center.
- 1989 - present Full-text searchable online at http://archives.statesman.com. Full-text articles can be accessed free of charge at the AHC and all branches of the Austin Public Library.
- Austin Genealogical Society Quarterly
- November 1960 - present. Name index.
- Biographical Gazetteer of Texas Index of biographical sketches for prominent Texans.
- Bartholomew Diary
- An account of daily events in Austin for the period 1853-1923. Marriages of locals are included. Accompanying name index.
- Annals of Travis County and of the City of Austin from the Earliest Times to the Close of 1875
- In the years from 1850 through 1875 many local marriages were recorded by Frank Brown in these annals. Marriages are logged by date. No index.
- Travis County Marriage Records, 1833-1902
- Travis County, Texas Marriage Records, 1840-1882
- Travis County Marriage Records, 1840-1939
- Travis County Index to Marriage Records, 1840-1939
- Some Early Travis County, Texas, Records
- Records of the Texas General Land Office
- Travis County Central Appraisal District Records, 1983 - 1996
- Travis County Civil Minutes, 1876-1894
- Travis County Index to County Court Civil Minutes
- Travis County Criminal Minutes, 1876 - 1886
- Travis County Deed Record, 1847-1882
- Travis County Deeds, 1882-1886
- Travis County Direct Index to Deeds, 1842-1893
- Travis County Reverse Index to Deeds, 1842-1893
- Travis County Transcript of Deed Record, 1837-1849
- Travis County, County Clerk Naturalization Record, 1892-1907
- Index to Naturalizations, 1890-1906
- Travis County School Census Rolls, 1913-1970
- Travis County Tax Rolls, 1840-1910