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VICTORIA COUNTY, TEXAS sponsored by Victoria County Genealogical Society |
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Victoria was settled as a colony of Martin de Leon in 1824 under the Mexican government. In 1836 it became an original County of the Republic of Texas. Victoria is the county seat.
Victoria Genealogical Society Resources - Queries - Search Engine - Military - Links - What's New
Meetings and Workshops
| VICTORIA COUNTY RESOURCES |
| Victoria County History |
Victoria County Maps |
Courthouse Records |
| Marriage Records 1838-1855, 1858-1877 |
Marriage Records from The Victoria Advocate |
Victoria City & County School Records |
| Brands and Marks & Family Land Heritage Ranches |
Victoria Churches before 1900 |
Zion Lutheran Church Mission Valley TX |
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Land Survey Abstract original land owners |
Texas Historical Markers locations in Victoria Co. |
Landmark Registry for Victoria Co. |
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Victoria Co. Archives Birth Records - 1926-1995 |
Victoria Co. Archives Death Records - 1964-1999 |
Victoria Co. Archives Marriage Records - 1966-2001 |
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Victoria Co. Archives Divorce Records - 1968-2001 |
Adjacent Counties | Pictures of Old Victoria Today and Yesterday |
| LIBRARY RESOURCES |
| Victoria Public Library | Family History Library Center | |
| Victoria College/Univ. Houston Library | Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston TX | Texas State Library and Archives Commission |
| CEMETERIES |
| Victoria County Cemeteries | Evergreen Cemetery pictures of some markers with comments |
Victoria Co. Cemetery
Photographs Texas Tombstone Project |
| Fordtran Cemetery Also known as the Midgett Cemetery |
Girdy Cemetery pictures of the Girdy family markers |
Memorial Square Cemetery a list of those known to be buried here |
| Mission Valley Cemetery | McFaddin Cemetery includes other info on McFaddin |
Union Soldiers Buried at Victoria-1865 |
| Confederate Soldiers Buried at Victoria | Victoria Catholic
Cemeteries provides a search engine |
Booker/Jewett Cemetery Inventory of Graves with some pictures. |
| PEOPLE OF VICTORIA COUNTY |
| 1850 Census found on Rootsweb |
1880 US Census found on Family Search |
Former Postmasters 1846-1936 | |
| Former Mayors 1839 to the present |
Former District Attorneys from 1838 |
Former Sheriffs from 1838 | |
| Early Doctors in Victoria 1836-1920 |
City Council Members from 1836-1998 |
Victoria Co. Grist Mills some of the early owners | |
| Early Hotels of Victoria owners and dates |
Short Bios of Early Residents | Notes on Early Residents many family connections | |
| Notes from the Victoria Advocate Column "100, 75, 50 Years Ago" |
Obituaries fromthe Victoria Advocate 1885-1887 |
Obits From the Victoria Advocate Column "100, 75, 50 Years Ago" | |
| Some Death Records McFaddin area,1930-1936 |
Letters in the Victoria post office, May 1848 | Family Histories Add your family history. | |
| Vital Extractions from the Victoria Advocate Vol.III 1894-1897, Vol.IV 1898-1899 and Vol.V 1900-1902
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Fugitives Victoria Co. 1866-1877 |
Spanish Genealogy
| MILITARY RECORDS |
| Republic of Texas Muster Roll Capt. John T. Price Co. |
Civil War Muster Roll | TX Union Soldier Schedule Victoria Co., 1890 |
| World Wars I and II some names of those who served. Also some deaths listed |
Veterans of the War with Mexico, 1846-47 | Military Records Civil War Pension applications, Korean and Vietnam Casualties |
| Victoria Soldiers: Republic of Texas
a new link to Mounted Volunteers (Columbia) |
| INDIANOLA |
| Indianola Casualities-1875-a list of the dead, missing and property destruction | German Immigrants treated by Dr. Webb in Victoria |
Indianola Database includes form for listing your ancestor |
| VICTORIA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY |
VCGS meets on the 2nd Monday of each month, 7:00pm,
First Christian Church, Colorado and Ben Jordan, Victoria
| VCGS PageMembership application available here |
Victoria Co. Mail List Site
we invite you to join our mail list |
VCGS Quarterly-Table of Contents
Vol.I-Vol.24 |
| Researchers local independent researchers |
Lookups listing of those willing to do lookups |
Books Available cemetery books and family books |
| Surnames | Members Webpages | Old Postcards of Victoria County |
| Awards Presented to VCGS | Martha Jones' weekly column in the Victoria Advocate, can be read online. Go to this website and type Relatively Speaking into the Search box. |
NEW for JULY 2008
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- MCDOWELL-RATHBONE MARRIAGE - 20 June 1908
- Dr. R. R. HOPKINS - July 1908
- VICTORIANS in Navy Operation: NEWMAN, WARREN, ESCALANA, FLORES, McDONALD, LOVEL, DIEDRICH, SWEET - July 1958
Become a part of Victoria County's legacy by taking part in the Victoria County Historical Commission's Oral History Project. Interviews are recorded, then stored in the Archives to preserve the history of Victoria county. If you would be interested in being interviewed, please contact Barbara Smith, Project Chairman and Interviewer. For more information see the Oral History flyer.
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This brochure also comes from the Victoria County Historical Commission. It explains the safest way to take care of gravestones and should be a great guide for all genealogists. (To return to this page, use your back button.)
Post and View Queries here
Queries should have a Victoria County Connection
Post a new query on the Victoria County Board.
Choose "post new message" and enter the info required. Your queries posted to this website
will be included in the Victoria County Genealogical Society Crossroads Quarterly
View all queries posted since 31 Mar 2000 on the same board. To search for a specific name,
use the "search" feature and choose "Victoria Board".
You may post free Victoria County queries in our Victoria County Genealogical Society Crossroads
Quarterly.
Queries Archive-alphabetized listing of queries received
before 31 Mar 2000
You may search our site for a particular name by using this search engine. Remember, there may be several spelling variations for a name.
To return to this page, use the "back button" on your computer.
The Victoria County Genealogical Society normally meets the second Monday of each month at
7:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church, Colorado and Ben Jordan, Victoria,
in the Fellowship Hall.
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:00PM - Our program, "Czech"ing Out Your Ancestors" will be presented by Brenda Lincke Fisseler, who is in charge of the local history/genealogy department at the
Friench Simpson Memorial Library in Hallettsville, Texas. The program will include resources available for locating your Czech ancestor, particularly in Lavaca County and surrounding counties. and her
list of Top Ten Czech Resources that everyone should use.
6:00pm - BOARD MEETING
Christine Rose is a Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, and Fellow, American Society of Genealogists. Her lecturing experience includes national conferences and many regional seminars and
local seminars. Christine was elected Fellow, American Society of Genealogists in 1988. This honor is bestowed by peers based on the quantity and quality of publications and is limited to only 50 at any one time.
We are honored to have her come to Victoria!
The flyer for this seminar is found at this site. (To return to this page, use your back button.)
Lectures include:
Registration deadline is September 24, 2008.
Register Early--Fee includes a delicious Lunch---Limited Seating.
Copy the form found on the flyer and return it with your check for $40 to:
For information call Doris Obsta 361-575-4303
BEGINNING GENEALOGY LINKS
VICTORIA LINKS:
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MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING LINKS:
FALL SEMINAR
Saturday 4 October 2008, 9:00am
First Christian Church Fellowship Hall
2106 North Ben Jordan Victoria, Tx
Featured Speaker:
CHRISTINE ROSE
C. G., CGL, FASG
1. The “Rites” of Inheritance, Dower, Entail and Primogeniture
2. Federal Land Records to Locate Ancestors
3. Too Young for the
Revolution; Too Old for the Civil War--Military Records Between these Wars
4. Using Little Known and Neglected Sources: A Potpourri.
% Louise Hume, Treasurer
2111 Mesquite, Victoria, Texas 77901
Spanish Genealogy This is a very helpful website by
Gloria Candelaria.
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 This page is a part of the TXGenWeb project and the USGenWeb Project. |
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please visit the orphan county webpage or contact Shirley Cullum, State Coordinator for TXGenWeb.
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the Texas State Genealogical Society , District 3. |
November, 2007 - The Victoria County Genealogical Society Crossroads Quarterly, edited by Millie Sweeney, was awarded first place in the Quarterly category by the Texas State Genealogical Society.
November, 2007 - The Victoria County TXGenWeb site, edited by Cynthia and Jack Buttram, was awarded third place website category by the Texas State Genealogical Society.
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Victoria County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 413, Victoria TX 77902 |
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