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Books We Own and the BWO Master Index

A RootsWeb Look-Up Resource for International Genealogical Research. Books We Own is a list of resources owned/accessed by individuals who are willing to look up genealogical information and e-mail or snail mail....read more....

Ancestry Database Card Catalog (Free) 

Ancestry Database Card CatalogLet us help you find the database you need. For quick results, simply enter keywords or other information you're seeking below and click "Search." You can also browse a list of databases if you'd prefer.

Book Retailers and Resellers

Amazon.com

An online book retailer has a vast assortment of publications referencing Genealogy and History.  

Barnette's Family Tree Book Company

Mic Barnette, is a local genealogy and history writer, researcher, and owner of Barnette's Family Tree Book Company.  He was a genealogy and history columnist for the Houston Chronicle for 10 years, May 1994 - July 2004.  Mic Barnette's Genealogy and History Articles and Columns 1999-2001, is an online archive of his publications as well as other articles devoted to Genealogy and History,  

Books

At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris County, Texas, Cemeteries (1822-2001) 

Including Burial Customs and Other Interesting Facts, With a Listing of Past and Present Communities, Funeral Home and Monument Companies. 1st Edition 1994; 2nd Edition enlarged from 307 to 509 cross-indexed listings. Compiled by Trevia Wooster Beverly (Tejas Publications & Research, Houston, 2001). 

The Birth Of The Texas Medical Center: A Personal Account 

by Frederick C. Elliott, William Henry Kellar, and Richard Elliott,  Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History, Texas A&M University Press (December 2004)  ISBN-10: 1585443336  ISBN-13: 978-1585443338

Black Churches in Texas: A Guide to Historic Congregations

The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, No. 85, by Clyde McQueen, Texas A&M University Press; 1 Ed edition (April 2000) ISBN-10: 0890969418  ISBN-13: 978-0890969410

Black Cowboys Of Texas

by Sara R. Massey, The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University Press; New Ed edition (March 30, 2005)  ISBN-10: 158544443X  ISBN-13: 978-1585444434

Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995

by Alwyn Barr, University of Oklahoma Press; 2 Sub edition (September 1996)  ISBN-10: 080612878X  ISBN-13: 978-0806128788

Centennial 1848-1948, St. Peter Church, Spring Branch Community, Harris County, Texas

by William Luthe, Publisher: s.n (1948)

Early Texas Physicians 1830-1915: Innovative, Intrepid, Independent 

by Texas Surgical Society and R. Maurice Hood. State House Press (March 1999)  ISBN-10: 1880510634 ISBN-13: 978-1880510636

First settlers of Harris County, Texas

by Gifford E White, by Ingmire Publications (1984)

Genealogical records [and 1850 census of Harris County, Texas 

by Marie Russell 1981

Harris County, Texas, cemetery inscriptions

by L. Brinley (1985)

Harris County, Texas, Naturalization Records

by Trevia Wooster Beverly, Tejas Publications & Research (1988)

Land certificates from Harris County, Texas: From the originals in the General Land Office, Austin

by Gifford E White, by Ingmire Publications (1984)

Legendary Ladies of Texas

by Francis Edward Abernethy, Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, University of North Texas Press; Rep Sub edition (August 1994)  ISBN-10: 0929398750  ISBN-13: 978-0929398754

Marriage records, Harris County, Texas

by Marie Russell 1979

Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief History

by Arnoldo De Leon, Harlan Davidson; 2nd edition (May 1999)  ISBN-10: 0882959484  ISBN-13: 978-0882959481

Perilous Voyages: Czech and English Immigrants to Texas in the 1870s 

by Lawrence H. Konecny and Clinton Machann, Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a & M University, Texas A&M University Press (April 2004)  ISBN-10: 1585443174  ISBN-13: 978-1585443178

Spanish Texas, 1519-1821 

by Donald E. Chipman, University of Texas Press; 1 edition (1992)  ISBN-10: 0292776594  ISBN-13: 978-0292776593

Suffer the Children: A history of the Confederate Orphanage at Baylands, Harris County, Texas 1867 to May 1918.

Many names & references. By Trevia Wooster Beverly (Tejas Publications & Research, 2003).

Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

by John Q. Anderson, University of North Texas Press (October 1998)   ISBN-10: 1574410563 ISBN-13: 978-1574410563

Women Pioneers in Texas Medicine 

by Elizabeth Silverthorne and Geneva Fulgham,  Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a & M University,  Texas A&M University Press; 1st ed edition (October 1997)  ISBN-10: 089096789X  ISBN-13: 978-0890967898

....Much More to Come!....

....and better organization....many books....