The following is an excellent book about Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon whom was the son of General Blas de la Garza Falcon (1673-1736), governor of the province of Coahuila from 1723 to 1729 and 1733 to 1735, and Dona Beatriz de Villarreal. He was born in or near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon in 1712. He married Dona Catarina Gomez de Castro whom was the daughter of Don Antonio Gomez de Castro and Dona Nicolasa Baez de Trevino, on January 1, 1731 at the mining town of Boca de Leones, present day Villaldamas, Nuevo Leon , Mexico. Read the rest of this entry >>
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Captain Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon Colonizer of South Texas
Moises Garza |
April 13, 2013
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Cameron County Records on Microfilm at The University of Texas Pan American
Moises Garza |
January 23, 2013
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The following are all the records that are microfilmed and available at the University of Texas Pan American in regards to Cameron County Texas. You can see the entry at the UTPA Library Catalog.
I just wished that the Starr County and Hidalgo County Records would have been microfilmed as Cameron’s Records since they are more complete and contain much more information.
This is their description:
Publication Info. Austin : Texas State Library, 1990.
Description 74 reels
Contents
Film# Description
1016150 Declaration of Citizenship, 1871-1890
1016151 Reverse Index to Civil Minutes A-K Defendants prior to 1952
1016152 Reverse Index to Civil Minutes L-Z Defendants prior to 1952
1016153 Direct Index to Civil Minutes A-K Plaintiff prior to 1952
1016154 Direct Index to Civil Minutes L-Z Plaintiff prior to 1952
1016155 District Court Minutes, 1849-1858 ; District Court Records, 1858-1866
1016156 District Court Records, 1866-1878
1016157 District Court Records, 1878-1892
1016158 District Court Criminal Minutes, 1892-1902 ; District Court Civil Minutes, 1892-1906
1016159 District Court Criminal Minutes, 1902-1914 ; District Court Civil Minutes, 1906-1911
1016160 District Court Records, 1849-1866
1016161 District Court Records, 1866-1873 ; District Court Minutes, 1873-1878
1016162 District Court Original Minutes, 1884-1892
1016163 General Index to Deeds Grantee vol.1, 1848-1911
1016164 Real Estate records A-B, 1848-1850
1016165 Real Estate records E-F, 1851-1857
1016166 Real Estate records G-H, 1857-1865
1016167 Real Estate records suppl. A-B, 1866-1867; trans. A1,1867-1870
1016168 Real Estate records suppl. C, 1870-1873; Real Estate records suppl. D, 1873-1878
1016169 Real Estate records suppl. E, 1878-1882; Real Estate records suppl. F, 1882-1885
1016170 Mortgages & Deed of trust direct index A-K, 1848-1945
1016171 Mortgages & Deed of trust direct index L-Y, 1848-1945
1016172 Mortgages & Deed of trust reverse index A-K, 1848-1945
1016173 Mortgages & Deed of trust, reverse index, L-Z, 1848-1945
1016174 Deed of trust & misc. 1882-1892
1016175 General index to Probates vol.1, 1848-1924; Journal (Probate) vol.A, 1848-1851; Records (Probate), 1851-1858; Probate minutes vol.B, 1851-1858
1016176 Probate minutes vol. C, 1859-1876; vol. D, 1865-1870; Transcribed vol. D, 1866-1870; vol. E, 1870-1880
1016177 Probate minutes vol. F, 1880-1883; vol. G, 1879-1890
1016178 Probate minutes vol. H, 1889-1900; vol. I, 1896-1900
1016179 Probate minutes vol. J-K, 1900-1907
1016180 Probate minutes vol. L-M, 1907-1912
1016181 Civil minutes-County Court, 1867-1910
1016182 (Naturalization) Declarations of intentions, 1879-1930
1016182-2 Declarations of intentions, 1876-1880, 1882-1906; Declaration Record, 1895-1909; Naturalization record, 1900-1904
1016183 Index to marriage records-groom, 1848-1948
1016184 Index to marriage records-bride, 1848-1943
1016185 Marriage record vol. A, 1848-1855; vol. B, 1865-1869; vol. C, 1866-1867; suppl. B-C1867-1871
1016186 Marriage record vol. D-E, 1871-1881; vol. F, 1863-1887
1016187 Marriage record vol. G-H, 1887-1905
1016188 Marriage record vol. I-J, 1905-1912
203101 Plat books vol. 1-12; Index to plats and maps
203102 Survey record vol. A, 1881-1938; transcribed vol. A, 1881-1909; vol. B, 1870-1928; vol. D, 1938-1940
203103 Assessor’s abstracts vol. 1, 1945-1946; vol. 2, 1945-1956
203104 Assessor’s abstracts vol. 3, 1945-1946; Index to subdivisions
2321370 Birth record, 1917-1936
2321371 Birth record, 1936-1943
2321372 Birth record, 1943-1946
2321492 Death record, 1949-1955
2321493 Death record, 1955-1959
2321494 Death record, 1959-1962
2321495 Death record, 1962-1965
2321498 Death record 1974-1977
2321672 Death record, 1916-1917; Cemetery record, 1839-1900
2321673 Burial permit record, 1870-1938, 1940-1950
2322624 Death record, 1910-1916
1031-02 Tax rolls, 1886-1900
1031-03 Tax rolls, 1900-1910
3116 Tax rolls Ausaldexan, A-Garza, Manuel, 1848-1886
2701 Tax rolls Garza, Manuel-Garcia, N. P., 1886-1900
2695 Tax rolls Garcia, Nestora P.-Brown, W. F., 1900-1910Subject Public records — Law and legislation — Texas — Cameron County. Cameron County (Tex.) — History — Sources.
Other Title Texas county records
I hope you found this post useful, if you like you can check the previous posts about Cameron’s neighboring counties on the following links. If you need anything that is contained within these films and don’t have access yourself look at my services page.
Hidalgo County Records on Microfilm at The University of Texas Pan American
Moises Garza |
January 19, 2013
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On a previous post I wrote about the Starr County records available at the University of Texas Pan American. On this post I will let you know what records are available on microfilm concerning Hidalgo County, Texas.
The Following is what I found on their Catalog:
Publication Info. Austin : Texas State Library, 1990.
Description 43 reels
Contents
1017237 Deed records, 1852-1927
1017238 Index to deeds direct vol. D-H, 1852-1927
1017239 Index to deeds direct vol. I-M, 1852-1927
1017240 Index to deeds direct vol. N-S, 1852-1927
1017241 Index to deeds direct vol. T-Z, 1852-1927
1017242 Index to deed reverse vol. A-C, 1852-1927
1017243 Index to deeds reverse vol. D-H, 1852-1927
1017244 Index to deeds reverse vol, I-R, 1852-1927
1017245 Index to deeds reverse vol. S-Z, 1852-1927
1017246 Index to deeds direct vol. C, 1852-1927
1017247 Deed record vol. A, 1852-1883; vol. B, 1853-1883; vol. C, 1877-1882
1017248 Deed record vol. D, 1882-1888
1017249 Deed record transcript vol. A, 1854-1896; suppl. vol. B, 1880-1912
1017250 Deed record transcript vol. A-B, 1852-1883; C-D, 1877-1888
1017251 Index to maps, 1800′s-1900′s
1017252 General index to marriages vol. A-Z, 1869-1857
1017253 Marriage record vol. A, 1852-1869; vol. B, 1869-1883; vol. C, 1880-1882; vol. D, 1883-1888
1017254 Index to probate minutes, 1800′s-1900′s; Probate minutes vol. A, 1852-1880; vol. A-1, 1853-1880; vol. B, 1880-18911017255 Probate minutes vol. C, 1889-1904; vol. D, 1904-1911
1017256 Index to civil minutes, 1800′s-1900′s; Inventory record vol. B, 1881-1913; Minutes of County Court, 1852-1878; Minutes of County Court vol. B, 1876-1894; Minutes of County Court vol. 2, 1895-1915
1017257 District and County Court minutes vol. A, 1853-1866; District Court minutes vol. B, 1887-1898
1017258 District Court minutes vol. D, 1899-1912
110801 Tax rolls Jesus Acuna-Diego Perez, 1852-1905
110802 Tax rolls Ventura Yanez-Railroad, Telegraph…, 1905-1910
2108.01 Survey record index, 1881-1921; Jim Hogg County Survey record, 1913-1941
2108.02 Field notes vol. B, 1881-1905; vol. C, 1896-1941; vol. D, 1883-1890.Subject Public records — Law and legislation — Texas — Hidalgo County. Hidalgo County (Tex.) — History — Sources.
Other Title Texas county records
Happy hunting for those records. If you need for me to look for a record or get you a copy of anything on these microfilms look at my services page for pricing.
Indians, Padres, Settlers, Ranchers, Farmers, and Education – History in A Mural
Moises Garza |
January 17, 2013
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I grew up in La Grulla, in South Texas. This small quiet town is only a few miles away from the river bordering Mexico and about 60 miles from where I was born and raised. When I was going through Jr. High I used to see the following mural each day for three years, 6th – 8th grade, and never got tired of seeing it. It would cause many questions and also remind me of the small Mexican town of El Arcabuz. El Arcabuz used to have a similar mural but instead of depicting the heritage of its area as the following picture does. The one in El Arcabuz depicted the rise and birth of a nation, depicting characters as Miguel Hidalgo and Benito Juarez. I wish I had a picture of the one in Arcabuz but I don’t, I asked on their facebook page to see if anyone has one.
This is the Mural at the La Grulla Middle School taken by Jimmy Martinez
You can see Jimmy’s post in Facebook and according to comments on face book the mural was painted in 1976 – 1978 by Mr. Sergio Higareda.
As you can see the mural depicts this areas rich heritage and history. Starting with the indigenous people and then the effort of the church to Christianize them. Then we see the the Spaniard rule by the sword and the ranching that ensued. Then this area became part of the United States and towards the end we see farming that still continues to this date. Finally science and education.
Irish Lives Remembered A Resource to Help You Research Your Irish Ancestors
Moises Garza |
January 14, 2013
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Believe it or not there are many people in South Texas and Northeastern Mexico with Irish ancestors. I know this because of this regions rich history and the names that I occasionally come across on the church and civil indexes.
On the 8th of January Chris Paton made me aware through Google+ about Irish Lives Remembered a Genealogy Community and its free magazine.
I already downloaded two issues and they are great. Even if you don’t have Irish ancestors I recommend you read them since it is always helpful to see whats available and the stories are great.
You can visit this website here http://irishlivesremembered.com/magazines.html and can read more about the Irish in Mexico at wikipidia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_immigration_to_Mexico.
Have fun and enjoy!
Survival The Historical Heritage of La Grulla, Texas 1749 – 1974 a thesis by Narciso A. Guerra and Imelda G. Guerra
Moises Garza |
November 12, 2012
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I found this book at the University of Texas Pan American’s Special collections. If you are from La Grulla or just want to know more about it I highly recommend the following book. “Survival The Historical Heritage of La Grulla, Texas 1749 – 1974 a thesis by Narciso A. Guerra and Imelda G. Guerra”.
The authors also list their family connection to the first Longorias of La Grulla. You can also find a full map of La Grulla.
I just wish I had more time to go over it since you are not allowed to take it out of the Library I just quickly browsed through it.
If anyone else knows about any other books about La Grulla or it’s people let me know so that I can lsit them here.
Texas General Land Office, Land Grant Search
Moises Garza |
September 21, 2011
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Texas Land Grants
Did your ancestor ever receive a Land grant from the Spanish Government or the State of Tamaulipas? If your answer is yes it is very likely that you will find it on the website for the Texas General Land Office.
What the Texas General Land Office has to Offer
The Texas land grant database contains over 4,200 land titles issued by Spain and Mexico from 1720 to 1836 covering 26 million acres. It also offers other collections for a total of 656,129 records.
You can get a full description of it or start searching for your ancestors at the land grant search.
I hope that you find this resource useful and helpful in your research. Let me know about your finds.
This is an example of one of the results for one of my wife’s ancestors:
| County: | Hidalgo |
| Abstract Number: | 83 |
| Adj County: | Starr |
| District/Class: | San Patricio 1st |
| File Number: | 000753 |
| Original Grantee: | Flores, Segundo |
| Patentee: | Flores, Segundo |
| Title Date: | |
| Patent Date: | 13 Aug 1881 |
| Patent No: | 500 |
| Patent Vol: | 23 |
| Certificate: | 106 |
| Part Section: | |
| Survey/Blk/Tsp: | 27 |
| Acres: | 13322.20 |
| Adj Acres: | 903 |
| Remarks: |
Raul Longoria’s Website
Moises Garza |
September 18, 2011
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A Great Resource for South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy
For all of you who may barely be getting their feet wet into their own family genealogy and or family history, here is another great resource that I have used many times over and over again.
The resource that I want to make you aware of is Raul Longoria’s Website RaulLongoria.net.
In my own opinion I believe it to be one of the greatest resources for Mexican American Genealogy when it comes to the South Texas and Northestern Mexican Genealogy.
Most entries in Raul N. Longoria’s website have citations to where he got the information from, thus providing the researcher with precious leads to original documents or more great resources.
This is how he describes his website:
Many of us with deep family roots in South Texas have found that we are part of a very large extended family; you may find some of your own ancestors here. – Raul N. Longoria
Did I mention that he has thousands of names in his database and most of them are form South Texas and Northeastern Mexico. Go ahead and check it out. It will not be long before you find your ancestors listed there.
My only hope is that Mr. Longoria continues to make this great resource available to all of us.
Once again here is the link to his website: RaulLongoria.net.
Related Posts That You Will Like:
John Wilmot’s Genealogy Notebook
Moises Garza |
September 15, 2011
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There are not many South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy blogs out there and coming across one is pretty exciting.
If you have not done so yet I highly recommend that you check John Wilmot’s Blog JOHN WILMOT’S GENEALOGY NOTEBOOK.
Mr. Wilmot describes his blog as:
This blog was created simply to share the many notes and documents I gather in the course of my personal research, much of which turns out to be unrelated to my own ancestry. Since they would otherwise be sitting in a file folder, I’m hoping that posting them here instead will help others along.
Mr. Wilmot’s blog has posts about family and ancestors from the the following South Texas Counties:
- Cameron Co., TX
- Hidalgo Co., TX
- Starr Co., TX
He also has posts about family and ancestors with the following last names:
- Cano
- Gamboa
- General Teran, NL
- Martinez
- Rendon
- Reyes
- Rios
- Rodriguez
- Ruiz
- Salazar
- Serda
- Serna
- Valdez
- Valenzuela
- Villareal
- Zamora
Northeastern towns or cities mentioned on his blog:
- Burgos, Tamps.
- General Teran, NL
- Montemorelos, NL
- Monterrey, NL
I just hope that you do visit his blog since you never know you may just find your relatives. Once again you can visit his blog Here: JOHN WILMOT’S GENEALOGY NOTEBOOK.
South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy
Moises Garza |
September 14, 2011
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Hi there,
Thanks for dropping by and I hope that you may find this website informative and useful.
Why I started this blog:
Welcome to We Are Cousins, after much thought I saw the need to create a blog that would not only serve as a place to document my research, family stories, but also a resource to those interested in South Texas and Northern Mexico Genealogy. I also hope that with this blog I can network with other researchers interested in this region. To keep up to date with this blog simply subscribe to the rss atom feed.
This quote was the content of my first post on this website and honestly I was super nervous. I guess it is the same nervousness that always goes hand in hand when we start a new project. Let me just tell you that this blog has turned out to be more than what I expected and a very rewarding experience.
What to you can expect to find in this blog.
As mentioned before this blog is about South Texas and Northeastern Mexico Genealogy. It focuses on Genealogy South of San Antonio, the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.
Here you will find,
- Baptism Transcriptions
- Marriage Transcriptions
- Death Record Transcriptions
- Resources available for Genealogy Research
- Books You should know about
- Transcriptions to indexes of Vital Records
- We Are Cousins Magazine
Also expect to find many other randoms things but the above mentioned ones are just the main ones.
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