Victoria Library
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VICTORIA COUNTY, TEXAS
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VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Victoria Library

302 North Main, Victoria, TX 77901, 361/485-3304
Local History-Genealogy, 361/485-3302
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HOURS:
Monday - Thursday - 9:00am-8:00pm
Friday - 9:00am-5:30pm
Saturday - 9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday - closed

Census - Microfiche - County Histories - Microfilm
City Directories - Sanborn Maps

The information in the Local History-Genealogy Room is concentrated on Texas and the states which were part of the migration to Texas. Victoria County histories as well as surrounding county histories are featured. Books on Cemetery Surveys for Victoria are available. There are numerous "how to" books and other research books

There are information sections for the following states:

AlabamaIndianaMississippi Pennsylvania
ArkansasKentuckyMissouri South Carolina
GeorgiaLouisianaNorth Carolina Tennessee
IllinoisMarylandOhio Virginia

United States Census Index books are available for the following states:

Alabama 1820-1870Arkansas 1820-1870Georgia 1820-1860
Illinois 1810-1860Indiana 1807-1850 Kentucky 1790-1850
Louisiana 1810-1870Maryland 1776-1850 Mississippi 1810-1870
Missouri 1830-1860North Carolina 1784-1870 Ohio 1820-1850
Oklahoma 1860Penn. 1790-1850 South Carolina 1790-1870
Tennessee 1820-1870Texas 1850-1870 Virginia 1787-1860

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TEXAS COUNTY HISTORIES AVAILABLE AT VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
(These books are available for check out if you have a Victoria Public Library card.)

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The library has a subscription to Ancestry.com which is available for use on the computers in the family history area.

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MICROFILM HOLDINGS

CITY DIRECTORIES

We have City Directories at our Victoria Public Library for these years, only. 1900-1901, 1927, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1943-1944, 1945-1946, 1948-1949, 1950-1951, 1952-1953, 1955-1958, 1960-to the present.

SANBORN MAPS

The Sanborn Atlas Co. mapped just about every U.S. community containing at least 5,000 residents. The company flourished between 1850 and 1950. The Sanborn company created atlases for fire insurance purposes. The Victoria Public Library has Sanborn maps for the City of Victoria. They are from the early 1900's.

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MICROFICHE AVAILABLE at the LIBRARY

This listing is divided into the following groups:
WAR RECORDS, EUROPE, TEXAS, OTHER STATES, MISCELLANEOUS, and VICTORIA CITY RECORDS.

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WAR RECORDS:

EUROPE

STATES

TEXAS

ALABAMA, ARKANSAS

  • GEORGIA

    • 6046883 - Index Early Tax Records of Georgia 1790-1818
    • 6046751 - 37,000 Early Georgia Marriages
    • 6051217 - 40,000 Early Georgia Marriages
    • 6019971 - Land Lottery of Georgia 1827
    • G 317.58 1870 GEO - 1870 Georgia Census Index
    • G 975.5 1850 GEO - Georgia Marriages, Early to 1800

    ILLINOIS, INDIANA

    • 6051164 - Guide to Vital Statistics in Illinois
    • 6046721 - Inventory of the Archives of Illinois
    • G 317.7311 1870 CHI - 1870 Chicago, Illinois Census Index
    • Illinois - Public Domain Land Tract Sales by Purchaser
    • G 977.3 ILL 1825 - Illinois Marriages, Early to 1825
    • 6051202 - Guide to the Public Vital Statistics in Indiana
    • G 977.2 IND 1825 - Indiana Marriages, Early to 1825

    KENTUCKY

    • 6019959 - Calendar of the Warrants for Land for Kentucky Granted
    • 6051189 - Some Original Land Grants in Kentucky

    LOUISIANA

    • 6051103 - Be it Known and Remembered Louisiana Bible Records
    • 6046989 - Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Louisiana
    • 6019941 - Resources in Louisiana

    MARYLAND

    • 6046929 - Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopeida of State of Maryland
    • 6046924 - Maryland Calendar of Wills
    • 6046942 - Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary County and Church
    • G 317.52, 1890 DIL - 1890 Maryland Census Index

    MASSACHUSSETTS, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI

    • 604669 - Pioneers of Massachussetts
    • G 317.62 1890 DIL - 1890 Mississippi Census Index
    • 6051119 - Bible Records of Missouri

    NO. CAROLINA, SO. CAROLINA

    • 6051125 - North Carolina Wills
    • G 975.6 1800 NOR - North Carolina Marriages, Early to 1800
    • G 975.6 NOR - North Carolina Marriages, 1801-1825
    • G 975.6 CLE 1973 - North and South Carolina Marriage Records
    • G 317.56 1870 STE - 1870 North Carolina Census Index
    • 6051256 - South Carolina Chancery Court, 1671-1779

    OHIO

    • 6051197 - County Guide to Ohio
    • G 317.71 1880 OHI - 1880 Ohio Census Index

    PENNSYLVANIA

    • G 317.48 PEN 1870 1870 Pennsylvania West Census Index
    • G 317.48 PHI 1870 - 1870 Philadelphia, PA Census Index
    • 1985-1986 - Pennsylvania Historical Commission County Records Survey

    TENNESSEE

    • 6051201 - Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee
    • 6046959 - Guide to Vital Statistics in Tennessee
    • G 976.8 TEN 1990 - Tennessee Marriages, Early to 1800

  • UTAH

    • 6046577 - Inventory of the Church Archives of Utah
    • 6051294 - Guide to Official Records of Utah

    VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA

    • 6046958 - Inventory of Church Archives of Virginia
    • G 317.55 1870 VIR - 1870 Virginia Census Index
    • G 317.54 1870 DIL - West Virginia 1870 Census Index

    MISCELLANEOUS

    VICTORIA CITY RECORDS

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    Last update 20 March 2014