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{{Adoption Hidden Ancestors}}*Two important collections of cemetery records are: | {{Adoption Hidden Ancestors}}*Two important collections of cemetery records are: | ||
:- Brinley, Lorine. ''Cemetery Records: A Texas and Louisiana Collection.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1959. | :- Brinley, Lorine. ''Cemetery Records: A Texas and Louisiana Collection.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1959. {{FHL|255377|item|disp=FHL book 976 A1 no. 3}} and {{FHL|255377|item|disp=FHL film 908964 item 8}} This contains card indexes.Transcripts for many cemetery are on films 206289-303. | ||
:-''Cemetery Records of Texas.'' Six Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1956-63. | :-''Cemetery Records of Texas.'' Six Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1956-63. {{FHL|192101|item|disp=FHL book 976.4 V3d}} and {{FHL|192101|item|disp=FHL films 897234-35}} | ||
*Lists of the cemeteries in each county that are included in the above collections are in Sharry Crofford-Gould, ''Texas Cemetery Inscriptions: A Source Index.'' San Antonio, Texas: Limited Editions, 1977. | *Lists of the cemeteries in each county that are included in the above collections are in Sharry Crofford-Gould, ''Texas Cemetery Inscriptions: A Source Index.'' San Antonio, Texas: Limited Editions, 1977. {{FHL|182922|item|disp=FHL book 976.4 A1 no. 56}} | ||
*Some of the earliest burials in Texas are recorded in Mrs. Malcolm B. Biggerstaff, ''Four Thousand Tombstone Inscriptions from Texas, 1745-1870: Along the Old San Antonio Road and the Trail of Austin's Colonists.'' Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1952. | *Some of the earliest burials in Texas are recorded in Mrs. Malcolm B. Biggerstaff, ''Four Thousand Tombstone Inscriptions from Texas, 1745-1870: Along the Old San Antonio Road and the Trail of Austin's Colonists.'' Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1952. {{FHL|189853|item|disp=FHL book 976.4 V3b}} | ||
*The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection also contains tombstone inscriptions from many Texas cemeteries. This collection is described in the "[[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]" article in this Wiki. | *The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection also contains tombstone inscriptions from many Texas cemeteries. This collection is described in the "[[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]]" article in this Wiki. | ||
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[http://www.victoriadiocese.org/cemetery/cemetery.htm Cemeteries of The Diocese of Victoria] and [http://www.vccms.org/ name search of many of the cemeteries] (scroll to bottom of page) | [http://www.victoriadiocese.org/cemetery/cemetery.htm Cemeteries of The Diocese of Victoria] and [http://www.vccms.org/ name search of many of the cemeteries] (scroll to bottom of page) | ||
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' | '''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' | ||
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[[Category:Texas|Cemeteries]] | [[Category:Texas|Cemeteries]] | ||