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* Two important collections of cemetery records are: | * *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Find A Grave] can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave. | ||
*Two important collections of cemetery records are: | |||
:- Brinley, Lorine. ''Cemetery Records: A Texas and Louisiana Collection.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1959. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=255377&disp=Cemetery+records++ book 976 A1 no. 3; film 908964 Item 8].) This contains card indexes.Transcripts for many cemetery are on films 206289-303. | :- Brinley, Lorine. ''Cemetery Records: A Texas and Louisiana Collection.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1959. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=255377&disp=Cemetery+records++ book 976 A1 no. 3; 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. (Family History Library[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=192101&disp=Cemetery+records+of+Texas%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.4 V3d; films 897234-35].) | :-''Cemetery Records of Texas.'' Six Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1956-63. (Family History Library[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=192101&disp=Cemetery+records+of+Texas%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.4 V3d; 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. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=182922&disp=Texas+cemetery+inscriptions%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.4 A1 no. 56].) | *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. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=182922&disp=Texas+cemetery+inscriptions%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.4 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. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=189853&disp=Four+thousand+tombstone+inscriptions+fro%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.4 V3b].) | *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. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=189853&disp=Four+thousand+tombstone+inscriptions+fro%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.4 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. | ||
=== [[Texas Cemeteries Bastrop County|Texas Cemeteries]] === | === [[Texas Cemeteries Bastrop County|Texas Cemeteries]] === | ||