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{{Adoption TXGenWeb}}*Two important collections of cemetery records are:
{{Adoption TXGenWeb}}*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.&nbsp;
:- Brinley, Lorine. ''Cemetery Records: A Texas and Louisiana Collection.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1959. (Family History Library {{FHL|255377|title-id|disp=book 976 A1 no. 3; film 908964 Item 8}}.) This contains card indexes.Transcripts for many cemetery are on films 206289-303.&nbsp;


:-''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 &nbsp;book 976.4 V3d; films 897234-35].)
:-''Cemetery Records of Texas.'' Six Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1956-63. (Family History Library{{FHL|192101|title-id|disp=&nbsp;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 {{FHL|182922|title-id|disp=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 {{FHL|189853|title-id|disp=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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