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Legendary Watering Holes: The Saloons That Made Texas Famous "What a great book! This well-researched glimpse into Texas' colorful past will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime!" - Docia Schultz Williams, Author-Historian

Adventures of a Frontier Naturalist: The Life and Times of Dr. Gideon Lincecum

Alamo Chain of Missions: A History of San Antonio's Five Old Missions

Alamo Reader: A Study in History

Genealogical Records in Texas
The vast genealogical records of Texas are available to the researcher provided he knows how and where to find them. Texas covers a lot of ground, but this guide cuts it right down to size and makes record searching fast and convenient. In text and maps it provides detailed information on the legal and historical background of the state, the origin of each county in the state, the location of the records for each portion of the county before it was organized into its present boundaries, and the specific records available in the various county courthouses, the Texas State Library, the Texas State Archives, and the Texas General Land Office. Essential!

Place Names of San Antonio Plus Bexar and Surrounding Counties
This edition of Dr. David Green's pioneering book on place names now identifies, often for the first time, more than 700 familiar and less familiar names in eight counties in South Texas. There are dozens of new illustrations of namesakes. Chapters on San Antonio's names reveal origins in numerous categories - streets, parks, schools, libraries and learning centers, landmarks, military bases, suburbs. Another chronicles the blizzard of names on the streets and buildings of the South Texas Medical Center. Origins of many Spanish names are included, as are those of a few names less officially designated. Vanished families reappear, forgotten achievements gain new recognition, and those who just happened to be around when a name was needed get their credit, too. This is a book with answers that will be referred to again and again.

San Antonio de Béxar: A Community on New Spain's Northern Frontier
A beautifully written history of the development of San Antonio in colonial Texas.

San Antonio De Bexar: A Guide And History

San Antonio in Vintage Postcards

San Antonio Uncovered
This is a unique book about a special city. If you've never been to San Antonio, this book will make you want to go; if you've been to the city many times, this book will make you want to go back again.

Spanish Missions of San Antonio
This is a concisely written, lavishly illustrated account of the founding, growth, decline and restoration of San Antonio's five Spanish colonial missions, a national treasure. Built by Franciscan friars and their Native American charges, they stand today as the largest cluster of Spanish missions in the United States.

Texas Vital Records: Marriages, 1824-1900
Researchers can examine records of Texas ancestors with this collection of marriages from 1824 to 1900--some even predating Texas statehood! The CD encompasses marriage records from 90 of 256 counties in Texas. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. Overall, the disc contains 73,660 records with the names of 147,290 men and women. Save $10.00


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