SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY
South Texas
Researcher
Volume 5, Number 7
July 2007
November 2006
Inside This Issue
Introduction
1
News and Calendar
2
New Books
8
Websites
11
Note: the South Texas Researcher is also now available on the San
Antonio Public Library’s web site (www.sanantonio.gov/library/) under “News &
Events” then “News & Newsletters.”
Please remember that the purpose of this newsletter is to keep librarians,
historians, archivists, genealogists, archaeologists, educators at all levels, and
those in other allied fields informed of what is going on that may be helpful in
these fields so they may pass this information on to other interested parties in their
locations.
South Texas is being broadly defined as
beginning in Val Verde County in the
west; moving east to Austin (Travis
County); and then southeast through
Caldwell, Lavaca, Jackson, and Calhoun
counties to the Gulf of Mexico.
I am willing to include important events or acquisitions from other areas, in some
instances, if they may be of particular usefulness to those in our area. News from
our neighboring Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila would
also be welcome.
If you have items you or your organization would like others to know about,
please e-mail the address at the end of this newsletter.
Feel free to forward this communication to anyone who might be interested.
Thank you!
News and Calendar of Events
Texana/Genealogy Class Schedule
San Antonio Public Library
All classes are on Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Programs are free and held at the San Antonio Central Library,
600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas, 78205.
To register (so we have enough handouts) or for information please
call the Texana/Genealogy Department at (210) 207-2500 (ask for
Texana) or E-mail: genealogydesk@sanantonio.gov
7 July
Vaulted History
As part of the “One Book, One City” program Texana/Genealogy staff
will offer an overview of resources available in the department: including
clipping files; newspapers; local, state and government documents;
county and state records from across the U.S.; foreign materials; archival
collections; special collections, like the Hertzberg Collection; and more.
4 August
Preserving Family Treasures
8 September
Genealogy Seminar at Windcrest
Family History Center
6 October
Beginning Hispanic Genealogy
3 November
Civil War Research
All programming is subject to change — Please call ahead to register and verify
dates and times.
News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
Texana/Genealogy Department Internet Classes
All classes are on Mondays from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Programs are free and held at the San Antonio Central Library,
600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas, 78205.
To register (so we have enough handouts) or for information please
call the Texana/Genealogy Department at (210) 207-2500 (ask for
Texana) or E-mail: genealogydesk@sanantonio.gov
6 August
Genealogy Software
10 September
Texas on the Net
8 October
Primary Sources on the Net
5 November
Beginning Genealogy: the Internet as a
Source for Genealogical Research
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Los Bexareños Genealogy Society
The Bexareños will meet at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, 7 July, in the Central Library
auditorium.
Speaker: Warren Stricker
Topic: Genealogical Holdings at the DRT Library at the Alamo
Warren Stricker holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas
at Austin. He has been archivist at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library since 1990,
responsible for the arrangement and description of the library's 300+ manuscript collections. He
has also served as an archival consultant at the McNay Art Museum, and has worked on special
archives and manuscripts processing projects at the University of the Incarnate Word and Pioneer
Flour Mills. He is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists, Society of American
Archivists, and the Society of Southwest Archivists, and is past president of the Library
Association.
News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
Help for the beginning genealogist. The Society assists individuals in
getting started with genealogical research through beginner's workshops.
Beginners also receive assistance from the more experienced members of
the Society. Assistance can be obtained at Los Bexareños Library located on the
grounds of The Casa Navarro Historical Site, on the corner of S. Laredo and
Nueva streets. With the exception of the 1st Saturday of the month, the Los
Bexareños Library is open on Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Beethoven Männerchor
Where: Beethoven Halle und Garten 422 Pereida Street, San Antonio, Texas
When:
July 6
Southtown First Friday (open to the public)
When:
July 20
Gartenkonzert, 5 p.m.-Midnight (open to the public)
Additional information: 210-222-1521 or http://www.beethovenmaennerchor.com
News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
Transcribers Needed
Volunteers are needed to help transcribe oral histories recorded
as part of Tejano Heritage Month and received on other occasions.
Please contact Frank Faulkner at frank.faulkner@sanantonio.gov for more
information.
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Early Texas Art – Ongoing
Austin "Art Seen: Circa 1961"- A year-long show, featuring leading Texas artists
prominent on the Austin scene during the height of the Texas Modernist Movement.
Through September 23, 2007.
Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria
700 Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 458-8191
www.amoa.org
San Antonio Museum of Art
The Rotund World of Fernando Botero
All tours begin at 2 pm
Cowden Gallery. Free with Museum and exhibition admission on the following
Sundays: July 22, August 5.
Last day of exhibition: Sunday, August 19 (tours at 2 pm and 3 pm)
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
Saturday, July 14, August 11
2 to 4 pm
Free with Museum and exhibition admission
200 West Jones Ave
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 978-8100
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Witte Museum
Gems of the Collection: Community as Curator, through 29 July
On Parade, Fiesta in the 1920s, 18 April - 7 October 2007
Return of the Dinosaurs: Extreme Makeover, 5 May – 3 Sept. 2007
Lens on South Texas: Photographs from the Witte Museum Collection,
13 September 2007 through January 2008
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, Texas 78209
(210) 357-1900
http://www.wittemuseum.org
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McNay Art Museum
Artmatters11: Lynda Benglis, 2 May – 29 July 2007
Madame Butterfly: From Puccini to Miss Saigon, 16 May – 29 July 2007
Homage to Picasso: Hockney’s Blue Guitar, 11 July – 2 September 2007
6000 North New Braunfels
San Antonio, Texas 78209
(210) 824-5368
http://www.McNayArt.org
In Search of Unknown Generations
at the 11th Annual
ANGELINA COLLEGE GENEALOGY CONFERENCE*
Lufkin, Texas
July 19 - 21, 2007
* Certified by the Texas Education Agency as a
Certified Professional Educator (CPE) Provider
This is an opportunity to attend lectures by some of the region's most popular
speakers.
Choose from thirty different topics including military, maps, using today's
technology, common surnames, newspaper research, DNA, racial mixtures in
the South, cemetery research and more!
Syllabus & Handouts. Book Vendors and Exhibits
2007 Faculty
Desmond Walls Allen
Trevia Wooster Beverly
Carolyn Earle Billingsley
Emily Anne Croom
Charlie Gardes
Pat Gordon
Melvin C. Johnson
Don Raney
John A. Sellers
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
You may register on line or print out & mail.
Take a look at the full program, speakers, registration form,
etc. at http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm
For questions, please contact
Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Texas 713.864-6862
treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com
Assistant Coordinator & Program Chair
Early American Newspapers in Texana/Genealogy
Boston Gazette (MA)
The Bullion (Socorro, NM)
Carolina Spartan (Spartansburg, SC)
Centinel of the Northwest (Cincinnati, OHIO)
Harper’s Weekly (NY)
Independent (NY)
Independent Monitor (Tuscaloosa, AL)
1719-1798
1883-1889
1849-1876
1793-1796
1857-1916
1849-1928
1840-1846,
1847-1855,
1857-1867
Lancaster Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA)
Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA)
Leslie’s Weekly (NY)
Lexington Gazette (KY)
Liberator (Boston)
(Abolitionist)
Military Monitor and American Register (NY)
Mobile Register (AL)
National Era (D.C.) (Abolitionist)
National Police Gazette (NY)
New Orleans Bee (LA)
New Orleans Picayune (LA) (Genealogical Abstracts)(fiche)
New York Gazette and Weekly Register (NY)
Niles National Register (D.C.)
Parkersburg Gazette (WV)
Pittsburgh Gazette (PA)
Richmond Daily Whig (VA)
Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser (VA)
Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, GA)
1823-1877
1796-1836
1856-1922
1793-1844
1831-1865
1812-1814
1846-1865
1847-1860
1845-1906
1827-1864
1837-1841
1752-1783
1811-1849
1841-1857,
1869-1872
1786-1834
1860-1865
1835-1861,
1865-1874
1861-1865
New Microfilm in Texana/Genealogy
Newly Received Microfilm in Texana/Genealogy
Texana/Genealogy recently acquired a microfilm set entitled “State and
County Records.” A number of states are represented and records include maps,
county histories, cemetery records, obituaries, church records, and more.
Texana/Genealogy has a roll by roll listing of items included and a list by state. If
you have questions please contact us.
Last month we featured Virginia. This month our subject is Kentucky, the
off spring of Virginia. In future issues of the South Texas Researcher other states
will be included.
Kentucky
Roll 9: Item 15: Mercer County, Kentucky, Census Records, 1789, 1900, 1820; and Tax
List, 1795.
 Item 16: An Atlas of Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties, Kentucky, by B.N.
Griffing. Originally published in 1883 by D.J. Lake. Reprint. Contains business
references and statistics.
 Item 17: An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Daviess County, Kentucky,
originally published by Leo McDonough & Co. in 1876. Reprint. Includes
historical and biographical sketches, and statistics of the population of the county
by townships from the censuses of 1870 and 1875.
 Item 18: An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Henderson and Union Counties,
Kentucky, 1880. Originally published by D.J. Lake. Reprint. Contains a directory
of patrons of the counties.
 Item 19: Original Atlas and Historical Data of Hopkins County, Kentucky,
published by Historical Society of Hopkins County. Reprint of atlas originally
published by W.G. Fish in 1898. Also contains biographical sketches.
Roll 10: Item 1: Sesquicentennial of Kentucky, 1792-1942, by Bayless Hardin.
 Item 2: Streams of Kentucky
 Item 3: Map of Kentucke [sic], 1874.
 Item 5: The Centenary of Kentucky: Proceedings at the Celebration of the One
Hundredth Anniversary of the Admission of Kentucky as an Independent State
into the Federal Union, by the Filson Club.
 Item 6: The Political Club, Danville, Kentucky, 1786-1790, by Thomas Speed.
This is an account of an early Kentucky society from the original papers recently
found. Also contains sketches of the members. Publ. 1894.
 Item 7: An Atlas of Henry and Shelby Counties, Kentucky, published by D.J.
Lake. Includes population totals of the two counties by magisterial districts from
the 1880 census. Also contains business references from the various towns and
lists of patrons. Publ. 1882.
New Microfilm in Texana/Genealogy (continued)
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Item 8: Atlas of Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, and Woodford Counties,
Kentucky, 1877, compiled and published by D.G. Beers. Reprint.
Bound with Handbook of Clark County and the City of Winchester, Kentucky, by
W. M. Beckner. Publ. 1889.
 Item 9: An Atlas of Nelson and Spencer Counties, Kentucky, published by D.J.
Lake in 1882. Reprint. Includes business references and list of patrons of the two
counties.
 Item 10: Atlas of Jefferson and Oldham Counties, Kentucky, 1879, compiled and
published by Beers & Lanagan from new and actual surveys. Reprint. Contains
list of business references.
Roll 11: Item 1: Boonesborough [Kentucky]: Its Founding, Pioneer Struggles, Indian
Experiences, Transylvania Days, and Revolutionary Annals, by George W.
Ranck. Publ. 1901.
 Item 2: An Atlas of Graves County, Kentucky, 1880, published by D.J. Lake. Also
contains a patrons' directory, business references. Publ. 1880.
 Item 3: The Battle of the Thames, in Which Kentuckians Defeated the British,
French, and Indians, October 5, 1813, by Bennett H. Young. Tells the story of a
battle that had an immense influence on the War of 1812. Contains a list of the
officers and privates who won the victory and biographical sketches of some of
the participants. Publ. 1903.
 Item 4: The Battle of New Orleans, Including the Previous Engagements between
the Americans and the British, the Indians, and the Spanish which Led to the
Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815, by Zachary F. Smith. Publ. 1904.
 Item 5: Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812. Reprint of Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Kentucky: Soldiers of the War of 1812, 1891. The rosters
preserved in the volume represent those extant and available and now stand as the
primary source for data on soldiers from Kentucky in that conflict.
Roll 12: Item 1: Bryant's Station [Kentucky] and the Memorial Proceedings Held on Its
Site under the Auspices of the Lexington Chapter, DAR, August the 18th,
1896, in Honor of Its Heroic Mothers and Daughters, prepared by Reuben T.
Durrett.. Publ. 1897.
 Item 3: Historical Map of Bourbon County, Kentucky, drawn by Alice Rogers
Clay Blanton. Covers the period around 1840. Publ. 1934.
Web Sites of Interest
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/stlprobate/. This web site will take you to the
probate records of St. Louis City and County. Probate files from 1802 to 1900
have been indexed and digitized images are being added. Documents may be in
English, French, or Spanish; and include petitions, wills, bonds, inventories,
publication notices, accounts, and receipts.
http://yellowpieplate.umn.edu. This University of Minnesota Extension Service
site gives people practical information about the inheritance of personal property,
including family Bibles, photographs, and other genealogical materials.
http://www.crimeandpunishments.info. The information on prisoners, crime
and punishments contained in this website is taken from Home Office records
held at The National Archives (UK) held in record series HO 47 Judges' Reports
on Criminals, 1783 to 1830. The series covers criminals who have been
sentenced to execution by hanging, transportation to Australia or periods of
imprisonment in the house of correction or gaol. The prisoners have been
tried at various courts including assizes, quarter sessions, Court of King's Bench,
the Old Bailey and the Admiralty Sessions in England, Wales and (occasionally)
Scotland.
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San Antonio Public Library
600 Soledad
San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-207-2500
e-mail: genealogydesk@sanantonio.gov
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