What's New on this Site

Feb 2021
Added a historical list of post offices (see history).

Jan 2021
The site has moved and there may be broken links - please let me know.

Sep 2020
Added a link to some high school yearbooks.

Apr 2020
I've added a few family group sheets. They can be found on the Families page.

Feb 2020
I've moved the Resources to the home page.

Dec 2019
Transcribed tombstone photos for Girdy Cemetery.
The site is getting a new look and a file audit.
New Items in 2015:
Vol.21-Vol.34 of our Crossroads Quarterly Indexes are now online. This completes our volumes through Volume 34, 2014.
Our final volume of Newspaper Extractions, Volume X, 1912-1914, is now online.
Texas Tracers Trip to Salt Lake City April 2015

New Items in 2014:
Afro-American Funeral Records, Part 2, 1923-1928 from James Lucas has been added.
Find A Grave is a new link

New Items in 2013:
Afro-American Funeral Records, Part 2, 1915-1922 from James Lucas has been added.
Henry's Journal Online
Vol IX, 1909-1911 Of Victoria newspaper extractions is now on line
Handbook of African American Texas
- on The Texas State Historical Association website.

New Items in November 2012:
Trinity Lutheran Church Death Records, Records from 1886-1899 have been added.
Vol VIII, 1907-1908 Of Victoria newspaper extractions is now on line

New Items in May 2012:
Records AfroAmerican funeral records for 1969-1981 have been added.

New Items in March 2012:
Indianola Database has a new submission form for Indianola Immigrants.
Records for 1875-1892 have been added to Trinity Lutheran Church Baptisms, The baptism records are now complete.

New Items in October2011 -
Telferner Cemetery
Reminiscences of an Old Texas Pioneer, By Harriet Ella Cocke Cochran, an interesting account of early travel to Texas
New Items in July 2011-
Trinity Lutheran Church Deaths, 1852-1885

New Items in June 2011-
Oliver Cemetery
Victoria Trinity Lutheran Church Baptisms 1851-1859, 1893-1914
Victoria Trinity Lutheran Church Marriages, 1851-1914

New items in January 2011 - Afro-American Funeral Records - 1969-1981

NEW for NOVEMBER 2010 :

Afro-American Funeral Records from the Jamison Funeral Home, 1961-1969

NEW for AUGUST 2010 :
Victoria Texas Election Records - 1838-1854
Afro-American Funeral Records from the Jamison Funeral Home, 1943-1947
Henry Wolff's Journal - Index of names from his Victoria Advocate columns, 1979-1980
also Henry Wolff's Journal Index 1981

NEW for JUNE 2010 :

Korean War Casualties

NEW for APRIL 2010 :

Historical Markers of Victoria County - Pictures have been added for some of the markers.

Vietnam Virtual Wall virtual wall of all those lost during the Viet Nam war with the names, bio's and other information on our lost comrades. First click on a state, then when it opens choose a city and a name. It then should show you a picture of the person or at least his bio and medals.

NEW for FEBRUARY 2010 :

Vietnam Virtual Wall virtual wall of all those lost during the Viet Nam war with the names, bio's and other information on our lost comrades. First click on a state, then when it opens choose a city and a name. It then should show you a picture of the person or at least his bio and medals.

Newspaper Clips, Volume VII, 1905-1906

The Victoria Advocate Archives - The Advocate now has archives that can be searched online. Go to the Advocate site, choose "News", Then choose "Archives" in the Search engine. When the Archives page comes up, enter the name you want in the Search engine.

McFaddin Veterans