Research Guides
The Texas General Land Office is home to a one-of-a-kind collection of documents and maps that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Land Office staff have worked tirelessly for more than 170 years to allow the public better access to information in the Archives and Records of the Texas General Land Office.
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New Guide to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in South Texas
The Texas General Land Office New Guide to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in South Texas is the new standard for information on original Spanish and Mexican land grants in South Texas. This broadly expanded publication replaces the limited Guide previously offered by the Texas General Land Office.
First Published April 2009
8 ½ x 11 in.
343 pp.
Illustrated
Softbound
Cost:
$15.00
Texas Residents.
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$13.86
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Catalogue of the Spanish Collection of the Texas General Land Office, Part I
Titles, Unfinished Titles, Character Certificates, Applications for Admission, Registers & Field Notes
This first volume of a two volume set features the documents associated with obtaining a Spanish or Mexican land grant in Texas (titles, unfinished titles, character certificates, applications for admission, registers, and field notes), along with an essay on the history of the collection and explanations of each of the 24 categories of records. Entries include genealogical information abstracted from the records. The index to this volume lists approximately 6,500 actual or prospective Texas settlers, as well as roads, Indian villages, ferries, and crossings referenced in the surveys.
First published June 2003
Second printing 2009
8 ½ x 11 in.
xviii, 344 pp.
Softbound
Cost:
$15.00
Texas Residents.
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$13.86
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Catalogue of the Spanish Collection of the Texas General Land Office, Part II:
Correspondence, Empresario Contracts, Decrees, Appointments, Reports, Notices & Proceedings.
This second volume describes the correspondence, mission records, empresario contracts, decrees, reports, and proceedings generated by Spanish and Mexican efforts to administer their colonization and land distribution systems in Texas. It includes a topical arrangement of the records with a full description of each document, a calendar with summary descriptions, and a comprehensive name/subject index.
First published June 2003
Second printing 2009
8 ½ x 11 in.
276 pp.
Softbound
Cost:
$15.00
Texas Residents.
Shipping/handling: $5.00 per order
$13.86
Tax exempt and out-of-state residents
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José Barragán