Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas
Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas

Author: Gifford E. White

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0806312513

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Assembled from local land office records after Texas gained its independence from Mexico, the Character Certificate files in the General Land Office in Austin establish the identities of early immigrants to Texas, fix their date and place of settlement, and shed light on their origins and their families. In using this book, then, the researcher has at his fingertips the unique genealogical records of around 5,000 early Texas settlers!

Castro's Colony
Castro's Colony

Author: Bobby D. Weaver

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2005-08-19

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781585445189

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In 1842, French banker Henri Castro secured a colonization grant and recruited more than two thousand Europeans to immigrate to Texas and populate his colony. The author describes the empresario system under which this community, now known as Castroville, was formed and considers the life of its founder.