Inventory of records of Galveston County. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Volume 2 describes the records of the Tax Assessor and Collector. Provides a separate listing of Galveston County tax records. Also includes an index.
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Inventory of records of Galveston County. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Volume 2 describes the records of the Tax Assessor and Collector. Provides a separate listing of Galveston County tax records. Also includes an index.
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volume 2 of 3 ; xiv, 185 p. : map ; 28 cm.
Notes
"The Texas County Records Inventory Project, headquartered at North Texas State University, Denton, is a county-by-county survey of all the records of county government located in county courthouses and other storage facilities. The Project is conducted in cooperation with Texas colleges and universities, county officials, and the Texas State Library."--Foreword
"The inventory of the Galveston County records began in February 1978 under the supervison of Mary Faye Barnes, Chairman of the Galveston County Historical Commission."--Preface
This book is part of the following collections of related materials.
Rare Book and Texana Collections
These materials include a 1633 map, America Noviter Delineata; H. K. Yoakum's History of Texas, and Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 by Randolph B. Marcy.
This ambitious project began in 1936 under the auspices of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and continued until 1942, producing 24 inventories of Texas county archives.
Texas County Records Inventory Project.Inventory of county records, Galveston County courthouse, Galveston, Texas, Volume 2,
book,
1980;
Denton, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25219/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.