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Marion Day Mullins Marriage Collection Project

Volunteer Proofreaders Needed in PHASE III

The Fort Worth Genealogical Society needs volunteers to proofread transcripts of scanned abstracts of early Texas marriage records. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page.


Phase I is nearing completion.
No further volunteers are needed in this part of the project.

In Phase I, there are 56 counties involved that were copied by Miss Marion Day Mullins and others in the 1950's and 60's. FWGS previously published these abstracts (half typed - half handwritten) many years ago on microfilm and microfiche. Being on film, the price was our of reach for many people. Not so many researches had microfilm readers at home either.

Today, computers are owned by the majority of researchers and almost all that are in use today contain built-in CD (compact disc) drives. With today's technology, we have the ability to publish the entire Mullins Marriage Collection on a convenient CD-ROM at an easily affordable price.



PHASE I - Project Progress
Phase I is the transcribing and republication of the actual Mullins Collection.
   

County

Pgs.

Transcribing

Proof Reading

Anderson County 1846-1880

78

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Angelina County 1846-1894

52

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Bandera County 1856-1891

27

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Bee County 1858-1892

15

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Bell County 1850-1881

81

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Bosque County 1860-1890

68

Completed

Completed

Caldwell County 1848-1884

52

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Cass County 1847-1880

84

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Chambers County 1875-1899

17

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Cherokee County 1846-1870

82

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Collin County 1846-1876

100

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Cooke County 1849-1879

55

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Delta County 1870-1891

27

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Delta County 1900-1928

208

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Denton County 1875-1891

121

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Falls County 1854-1881

48

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Fannin County 1838-1871

73

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Fayette County 1838-1870

52

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Freestone County 1851-1887

58

Completed

Completed

Goliad County 1870-1891

27

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Grayson County 1846-1876

82

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Grimes County 1848-1878

76

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Hardin County 1871-1899

36

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Harrison County 1838-1889

131

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Harrison County 1838-1868

98

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Henderson County 1860-1886

66

Completed

In progress

Hill County 1873-1880

31

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Hopkins County 1846-1879

88

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Hunt County 1847-1880

71

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Jasper County 1849-1880

25

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Jefferson County 1837-1899

80

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Johnson County 1854-1879

74

Completed

Completed

Johnson County 1879-1883

24

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Kaufman County 1849-1881

64

Completed

Completed

Lamar County 1841-1875

83

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Lampasas County 1873-1892

29

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Liberty County 1874-1900

44

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Limestone County 1873-1882

34

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Matagorda County 1837-1900

46

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Montgomery County 1842-1879

63

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Nacogdoches County 1837-1871

44

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Newton County 1846-1900

60

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Orange County 1852-1887

31

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Panola County 1846-1890

77

Completed

In progress

Parker County 1874-1886

53

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Red River County 1845-1877

97

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Refugio County 1851-1902

16

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Robertson County 1838-1876

87

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Rockwall County 1875-1894

46

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Rockwall County 1895-1902

41

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Rusk County 1843-1877

93

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Sabine County 1876-1880

9

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

San Augustine 1837-1878

33

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Smith County 1848-1879

88

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Tom Green County 1875-1884

12

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Tyler County 1846-1887

47

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Van Zandt County 1855-1879

45

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Victoria County 1838-1889

52

Completed

Completed

Washington County 1837-1870

55

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

Wichita County 1882-1905

21

Completed

Complete - Ready to Publish

 


PHASE II - COMPLETE

PHASE II is the republication of Early Texas Marriage Records 1824-1846, an out of print book which contained every known marrige record from the Republic of Texas.  This book was published by the Society in two printings in 1970 and 1980.  The book has been scanned, converted to text, reassembled, has gone through two rounds of proof reading and re-indexed. This book is now complete and ready to publish. This will be included on the new Mullins Collection CD-ROM.


PHASE III - Project Progress

Phase III is well underway. Transcribing is 100% complete. This phase involves the republication of marriage records that have been published in our quarterly journal, Footprints. Volunteers are being sought to proofread these articles. We can provide the transciptions in several formats; Word, WordPerfect, Wordpad or even Notepad. This collection will also be included on the new Mullins Collection CD-ROM if it can be completed in time.

Volunteers please note that you do not have to proofread an entire county. When requested, the larger abstracts will be broken down as they are listed below. You will be expected to compare a Word or WordPerfect document to a scanned image in Adobe PDF format. You will make corrections to the word processor document and mark you changes with the highlight function. When you are finished, simply send the corrected document back via email.

To volunteer, or for more information, please contact Rob Yoder.

 

County

Pgs.

Transcribing

Proof Reading

Anderson County - 1846-1859

13

Completed

Assigned

Anderson County - 1860-1869

20

Completed

Assigned

Anderson County - 1870-1875

21

Completed

Assigned

Anderson County - 1876-1880

22

Completed

Assigned

Anderson County - 1881-1885

24

Completed

Assigned

Anderson County - 1886-1890

24

Completed

Assigned

Anderson County - 1891-1895

25

Completed

Assigned


Bosque County - 1860-1875

16

Completed

In progress

Bosque County - 1874-1879

9

Completed

In progress

Bosque County - 1875-1885

18

Completed

In progress

Bosque County - 1886-1896

30

Completed

In progress


Brazoria County - 1846-1852

2

Completed

Completed


Comanche County - 1856-1871

4

Completed

In progress

Comanche County - 1873-1876

6

Completed

In progress

Comanche County - 1876-1880

8

Completed

In progress

Comanche County - 1880-1887

13

Completed

In progress

Comanche County - 1902-1912

2

Completed

In progress


Eastland County - 1874-1882

15

Completed

Completed


Ellis County - 1850-1859

6

Completed

Completed


Erath County - 1869-1880

19

Completed

In progress


Hood County - 1867

1

Completed

Completed


Houston County - 1882-1887

18

Completed

Completed

Houston County - 1887-1891

18

Completed

In progress

Houston County - 1891-1894

17

Completed

In progress


Jack County - 1858-1868

3

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read


Johnson County - 1854-1872

13

Completed

Completed

Johnson County - 1894-1897

24

Completed

Completed


Liberty County - 1874-1881

15

Completed

Completed


Palo Pinto County - 1857-1892

6

Completed

Completed

Palo Pinto County - 1857-1892

13

Completed

Completed

Palo Pinto County - 1857-1892

22

Completed

Completed

Palo Pinto County - 1857-1892

16

Completed

Completed


Polk County 1846-1849

1

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read


Robertson County 1842-1918

2

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read


Somervell County - 1883-1899

4

Completed

Completed


Stephens County - 1876-1894

16

Completed

Completed


Tarrant County 1876-1880

27

Completed

Completed

Tarrant County 1892-1894

12

Completed

In progress

Tarrant County 1892-1894

21

Completed

In progress

Tarrant County 1892-1894

12

Completed

In progress


Wise County - 1881-1898

6

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read

Wise County - 1881-1898

38

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read

Wise County - 1881-1898

15

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read

Wise County - 1881-1898

6

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read

Wise County - 1881-1898

12

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read


Young County - 1856-1875

2

Completed

Volunteer to Proof Read

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