Starr County Resources

Books relating to Starr County -

A Historical Archaeology of Roma, Texas

Masters Thesis in Anthropology by Jose E. Zapata; College of Liberal and Fine Arts; The University of Texas at San Antonio; May 2002

Family Tree Book (The F. W. Seabury Papers, ISBN 0-935071-12-1)

Index to Family Tree Book (The Seabury Papers) Transcribed and edited by Joel Rene Escobar

Books relating to Texas Genealogy Research -

Borderlands Book Store - Great source of books on South Texas History & Genealogy

Court Records -

County Clerk         
County Courthouse,            
1st Floor Room 201 
Rio Grande City, TX 78582
(210) 487-2954
FAX (210) 487-6227

County Government Website

District Clerk
Starr County Courthouse
2nd Floor Room 304
Rio Grande City, TX 78582
(210) 487-2610

Starr County Records Available on Microfilm through LDS - View List

Historical Groups -

Starr County Historical Commission
c/o Sam Ramos
P.O. Drawer R
Rio Grande City, TX 78582

Starr County Historical Society
c/o Bruno M. Treviño
301 East 4th
Rio Grande City, TX 78582
(210) 487-4839

Roma Historical Museum
c/o Mrs. María Paz González
P. O. Box 991
Roma, TX 78584

Newspapers -

The Monitor - McAllen

Websites Relating to South Texas & Starr County Research & Families -

New Blog covering South Texas counties of Starr, Hidalgo and Cameron along with Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon maintained by Moises Garza

Starr Co. Texas Records on Microfilm

Native American Links for this Area -

http://home.granderiver.net/~juandv/starrcorioroma.html

http://home.granderiver.net/~juandv/rio.html

Letters on Spanish Texas

Starr County Historic Designations

Texas Landmarks & Legacies - Starr County, TX

National Register of Historic Places

The Handbook of Texas Online - Starr County, TX

Websites Relating to Texas Research -

Sephardim Home Page - Sephardim were Iberian Jews, many of whom were
converted or exiled from Iberia. Many of these people came to Mexico and Texas. This is a page that researches these families.

Balli Family Heritage, L.L.C.

Longoria Surname Page

Hispanic Genalogical Society

Eddie Pulido's Home Page - Pulido Family Tree and other good south Texas info

A Shared Experience - The History, Architecture and Historic Designations
of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor

Our Spanish Heritage - History and Genealogy of South Texas and Northeast Mexico

Catholic Archives of Texas

Archives of the Texas General Land Office

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Parks and Historical Sites Store

African American Research in Texas

BYU - Family Histories Online

Texas Peace Officers Memorial

Vital Records - Search Texas Death Records - Original Documents Online at LDS

Websites Relating to Genealogical Research -

Cyndi's List

SSDI

African American Genealogy Research

Family Tree Magazine Forms

WorldGenWeb Project

Center For American History

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This page was last updated on -05/26/2012

by Linda Blum-Barton