Genealogical Society of Kendall County, Texas
 
The following holdings were cataloged in JUNE 2024:
  • German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Second edition. Includes 100 maps of German States, kingdoms, duchies, and principalities. Outlines population charts, timelines of emigration (where they left from and where they were going), etc. Author: Wendy K. Uncapher and Linda M. Herrick. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIX, Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Volume 1. Editor: William Henry Egle. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. VII. Papers Relating to Provincial Affairs in Pennsylvania 1682-1750. Editors: John Blair Linn and William Henry Egle. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol X, Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Line, 1775-1783, Volume I. Editors: William Henry Egle and John Blair Linn
  • . A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. IV, Papers Relating to What is Known as the Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania. 1794. Editors: John Blair Linn and William Henry Egle. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. Author: W. W. H. Davis. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • The Heritage Lands of the 711 Ranch: Comal County, Texas. A signed first edition. Author: Paula H. Rieker. A gift from Kaye Wykoff.
  • The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family, 1540-1935. Tracing the more than 700 descendants of Jacob Holtzclaw, beginning in Germany and following those who are living in the United States at the time the book was published. Author: B. C. Holtzclaw. A gift from Allan Newsom.
  • The Citizen-Soldier. First edition paperback reproduction. The original book was titled The Citizen-Soldier: or Memoirs of a Volunteer. Pertaining to events and observations from the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864. during the American Civil War. Author: John Beatty. A gift from Jan Carr.
  • Finding Davy Crockett: Family Stories and Genealogy. A first edition signed by both authors. This book includes family stores about both David "Davy" Crockett and James P. Crockett III, also known as "Highpockets". It also contains genealogy search techniques. Authors: Mark Standley and Connie Fluegel. A gift from Mark Standley and Connie Fluegel.
  • Our Museum of Us: Curating Your Family's Stuff into a Digital Future. Author: Mark Standley. A gift from Mark Standley and Connie Fluegel.
  • Historic Matagorda County, Volume II. A 1986 sesquicentennial project of the Matagorda County Historical Commission, the Matagorda County Historical Society, the Palacios Area Historical Association, and the Matagorda County Genealogical Society. Author: Matagorda County Historical Commission.
  • A History of Blanco County. A photocopied reproduction of the 1965 printed book. Author: John W. Speer
  • Chambers County, Texas in the War Between the States. Author: Kevin Ladd.
  • The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. This book follows the Third Texas Cavalry, recruited from 26 counties in Texas, to fight for the Confederate cause in many states, from the Great Plains to the Appalachian Mountains, including Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, the Mississippi region, and Georgia. Author: Douglas Hale.
  • The Alsace Emigration Book, Volume 1 and Volume 2. These two volumes list emigrants who migrated from and through Alsace, some beginning in Germany, Switzerland, and other countries to America, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compiled by Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler.
  • Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma, revised edition. "Contains lists of public records through 1920 for the county offices of Assessor, Board of County Commissioners, County Clerk, Election Board, Sheriff, Superintendent of Schools, and Treasurer in all 77 counties throughout Oklahoma. Municipal records of historic significance and of cities and towns with populations over five thousand are also included. Contains listings of public records stored in historical societies, museums, public libraries and special collections.". Author: Bradford Koplowitz.
  • Ohio Valley Genealogies: Relating Chiefly to Families in Harrison, Belmont, and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette Counties Pennsylvania.  (Note: "The Ohio Valley refers to a good portion of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, extreme southwestern Pennsylvania, extreme northwestern West Virginia, and down to the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,”  per Ben Gelber, a meteorologist with WCMH-TV NBC4). Author: Charles A. Hanna
  • Clarke County, Alabama, Records 1814-1885. Author: Marilyn Davis Barefield.
  • Old Sparta & Elba Land Office Records & Military Warrants 1822-1860. Old Sparta is a region in Conecuh County, Alabama. Elba is a city in and the county seat of Coffee County, Alabama. Author: Marilyn Davis Hahn.
  • List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691. Originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849). this pertains to the regulation requiring respectable membership in some Congregational church in order to vole or hold public office. Author: Lucius R. Paige.
  • Hickman County, KY. Circuit Court Records, Volume One. Transcribed by Laura Willis.
  • Genealogy of the Kings of France. Author: Armel de Wismes.
  • Guide to Manuscript Collections. Part of the North Carolina Historical Records Survey. Similar surveys were called for by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935-1936. By 1940, such projects became the purview of individual states. This guide lists 815 personal and other collections, comprising letters, diaries, account books, and other archival materials. Editor: Margaret S. Eliot.
  • Bay Area Genealogical Society Journal, September 2015 Issue. Pertaining to Harris County and Galveston County, Texas. Author: Bay Area Genealogical Society.
  • 1830 Citizens of Texas: A Genealogy of Anglo-American and Mexican Citizens Taken from Census and Other Records. GSKC Library has both a 1983 and a 1999 version of this book. Author: Clifford E. White. A gift from Suanne Pyle.
  • 1830 Citizens of Texas: A Genealogy of Anglo-American and Mexican Citizens Taken from Census and Other Records. GSKC Library has both a 1983 and a 1999 version of this book. Author: William Thorndale. A gift from Jean Gibbons.
  • Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy. Author: Drew Smith.
  • Our Heritage: Includes up to Volume 65, Number 1 & 2 (Fall and Winter 2023-2024). Author: San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society.
  • he Craveys. A signed edition by Gladys Cravey Graves. Includes a family lineage and many photos. Pencil notations within the book from previous researchers. The beginning of the book explains various surname spellings, such as McCreavey, McCravey, McCreevey, and Cravey. Author: Glady Cravey Graves. A gift from Ivy Hooks.
  • The German Texas Frontier in 1853: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Newspaper Accounts of the Environment, Gold and Indians. Number 1 in the Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell Series. Author: Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham. A gift from Kim Roffman.
  • Wyoming's Outlaw Days, part of the Wyoming Frontier Series. Author: Richard Patterson, A gift from Jack Gatewood.
  • The Boys from Brenham: The Original Letters of Virginius E. Pettey, Co. E, 6th Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. With comments by his great-nephew, Thomas S. Terrell. (Second Edition). Letters written to Kerrville, Texas relatives. Author: Thomas S. Terrell. A gift from Camp 1938, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
  • Texas Rangers in the Mexican-American War. Author: William Nelson Fox. A gift from Jan Carr.
  • The Newsom Cemetery History and Records, pertaining to the Newsom Cemetery in Mason County, Texas. Compiled by Caroline Latham Bode. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The McGuire Family in Virginia: with Notices of its Irish Ancestry and some connected Virginia Families. Compiled by William G. Standard. A gift from Gloria Gosslin.
  • North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee 1778-1791. An estimate of the lands granted by the State of North Carolina within the Western Territory ceded by the state to the United States of America, which became the state of Tennessee. Compiled by Mrs. Leister E. Presley. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book Vol. 3 1819-1825. Compiled by Mrs. Felix Burnard and Mrs. Will Duke. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book Vol. 4 1825 – 1830. Compiled by Mrs. Felix Burnard and Mrs. Will Duke. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book Vol. 5 1831-1934. Compiled by Mrs. Felix Burnard and Mrs. Will Duke. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Cemetery Inscriptions in the Smoky Mountain Area, Sevier County, Tennessee. Compiled by Donald B. Reagan. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Will Records of Jasper County, Missouri 1842-1890. Author: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Marriage Records of Barry County, Missouri 1837-1854. Author: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Livingston County, Kentucky Tax Lists 1800-1801-1802. Author: Don Simmons. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Records of Boone County, Illinois: Containing a list of early citizens, record of old people, patron's directory, and prominent citizens of the middle period. Author: Mrs. Harlin B. Taylor. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Gallatin County, Illinois, Cemeteries, Includes a map of Gallatin County, Cemeteries by township and section, cemeteries which have disappeared, surname index, and a supplement of first land grant entries. Compiled by Glen Miner. A gift rom Nora Ripps.
  • Gallatin County, Territory of Illinois and Gallatin County, Illinois Marriage Licenses, Returns and Bonds 1813-1821. Author: Mary Afton Anderson. A gift from Nora Ripps.
 
The following holdings were cataloged in MAY 2024:
  • Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Compiled under orders of His Excellency Theodore F. Randolph, Governor, by William Stryker, Adjutant General, With added digest and revision. For the use of The Society of The Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey (1911). Author: William S. Stryker. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Roarks (O'Roarke) of Ireland. A Short History of the Roarks in Ireland and Pedigree of the Nathan Roark family in America. Limited second edition (1959) signed by the author. Author's obituary (26 Oct 1961) pasted on to the title page of the book. Author: Morris Roark. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Gallatin County: Gateway to Illinois. First edition signed by the author. Author: Lucille Lawlor. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois.1887.  From the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with Sundry and Interesting Biographical Sketches, Notes, Reminiscences, Etc, Etc..Author: Unknown. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Virginia Militia In The Revolutionary War: McAlllister's Data, Author: J. T. McAllister. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century Comprising its Settlement, as The Watauga Association, from 1769 to 1777; A Part of North-Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; The State of Franklin, from 1784 to 1788; A Part of North-Carolina, from 1788 to 1790; The Territory of the U. States, South of the Ohio, from 1790 to 1796; The State of Tennessee, from 1796 to 1800. Author: J. G. Ramsey. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • 1874-1974 Crockett County Courthouse, A Souvenir Booklet. Pertaining to Crockett County, Tennessee. Author: Crockett County Historical Society. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Register of The New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America: Organized Mary 9,1892. Incorporated April 7, 1892. Author: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Known Military Dead During The American Revolutionary War 1775-1783  "...an alphabetically arranged listing of upwards of 10,000 names, with rank, date of death, and state of birth or service or place where buried. Also includes a bibliography of published Revolutionary War records." Author: Clarence Stewart Peterson. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700. Author: Frank R. Holmes. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • First Ownership of Ohio Lands, Author: Albion Morris Dyer. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Life in the Powell-Cyclone Community of McDonald County, Missouri. A Research Study presented to the McDonald County Historical Society. Author: J. E. Cowan. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The History of Roane County, Tennessee 1801-1870. Reprinted in 1975 from the 1927 volume, with a new index. Author: Emma Middleton Wells. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Cemeteries of Gallatin County, Illinois & A History of the County. Volume 2. Author: Glen Miner. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Pope County, Illinois Marriages 1816-1839. Author: Janet Schonert. A gift from Nora Ripps,
  • Winnebago County, Illinois Cemetery Inscriptions. Vol. 1. Compiled by Hazel M. Hyde and Taylor Decker. A gift from Nora Ripps.
The following holdings were cataloged in MARCH 2024:
  • Founding Families: Conrad Adam & Adelbertha Bergmann who settled on Dec. 31, 1862 or before in the area encompassed by Kendall County, Tx. VOLUME 2.
  • Founding Families: Christian Kaiser who settled on Dec. 31, 1862 or before in the area encompassed by Kendall County, Tx. VOLUME 2.
  • Founding Families: Johann Carl "Charles" Bonnet & Anna Elisa Klemm who lived in Kendall County, Texas in 1862 or earlier. VOLUME 2.
  • Cattle Cotton Corn: A History of Central Texas Middle-Class Ranches, 1880-1930. Drawing from oral histories and family records, illustrating the lived experiences of four small Central Texas family ranches for the families Caulfield, Cavitt, Young, and Foote. A gift from Deb Liberatore.
  • Hopkins County Heritage /Vol. 40 – December 2023. Author: Hopkins County Genealogical Society.
  • Bexar County, Texas: Remembering WWI - Our Regular Divisions - Honored and Respected by All. A Genealogical Collection. Edited by Larry W. Luckett. Excerpt "This new book is an anthology of family memories and events from 100 years ago, with 40 articles by members of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society; includes articles to guide further individual genealogy research.".
  • STIRPES: Texas State Genealogical Society Quarterly: Vol.62 December 2023.
  • Along Country Roads II...in the Texas Hill Country. Signed by the author. Author: Bettie Edmonds.
  • Footprints Quarterly Journal Volume 66 November 2023 by the Fort Work Genealogical Society.
  • Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia; A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, during the Seventeenth Century, including abstracts of the county records. Author: John Bennett Boddie. A gift from: Gloria Gosslin.  This is a later reprint which has broader coverage than previous editions.
  • Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia 1610-11. Author: Compiled by Vina Chandler Price. A gift from Gloria Gosslin.
  • New York Marriage Bonds 1753-1783. Author: Compiled by Dr. Kenneth Scott. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Saints and Strangers: Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers & Their Families, with Their Friends & Foes; & an Account of Their Posthumous Wanderings in Limbo, Their Final Resurrection & Rise to Glory, & the Strange Pilgrimages of Plymouth Rock. Author: George F. Willison. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Karl Von Schwope (1816-1889) His Wife Helene Nagel (1822-1884); Gottlieb Johannes Schwope (1854-1935) His Wife Anna Stephan (1861-1905)  And Their Families of Kendall County, Texas. Includes photographs, original correspondence, etc. A gift from Janelle Holmes.
  • The Gottlieb Stephan Family of Kendall County, Texas and Allied Families of Meckel and Pfeiffer. Includes, maps, photographs, and correspondence. Within the binder are two companion paperbacks, which are The German Texans (1987) and Kendall County Map Index for First Land Owners and Index of Kendall County Citizens in 1870. A gift from Janell Holmes.
  • The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Family Histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church Members Residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil County, Md. 1638-1693. Author: Peter Stebbins Craig, J.D. A gift from Nora Ripps
  • The Book of Names: Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley. Mohawk Valley is the region in New York surrounding Schenectady, Utica, and Rome. Author: Lou D. MacWethy (compiled by). A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Massachusetts Magazine: Marriage and Death Notices 1789-1796. Author: Cj Stevens. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • John and Esther Houston Montgomery 1719-1973. Author: Beulah Henry Anderson et al. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Genealogies of Kentucky Families From the Filson Club History Quarterly. Contains all the family history articles published to date in the Filson Club History Quarterly and is one of three volumes published. Author; The Filson Club. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • 58th Virginia Infantry.1st Edition (#778 or 1,000), signed by the author. Dedicated to the men who served in Virginia Units during the War Between the States. Author: Robert J. Driver, Jr. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Kansas Territorial Settlers of 1860 Who Were Born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. A compilation with Historical Annotations end Editorial Comments. Includes maps of Kansas and Eastern Colorado showing the area included in the Kansas Territory. Author: Clara Hamlett Robertson. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope, and Hardin Counties, Illinois. Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens. Also biographies of the Presidents of the United States. This is a reproduction of the 1893 book. Author: Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Rohrbough Family 1735-1962. A factual record of the family, descending from John Rohrbough (1735-1821) for the period 1735 to 1962. Author: Fred Ware Rohrbough. A gift from Nora Ripps
  • The Porter Cousins and their Ancestors: William Porter, Isaac Sheldon, Amos Richardson. Author: Billie Porter Garner. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Southside. Focus on Greene County, Tennessee, between the Nolachukey River and the North Carolina state line, and extending from Washington County into Cocke County. Author: Goldene Fillers Burgner. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • A Memorial to the Melugin Family of America. Author Douthitt Melugin McKay. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • History of the Old Cheraws. Containing an Account of the Aborigines of the Pedee. The First White Settlements, Their Subsequent Progress, Civil Changes, the Struggle of the Revolution, and Growth of the Country Afterward. Extending from About A.D. 1730 to 1810. With Notices of Families and Sketches of Individuals. Reprint of the enlarged edition of 1925 with addenda by John J. Dargan.This concerns Indian tribes living in the Cheraws Precinct include the Cheraw, Woccon, (an extinct tribe) and Catawba tribes. Additional tribes living in the area known as the Peedee include the Cherokee, Tuscarora, Yamassee, (Creek) and Muscogee, (Lower Creek Muscogee) tribes. Author: Alexander Gregg. A gift from Nora Ripps.
The following holdings were cataloged in FEBRUARY 2024:   None.
 
The following holdings were cataloged in JANUARY 2024:
  • The Worthington / Lipe Family. Our Earliest Ancestors in America. The Progenitors of our Family Lines Who Emigrated to Original Settlements in The New World Before 1700 AD. A Collection of Our Family History. With Lipe Family History added by Uncle George Russell Lipe, Author: Frances Worthington Lipe.  Donation from the Patrick Heath Public Library of Boerne, Texas
  • 19th Annual Hill Country Family History Seminar presented by The Genealogical Society of Kendall County, Texas
  • Keys to the Past Volume XLII No. 2 Fall/Winter 2023. Author: Compiled by the Genealogy Society of Kendall County, Texas
  • Hopkins County Heritage Volume 40 No.3 September 2023. Compiled by the Hoplins County Genealogical Society, Sulphur Springs, Texas
  • The Ranch That Was Us. A matriarchal saga of growing up on the ranch of Adolf Stieler, Stieler Hill, the Home Ranch. A history of the Texas Hill Country, including Comfort, Kerr County, and Gillespie County. Includes anecdotes and memoirs of Hondo and Shatzie .Crouch. Author: Becky Crouch Patterson. Donated by: Deneise Bormann
  • Comanches, Captives, and Germans. Wilhelm Friedrich's Drawings from the Texas Frontier. Author: Daniel J.Gelo, C. B. "Hoppy" Hopkins, Christopher J. Wickham, and Bryden E. Moon Jr. The 2023 winner of the Ed Mergele Book Award.