Galveston County Records Now Available on CD
Galveston County genealogy - research records on CD-ROM from your own computer! genealogyfinder.com has obtained permission from the Texas State Library and Archives to digitize county records to make them available on CDs. More info below. Each CD is $19.99 
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This page was last updated on: September 16, 2009
CD Galveston M01 - Volume A, 84 pages of records from 1838 - 1850. Handwritten with an index. Many pages were laminated and photo quality decreased. Several crooked pages, which were not captured entirely. Clerk often wrote to very edge of page. Volume B, 400 pages of records from 1850-1859. Also laminated and crooked pages with some pages outside edge of frame. Unusual index at front with index on left page and some records on right page. Volume C, 426 pages of records from 1859-1867. No index, handwritten records, many running to the page edge. Some images not complete. Volume D, 1867 - 1870, 436 pages of records with miscellaneous pages 956-964 at the end. Handwritten index but records are on preprinted forms.
CD Galveston M02 - Volume E, 1871 - 1876, does not have an index, but the forms are preprinted. Of the 802 pages, a few are crooked and some of the images are cropped off.
Volume F, 1876-1880, 533 pages of records, no index, preprinted forms.
CD Galveston M03 - Volume G, 1880 - 1882, handwritten index, but the forms are preprinted, a few are crooked and some of the images are cropped off. The red ink page numbers did not photograph. There are two certificates per page, so every 100th certificate is bookmarked to help in navigation. Volume H, 1882 - 1885, 500 pages of records, on preprinted forms, with handwritten index. Volume I, 1885 - 1888, 494 pages, handwritten index, a few crooked pages.
Each CD corresponds with the records available on microfilm through the Archives. We have converted images of the records into high quality black and white .PDF collections. The images were edited to remove background clutter and to make them as legible as possible. As with all digital images, these are greatly influenced by the quality of the original. Due to age, faded ink, discoloring paper, poor filming, etc., some of the images will not be perfect.
We cannot guarantee that the image you need will be perfect or that you will find your family. These CDs are not searchable by name. However, many of the record books include an index at the beginning. We have added bookmark links every 50 pages to help you navigate.
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