Shelly, I greatly appreciate your kind help with this search. The Rosenberg Library has been a helpful place to research and is a fine resource for everyone suffering from the genealogy bug. Thanks for the contact name with the diocese. Marilyn and I visited there some years ago, but the archivist was out of town and we didn't get back. I'll call ahead and ask for Lisa next week. Again, thank you for the ideas and the time you spent in responding. Your efforts make my search much easier. Best wishes, Corey Grua Shelly Henley Kelly wrote: > Corey, > > If you check the Rosenberg Library web page (www.rosenberg-library.org) > it says that they have the Interment records for Galveston from > 1866-1881. You could check those next time you're there for any SELLS > family. Those records are indexed. > > Also, you may want to check with Lisa May, Archivist, Galveston-Houston > Catholic Diocese, PO Box 907, Houston TX 77001-0907 for information > about the Texas Catholic newspaper. The Diocese Archives also has the > records for St. Mary's Cathedral in Galveston. > > Shelly Kelly > Galveston TX