I am familiar with the St. Josephs Church book - my ggrandparents were the first to be married in that church June, 1860. Perhaps the Catholic Cemetery in Galveston could help you or the Archdiocese for Galveston which is located in Houston may be able to help you. Jackie Herzog Deffes At 10:00 PM 6/6/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, I'm a little behind in going thru my messages, and just came across >this one: > >>In a message dated 5/23/99 11:52:47 PM Central Daylight Time, >>sheri@worldnetla.net writes: >>Hello I checked in the a couple of bks that I have & this is the only thing >>that I found am not sure if this will help or not. >>St. Joseph's Catholic, Galveston,TX >>Baptismal/Confirmation/Marriage & Death Records 1860-1952 > >>These records are at Rosenberg Library in Galveston,TX. Also the documents >>are at the County Court House in Galveston,TX. >>Bertha Ellen > >Quite a few years ago, I had obtained that St. Joseph's book from >Inter-library Loan and wondered if you meant that the records listed in >this particular book were at Rosenberg or the County Courthouse? The reason >I'm asking is that my gg grandmother, Matilda Sophia (nee BLAKELY) DAVIS >was listed in that book. She died in Galveston 23 August, 1862. I have her >obituary from the Galveston News. I wrote to the county courthouse and they >were unable to find the record of her death. I believe I also wrote to the >Catholic Church in Galveston and they couldn't find it either, although >they did find Matilda's daughter Agnes' (my g grandmother) confirmation. I >would like to know where Matilda was buried. The last time I was in >Galveston I made some calls and discovered that after the storm in 1900 (?) >there was a lot of damage and the cemeteries were razed. I don't suppose >I'll ever know where she was buried, but I'd like to find her death record >if there is one. It just seemed to me that if someone compiled this St. >Joseph's book, they had to get the information from somewhere. I wonder >what happened to the records? > >Thanks for any advice, >Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >Phoenix, AZ > > >