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    1. Re: TXVICTOR-D Digest V00 #16
    2. Someone was inquiring about access to Nacogoches records. I don't know whether there are any available at Salt Lake City, but most probably. The way to find out without leaving one's computer is to access the LDS website. http://www.familysearch.org It is very busy as people all over the English-speaking world and probably other parts of the world access it frequently. At the top on the first page is a file-folder like tab which says Custom Search. Click on that. When some choices come up, choose at the lower left bottom Family History Library Catalog. When some more clicks come up, one saying PLACE, type in Nacogoches and then Texas (no abbreviations). If there are films (as there for many counties in Texas), there probably will be a long list of films. These can be ordered (on short-term rent) to your nearest LDS family history center. Those are also listed on the above website--but go there second. Depending on what is wanted at the courthouse, there are several choices: Land and Property (a good choice), Court Records (another good one), Probates (you hope), and Vital Records. Don't overlook newspapers. I have used a film of early newspapers and also marriages of Harrison Co., TX, many of those persons later migrating to Victoria Co., TX. Not all counties in Texas (so huge) have been filmed by LDS. The Texas Archives and the Texas State Library are also useful sources. And I made a great discovery in Texas a few years ago--San Antonio's new public library has a top floor dedicated to genealogy and seemingly, Texas Collection. Check it out. E.W.Wallace whose roots in Victoria go back four or five generations

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