GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-48
San Antonio Public Library. Texana/ Genealogy Department
600 Soledad Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-207-2500
Email: See website
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: Between 1631-1880
Volume: Less than 1 cubic foot
Description: Within 5 collections.
/1 “Indexes to Spanish Archives”
Inclusive dates: 1631-1878
Volume: Several entries within 8 volumes
Description: Indexes to records
A. Laredo, 1749-1836
B. Bexar, 1717-1836
C. Camargo, 1755-1880
D. Nacogdoches, 1731-1836
E. Parral, 1631-1821
F. Saltillo, 1689-1878
G. New Mexico, 1685-1905 and 1621-1821
H. Archives of the Spanish Government of West Florida, 1782-1811
/2 “Bexar County Records”
Inclusive dates: 1736-1838
Volume: Several reels of microfilm
Description: Includes records of the Spanish Franciscan missions—Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña, San Francisco de la Espada, San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, and San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio, Texas; from Bexar County Courthouse, San Antonio, Texas.
/3 “The Camargo Historical Records Collection”
Inclusive dates: 1755-1880
Volume: 5 reels of microfilm
Description: Includes diligencias matrimoniales [prenuptial investigations] from Santa Ana de Camargo Mission (Coahuiltecan, Mestizos), Camargo, Coahuila, Mexico and the attended communities of Camargo, Reynosa, Mier, Vitoria, Monterrey, Saltillo, and Bexar, Texas, arranged chronologically; in Spanish; originals at the Archdiocese of San Antonio Archives, San Antonio, Texas.
/4 “San Fernando Cathedral Records”
Inclusive dates: 1703-1824
Volume: Few reels of microfilm
Description: Sacramental records (copies) of baptisms, marriages, and burials for the following missions and parishes, from the Archdiocese of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas:
/5 Spanish Archives of New Mexico
Inclusive dates: 1685-1905, 1621-1821
Volume: Several reels of microfilm
Description: In part, pertains to Native missions of New Mexico (Tiwa) and El Paso, Texas (Tiwa).
A. San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo) Mission, San Antonio, Texas, 1703-ca. 1803
B. San Carlos Mission, Vallecillo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1788-1823
C. San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas, 1761-1911
D. San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission, San Antonio, Texas, 1777-1824
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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