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Austin City Lots and Outlots Records
The Records contain sales certificates and two bound volumes documenting the original sale of the lots and outlots of the City of Austin. The certificates have been digitized. See Related Materials.Categories
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Galveston Island Lot Records
In 1837, the western half of Galveston Island was not part of the City of Galveston. This land was surveyed and divided into lots by the Republic in an attempt to raise revenue. The lots were sold at auction through the Treasury. The Galveston Island Lot Records include certificates of purchase from the Republic of Texas Treasury, a register of buyers with a surname index, and a surname index to patents issued.Categories
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Special Act Certificates
Special Acts are legislation approved by the Texas Legislature granting land to individuals or their heirs. The records include handwritten copies of the Acts and an index. However, neither the records nor the index are comprehensive.Categories
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Texas General Land Office Vertical Files
The Vertical Files are an artificial collection of newspaper articles, research articles, historical articles, ephemera, etc., documenting the functions and the records of the General Land Office throughout Texas history organized alphabetically by subject.Categories
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- Admininstrative Papers
- Maps and Sketches
- VLB
- Titles/Deeds/Patents
- City Lots
- School
- Reports/Index
- Ledgers
- Land Grant Programs
- Surveyor Related
- County Related
- Spanish Collection
- Veterans
- Confederate Collections
- Railroad
- Defunct Agencies
- Manuscript Collections
- German-related
- Mineral Related
- Legal Documents
- Scrap
- Colony Records
- Contracts
- Correspondence