Created and organized in 1911 from Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata Counties. County Seat: Falfurrias  78355  

Office of the County Clerk

BIRTH CERTIFICATES, CORRECTED, 1949-1964

Reel 2047724                1949-1964 [Vol. 1]
Each volume individually indexed.
Note: Dates listed are file dates, actual events dates are 1898-1946.

BIRTH RECORD, CURRENT AND DELAYED, 1911-1953

Reel 2047592                1911-1917 [Vol. 1], 1917-1928 [Vol. 1], 1928-1931 [Vol. 1A], 1931-1933 [Vol. 2], 1933-1935                                              [Vol. 3 to page 225]
Reel 2047593                1935-1936 [Vol. 3 from page 225], 1936-1939 [Vol. 4], 1934-1941 [Vol. 4], 1941-1953 [Vol. 5],                                              1944-1945 [Vol. 6 to page 131]
Reel 2047724                1945-1947 [Vol. 6 from page 130], 1947-1949 [Vol. 7], 1949-1950 [Vol. 8]
Each volume individually indexed
Notes: (a) Beginning with Volume 4, this series contained current as well as delayed records.  Dates listed are file dates; actual event dates are ca 1882-1946.
(b) There were two volume 1's and two volume 4's in this series

BIRTH RECORD, 1939-1995

Reel 2047725                1939-1940 [Vol. 1], 1940-1942 [Vol. 2], 1942 [Vol. 3 to page 175]
Reel 2047777                1942-1943 [Vol. 3 from page 174], 1943-1944 [Vol. 4], 1944-1949 [Vol. 5], 1949-1953 [Vol. 6],                                              1953-1957 [Vol. 7], 1957-1977 [Vol. 8], 1962-1967 [Vol. 9 to page 51]
Reel 2047984                1967-1983 [Vol. 9 from page 50], 1978-1995 [Vol. 10]
Reel 2047724                1939-1995 [Vol. 1 (A-R)] Index to birth records, delayed
Reel 2047725                1939-1995 [Vol. 1 (S-Z)], 1952-1995 [Vol. 2 (A-Z)] Index to birth records, delayed
Notes: (a) Some volumes are individually indexed.
(b) Dates listed are file dates, actual events dates are 1870-1946.

DEATH RECORD, 1911-1871

Reel 2032266                1911-1917 [Vol. 1], 1917-1928 [Vol. 1]
Reel 2046831                1928-1934 [Vol. 1A], 1934-1941 [Vol. 2A], 1941-1949 [Vol. 3(A)], 1949-1961 [Vol. 3(B)],                                              1961-1969 [Vol. 4], 1970-1971 [Vol. 5]
Each volume individually indexed.

DEED RECORD (TRANSCRIBED FROM HIDALGO COUNTY), 1853-1912

Reel 2032265                1853-1912 [Index to Deed Record Transcribed from Hidalgo County]

DEED RECORD (TRANSCRIBED FROM STARR COUNTY), 1848-1902

Reel 2032201                1848-1880 [Vol. 1], 1879-1885 [Vol. 2 to page 345]
Reel 2032202                1883-1888 [Vol. 2 from page 346], 1882-1894 [Vol. 3], 1894-1897 [Vol. 4 to page 600]
Reel 2032265                1897-1898 [Vol. 4 from page 600], 1898-1902 [Vol. 5]
Reel 2032201                1848-1902 [Index to Deed Record Transcribed from Starr County]
 
DEED RECORD (TRANSCRIBED FROM ZAPATA COUNTY), 1858-1912

Reel 2032265                1858-1912 [Index to Deed Record Transcribed from Zapata County]

DISCHARGE RECORD, 1919-1947

Reel 2032265                1918-1941 [Vol. 1]
Each volume individually indexed.
Note: Dates listed are file dates; actual event dates are 1918-1941.

MARRIAGE RECORD, 1911-1951

Reel 2032265                1911-1919 [Vol. 1 to page 203]
Reel 2032266                1919 [Vol. 1 from page 202], 1927-1941 [Vol. 2], 1941-1951 [Vol. 3]
Reel 2032265                1911-1951 [Index to Marriage Record]

PROBATE MINUTES, 1911-1937

Reel 2032049                1911-1922 [Vol. 1], 1922-1931 [Vol. 2 to page 353]
Reel 2032201                1931-1937 [Vol. 2 from page 353]
Reel 2032049                1911-1990 [Index to Probate Minutes]
 

Office of the District Clerk

DISTRICT COURT CIVIL MINUTES, 1911-1932

Reel 1047984                1911-1916 [Vol. 1]
Reel 2047985                1916-1932 [Vol. 2]
Reel 2047984                1911-1973 [Index to District Court Civil Minutes, Direct and Reverse]

DISTRICT COURT DIVORCE MINUTES, 1912-1937

Reel 2047984                1912-1937 [Vol. 1]
Reel 2047984                1911-1973 [Index to District Court Divorce Minutes, Direct and Reverse]
Each volume also individually indexed.
 

Office of the Justice of the Peace, Precinct #3

BIRTH RECORDS, 1934-1946

Reel 2047984                1934-1946 [Vol. 1]
Each volume individually indexed.

DEATH RECORD, 1934-1962

Reel 2047592                1934-1962 [Vol. 1]
Each volume individually indexed.

Office of the Superintendent of Schools

SCHOLASTIC CENSUS, 1924-1946

Reel 2047985                1924 [A-Z], 1929 [A-G]
Reel 2047986                1929 [H-V], 1931 [A-Z], 1932 [C-Z]
Reel 2048094                1933 [B-Z], 1934 [A-Z], 1935 [A-P]
Reel 2048095                1935 [Q-Z], 1936 [A-W], 1937 [A-Z], 1938 [A-L]
Reel 2048096                1938 [M-Z], 1940 [A-Z], 1941 [A-Z], 1942 [A-C]
Reel 2048097                1942 [D-Z], 1943 [A-Z], 1944 [A-Z]
Reel 2048098                1945 [A-Z], 1946 [A-Z]
Index: Arranged alphabetically by student surname.
Notes: Records were incomplete, some letter groups were missing within some years and some years were missing altogether.
(a) A few 1928 and 1930 entries were interfiled with 1929.
(b) The A's and B's were missing in 1932.
(c) The A's were missing in 1934.
(d) 1936 entries were sporatic.
(e) 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1939 were missing altogether.
 
 

Requests for microfilm should be made to:

    South Texas Archives
    James C. Jernigan Library
    Texas A&M University-Kingsville
    Campus Box 197
    Kingsville, Texas 78363

  Email Sandra L. Rexroat, Director at s-rexroat@tamuk.edu