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     The State Archives Division of the Texas State Library administers the regional historical resource depository system and is responsible for collecting, preserving, and making available to researchers historical records of state government agencies, counties, and other local governments of Texas.

     The regional historical resource depository system was established by law in 1971 to provide for the preservation of local historical materials in the region of their origin or interest.  Seventeen public and private universities, one junior college, and five public libraries around the state provide physical facilities for the archival preservation of local government records in both hard-coy and microfilm.  The Texas State Library itself and its wholly owned research facility, the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty, also serve as regional historical resource depositories.

     Original local government records, including court dockets and case papers, brand books, poll lists, election records, and minute books, are available for research at the depositories.  The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center also houses a significant collection of historical manuscripts relating to the Atascosita District and other aspects of Texas history. 

 -- Texas County Records: Guide to the Holdings of the Local Records . . . (Rev. 8-94), p. 3.

 

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How to Order Microfilm     Microfilm may be borrowed, subject to the policies on page 8 [of Texas County Records: Guide to the Holdings of the Local Records Division of the Texas State Library of County Records on Microfilm] through any public or private library in the United States or Canada that provides interlibrary loan services.  Requests should be sent to the institution housing the film -- in this case the South Texas Archives for the counties listed above.     In requesting film, provide the reel number, the number of the county, and the title of the records.  For example, if you wish to obtain the microfilm reel containing Birth Records for 1912-1946 for Kenedy County, you would order:    Reel 2032038       Kenedy County       Birth Record, 1912-1946         Requests are filled promptly, but if a reel is on loan to another researcher, it may take 2-3 weeks to fill your order. For ordering, use the address provided in our contact page.