Books Available

Most books may be ordered from the authors/publishers. Please contact them BEFORE sending any money. Prices include shipping and handling.
The History and Heritage of Victoria County, Texas, 1824-1999, Vol. I, II & III, Victoria County Genealogical Society. These volumes cover family stories from 2,000 families with indexes of about 70,000. Vol. I & II published in 2000 sell as a set for $129 + $10 postage. Vol. III published in 2003 sells for $75. +$5. for postage. Mail check to Victoria County Genealogical Society, Attn: Doris Obsta, 4306 Guy Grant Rd., Victoria, TX 77904-2223
Volume II of Extractions of Vital Records from the Victoria Advocate is now available. Cost of the volume is $20.00 plus $2.50 for postage and handling.

To order this book or Volume 1, Nov. 1846-Dec. 1880, please copy and print the following order blank. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO VICTORIA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

Victoria Advocate, Volumes I and II are each $20.00 plus $2.50 for postage and handling
Please indicate which volume you are ordering.
Mail to: VCGS, P.O. Box 413, Victoria, TX 77905

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For more information contact Patsy Hand.
A Master Index for the Victoria County Genealogical Society Quarterly
VCGS started publication of their quarterly magazine in January 1980. Now a master index is on its way. It covers the first 18 years of names appearing in the magazine, and your surname should now be easily found within our index.
A set of 6 Microfiche.....$12.00 (includes postage and handling.)
A softcover, spiral bound book of 377 pages of surnames.......$58.00 plus $5.00 postage and handling
Order your copies from: Victoria County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 413, Victoria TX 77902-0413. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with payment.
Sandebeck to Weesatche - The Story of the Werner F. Dohmann Family
Published 1999, $25.00. Contains 255 pages, over 100 photographs, and an every-name index with over 470 surnames. Includes many families from Victoria and surrounding counties.
Edgar Dohmann, Rt. 5 Box 84, Alvin, TX 77511, 281-480-8904
The Evergreen Cemetery books, 1 and supplement are no longer for sale but can be viewed at the Genealogy section of the Victoria Public Library and on the second floor of the Victoria College/University Library Archives

Victoria, Texas Evergreen Cemetery
Wanda Hoad Payne, published 1993.
Evergreen, a public cemetery established about 1850, is located at Vine and Red River Street. It is the oldest cemetery in Victoria still in use.
This book is no longer in print.

Supplement To Victoria, Texas, Evergreen Cemetery
Wanda Payne Hoad, published 1994. Contains information found in Wm. P. Rogers U.D.C. Chapter, Victoria, some Victoria families 1914-1955, some funeral records of about 225 burials in Evergreen with no markers and author's personal research.
Victoria County Cemeteries, Book 1
Doris Felps Gilpatrick, published 1988. Includes 22 county cemeteries. Indexed, Table of Contents. Each cemetery listing has persons found in the cemetery listed as found, side by side. Does not include Evergreen Cemetery.

Victoria County Cemeteries, Book 2
Doris Felps Gilpatrick, published 1994. Includes 30 city and county cemeteries. Indexed, Table of Contents. Each cemetery listing has persons found in the cemetery listed as found, side by side. Does not include Evergreen Cemetery.

Victoria County Cemeteries, Book 3
Doris Felps Gilpatrick, published 1996. Includes 2 city and 3 county cemeteries. Indexed, Table of Contents. Each cemetery listing has persons found in the cemetery listed as found, side by side. Does not include Evergreen Cemetery.

For information about the Victoria Co. Cemetery Books 1, 2 & 3 please contact Judy Bartee; 3301 Catalpa; Victoria Tx 77901 or jabartee@suddenlink.net Copies can be viewed in the Genealogy section of the Victoria Public Library and on the second floor of the Victoria College/University Library Archives.
Coletoville Cemetery History
Published 1994, $4.00. Established 1872, on property donated by Spitzer Family. Includes burials of local families and people of nearby Martin Luther Lutheran Church.
Gladys Preiss Arnold, 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560

The Life History of Ernestine Michling Keil Dohmann
Published 1991, $17.00. Includes Keil, Kolle, Dohmann, Albrecht, Weber, Maurer, Roell, Wehmann, Schubert, Baecker families, and other families.
Gladys Preiss Arnold , 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560

The Joseph Preiss Family History
Published 1992, $22.00. Includes families of Geisler, Preiss, Schindler, Duderstadt
Gladys Preiss Arnold, 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560

Peter Schindler and Family to America
Published 1993, $17.00. Includes families of: Schindler, Reimann, Preiss
Gladys Preiss Arnold, 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560

The Webers, the Old to the New
Published 1994, $27.00.Includes families of: Weber, Pippert
Gladys Preiss Arnold, 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560

The Memorial Park Cemetery Book
Published 1995, $22.00. Established 1933 by Janie S. Fly, this public cemetery is located across from St. Joseph High School, on North Main Street.
Gladys Preiss Arnold, 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560

Records From J. E. Ryan & Son, and McCabe-Carruth Funeral Homes
Published 1996. Records from these funeral homes cover a time span of about 1911 through 1995.
Gladys Preiss Arnold, 680 Frontage Rd., Victoria, TX 77905-4261, 361-575-0560.

Coming Publications, by Gladys Preiss Arnold:
Funeral Home Records From Goldman, Waters, Duckett, and Colonial Funeral Homes, in Victoria.
William Ratcliff/Ratliff of Maryland and Anson County, NC
Published 1992, $15.00. Ratliff-Thomas families, of North Carolina and various other states. 3 hole spiral binding, 72 pages, softcover. Co-authors: Howard S. Hazlewood, 206 Avalon Dr., Victoria, TX, 77901-3686, 361-573-6730.
Betty J. Carson, 10045 E. Chestnut Dr., Sun Lakes, AZ 85248, 602-895-6714

Ancestors and Descendants of Tristram Thomas of Maryland
published 1993, $18.00. Early Thomas families to America, from England to Maryland, then to North Carolina. Covers 2-3 generations, from 1590 to 1790. Plastic cover, spiral bound, 87 pages, softcover. Co-authors: Howard S. Hazlewood, 206 Avalon Dr., Victoria, TX, 77901-3686, 361-573-6730.
Betty J. Carson, 10045 E. Chestnut Dr., Sun Lakes, AZ 85248, 602-895-6714

William Thomas of Richmond County, NC
1 741-1800, published 1994, $10.00. Descendants of William Thomas; 3 hole spiral binding, 24 pages, softcover. Co-authors: Howard S. Hazlewood, 206 Avalon Dr., Victoria, TX, 77901-3686, 361-573-6730.
Betty J. Carson, 10045 E. Chestnut Dr., Sun Lakes, AZ 85248, 602-895-6714
A Cleveland Family History
Published March 1982. Cleveland descendants, from descendants of Immigrant MOSES CLEVELAND, 1619/20, through 1982, through his son AARON. Family from MA to NY to WI to TX. 250 pages. Indexed. Co-authored by Olivia E. Milberger, Joyce L. Tharpe, and Billye D. Jackson.
Out of Print, lookup: Billye D. Jackson, 3004 Coffey St., Victoria, TX 77901-7427, 512-573-9415
The John And Katherine Haberkorn Junker Family
Published 1990. Includes Haberkor-Junker families of Victoria County, TX
Out of Print, lookup: Elorine Frederick Hartman, Rt. 4, Box 44AA, Cuero, TX 77954, 512-275-2082
Duckett Family Roots and Shoots
Published over several years, 4 volumes, over 200 pages. Duckett Family.
Ed Duckett, 13300 Indian Rock Rd., Largo, FL 33774, 813-596-6698.
Jim Duckett, 3708 Skylark Trail, Chattanooga, TN 37146, 423-899-2149.
Out of Print, lookup: Co-authors: Billy and Dorothy Duckett, 405 Antietam Dr., Victoria, TX 77904, 512-573-7748.
Indianola and Matagorda Island 1837-1887
Published 1999. A local history and visitor's guide for a lost seaport and a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast. $15.95 at local bookstores or by mail for $20.00, which includes autograph.
Author: Linda Wolff.
The following books by Henry Wolff, Jr. include collections of his newspaper columns in the VICTORIA ADVOCATE newspaper about people, places and events in the Texas midcoast area. These books, available in both soft and hard back, are approximately 200 pages each.

Henry's Journal, Volumes I and II
The Way It Used To Be

For information contact: "Henry's Journal", P.O. Box 1518, Victoria, TX 77902, (361) 575-3689 or email Henry Wolff, Jr.