Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Membership Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection includes records from The Daughters of the Republic of Texas,a lineage based organization and as such, its members must prove their descent from a man or women who rendered loyal service for Texas (prior to the Annexation Agreement with the United States on February 19, 1846) to be eligible for membership. The collection consists of images of approximately 1,525 booklets of applications and their attendant documentation for the years 1892 to 2010. Lineage books and pedigree files usually accompany the application and may include copies of vital records submitted as documentation. The collection is located in the society's headquarters in Austin, Texas. The collection is organized by volume, application number, and years. Later volumes were not assigned volume numbers. If you have the application number, you should be able to find it in one of the ranges listed in the browse lists.

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 * Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, membership applications, 1892-2010
 * Texas, Sons of the Republic of Texas membership applications, 1836-2010
 * Sons of the Republic of Texas membership records, 1836-2005
 * Catherine McDowell, comp. A Guide to the Texana holdings of the Texas History Library of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas 2 volumes. San Antonio, Texas : s.n., 1978. FS Library 976.4351 A3d
 * Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Muster rolls of the Texas revolution. Austin, Texas : Daughters of the Republic of Texas, c1986976.4 M2mr
 * Abstracts of pension applications are in John C. Barron, et al., Republic of Texas Pension Application Abstracts. Austin, Texas: Austin Genealogical Society, 1987. and.
 * Republic of Texas pensions, ca. 1870-1900
 * Republic claims files, 1835-1846
 * Republic of Texas unpaid claims, ca. 1835-1846
 * Republic of Texas public debt papers, ca. 1835-1860
 * Thomas Lloyd Miller. Bounty and donation land grants of Texas, 1835-1888 Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, c1967 FS Library 976.4 R21m

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The marked gravesites of Citizens of the Republic of Texas
 * edited from the originals in the Texas State Library by Seymour V. Connor, assisted by Howard Lackman and Margaret K. Howard. With an introduction. by Louis M. Kemp, Texas treasury papers : letters received in the Treasury Department of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846. 4 volumes. Austin, Texas : Texas State Library, 1955
 * Compiled index to elected and appointed officials of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846
 * Alfonso Steele. Biography of Private Alfonso Steele (deceased) : last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, together with Mr. Steele's account of the campaign and fight, and the official Reportof General Sam Houston, with complete roster of the commands composing the little army Mexia, Texas : N.P. Houx, 1906

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