GLORIA CANDELARIA -  Spanish Genealogy Specialist

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements
of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to
be remembered with pride by their descendants." Macauley

I am a native of Victoria, Texas. I am an author, historian, genealogist, and speaker who has been specializing in the Texas pre-Republic period since the early 1960s.  I have compiled and published six booklets that pertain to Victoria County, Texas that will certainly be of interest to those genealogists looking for their Spanish surnamed ancestors.

• "1880 CENSUS - Genealogies and Family Histories of Spanish-Surnamed Citizens
  of Victoria County, Texas  to 1889"
  This book contains vital information on early Victoria County Mexican Americans such as births, baptisms, marriages, divorces, cemetery information, land records and much more.
   
• "Spanish Surnamed Citizens of Victoria County, Texas - 1850 Census"
  This booklet contains 43 pages.
   
• "Spanish Surnamed Citizens of Victoria County, Texas - 1860 Census"
  This booklet has 77 pages.
   
• "Spanish-Surnamed Citizens of Victoria County, Texas - 1870 Census"
  This booklet has 92 pages.
   
• "Spanish-Surnamed Baptism Records and Some Burial Records of St. Mary's Catholic Church of Victoria, Texas - 1840 to 1872."
  The baptism booklet has 100 pages, 194 entries, and 1, 250 names in the index.
   
• "Spanish-Surnamed Marriage Records of St. Mary's Catholic Church of Victoria, Texas - 1840 to 1881."
  The  booklet has 25 pages with 194 entries, and 617 names in the index.
   
• "Annotated Census Records of Mexican American Citizens in Victoria, Texas in 1900"   New Addition

 Email me, Gloria, at [email protected] if you would like to order any of the books above or have questions.  Discounts given to scholastic institutions.

 

 

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Meet My Parents and Grandparents

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Gloria Candelaria is the founder and first President of the Victoria
(Texas) Hispanic Genealogical and Historical Society of Texas, or
VH-GHoST, organized in the summer of 1998.

 

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My Family Trees

  Candelaria Family Tree

  Moya - Delgado Family Tree

SOCIETIES
  Somos Primos
  Hispanic Genealogical Society, Houston, Texas
  Tejano Association For Historic Preservation - Houston, Texas

  STATE OF TEXAS
  Texas State Library and Archives - Genealogy Collections

 TEXAS COUNTIES
  Starr County Genealogical Webpage
  Calhoun County Genealogical and Historical Site 
  Cartography of the Lower River Grande Valley
  Dewitt County, Texas

  CATHOLIC CHURCH 
  Catholic Encyclopedia
 

  GENEALOGICAL TOOLS
  LDS Family Search Page
  Ancestry.com Home Page  
  Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.com
  Roots Web Social Security Death Index Interactive Search
  Search for Surnames Thru Ancestry.com   
 Old Spanish Documents of the Southwest
  Find a Grave - Cemeteries

  Victoria County and Victoria, Texas Historical and Genealogical Information
  City of Victoria, Texas Website
  Victoria County Genealogical Society

   Mexico Genealogical and Historical Information  
   Inventory of Mexico's Historical Sites
   Guadalajara Census Project. 1792 - 1930

  Texas Newspapers
  Victoria Advocate
  Port Lavaca Wave
  Corpus Christi Caller
  Houston Chronicle
  Laredo Morning Times 

 History and Genealogy Book Stores - Texas
 Borderlands Bookstore - South Texas Books

More Links
 
                                                                        

       Email Gloria([email protected]) if you need more information. 

Updated: February 20 2014