For African American researchers, it is a statewide listing of newly freed slaves, distinguishable by an asterisk following their names. A few counties do not indicate race, but other counties like Matagorda provide the plantation names from which the slaves came. This is a source that every genealogist should use, and every library should have in its collection. The original Voters' Registration of 1867 is housed in the Texas State Library and Archives and available on microfilm to those visiting Austin or through inter-library loan. The Gladys Harrington Library has these microfilm roles in their collection.
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Brenda Burns Kellow is a Certified Genealogist and a Certified Genealogical Instructor with a bachelor s degree in history, and a genealogy instructor at Collin County Community College. Send queries, reunions, announcements, books for review, etc.