Brownsville Genealogy (in Cameron County, TX)

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Brownsville Birth Records

1903-1932 Texas Birth Certificates Ancestry online

1903-1997 Texas Birth Index Ancestry online

1926-1995 Texas Births MyHeritage online

Brownsville, Texas, birth records (1915-1929) FamilySearch Library

Texas, Birth Records, 1903-present Texas Department of State Health Services

Brownsville Cemetery Records

Brownsville City Cemetery US Gen Net online

Brownsville City Cemetery aka Old City Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Brownville, Texas, city cemetery interment records, 1873-1950 FamilySearch Library

Brulay Cemetery Find a Grave online

Buena Vista Burial Park Find a Grave online

Church of the Advent Columbarium Find a Grave online

Circle 'L' Cemetery Find a Grave online

El Carmen Cemetery Find a Grave online

El Jardin Find a Grave online

El Mesquite Ranch Cemetery Find a Grave online

Guillen Community Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hebrew Cemetery Find a Grave online

La Palma Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old City Cemetery Billion Graves online

Palo Alto Battlefield Find a Grave online

Record of interments in the city cemetery ... and a brief history of Brownsville, Texas WorldCat

Record of interments in the city cemetery of Brownsville, Texas FamilySearch Library

Record of interments in the national cemetery at Alexandria, Louisiana ; and, A brief history of Fort Brown, Texas. WorldCat

Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

San Rafael (Ray) Cemetery Find a Grave online

Santa Rosalia Cemetery Find a Grave online

The Final Disposition, Vol. III: Brownsville National Cemetery Ancestry online

The Final Disposition, Vol. IV: Brownsville National Cemetery Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII: National Cemetery, Brownsville, Texas Ancestry online

Brownsville Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Brownsville City Directories

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Brownsville City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Brownsville City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Brownsville City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Brownsville, TX 1938-1940, 1942, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955-1956 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brownsville, Texas city directories FamilySearch Library

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brownsville Court Records

Orders admitting aliens to citizenship, 1875-1895, United States District Court (Texas : Southern District : Brownsville Division) Archive Grid

Brownsville Death Records

1903-1982 Texas Death Certificates Ancestry online

1903-2000 Texas Death Index Ancestry online

Brownsville, Texas death records, 1910-1969 FamilySearch Library

Texas, Death Records, 1903-present Texas Department of State Health Services

Brownsville Histories and Genealogies

Historic Brownsville: original townsite guide FamilySearch Library

The History of Brownsville, Matamoros and their environs FamilySearch Library

The twin cities, Brownsville, Texas, Matamoros, Mexico, of the border and the country of the lower Rio Grande Genealogy Gophers online

Brownsville Immigration Records

Declarations of citizenship, 1871-1890; index of declarations, 1871-1878 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1876-1930 FamilySearch Library

Orders admitting aliens to citizenship, 1875-1895, United States District Court (Texas : Southern District : Brownsville Division) Archive Grid

Statistical and nonstatistical manifests of alien arrivals at Brownsville, Texas, February 1905-June 1953, and related indexes : National Archives microfilm publications, M1502, 1905-1953 FamilySearch Library

Texas naturalizations to 1906 : Cameron County FamilySearch Library

Texas, Brownsville Passenger and Crew List of Airplanes, 1943-1964 Family Search online

Brownsville Land Records

Texas Land Title Abstracts, 1700-2008 Ancestry online

Brownsville Map Records

Boundaries map between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tam. (Mexico), 1910 Library of Congress online

Map of Brownsville, Texas 1908 FamilySearch Library

Map of the post of Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1877 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, 1926 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, July 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, May 1894 Library of Congress online

Brownsville Marriage Records

1824-2014 Texas Marriage Index Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1848-1855, 1865-1912; index to marriages, 1848-1943 FamilySearch Library

Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 MyHeritage online

Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015 Ancestry online

Brownsville Military Records

Record of interments in the national cemetery at Alexandria, Louisiana ; and, A brief history of Fort Brown, Texas. WorldCat

The Final Disposition, Vol. III: Brownsville National Cemetery Ancestry online

The Final Disposition, Vol. IV: Brownsville National Cemetery Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII: National Cemetery, Brownsville, Texas Ancestry online

Brownsville Miscellaneous Records

U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes Brownsville, Texas) Ancestry online

Brownsville Newspapers and Obituaries

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Bandera 11/22/1848 to 09/25/1863 Genealogy Bank online

Boletin Estraordinario 12/07/1865 to 12/12/1865 Genealogy Bank online

Brownsville Daily Herald, The, 2 August 1897 to 31 December 1909 The Portal to Texas History online

Brownsville Herald 02/04/1993 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Brownsville Herald 07/04/1892 to 12/31/1909 Genealogy Bank online

Brownsville Herald 1892-2023 Newspapers.com online

Brownsville Herald 1921-77 (Brownsville, Texas) Ancestry online

Brownsville Republican 05/23/1867 to 06/20/1867 Genealogy Bank online

Brownsville daily herald (Brownsville, Tex.) (from Aug. 2, 1897 to Dec. 31, 1909) MyHeritage online

Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) (from Jan. 1, 1912 to Oct. 31, 1933) Chronicling America online

Courier de Rio Grande 11/08/1866 to 02/20/1867 Genealogy Bank online

Cronista del Valle 10/08/1924 to 02/28/1930 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Cosmopolitan 08/19/1881 to 08/18/1885 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Cosmopolitan, The, 19 August 1884 to 23 June 1892 The Portal to Texas History online

Daily Herald, The, 4 July 1892 to 30 June 1897 The Portal to Texas History online

Daily Metropolitan 09/08/1893 to 11/30/1893 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Metropolitan, The, 20 August 1893 to 1 October 1893 The Portal to Texas History online

Daily Ranchero 08/14/1872 to 07/10/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Republican 09/20/1884 to 09/26/1884 Genealogy Bank online

Daily herald (brownsville, tex.) (from july 4, 1892 to june 30, 1897) MyHeritage online

El Heraldo de Brownsville 1934-1976 Newspapers.com online

El Nuevo Heraldo 06/11/2004 to Current Genealogy Bank online

El heraldo de Brownsville 11/12/1934 to 01/02/1939 Genealogy Bank online

Heraldo de Brownsville 12/02/1935 to 02/29/1940 Genealogy Bank online

Progreso 01/04/1876 to 12/31/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Puerto 01/06/1954 to 12/30/1961 Genealogy Bank online

Republic of Rio Grande. And Friend of the People 1846 The Portal to Texas History online

The Brownsville Ranchero 1868-1869 The Portal to Texas History online

The Brownsville daily herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) (from Aug. 2, 1897 to Dec. 31, 1909) Chronicling America online

The daily herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) (from July 4, 1892 to June 30, 1897) Chronicling America online

Weekly Ranchero 08/31/1867 to 08/27/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Zaragoza 12/20/1865 to 12/27/1865 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Brownsville

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Armadillo Arts, Entertainment & Living in the Rio Grande Valley. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1982-1984

Border Virginian : With Colorado Tints and New Hampshire Echoes. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1916-1917

Brownsville Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910

Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-Current

Brownsville Times. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1967-Current

Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897

Daily Ranchero and Republican. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1859-1879

Democrat and Ranchero. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1879-1880

Fort Brown Flag. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1860s-1862

Horizon. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1984-Current

Ranchero. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1864-1866

Weekly Ranchero. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1866-1870s

Brownsville Probate Records

1833-1974 Texas, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Brownsville School Records

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Brownsville High School - Palmetto Yearbook (Brownsville, TX), 1923, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955 E Yearbook online

Brownsville High School yearbook, 1923, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

El Jardin High School - Cougar Yearbook (Brownsville, TX), 1952 E Yearbook online

El Jardin High School yearbook, 1952 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hanna High School yearbook, 1952, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lopez High School yearbook, 1999, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pace High School yearbook, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Porter High School yearbook, 1996 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rivera High School yearbooks, 1993, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Joseph Academy yearbook, 1953, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Joseph Academy - Mesquite Yearbook (Brownsville, TX), 1953, 1980, 1981 E Yearbook online

St Joseph Academy yearbook, 1967, 1980, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Texas Southmost College - Scorpio Yearbook (Brownsville, TX), 1968 E Yearbook online

Texas Southmost College yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The Palmetto, Brownsville High School (Brownsville, Tex.) Internet Archive online

Brownsville Tax Records

Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 Ancestry online

Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 MyHeritage online



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