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COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS

REFERENCE MATERIALS BOOKS AND MICROFORM

 

            The Reference Materials Titles started as a book by Joy Gough in 2002, but in April of 2004 Joy decided to let her 20-page book be the beginning of this section of the Genealogy Friends Web page. This is collaboration between Joy Gough, Brenda Kellow, and W. O. HAGGARD Library.

 

Includes:

All Collin County titles in the collection of W. O. Haggard Library, the county�s largest genealogical library, whether or not some of the publications are still available for purchase, and differentiates whether the title is a microform (film or fiche) and lists other county libraries where the publication may also be available.

 

Abbreviations Used

W. O. Haggard Library                                    GLHTA (Genealogy, History, Texana)

McKinney Library                                                 McK

Out of Print                                                           o/p

Post Office Museum                                             POM

Available for purchase                                          AFP

National Archives Records Administration            NARA

Allan, Texas Library                                              ATL

Personal collection                                                p/c

 Richardson Public Library                                    RPL

 Whitewright Library, Farmersville                        WFV

 

Cemetery Titles

General Cemeteries of Collin County           

Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough. GLHTA; McK

Collin County Cemetery Inscriptions, v. 1 and 2, by Pitts, ORoark, Posey. Vol. 2 Out of print.  GLHTA; McK

Lost, Abandoned, Family and Small Community Cemeteries Along the Red River Valley in Northeast Texas in Fannin, Grayson, Collin, Red River, Delta, Cooke, Hunt and Lamar Counties: A Compilation of Cemetery Listings copied between 1930-1965, by Patricia Newhouse. GLHTA

 

Other County Cemetery Inscriptions

Cemetery Inscriptions of Hunt County, Texas, by Robert Lee Thompson and Kathy Lynn Denson v. 1. GLHTA

Cemetery Inscriptions of Rockwall County, Texas, by Sandra Tedford and Walterine Sharp, GLHTA

Grayson County, Texas, Cemetery Inscriptions and Related Family Data vols. 1, 2, 3, by Mrs. T. E. Henry and Mrs. Sears Anderson, GLHTA

Specific

The Coffman Cemetery. POM.

Farmersville IOOF Cemetery, by North Collin County Genealogy Society. McK

Frankford Cemetery, January 1989, directory. GLHTA

Highland Cemetery. McK

Murphy Cemetery: Decatur-Maxwell-Murphy. GLHTA

People of Celina Cemetery, by Gaile Maxon, 2000. GLHTA

The People of Cottage Hill Cemetery, January 1989. vols. 1, 2, by Gayle Maxon. GLHTA

Pleasant Grove Cemetery and Foundation, by Wynona Carmen. GLHTA; McK

Plano Mutual Cemetery. GLHTA

Plano Mutual Cemetery of Plano and Chambersville Cemetery of McKinney: Mortality Study. 1973. GLHTA

Routh Cemetery Legacy, Harold Huber. GLHTA

Scott Cemetery. McK

The Stoney Point Cemetery and Church, by Jewell Mitchell. McK

Walnut Grove Cemetery. McK

Young Cemetery, by Joy Gough. GLHTA

Big Spring Cemetery of Dallas. 1980. Located in Dallas County, but many Collin County people are buried in this cemetery because it is just a few feet outside the Collin County line. GLHTA


Cemetery Historical Markers

Allen

Altoga

Baccus

Bradley

Buckner

Chambersville

Coffman

Cottage Hill

Elm Grove

Frankford

Highland

Huson

McGarrah

McLarry

Melissa

Millwood

Murphy, approved but not yet purchased

Old Celina

Old Pioneer Plano

Pecan Grove

Plano Mutual

Routh

Rowlett Creek

Scott

Stiff Chapel

Stony Point

Thompson

Woodlawn
Young

 

Census Titles

1850 Collin County Census, by Bland and Roose. o/p. GLHTA; McK

1850 U. S. Census: Collin County, Texas, by Dr. John F. Schunk. P/c Joy Gough

1860 Collin County Census, by Bland and Roose. O/p. GLHTA

Collin County Texas, Record of Reconstruction Days, by Bland and Roose. o/p GLHTA

Texas Census population, 1850 through 1930 for every county in the state. NARA microform, GLHTA; all Collin County census on film for the county 1850-1930. McK

Texas Census Index, 1860-1880, CD#49. GLHTA (missing from collection)

1867-1869 Veterans Census, NARA microfilm.GLHTA

Index, 1867 Collin County, Texas Voter Registration, Genealogy Friends of Plano (Collin County, Texas) Libraries, Inc., 2000, 2004, AFP. GLHTA, McK

Index, Collin County 1930 and searchable census, Genealogy Friends of Plano (Collin County, Texas) Libraries, Inc., URL www.rootsweb.com/~txgfpl

Census population schedules, Texas, 1930, CD2309 & CD2310 [electronic resource]

Collin County 16th Texas Cavalry Regiment. GLHTA

 

Church Titles

Collin County Baptist Association 1886-1986. McK

Historic Churches of Texas: The Land and the People, by Frank A. Driskill and Noel Grisham. P/c Joy Gough. GLHTA

 

 Allen Church Titles

History of Stained Glass Windows in First Christian Church of Allen, by Louise Kishi. ATL

 

Copeville Church Titles

History of the First Baptist Church of Copeville. Availability unknown. McK

History of Old Copeville United Methodist Church.   

 

Desert Church Titles

West Shady Grove Baptist Church

 

Farmersville Church Titles

First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Centennial Story, 1865- 1965. GLHTA

First United Methodist Church of Farmersville. GLHTA   

 

McKinney Church Titles

A History of First Baptist Church of McKinney,  1872-1972. GLHTA

A Glance Back: 150th Anniversary of the First Christian Church (McKinney). APRIL 1, 1998, Availability unknown. P/c Joy Gough

A History of Central Presbyterian Church, McKinney, Trinity Presbyterian Church

History of First Methodist Church of McKinney. POM

King Memorial Baptist Church. McK

 

Melissa Church Titles

Melissa Christian Church, Homecoming, September 19, 1993. McK

St. Paul Baptist Church. POM

 

Parker Church Titles

A Brief History of Parker Texas. GLHTA

 

Plano Church Titles             

First Christian Church, Centennial Book, 1860-1960, Plano, Texas. GLHTA  

A History of Rowlett Creek Baptist Church, (Plano), by Lucy Rasor. Unpublished, P/c Joy Gough

History of First Baptist Church of Plano, 1853-1964, by Madge Barron.GLHTA

History of the Baptist Church, Plano Texas, 1989. GLHTA

A Short History of First Baptist Church of Plano, Texas, by Gilbert Lundy. 1995. GLHTA

A History of First Presbyterian Church of Plano, by Frances Wells. P/c Frances Wells.

First United Methodist Church of Plano, Quarterly Conference Records, 1886-1989. 4 rolls. Microform. GLHTA

First United Methodist Church of Plano, First 150 years1847-1997. Book. GLHTA   

 
Wylie Church Titles

To God Be the Glory, A History of the First Baptist Church of Wylie. O/p. GLHTA

 

Church Texas Historical Markers

Corinth Presbyterian, Parker

Cottage Hill Methodist

First Baptist Farmersville

First Baptist McKinney

First Baptist Melissa

First Baptist Murphy

First Baptist Plano

First Baptist Renner

First Christian Anna

First Christian McKinney

First Christian Plano

First Christian Weston

First Methodist Farmersville

First Methodist Plano

First Methodist McKinney

First Presbyterian McKinney

First Presbyterian Plano

Forest Grove Christian

Frankford

Frisco Methodist

Liberty Baptist

Melissa Christian

Nevada Baptist

St. Mark Baptist McKinney

Shiloh Baptist Plano

St. Paul Baptist Melissa

St. Peter�s Episcopal, McKinney

Stony Point

Verona Methodist

Walnut Grove Presbyterian

Wylie Methodist

 

Community Titles

Allen, City of

Allen Magazine

Texas Takes (A History of Allen), by Big Daddy Sommers. Unavailable. Texana. GLHTA

 

Anna, City of

A Town Named Anna: A History of Anna, Collin County, by Chester Howell, possibly still available. GLHTA

 

Celina, City of

Reminiscences of Celina.  Available at the bank in Celina. GLHTA

 

Chambersville, City of

Chambersville: Some Historical Notes, by Ben Giles, possibly still available, 1998. P/c Joy Gough

 

Farmersville, City of

A History of Farmersville, by Charles Rike, availability unknown. GLHTA

 

Frisco, City of

A History of Frisco, 1902-1979, by bicentennial commission, may be reprinted. GLHTA

Frisco: The First 100 Years, New Frisco Book. GLHTA

 

Lebanon, City of           

Lebanon on the Preston, by Adele Rogers Clark, being reprinted by Frisco Heritage group. POM

 

Leonard, City of

A History of Leonard, Texas (Pike and the Lee Peacock feud), by centennial committee. POM

 

McKinney, City of

McKinney, The First 150 Years, by Julie Vargo, 1999, available (many errors). McK

McKinney Living Magazine

Architectural History of McKinney, by the Owl Club. McK

McKinney City Directories. Earliest 1902. McK

McKinney Minutes Books, 1881-1910, McK

Historic Resources of the Central Business District of McKinney, Texas, Survey Report. McK

 

Melissa, City of

An Historical Perspective of a Small Rural Texas School District: Case Study of the Melissa School. McK

 

Murphy, City of

Living In Murphy, Texas, 1845-1945, by Bev Zavitz, still available. GLHTA

 

Nevada, City of

A History of Nevada, Texas, by Grace Moran Evans, not available. McK

 

Plano, City of

Plano, Texas: The Early Years, by Friends of Plano Library, available. GLHTA

Plano City Directories. From 1973. GLHTA

Plano: An Illustrated Chronicle, by Vicki Northcutt. GLHTA

Plano Magazine

Histories and Information on Plano and Surrounding Area. GLHTA

 

Princeton, City of

Princeton: Area History and Little Known �Facts,� 1881-1985, by the Texas Sesquicentennial committee, availability unknown. GLHTA

Princeton, Texas 1881-2000. GLHTA

 

Prosper, City of

A History of Prosper, Texas, Bill Hays, 2003. GLHTA

 

Richardson, City of

A History of Richardson, 1873-1973, Barbara Braithwaite for the Richardson Historical Society. RPL

 

Sachse, City of

Sachse Remembered, 1840-1940. McK

 

Van Alstyne, City of

By the Banks of Sister Grove: A History of Van Alstyne (The Collin McKinney Family). GLHTA

 

Wylie, City of

Wylie Area Heritage, by Beb Fulkerson. O/p. GLHTA

Index to Wylie Area Heritage, by Marie and Mike Biggs, and Michele Biggs Ray. GLHTA

Windows to the Past: A Pictorial History of Wylie, printed by the Wylie News. GLHTA

           

Community Texas Historical Markers                     

Allen                                

Buckner                           

Farmersville                          

McKinney

Rock Hill

 

County Record Titles

Records of Collin County, Texas. Oklahoma Daughters of the American Revolution. GLHTA

Records of Collin and Denton County, Texas. Texas Daughters of the American Revolution, GLHTA

African Americans in the Early Records of Collin County, by Bland. GLHTA; McK

Texas Birth Indexes 1903-1976. Microfilm. GLHTA

Index to Texas Death Records, 1903 1976. Microfilm. GLHTA

1867-1869 Texas Voter Registration. Microfilm. GLHTA

Index, 1867 Collin County, Texas Voter Registration. 2000, 2004. Book, alpha and date-index. Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. AFP.  GLHTA;McK

Index to Naturalization Records, 1846-1939. Microfilm. GLHTA

Records and Bonds. Book A. GLHTA: McK

Abstract Book A: records and bonds. GLHTA

Collin County Commissioners Court Minutes. M/f. 4 reels, 1871-1889. GLHTA

Police Records [microform]: Collin County Texas, 1 roll

 

Civil Minutes Titles
Collin County District Court Civil Minutes, 1846-1885. Microfilm.  6 rolls. #1289605-1289609. GLHTA

 

Deed Titles

Index to Collin County Deeds, 1846-1872. Microfilm. GLHTA

Collin County Deed Records, 1846-1886, through vol. 29. Microfilm, 33 rolls. #1287050-1287072,1288546-1288555.  GLHTA

Collin County Texas Land Titles, by Frances Ingmire. GLHTA

           

Probate Titles

Index to Collin County Probate Minutes, 1858-1902. Microfilm. 7 rolls, # 1289586-12895961, 1289604. GLHTA

 

Tax (County) Titles

Collin County Tax Rolls, 1846-1920. Microfilm. GLHTA   

 

County Historical Marker Titles

Historic Markers of Collin County, 1986. GLHTA

Historic Markers of Collin County, 1993. GLHTA

Historic Markers of Collin County, 1997. GLHTA

Collin County Courthouse in McKinney

1927 Collin County Courthouse

Collin County Farm

Collin County Prison

 

Courthouse Titles

History of the Collin County Courthouse, by Joy Gough. AFP. GLHTA

 

Directory Titles

Plano Telephone Books, various years. GLHTA

The Planonian. Plano High School Annuals, various years. GLHTA

Plano, Collin County, Texas City Directories, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1890, 1981. GLHTA

Continental Telephone Company of Texas: telephone directory, 1984, 1976. GLHTA

Farmersville Telephone Directory, 1977. GLHTA

McKinney Telephone Directory, 1998-1999. GLHTA

Polk Cross-Reference directory for Collin County, Texas, 1996. GLHTA

Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution: Plano Chapter #37 pictorial directory, 1995.

 

Events Titles

Collapse of the Mississippi Store, by Joy Gough. AFP

Elm Fork Settlements,      by Georgia Ogle. C/o Joy Gough

Indian Depredations in Texas, by J. W. Wilbarger. C/o Joy Gough.

Kentucky Colonization in Texas, by Seynour Connor. GLHTA

Murder at the Corners, by G. B. Ray (Lee Peacock Feud).  AFP. WFV

Running With Bonnie and Clyde: The Ten Fast Years of Ralph Fults, by John Neal Phillips. C/o Joy Gough

Sam Bass and Gang, by Rick Miller. C/oJoy Gough

Sixty Years in Texas, by George Jackson. GLHTA

 

Events Historical Marker Titles

Muncy Massacre

WWII Prisoner Of War Camp, Princeton.

 

Family History Collection Titles

A Fork in the Road, by E. Clayton Gooden. GLHTA

Adamson Book and Related Families. GLHTA

Boggy Rangers (The Robbins Family). GLHTA

Bickley Book. GLHTA

Bush Family. GLHTA, McK

From Rags to Rags, A Man of Many Faces: The Untold Story of Howard Breckenridge, Jr. 2002. GLHTA

Collin County, Texas, Families, Minnie Champ, comp. Vols. 1 and 2. Available. GLHTA

Diaries of Lizzie Matthews Carpenter. GLHTA

Descendants of Salathial Coffee. McK 

Samuel Combest and His Descendants. McK

Diary of Bert Nichols, 1895. GLHTA

Cope Family of Collin County, Texas: Over 30 Years in the County, by David Cope, 1997. GLHTA

Robert Graves, Ancestors and Descendants. GLHTA 

The Hays Family Tree. GLHTA

Annals of Elder Horn, by R. C. Horn. AFP. GLHTA

Grandpa & Grandma Howell: The Story of John C. Howell & His Wife, Snow Guthrie Howell; etc.  1996, by Chester Howell. GLHTA

Hunter Family of Collin County, Texas and related lines.

Little Jimmy, by James Toler. GLHTA    

Living Legends honoring Gladys Harrington. [video recording]. GLHTA

Day Book of Henry Maxwell from 1853-1860, by Mary Maxwell, trans. GLHTA

The Family McKinney, by Nancy McKinney Sayford. McK

Mordecai McKinney. McK

The Best High School Football in the Country: A History of Plano, TX High School Football from 1900 to the present, by Bart Beene. GLHTA

Minutes of the Plano Chamber of Commerce, Jan 23, 1923 to March 26, 1925. GLHTA

The Routh Family in America, by Ross Holland Routh, 1976. GLHTA

Journal of Reverend Joseph Benjamin Snider, Baptist Minister, Collin County, Texas, January 1926-June 1949. McK

Stambaugh.  McK

Charles C. Stibbens, Soldier of the battle of San Jacinto; Citizen of the Republic of Texas, by Brenda Kellow, 1992. O/p. GLHTA

The Stepp-Stapp Family: My Name is Stiff, by Jud Stiff.  McK

The Stimson Family. McK

My Remembers, by Eddie Stimpson. AFP. GLHTA

The L. B. Toler Family. GLHTA

Throckmorton Anthology: Dr. William Edward Throckmorton of Virginia and his son D. James Webb Throckmorton of Tennessee: Governor of the State of Texas 1866-67: Pioneers of Fannin and Collin Counties, Wilson Forrest Daniell, comp. McK

Wilmot-Wilmoth-Wilmeth. McK

Genealogical Ancestor Charts, A-L, vol. 1 & 2, M-z, vol. 1-2. GLHTA

The Old Farm Home,      by Gladys Young. AFP. GLHTA

  

Family Historical Markers         

John Abston

Collin McKinney, in Van Alstyne Cemetery

John Meyers McKinney

George Washington Smith

Charles C. Stibbens

James W. Throckmorton

William E. Throckmorton

Throckmorton Law Offices

 

House Historical Markers

Aron Harris House

Bain Honaker House, Farmersville

Barnes Largent House

Beverly Harris House

Thomas and Mattie Brown House, Wylie

Burton House

T J Campbell House, Frisco

Crouch Perkins House

Davis House

Dulaney House and Cottage

Estes House

John Faires House

Fox Caldwell House

Gough Hughston House

Isaac Graves House

Charles P. and Sallie G. Heard Home

John and Rachel Heard House

Heard Craig House

Hill Robberson House, Richardson

William Taylor Hoard House

Howell House

Rebekah Baines Johnson birth place

Kirkpatrick House

William B. Largent House

John Martin House

Collin McKinney Homestead

James Calvin Rhea House

L. A. Scott House

J. D. Stiff House

William and Charlotte Stone House, Wylie

Taylor House

William Clinton Thompson House

Waddill Morris Homesite

Wilmeth McKinney Homestead

Aimee Wilson House, Plano

 

History (County) Titles

Collin County in Pioneer Times. AFP. GLHTA

Collin County: Pioneering in North Texas, by Roy Hall and Helen Hall. GLHTA; AFP; McK

Index to Collin County: Pioneering in North Texas,       by Vera Meek. GLHTA, McK

Collin County Place Names, by Joy Gough. AFP. GLHTA; McK

The George P. Brown Papers: Recollections of Early Settlers in the Collin County, Texas Area, compiled during the 1930s. GLHTA

A History of Collin County, Texas, by Harold Beam, 1951. McK

A History of Collin County, Texas, by F. Roy Hill. McK; Austin thru Grayson Co. and Tarrant County, McK

A History of Collin County, by Stambaugh and Stambaugh, reprint by Collin County Historic Preservation Group. AFP. GLHTA; McK

Genealogy Friends Newsletter [Periodical]: Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. GLHTA

Collin County Historical Calendar. McK

NCCGS Newsletter [Periodical]: North Collin County Genealogical Society. GLHTA

Collin County, Texas Families, Pitts and Champ. GLHTA, McK

Collin Chronicles [periodical] 1981- . GLHTA

Tenant Farming in Collin County, 1890-1920. GLHTA

Union Veterans and Widows Obituaries of Union Veterans of the Civil War: Texas, Index, 1890. Microfilm. Reel 099-100.

  

Historical Markers Titles

Historical Markers of Collin County, Texas, 1985. O/p.     GLHTA; McK

Historical Markers of Collin County, Texas, 1997, Joy Gough, comp. for the Collin County Historic Preservation Group. GLHTA; McK

 

Jail Titles

Historical Narrative Old Collin County Jail. McK   

 

Map Titles    

Collin County Headright Map, 1916. C/o Joy Gough

Early Collin County Road Map, Texas State Archives, 1935.  C/o Joy Gough, copy.

Index to Collin County, Texas Original Survey Map. GLHTA

Sanborn Fire Map. McKinney. Book. McK, POM, Film McK

Sanborn Fire Map, Plano. Plano Municipal Library in City Hall.

Soil Conservation Map of Collin County, 1930. Texana. GLHTA

Soil Conservation Map of Collin County, 1969. C/o Joy Gough

 

Map Drawer, Texas

Collin County Map, 1975. Headright map (36 x 36) GLHTA

Map of Collin County. 1892,1994. GLHTA

1982 Dept of Public Works Map. (28 x 28) GLHTA

1994 County Map, Public Works (24 x 24) GLHTA

1932-1942 Abstract Maps of City of Plano GLHTA

General Highway Map, Collin County, Texas. GLHTA

Metropolitan aerial surveys: Collin County, Texas. 1975. GLHTA

Addison Quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

Frisco Quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

Garland quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

Hebron Quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

Lavon Quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

Plano Quadrangle: Texas�Collin County. GLHTA

Wylie Quadrangle: Texas�Collin County. 1959-1973. GLHTA

McKinney East Quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

McKinney West Quadrangle: Texas. 1960, 1973. GLHTA

Rockwall Quadrangle: Texas. GLHTA

Collin County Voting Precincts. Map, 1996. GLHTA

 

Marriage Titles

Index to Collin County Marriage Records, 1846-1975. Microfilm. GLHTA

Collin County Marriage Records. Vols. 1-16. 12 rolls. Microfilm. #1289592-1289603. GLHTA   

Collin County, Texas, Marriages, 1846 - 1888, by Alice Pitts. GLHTA; McK

Collin County, Texas, Earliest Marriages, 1846 - 1858, by Charlotte Allen. GLHTA; McK

Index to Original Marriage Licenses on File at the Collin County Records Building: List of Unclaimed Marriage Licenses at County Records Center, McKinney, Texas. GLHTA. 

Marriage Book 4, Collin County 1876-1880. McK

 

Military Titles

Collin County, Texas, 16th Texas Cavalry Regiment, by David Cope, 1997. GLHTA

Index to Texas CSA Pension Files, Virgil D. White. GLHTA

Men and Women in World War II from Collin County, Texas. McK

Men and women in the armed forces from Collin County: McKinney, Texas [Texana]. GLHTA

Polignac�s Texas Brigade, by Alwyn Barr. C/o Joy Gough

Texas Boys in Gray, by Evault Boswell. C/o Joy Gough

Texas Veterans in the Mexican War: Muster Rolls of Texas Military Unites, by Charles D. Spurlin. Texas State Archives. Collin County units, copy, c/o Joy Gough

 

Newspaper Titles

Allen American, Allen library   

Celina Record, Celina Record

Dallas Morning News, 1973, GLHTA

Dallas Times Herald, 1860. Richardson Library.

McKinney Courier Gazette, 1884. Microfilm. McK   

McKinney Examiner. 20 bound volumes, 1930-1963. POM

McKinney Messenger, 1 roll microfilm. McK.

McKinney Democrat newspaper1884-1890, 1890-1893, 1893-1896, 1896-1898, 1899-1902, 1902-1904, 1904-1906, 1906-1908. Microfilm. GLHTA

Newspaper Obituaries, Collin County, Texas (McKinney papers) 1884-1960, compiled from the McKinney Courier-Gazette and the Democrat newspapers. Ongoing project of McKinney library. AFP. GLHTA; McK

Weekly Democrat Gazette, 1889. Microfilm. McK   

Weekly Democrat Gazette, 1889-1908. GLHTA   

Weekly Democrat Gazette, 1908-1909, 1909-1910. Microform. GLHTA   

Plano Star Courier, 1904-present. GLHTA

Plano Star Courier, 1912-1918, miscellaneous information [Texana]. GLHTA

Plano Post, 1969-1972. Microform. GLHTA

History of the Plano Star Courier 1873-1973. GLHTA

Index to Selected Issues of the Plano Star Courier, 1904-1910; 1911-1917, by Ned L. Hoover, comp. Two vols. AFP. GLHTA

Wylie News. Wylie.

 

Organization Titles

McKinney Lions Club. McK   

Owl Club, 1963. GLHTA; McK

One Hundred Years of the Owl Club. POM

Rotary Club, 1919-1969. McK

Collin County Genealogical Society Newsletter. McK, GLHTA

Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries Newsletter. GLHTA

 

Organization Historical Marker Titles

Empire Masonic Lodge. Nevada. (Written, not applied for.)

Lee Masonic Lodge. Prosper.

Plano Masonic Lodge. (Written, not granted.)

 

Peters Colony Titles

The Peters Colony of Texas, by Seymour Connor, 1965. GLHTA

The Peters Colonists, their Descendants and Others (who settled in north Texas), by Louise Meyers Young. GLHTA; McK

 

School Titles

A Century of Excellence: Plano Independent School District, by Sherrie S. McLeRoy. GLHTA

Collin County School Districts compiled by Teachers� Association. POM

Collin County School Superintendent Records, 1896-1920. POM

The One Room School in Collin County, Texas, by Heather Brown, 1999. AFP. GLHTA

 

School Historical Markers        

Alla

Anna

Fanny Finch Elementary

Lovejoy

Melissa

Plano (written)

 
Special Printings Titles

Collin County Courthouse Cookbook, 1986. GLHTA    

Historical Calendars, Farmersville 3 yrs; Frisco 2 yrs; Collin County 3 yrs; Celina, 1 yr.

Heritage Guild Cookbook. Heritage Guild Cookbook, McKinney Heritage Guild, availability unknown.

Samplings from Our Heritage. Farmersville Historical Society cookbook.                                                     

 

Transportation Titles             

Early Collin County Roads: Their Routes and Builders,  by Joy Gough. AFP. GLHTA

Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow, A History of Railroads and Interurbans in Collin County, by Joy Gough. AFP. GLHTA

Texas Electric Railway, by Johnnie J. Myers. GLHTA

 

Texana Collection Titles

Photographs of Plano Area, donated by Frances Wells. GLHTA

Photographs from the Plano Star Courier. GLHTA

Mathews-White Department Store. GLHTA   

History of Plano. GLHTA

Information on Plano, Texas [Texana]

Architectural Heritage of McKinney, Owl Club. GLHTA   

City of Plano Reports

Peters Colony, by Seymour Connor. GLHTA

One Room School in Collin County, TExas

Sixty Years in Texas, by George Jackson

Elm Fork Settlements. GLHTA   

Frisco, the First 100 Years. GLHTA

Know Your City, The Plano Story. GLHTA   

History of Frisco. GLHTA

History of Plano. GLHTA

Plano, An Historic Walking Tour. GLHTA

Soil Survey of Collin County, 1930, and 1969. GLHTA

Best High Schools in the County. GLHTA

History of the Haggard family in England and America 1433-1899 to 1938, Jennie Haggard. Dallas: Regional Press, 1938 (See related lines to this historic family). [Pedigree and descendants of Gladys Bishop Harrington] GLHTA

Family Names. 3 vols. Of well several known families. GLHTA

Families of Lizzie Matthews Carpenter. GLHTA

Mrs. Lizzie CarpenterDiary. GLHTA

Walter B. Wilson papers. 1894-1941. Microfilm. 35 rolls. GLHTA

Plano, Texas Places of Interesting Homes, Buildings, Churches, Cemeteries. GLHTA

Collin County 1930 Soil Conservation Map. (28 x 28 fold out)

Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church 1935-1985. GLHTA

Rebeckah Banes Johson: A Family Album. GLHTA

Pointestre-Poindexter, A Norman Family. GLHTA

The Story of the Huguleys of Plano Texas, by Carlton C. Allen and Barbara S. Allen.  Texana. GLHTA

Collin County records and information. Texana. GLHTA

Collin County Texas Commissioners Court, January 1929 [Texana pictures]. GLHTA

Docket of the Mayor of the town of Plano, Texas, 1881, 1884, 1888, 1902-1910 [not complete dates]. GLHTA

Histories and Information on Plano and surrounding area including the Texas Electric Railway System [Texana]. GLHTA

Men and women in the armed forces from Collin County: McKinney, Texas [Texana]. GLHTA

Newspaper articles by date.

Plano; an illustrated chronicle. GLHTA

Texana Box of Miscellaneous Newspapers, Reports, Programs. Texana. GLHTA

 

Vertical Files Surname Folders

ABERNATHY FAMILY

BALDRIDGE FAMILY

ABRAHAM ALLEN FAMILY

F. M. ARMSTRONG FAMILY

JESS ATKINSON FAMILY

SANFORD BECK FAMILY

BEVERLY FAMILY

BRADLEY FAMILY

BULLOCK FAMILY

BURNS FAMILY

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