History & Genealogy For the Active Researcher   

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                                              SUPPORTING HAGGARD LIBRARY, 
 
                                               THE LARGEST GENEALOGY COLLECTION IN Collin COUNTY

                                                   certified under Section 501[c] [3] corporation of the Internal Revenue Code.

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 Haggard Library.

Includes:

All Collin County titles in the collection of Haggard Library, the county�s largest genealogy 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

Gladys Harrington Library                                    GHL

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. GHL; McK

Collin County Cemetery Inscriptions, v. 1 and 2, by Pitts, O�Roark, Posey. Out of print.  GHL; 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. GHL

Other County Cemetery Inscriptions

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

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

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

Specific

The Coffman Cemetery. POM.

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

Frankford Cemetery, January 1989, directory. GHL

Highland Cemetery. McK

Murphy Cemetery: Decatur-Maxwell-Murphy. GHL

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

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

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

Plano Mutual Cemetery. GHL

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

Routh Cemetery Legacy, Harold Huber. GHL

Scott Cemetery. McK

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

Walnut Grove Cemetery. McK

Young Cemetery, by Joy Gough. GHL

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. GHL

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. GHL; 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. GHL

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

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

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

1867-1869 Veterans Census, NARA microfilm. GHL

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

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. GHL

 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. GHL

First United Methodist Church of Farmersville. GHL   

McKinney Church Titles

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

A Glance Back: 150^th 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. GHL

Plano Church Titles             

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

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. GHL

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

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

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. GHL

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

Wylie Church Titles

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

 

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. GHL

Anna, City of

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

Celina, City of

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

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. GHL

Frisco, City of

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

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

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. GHL

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. GHL

Plano City Directories. From 1973. GHL

Plano: An Illustrated Chronicle, by Vicki Northcutt. GHL

Plano Magazine

Histories and Information on Plano and Surrounding Area. GHL

Princeton, City of

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

Princeton, Texas 1881-2000. GHL

Prosper, City of

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

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). GHL

Wylie, City of

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

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

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

Community Texas Historical Markers                     

Allen                                

Buckner                           

Farmersville                          

McKinney

Rock Hill

County Record Titles

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

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

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

Texas Birth Indexes 1903-1976. Microfilm. GHL

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

1867-1869 Texas Voter Registration. Microfilm. GHL

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

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

Records and Bonds. Book A. GHL: McK

Abstract Book A: records and bonds. GHL

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

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

Civil Minutes Titles

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

Deed Titles

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

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

Collin County Texas Land Titles, by Frances Ingmire. GHL

Probate Titles

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

Tax (County) Titles

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

County Historical Marker Titles

Historic Markers of Collin County, 1986. GHL

Historic Markers of Collin County, 1993. GHL

Historic Markers of Collin County, 1997. GHL

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. GHL

Directory Titles

Plano Telephone Books, various years. GHL

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

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

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

Farmersville Telephone Directory, 1977. GHL

McKinney Telephone Directory, 1998-1999. GHL

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

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. GHL

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. GHL

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. GHL

Adamson Book and Related Families. GHL

Boggy Rangers (The Robbins Family). GHL

Bickley Book. GHL

Bush Family. GHL, McK

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

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

Diaries of Lizzie Matthews Carpenter. GHL

Descendants of Salathial Coffee. McK 

Samuel Combest and His Descendants. McK

Diary of Bert Nichols, 1895. GHL

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

Robert Graves, Ancestors and Descendants. GHL 

The Hays Family Tree. GHL

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

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

Hunter Family of Collin County, Texas and related lines.

Little Jimmy, by James Toler. GHL    

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

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

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. GHL

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

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

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. GHL

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

The Stimson Family. McK

My Remembers, by Eddie Stimpson. AFP. GHL

The L. B. Toler Family. GHL

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. GHL

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

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. GHL

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

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

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

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

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. GHL; McK

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

Collin County Historical Calendar. McK

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

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

Collin Chronicles [periodical] 1981- . GHL

Tenant Farming in Collin County, 1890-1920. GHL

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.     GHL; McK

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

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. GHL

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

Map Drawer, Texas

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

Map of Collin County. 1892,1994. GHL

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

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

1932-1942 Abstract Maps of City of Plano GHL

General Highway Map, Collin County, Texas. GHL

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

Addison Quadrangle: Texas. GHL

Frisco Quadrangle: Texas. GHL

Garland quadrangle: Texas. GHL

Hebron Quadrangle: Texas. GHL

Lavon Quadrangle: Texas. GHL

Plano Quadrangle: Texas�Collin County. GHL

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

McKinney East Quadrangle: Texas. GHL

McKinney West Quadrangle: Texas. 1960, 1973. GHL

Rockwall Quadrangle: Texas. GHL

Collin County Voting Precincts. Map, 1996. GHL

Marriage Titles

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

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

Collin County Marriages, 1846 - 1888, by Alice Pitts, O/p. GHL; McK

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

Marriage Book 4, Collin County 1876-1880. McK

Military Titles

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

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

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]. GHL

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, GHL

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. GHL

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. GHL; McK

Weekly Democrat Gazette, 1889. Microfilm. McK   

Weekly Democrat Gazette, 1889-1908. GHL   

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

Plano Star Courier, 1904-present. GHL

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

Plano Post, 1969-1972. Microform. GHL

History of the Plano Star Courier 1873-1973. GHL

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

Wylie News. Wylie.

Organization Titles

McKinney Lions Club. McK   

Owl Club, 1963. GHL; McK

One Hundred Years of the Owl Club. POM

Rotary Club, 1919-1969. McK

Collin County Genealogical Society Newsletter

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. GHL

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

School Titles

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

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. GHL

School Historical Markers        

Alla

Anna

Fanny Finch Elementary

Lovejoy

Melissa

Plano (written)

Special Printings Titles

Collin County Courthouse Cookbook, 1986. GHL    

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 Road: Their Routes and Builders,  by Joy Gough. AFP. GHL

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

Texas Electric Railway, by Johnnie J. Myers. GHL

Texana Collection Titles

Photographs of Plano Area, donated by Frances Wells. GHL

Photographs from the Plano Star Courier. GHL

Mathews-White Department Store. GHL   

History of Plano. GHL

Information on Plano, Texas [Texana]

Architectural Heritage of McKinney, Owl Club. GHL   

City of Plano Reports

Peters Colony, by Seymour Connor. GHL

One Room School in Collin County, TExas

Sixty Years in Texas, by George Jackson

Elm Fork Settlements. GHL   

Frisco, the First 100 Years. GHL

Know Your City, The Plano Story. GHL   

History of Frisco. GHL

History of Plano. GHL

Plano, An Historic Walking Tour. GHL

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

Best High Schools in the County. GHL

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] GHL

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

Families of Lizzie Matthews Carpenter. GHL

Mrs. Lizzie CarpenterDiary. GHL

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

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

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

Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church 1935-1985. GHL

Rebeckah Banes Johson: A Family Album. GHL

Pointestre-Poindexter, A Norman Family. GHL

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

Collin County records and information. Texana. GHL

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

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

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

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

Newspaper articles by date.

Plano; an illustrated chronicle. GHL

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

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

CARPENTER FAMILY

COOK FAMILY

COPE FAMILY

HIZEKIAH COLWELL FAMILY

ERNEST DRAIN FAMILY

HENRY DYE FAMILY

EVANS FAMILY

FIELD FAMILY

FOTTE FAMILY

FUQUA FAMILY

HAGGARD FAMILY

HANNA FAMILY

HARBIN FAMILY

HARRINGTON FAMILY

HEARD FAMILY

HEDGECOAX FAMILY

WAYNE HENDRICK FAMILY

HILL FAMILY

HILLIARD FAMILY

HOLDER FAMILY

HUFFMAN FAMILY

KERR FAMILY

KLEPPER FAMILY

LAWSON FAMILY

LOVELADY FAMILY

McKINNEY FAMILY

MAXWELL FAMILY

HART-MOSS FAMILY

MUGG FAMILY

O�DELL FAMILY

PRICE FAMILY

REEDY FAMILY

ROGERS FAMILY

RUTH FAMILY

SCHELL FAMILY

SCHEMELPFENIG FAMILY

SCOTT FAMILY

SHEPARD FAMILY

SHELTON FAMILY

SKAGGS FAMILY

SPAIN FAMILY

SPROLES FAMILY

SPURGIN FAMILY

STAMBAUGH FAMILY

STIBBENS FAMILY

THROCKMORTON FAMILY

VANCE FAMILY

VINES FAMILY

WEATHERFORD FAMILY

WELLS FAMILY

WHISNANT FAMILY

WHITE FAMILY

WHITSETT FAMILY

WILLIAMS FAMILY

WILSON FAMILY

WOODRUFF FAMILY

REFERENCE BOOKS

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