Information about Karnes County from Wikipedia

Maps

• Tiger Map

Neighboring Counties

Cities

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Books (we do not guarantee any transactions)

• El Fuerte del Cibolo: Sentinel of the Bexar-La Bahia Ranches
• Declaration records, naturalization records, and index to naturalization, 1887-1929
• Probate records, 1865-1907; index to probate records, 1875-1934
• Minutes of the county court, 1876-1901
• Minutes of the district court, 1858-1910
• The Taylor ancestry: of Bill R. Linder of Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas
• Deed records, 1855-1889; index, 1865-1901
• Karnes County, Texas, marriage records, 1867-1894
• Marriage records, 1865-1910
• The Murphree ancestry of Bill R. Linder of Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas
• Final record, 1854-1870
• A history of Karnes County and old Helena
• Karnes County centennial, Karnes City, Texas, May 5-9, 1954
• Archaeological Investigations at a Spanish Colonial Site

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What's New

2008

• 06/10/08 - Added a link to Tombstones Lost & Found
• 04/01/08 - Added a new page to the site for Historical Documents that I have been collecting.
• 03/21/08 - Moved to a new website... KarnesTX.com! Yeehaw!

2007

• 11/11/07 - Added a page about the history of some of the buildings and places in Karnes County
• 11/09/07 - Uploaded photo of the Kenedy Internment Camp from 1942
• 10/06/07 - Posted links to two videos taken of the USS Karnes from 1945
• 07/03/07 - Posted small note about Karnes County in Clason's Guide Map of Texas (1910-1919)
• 05/07/07 - Added 2 THSA articles about the Kenedy Interment Camp during World War II.
• 04/17/07 - Added incomplete death certificate listings for 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1921, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1945 and 1946
• 03/19/07 - Added postcard image of the Dean Motel & Restaurant in Kenedy, Texas
• 03/18/07 - Added page about the history of Karnes County including photos of Helena
• 03/17/07 - Posted information about Karnes County men who joined Rip Ford's Cavalry of the West
• 03/06/07 - Posted short article about Gregorio Cortez
• 03/06/07 - Added a page on the courthouse
• 02/24/07 - Added copy of a lease pool certificate to Mrs. Isabel Dillman
• 02/23/07 - Added 3 postcards from Kenedy, TX: Blue Bonnet Motel, Uncle Chuck's Karnes County Smokehouse and Barth's Restaurant
• 02/03/07 - Posted a bunch of links and photos about Panna Maria
• 01/20/07 - Added postcard for Polak's Sawsage Farm
• 01/16/07 - Added link to National Register of Historic Places

2006

• 6/3/06 - Added Asher and Loma Alta Hispanic cemetery links to the website.
• 4/3/06 - I have just returned from the TXGenWeb conference and learned some great new information that I will be placing on the website!
• 1/16/06 - Added a link to a Nationwide Gravesite Locator for Veterans

2005

• 10/28/05 - Photos were added for Choate and Kenedy Cemeteries.
• 10/2/05 - Added a listing of 1890 Union Soldiers from Karnes County.
• 07/15/05 - A dded a link to the Social Security Death Index.
• 01/30/05 - Added a link to Future Genealogical Events in Texas.

2004

• 11/26/04 - Fixed the Archive Search Engine with new code. It should work now.
• 6/1/04 - Posted photos for the Ses Qui Fest
• 5/26/04 - Added Churches section and three broad links
• 4/24/04 - Posted photos for The Countywide's coverage of the Sesquicentennial Birthday Celebration and the Bluebonnet Days Parade.
• 1/20/04 - Added search engine for Civil War veterans.

2003

• 11/6/03 - Added a search engine for Vital Records at the archives.
• 10/27/03 - Received a list of helpful Passenger List links from Nancy and added to the records section
• 10/16/03 - Added a link to Texas Hostpitals. Found a bunch of news and photos links and added them.
• 10/1/03 - Fixed a few broken links.
• 9/29/03 - Created a section called "In the News" for the main page.
• 9/19/03 - Added a link to the land records database
• 8/12/03 - Added a link to the Rootsweb death records database
• 7/25/03 - Added a link to Census Tools.
• 7/20/03 - Karnes County made it through Hurricane Claudette okay.
• 6/9/03 - Added a link to Paddock's Biographical Record on the Help page.
• 4/16/03 - Added the Archival Search feature to the footer of the page to allow users to search the archives from any page in Karnes County.
• 4/4/03 - Check out the Karnes County Community page for annual events.
• 4/3/03 - We have a brand new look to the site; one that I hope will be easier to follow and kinder on the eyes.