Shirley L. Brown, Matagorda County Genealogical Society
member, has created
a cumulative index for the Matagorda County obituary books located
at the Bay City Public Library. The letter or number in the first
column after the name is the volume of the obituary book and if the
Matagorda County cemetery was included, there will be an
abbreviation in the second column (see cemetery list below). If the
second column has OC, that means that the burial was "Out of County"
and will have to be determined by reading the obituary. Most of the
obituaries are from The Daily Tribune and Bay City Tribune,
Bay City; Palacios Beacon, Palacios; and the Victoria
Advocate, Victoria and are photocopies of the actual
image. In some cases, a transcribed version of the obituary was
included when the original was illegible. There are instances when
there is an entry in the cemetery column, but no obituary is
available. Please do not request an obituary for those with only
cemetery listings. This is not an exhaustive index of all known burials in
the county. Please also check the individual cemetery lists on this
site at the link below. The larger county cemeteries, Cedarvale,
Roselawn and Palacios are in this index only if there is an obituary
available or if is a military burial.
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The letter or number in the first column after a name refers to a particular obituary book. Use the index in that book to find the page number for the obituary.
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The 2-letter code in the second column after
the name indicates the cemetery. This is a work in progress;
therefore, if a cemetery is not indicated after a name, please
refer to the obituary. Eventually, codes will be given for every
individual whose burial location in Matagorda County is known.
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| Created Jul. 2, 2017 |
Updated Dec. 27, 2018 |