Medina County TXGenWeb

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Medina County, Texas was created from Bexar County and organized on August 7, 1848. Most of the earliest settlers were brought to Medina County by Henry Castro. He arranged for 27 ships to bring 2134 colonists from 16 countries between 1842 and 1847. The largest groups of immigrants were from Alsace and from Germany. The early settlements were Castroville founded in 1844, Quihi in 1845, Vandenburg in 1846, New Fountain in 1846 and D'Hanis in 1848. The original county seat was Castroville, but it was moved to Hondo in 1892.

(Medina County courthouse in Hondo before 1938. Photo courtesy of John Avant)

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records
Quihi 1852-1902
Scanned from what appears to be a carbon copy of Richard & Martha Balzen's 1976 text.

Naturalization Records (Compiled by the WPA)
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Early Immigrants (1842-1860)
543 families from Alsace, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, France (ex Alsace), Germany and Switzerland (includes Castro colonists) updated Jun 2008

Ships & Passenger Lists
Chronological list of ships carrying early immigrants to Medina County, TX, including those arranged by Henry Castro with links to transcriptions & copies of the original passenger list where available (printing a copy of a scanned original page for your personal use is permitted.) updated May 2006

Castro Colonist's Land Grants
Includes links to scanned copies of the Texas Government Land Office files containing original certificates for Castro Colony Land Grants Mar 2008

Medina County Message Board
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Texas Union Soldier Schedule
(Census of Union soldiers living in Medina County in 1890)

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