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URL:https://www.ccgstexas.org/events/ccgs-meeting-november-2025/
SUMMARY:CCGS Meeting November 2025 - Emmie Seele Faust Building at the Soph
 ienburg Archives - 11 Nov 25 19:00
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Klaus from the Texas General Land Office (https://www.glo
 .texas.gov/) will present “Pre-emption and Homestead Grants in Texas”.
  Preemption grants were used by the Republic\, and later the State of Texa
 s in various ways from 1845 to 1856\, and again from 1866 to 1898.  Preem
 ption grants allowed settlers to claim land on the vacant public domain of
  Texas and provided a process by which they could title the land once esta
 blished criteria were met. Many times\, these types of grants are an overl
 ooked treasure trove full of great genealogical information!  In many ins
 tances\, they will tell you when a person settled upon the land\, names of
  the original grantees and possibly their wives or what structures were on
  the land.  You may find unique stories or history in these files such as
  murders\, Indian troubles\, or even an old marriage certificate.   Kevin
  will cover all the aspects of these early grants\, how to search for them
  and what you may find.\n\nKevin Klaus is the team leader of the Archives 
 and Records Program Area Research Room. A native Texan\, born on the Texas
  coast and growing up in the Hill Country\, early on he had an interest in
  Texas history. Beginning in 1990\, he served eight years in the United St
 ates Army. In 1998 honorably discharged from the Army in New Mexico and re
 turned home to Central Texas where he grew up. Kevin has a background in A
 nthropology\, Archaeology\, and Public History from the University of New 
 Mexico. Over the last 24 years he has served as one of the lead researcher
 s in the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records Program Area. Duri
 ng his time at the Land Office\, he has searched the early Court of Claims
  files\, German Collection\, and archival collection to learn more about t
 he history of Texas and discover the amazing collection of personal lette
 rs of early soldiers and pioneers who helped settle our great state.\nVisi
 tors are always welcome!
CATEGORIES:Meeting
LOCATION:Emmie Seele Faust Building at the Sophienburg Archives\, 401 W. Co
 ll St.\, New Braunfels\, TX\, 78130\, United States
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