I was more than pleasantly surprised to learn that all of the Travis County Surveyor's Records have been scanned and are available on line. These are the complete set of books that resided in the offices of the Travis County Surveyor before the elective office was abolished.
While most of these were also filed in the Texas GLO, a good number were not and some are referenced in the field notes on which patent issued. So they are the missing pieces. The whole collection is also extremely interesting in that it provides an overview of the work of a specific Deputy over time that the GLO data base doesn't provide.
Here's the link to the University of North Texas site that is hosting them under the Portal to Texas History:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=travis+county+surveyor&t=fulltext&sort=&fq=#result-15
Kent McMillan, post: 440752, member: 3 wrote: I was more than pleasantly surprised to learn that all of the Travis County Surveyor's Records have been scanned and are available on line. These are the complete set of books that resided in the offices of the Travis County Surveyor before the elective office was abolished.
Here's the link to the University of North Texas site that is hosting them:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=travis+county+surveyor&t=fulltext&sort=&fq=#result-15
yeah, i stumbled on the UNT archives a few weeks back for some entirely different reason. (there's an astounding collection of historical photos on there as well. found my kids' elementary school while it was under construction in the 50s. and the composition of various stretches of congress at different times...)