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A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia.
Adiel
Sherwood. Softcover, (1837), repr. 2005, Maps, 352 pp.
The
table of contents attests to the enormous amount of information
gathered by the author in research for the writing of this book.
A small sampling of the topics include academies, appropriations
and receipts, banks, religious groups, biographical sketches,
census statistics of 1830, customs
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Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia
1607-1624/5. Fourth Edition. Volume One, Families A-F.
John Frederick Dorman, editor, Hardcover, 2004, New, Fourth
Edition, Index, 1,278 pp.
This is the fourth edition of the most celebrated compendium of
family histories in the entire field of Virginia genealogy.
Prepared under the auspices of the Order of First Families of
Virginia, 1607-1624/5 in anticipation of the 400th anniversary
of the founding of Jamestown, and edited by the foremost
authority on Virginia genealogy, John Frederick Dorman, this new
edition extends the lines of descent of the founding families of
Virginia from four generations to six.... |
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Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia
1607-1624/5. Fourth Edition. Volume Two, Families G-P.
John Frederick Dorman . 2005, cloth, Index, 1,111 pp.
This is the second of three volumes that will eventually
comprise the fourth edition of the landmark Adventurers of
Purse and Person, the most widely respected of all “first
families” studies and the actual starting point of American
genealogy (see Volume One above for families A-F). Individuals
ranging from G–P (Gaither to Purifoy) identified in the work
must have been resident in Virginia during the period
1607–1624/25 or… |
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The Germans in Colonial Times.
Lucy Forney Bittinger. Index, originally
published in 1901 and reprinted here 2005, 314 pp.
The Germans are the largest ethnic group in the United States
after the English, numerically exceeding even the Irish and
Scots. The major role they played in the founding of this nation
has not been told often enough. This excellent text makes.... |
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"First Census" of Kentucky 1790.
Charles B.
Heinemann. Paperback, (1940), repr. 2005, New, 118pp.
The first two federal
censuses of Kentucky no longer exist; therefore, this 'first
census' of 1790 was developed from tax lists rather than .... |
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"Second Census" of Kentucky 1800.
Glenn G. Clift. Paperback, (1954), repr.
2005, New, 333 pp. This 'second
census' of Kentucky is an alphabetical list of 32,000 taxpayers
and is based on original tax lists on file in the Kentucky
Historical Society. Information given includes the county of
residence and .... |
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Marylanders to Kentucky 1775-1825.
Henry C. Peden, Jr. Softcover, (1991), repr. 2005, New, Index,
208 pp.
Compiled from pensions, land records, newspapers, marriage
records, etc. Approx. 900 surnames covered. Marylanders played
an important role in the settlements of Kentucky during its
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The Probate Records of Lincoln County,
Maine 1760-1800. William D.
Patterson. Softcover, originally published in 1895 and reprinted
here in 2004, as new, Index, 368 + 53 (index) pp.
Lincoln County's probate records, which commence November 1760,
are displayed here to the year 1800. While the wills speak
for themselves, they invariably give the name of the testator
and .... |
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Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky.
Anderson Chenault Quisenberry. Softcover, (1896), repr.
2005, New, Index, xix, 206 pp. In no state in the Union, perhaps, are there so
many descendants of Revolutionary soldiers, in proportion to
population, as in Kentucky. Nearly all of the original male
settlers of the State saw service in the Revolutionary War.
Contains a Roll of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers,
and.... |
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Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern
Kentucky and Their Descendants. William C. Kozee.
Hardbound, (1961). repr. 2005, New, Index, 886 pp. This
massive compilation contains genealogies of the early families
of eastern and southeastern Kentucky, the section originally
encompassing the counties of Floyd, Knox, Greenup, and Clay. The
genealogies refer to approximately 12,000 individuals, many of
them worked through seven generations. The main families, a
number of them of Scotch-Irish descent, are listed
alphabetically starting with the progenitor of the Kentucky
line and continue chronologically... |
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Free African Americans of North Carolina,
Virginia, and South Carolina. From the Colonial Period to About
1820. Fifth Edition. 2 Vols.
Paul Heinegg. Softcover, (2001), repr.
2005, New, Index, 2 Volumes, xiv + 1,355 pp. The brand new
Fifth Edition is Heinegg's most ambitious effort yet to
reconstruct the history of the free African-American communities
of Virginia and the Carolinas by looking at the history of their
families.... |
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History of Kent County, Maryland:
1630-1916. Fred G. Usilton. Soft Cover, (1911), repr.
2005, New All-Name Index, 296 pages. This history contains
data from 1630-1916 concerning Kent County and its county town,
Chestertown.
Lists of county and town officials, as well as soldiers are
included. Other important people discussed are Claiborne, Tilghman, Parker, Reed, Knight, Pearce, Vickers, Usilton, Wroth,
and many others. Fascinating photographs, illustrations, and a
map provide readers with a special view of early Kent County. A
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