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This compendium of newspaper articles, taken from three local Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, newspapers (The Washingtonian, The Mirror, and The Loudoun Telephone), offers a different sort of look at this period in our nation¿s history. Major news is covered, but more importantly, one gets a feel for the culture of the times through a description of the local happenings, opinion, humor and advertisements of those years. This first-generation material is copied directly from the microfilm but is cleaned up for easy reading. The articles move in a rough chronological manner. The ads are all from the decade of the 1880's but they do not necessarily accompany the news items on the same page. The period itself was a rather benign one in our nation's history - twenty years after the great Civil War and over a decade before the next conflict. The so-called "gilded age" in this community it was not. The selected articles encompass the local as well as the national, the mundane as well as the significant, the humorous as well as the somber, the little guy as well as the important person. This approach offers the reader a feel for the era as well as a simple knowledge of the incidents

In this volume the author has abstracted the essentials of the information contained in the deed books of the period 1770 to 1782. The records for the most part pertain to land transactions, bills of sale (frequently slaves), bonds, reports on the value or loss of value of land relating to proposed roads and mills, and deeds of gifts. The polls listing the eligible voters in 1771 and 1774 are also contained here, giving us a virtual census of the freeholders. Especially helpful to genealogists are the relationships revealed in these records. Often the names of wives, children and other relationships are shown. A glossary and an index to full-names and places add to the value of this work.

Every effort has been made to identify the persons interred in this ancient burial ground, which contains stones dated as early as 1765. Burials include many of the early natives of the Cedar Grove section of Caldwell Township as well as many inhabitants of the Little Falls area of Passaic County and veterans of the American Revolution. This work begins with a brief history of Cedar Grove Cemetery. The names are listed alphabetically and are supplemented with facts found in documented sources (state archives, church records, funeral home records, etc.) including occupations, military service, marriage, children and extensive census information.

Captain Samuel Winkley, mariner, was the earliest Winkley ancestor to settle in New England. Previous researchers have stated that this man came from Lancashire, England, but have offered no proof. The author has found the 1660 baptism of Samuel Winkley and additional evidence to confirm that Samuel Winkley definitely came from Devon, England. In fact, the name of Winkley in Devon can be traced back as early as 1219. Part One of this work covers the Winkley family in England, 1543 to 1700, and includes information on the related Clarke and Headon families. Appendices include transcripts from parish registers and churchwardens' accounts, as well as county and other records. Part Two of this work covers the Winkley family in New England, 1680 to 1900, for a total of eight generations. A list of unknown Winkley names is included, and appendices provide wills and probate records, and war service records. An index of Winkleys and an index of other names round out this work.

With over 1,500 Kentuckian surnames referenced in this major new work. Mr. Hehir provides in one source a comprehensive listing of all printed Kentuckian genealogies and family histories that have made their way into major library collections across the United States. The author researched library listings and catalogs covering many genealogical libraries including the Library of Congress, the National Genealogical Society Library and the Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution along with historical association libraries from Massachusetts to California. Many of the books deal with multiple families some with non-Kentucky roots. Arranged for ease of use the entries are presented alphabetically according to surname with a cross index to family and secondary names to help researchers find surnames that would otherwise remain buried with the text. No genealogist working with Kentuckian families should be without this time-saving volume on his or her bookshelf.

This fascinating account opens in 1603 with the arrival of explorer Champlain who named Cape Negro and later established Port Royal in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada. The book outlines where the original settlers lived and discusses the development

This work includes three alphabetically arranged lists and a petition for a road. The first list provides the names of persons that reported stray livestock on their property (1765-1775). The following two lists give the names of persons for which rent wa

The title says it all! This extensive volume of transcriptions offers a collection of the names of the emigrant ancestors of many thousands of American families. In the ample introduction, Mr. Hotten states his "object is simply and briefly to point out s

Lisa & Scott - editor Michael Griske's latest work - vividly describes the peaks and valleys of two senior citizens' romantic relationship through text messages which they exchanged. This couple hopes that others will be inspired to overcome the pitfalls which love alone can't always conquer by reliving their story in the pages of this book. Mr. Griske and Catherine Mayrides, both of whom are keenly aware of all the obstacles Lisa and Scott faced, have supplemented their words in this publication with narratives and poems which provide additional insights as to how this wonderful union was able to survive and thrive in a world where breakups are all too common. Also available from Heritage Books is Mr. Griske's book, The Diaries of John Hunton, the true saga of our nation's frontier era as recorded by a Wyoming pioneer and his good friend, Michael's grandfather - a must read for Old West enthusiasts.

County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopsis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include appointments of local officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes, appointments of guardians for minors, apprenticeships of minors authorized by overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and the register of free Negroes.This volume contains entries from Northumberland County Order Book 1678-1698 beginning on page 183 and ending on page 337 for Courts held June 20, 1683 through April 7, 1686.

York County was formed in 1785 as a county of Camden District. York obtained its own court of ordinary (or probate court) in 1787. The wills abstracted in this work are found in the following York County will books: A (1787-1799, LDS microfilm renumbered YK 72 at the South Carolina Archives), Will Book A-1 (1800-1813, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1695), Records Book D (1814-1820, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1690), Will Book or Estates Records Book G (1819-1837, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1691), Estates Records Book 2 (1837-1840, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1694) and Will Book 3 (1840-1862, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1695). When necessary, the original wills in the estate packets have been consulted. A few wills which were not recorded in the will books are included. Chapters include: Will Book A, 1787-1799; Will Book A-1, 1800-1813; Estates Records Book D, 1814-1820; Will Book or Estates Records Book G, 1819-1837; Estates Records Book 2, 1837-1840; and, Will Book 3, 1840-1862; followed by: Testator Index, Personal Name Index, Slave Index, and Place Index.

Learn more about your ancestors from these deed book entries recorded between February 1835 and March 1840. When a property transaction was finalized, the legal documents were returned to court and ordered to be recorded in the deed book. Sometimes the tr

This well-written, well-documented historical narrative offers a "comprehensive and scholarly treatment of the beginnings of Chicago and its place in the evolution of the old northwest." It tells the "story of early Chicago, concluding at the point where the life of the modern city begins." Chapters include: The Chicago Portage, Chicago in the Seventeenth Century, The Fox Wars: A Half-Century of Conflict, Chicago in the Revolution, The Flight for the Northwest, The Founding of Fort Dearborn, Nine Years of Garrison Life, The Indian Utopia, The Outbreak of War, The Battle and Defeat, The Fate of the Survivors, The New Fort Dearborn, The Indian Trade, War and the Plague, and The Vanishing of the Red Man. Appendices include: Journal of Lieutenant James Strode Swearingen, Sources of Information for the Fort Dearborn Massacre, Nathan Heald's Journal, Captain Heald's Official Report of the Evacuation of Fort Dearborn, Darius Heald's Narrative of the Chicago Massacre (as Told to Lyman C. Draper in 1868), Lieutenant Helm's Account of the Massacre, Letter of Judge Augustus B. Woodward to Colonel Proctor concerning the Survivors of the Chicago Massacre, Muster-Roll of Captain Nathan Heald's Company of Infantry at Fort Dearborn, and, The Fated Company: A Discussion of the Name and Fate of the Whites Involved in the Fort Dearborn Massacre. A bibliography and an index to full-names, places and subjects complete this work.

"Many of the sketches contained in this book were originally published in the Indianapolis Journal. These, and such as have been given the public in other papers, have been carefully revised and rewritten. ... The dead Governors of Indiana 'both Territorial and State' are sketched, and monographs of other distinguished men are given. The book contains other papers, of a historical character... The information contained in this book, which necessarily develops much of the early political history of the State, was obtained from various sources, and can not elsewhere be found without great research and labor." Sketches include: William Henry Harrison, John Gibson, Thomas Posey, Jonathan Jennings, Ratliff Boon, William Hendricks, James Brown Ray, Noah Noble, David Wallace, Samuel Bigger, James Whitcomb, Joseph A. Wright, Ashbel P. Willard, Abram A. Hammond, Henry S. Lane, Oliver P. Morton, James D. Williams, Christopher Harrison, Milton Stapp, David Hillis, James Noble, John Tipton, Oliver H. Smith, Albert S. White, Edward A. Hannegan, Jesse D. Bright, John W. Davis, George G. Dunn, William W. Wick, Tilghman A. Howard, James H. Cravens, Andrew Kennedy, Robert Dale Owen, Thomas Smith, John L. Robinson, Cyrus L. Dunham, John Law, Michael C. Kerr, Isaac Blackford, Stephen C. Stevens, Charles Dewey, Jeremiah Sullivan, A Historical Trio, Benjamin Parke, Thomas Randolph, Williamson Dunn, Abel C. Pepper, Joseph Lane, James Gregory, Joseph G. Marshall, Michael G. Bright, Nicholas McCarty, Calvin Fletcher, William H. Morrison, James S. Athon, Michael C. Garber, John D. Defrees, Free Masonry in Indiana, Madison from 1844 to 1852, and Indiana Press in the Olden Time. Five portraits and a full-name index add to the value of this work.

Among the many forgotten heroes of the American Revolution are the commissaries¿the hundreds of men who worked to supply the fighting men with arms, clothing and food. Consider the difficulties in supplying an army of more than 17,000 men in an era when transportation and communication could only be conducted by horseback or wagon, and preservative techniques were completely unknown. One of the most persevering commissaries in feeding the Continental Army was Ephraim Blaine of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The letterbook which bears his name is a revealing record of the material resources and manpower necessary for supplying the soldiers encamped at Valley Forge and Wilmington, Delaware. The original letterbook contains 315 documents, all of which are included. The majority were actually written by Blaine's assistant, John Chaloner. The preface to the text provides a brief history of the Commissary Department describing its creation and its many internal problems. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

No battle or even minor skirmish took place within Fauquier's borders during the Revolutionary War. In a quiet county, remote from the maelstrom however, the average man could view the great panorama of human conflict and decide for himself the extent of

The Crenshaws of Kentucky are descended from thirty-three Crenshaws (and possibly more) who migrated from Virginia to Kentucky between 1782 and 1820, or in some instances were born in Kentucky during the early part of the nineteenth century. Of these, only the family histories of John Crenshaw and Benjamin Crenshaw, of Barren County, Kentucky, will be covered in detail in this book. The names of all thirty-three Crenshaws are listed and given brief attention in the introduction. The introduction also includes 'Our Line of Crenshaws in Virginia' and 'A Triple Connection Between the Crenshaws and the Pedens.' Chapters include: Descendants of John Crenshaw, Descendants of Benjamin Crenshaw, African-American Crenshaws, Unidentified Crenshaws, and Pearl Crenshaw Peden's Scrapbook. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

Items relating to individuals living in Talbot, Dorchester, Worcester, Somerset, Caroline, Queen Anne's and Kent Counties. Vital records, legal cases, property sales and rentals, lists of letters left at post offices, runaway wives, fugitive slaves, absconding apprentices and amusing stories.

The author spent about eighteen months copying Book 1 of The Marriages of Gloucester County, Virginia, for the years 1853 to 1895. The marriage records give the names and ages of the bride and groom, the occupation of the groom, race and marital status where applicable, the nativity if outside Gloucester County, the names of the parents, and often the maiden name of the mother, the date and the place the ceremony took place and the name of the pastor who performed it. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

This important work contains about twenty early journals, letters, reports, and diaries describing the discovery, exploration, and early settlement of New Netherland by the Dutch, with three maps and a facsimile reprint. It begins with "On Hudson's Voyage, by Emanuel Van Metern, 1610," and ends with the "Report of the Surrender of New Netherland, by Peter Stuyvesant, 1665," thus covering the entire period prior to the bloodless English conquest on 6 September 1664. Although most of the documents presented here were originally written in Dutch, they are given here in English translations made by various experts. Each piece is preceded by a short introductory essay by the editor, and there are numerous explanatory footnotes. This work is cited in the Harvard Guide to American History. The editor of this volume was also the general editor of this series. He was director of historical research at the Carnegie Institution when this volume was published, and later became the head of the manuscripts division at the Library of Congress. Chapters include: On Hudson's Voyage, by Emanuel van Meteren, 1610; 'The Third Voyage of Master Henry Hudson,' by Robert Juet, 1610; From the 'New World,' by Johan de Laet, 1625, 1630, 1633, 1640; From the 'Historisch Verhael,' by Nicolaes van Wassenaer, 1624-1630; Letter of Isaack de Rasieres to Samuel Blommaert, 1628 (?); Letter of Reverend Jonas Micha-lius, 1628; Narrative of a Journey into the Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635; A Short Account of the Mohawk Indians, by Reverend Johannes Megapolensis, Jr., 1644; From the "Korte Historiael ende Journaels Aenteyckeninge," by David Pietersz. de Vries, 1633-1643 (1655); Letter and Narrative of Father Isaac Jogues, 1643, 1645; Novum Belgium, by Father Isaac Jogues, 1646; Journal of New Netherland, 1647; The Representation of New Netherland, 1650; Answer to the Representation of New Netherland, by Cornelis van Tienhoven, 1650; Letter of Johannes Bogaert to Hans Bontemantel, 1655; Letters of the Dutch Ministers to the Classis of Amsterdam, 1655-1664; Description of the Towne of Mannadens, 1661; The Journal of Van Ruyven, Van Cortlant and Lawrence, 1663; Letter of the Town Council of New Amsterdam, 1664; and, Report on the Surrender of New Netherland, by Peter Stuyvesant, 1665. An index to full-names, places and subjects completes this work.

The history of this exceptional Burying Ground dates to its opening in 1767 and includes a Revolutionary fort that was built on the site. The names and dates of the 334 men, women and children buried here from 1767-1870 include twenty-two Revolutionary War Patriots and "prison ship" victims. African-American and Portuguese sailors' graves are segregated. Brief biographies of Colonial settlers, whaling captains, children who died young, and other catalysts of the village's growth bring the past to life. A short biographical sketch of stonecutter, Ithuel Hill, Long Island's first documented stonecutter, precedes a discussion of gravestone types, carvings, and restoration techniques. Changes to the burying ground such as the opening of a new cemetery and the relocation of 111 graves conclude the history. One hundred and fifty epitaphs (including anecdotal and lyrical messages), a map with numbered grave sites, helpful hints on "cleaning stones" and reading inscriptions, numerous photographs and a fullname index are a few of the features that enhance this valuable tool for genealogists and history buffs alike.

These pages contain a wealth of information transcribed from obscure and fragile, original documents housed at the North Carolina State Archives. Every attempt has been made to transcribe the complete collection, including partial or fragmented documents. Papers were listed under the general headings of "Slaves and Free Negroes," "Slaves and Free Persons of Color" and "Miscellaneous Records."Chowan County, named in honor the Chowan Indians, was established in 1670. It was originally a precinct in Albemarle County, and is bound by Albemarle Sound, Chowan River, and Bertie, Hertford, Gates, and Perquimans counties. Part of Tyrell, Hertford and Gates counties were formed from Chowan. Interactions between Blacks and Whites are displayed on both an antagonistic and intimate level, and are dramatically played out through crime and punishment. Criminal cases are filled with intrigue-murder, felonies, trading with slaves and harboring slaves. Records are grouped by category, including: Magistrates Court Records, Civil Actions, Criminal Actions, Gun Permits, Patrol Records, Bills of Sale, Free Persons of Color, Hiring of Slaves, Division of Slaves, and Miscellaneous Records. A table of cases for criminal and civil actions, a full name and subject index, and a glossary of legal terms augment this work. Anyone researching this area will want to add this rich catalog of names to their library. This is the sixth volume in the North Carolina And Free Persons Of Color series.

In the 1930s, Paul Ben Baginsky, a member of the German Department faculty of Brooklyn College, was working on a book then called "The Development of the Notion of America in Germany" when it was stopped by the lack of bibliographic data to work from. It became clear that no more progress could be made without more adequate bibliographical foundations, and that's exactly what Baginsky set out to do. Based on, but not limited to, the extensive holdings of the New York Public Library, this book aims at being a comprehensive bibliography of the German publications dealing with any aspect of America which were published before 1800. This includes not only books, but articles, essays, and book reviews. Each entry is arranged chronologically according to the publication date. These listings are made highly accessible by the addition of extensive and detailed subject, author, and title indexes. A new introduction and a selective bibliography have been added by Dr. Don H. Tolzmann, one of the foremost German-American scholars today. Anyone seeking information on Germans in American history before 1800 should examine this work, not only for topics pertaining to German immigration and settlement, but any possible historical topic, including esoteric subjects, such as forestry, science and medicine. This book is an essential reference for colonial German-American history.

Covers the Palatinate communities along the Rhine River in Germany, their great exodus to the American colonies in the early 1700s, and their settlement in the Carolinas, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. The emphasis is on New York with b

Anyone doing genealogical research on the area covered by this volume will find this book to be full of useful information. The data in this collection was taken from pre-1940 tombstone inscriptions in sixty-four different cemeteries spread across fourteen towns. Every legible tombstone in every known cemetery in the towns is included. Each entry contains some or all of the following information about the deceased: date of birth, date of death, how they died, place of birth, place of death, age at time of death, spouse's name, parents' names, and the names of military organizations and campaigns in which they served. A full-name index makes finding individual names simple. The towns covered in this volume are Blackstone, Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millville, Oxford, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge and Whitinsville in Worcester County and Bellingham and Medway in Norfolk County.

This collection of church records pertains to mainly German families from Maryland and Pennsylvania who made up the Moravian congregation in Graceham, Maryland from 1750 to 1871.(1942), 2019, 5.5" x 8.5", paper, index, 132 pp.

This volume includes the name of the deceased, type of document, dates of signing and probate, heirs, executors, administrators and witnesses. Items in the inventory are generally described, but not in detail. The names of all slaves are included. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work.

This volume includes the name of the deceased, type of document, dates of signing and probate, heirs, executors, administrators and witnesses. Items in the inventory are generally described, but not in detail. The names of all slaves are included. In the early records, land warrants and patents are recorded. Descendancy of the land is frequently given, reciting the heirs and their relationships. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work.

This book contains abstracts of deeds and bonds from Liber 3, covering the period, 1713 to 1729. It provides a handy source of information useful to family historians. The records include not only deeds in the format of leases, releases and gifts, but also bonds, and occasionally quit claims and indentures of apprenticeship. Clues to familial and marital relationships can be found in many of these instruments. Each entry ends with a citation to the original page number. Punctuation has been added in numerous instances for clarity. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work.

This volume contains detailed abstracts of deeds and bonds from Liber 1 (1694-1701) and Liber 2 (1701-1713). It provides a handy source of information useful to family historians. The records include not only deeds in the format of leases and releases, but also bonds, assignments, and occasionally deeds of gift, quit claims, assignments of power of attorney, mortgages, and indentures of apprenticeship. Clues to familial and marital relationships can be found in many of these instruments. Each entry ends with a citation to the original page number. Punctuation has been added in numerous instances for clarity. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work.