LOCAL HISTORIES
No books pertaining to Alabama at this time.
Alaska
No books pertaining to Alaska at this time.
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Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans. Vol. 1, Adams through Dyer. Transcribed and Edited by Bobbie J. McLane and Capitola Glazner. 1977. 160 pages, 8.5x11. 44 counties are included so check with me to see if your county is one of them. These are questionnaires which the individual himself completed and have a great deal of personal information. ($12.00)
Arkansas Genealogical Society’s 1992-1993 Resource Directory, compilied by Desmond Walls Allen and Bobbie Jones McLane. Softcover, 68 pages, 10”x12”. Lists material available in libraries, the state archives, historical and genealogical societies, courthouses, and from commercial sources. ($10.00)
Cemeteries of Benton County Arkansas, Vol. II, Fall, 1974. Published by Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society. Soft cover, 113 pages. ($12.00)
Reprint of the Washington County Section of Goodspeed’s Arkansas History. Published in 1889, preprinted 1978, soft cover, 457 pages, index. ($12.00)
Obituaries of Washington County, Arkansas, Vol. I. 1841-1892, compiled by Barbara P. Easley. Published 1996, 470 pages, index, soft cover. Extensive underlining. ($15.00)
British Isles
Catalogue of Directories and Poll Books in the Possession of The Society of Genealogists. Edited by L.W.L. Edwards, 1974, softcover, 60 pps. ($5.00)
Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office, by Jane Cox & Timothy Padfield. 114 pps, soft cover. 1984. The Public Record Office in London houses one of the finest, most complete archives in Europe, comprising the records of central government and law courts from Doomesday Book to the present. ($10.00)
Discovering Your Family Tree, by David Iredale. 62 pps, index, 1977. Soft-cover. Small booklet printed in England discusses various English repositories. ($5.00)
Scottish Roots - A Step-by-step guide for Ancestor-hunters, by Alwyn James. 181 pps, 1982. This book shows you how to tap into the wealth of information and services available to trace your Scottish forebears. ($15.00)
English Genealogy, by Sir Anthony Wagner. 3rd edition, 1983, published in England. 475 ppps, index. Book explains the origins of genealogy and how the subject has developed over the years, rather than providing guidance on the techniques of genealogical research. ($22.00)
Gazetteer of Scotland, Including a Glossary of the Most Common Gaelic and Norse Names. (Place names, not surnames.) 343 p., 8.5'x11", 1937. Book has been rebound. Also includes the Scottish Peerage of the time. ($22.00)
Genealogical Research in England and Wales Vol. II, by David Gardner & Frank Smith. 1959, 425 p., index, some underlining. ($15.00)
Genealogical Research in England and Wales Vol. III, by David Gardner & Frank Smith. 1964, 158 p., index, front cover partially separated from spine. ($15.00)
The Genealogical Value of the Early English Newspapers, by Cregoe D.P. Nicholson. 1934, soft-cover, 20 p., index. Based on a paper read before the Society of Genealogists 1928. Gives in detail some examples of the earliest English newspapers which contained a great deal of information of interest to genealogist. ($10.00) (no postage)
London and Middlesex - A Handlist, compiled by J. M. Sims. 1970, 66p., soft-cover. This list is intended to be a brief guide to the manuscript sources relating to the history of London and Middlesex which have been published. ($10.00)
Saddleback Ancestors – Rancho Families of Orange County, California. Published by Orange County, California Genealogical Society. 1969. Index. Book is designed to acquaint the reader with the families of the Spanish, Mexican, and American immigrants who between 1769 and 1869 established themselves on the ranchos at the foot of the mountain landmark “Old Saddleback” in the geographical area later to become Orange County. The book introduces the main characters by telling of their heritage and the events leading up to their arrival. ($15.00)
Shasta Valley Cemetery District – Evergreen Cemetery – Yreka, Siskiyou County, CA., compiled by Donald L. Meamber, MD. Cemetery began under the direction of the Masons and the Oddfellows in 1878. Cemetery has been planned in 6 sections, each divided into blocks, lots, and spaces. 200 pages. ($12.00)
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Delaware Bible Records – Volume 1, by Donald O. Virdin. Copyright 1991. 117 pages, index. ($12.00)
Delaware Bible Records – Volume 3, by Donald O. Virdin. Copyright 1993. 193 pages, index. ($15.00)
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Germany
Deseret - Genealogisches Mitteilungsblatt. Der Genealogischen Gesellschaft Der Kirche Jesu Christi Der Heiligen Der Letzten Tage. 1956-1960. 75 p. Genealogical information in German. ($10.00)
The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia, Substitutes for Georgia’s Lost 1790 Census, by Marie DeLamar & Elisabeth Rothstein. 235 pages, index, 1989. Compilers endeavored to place as many persons as possible in their county of residence in 1790. Wills, deeds, tax digests, court minutes, voter’s lists, newspapers, etc. were searched to complete the listing. ($15.00)
The Georgia Land Lottery Papers 1805-1914, compiled by Robert S. Davis, Jr. & Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. 323 pages, index, 1979. Genealogical data from the loose papers filed in the Georgia Surveyor General Office concerning the lots won in the State Land Lotteries and the people who won them. ($18.00)
Georgia Bible Records, compiled by Jeannett Holland Austin. 1985, 538 pages, index. Binding loose in front and back. Contains an itemized list of the births, marriages, and deaths found in approximately 1,000 family bibles, including those of some of Georgia’s first settlers and prominent figures. Covers a period from early 1700s to the 1900s. Some 20,000 persons are named. ($28.00)
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume I, compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall. Soft cover, 1996 reprint, originally published 1941. 294 pages. Soldiers are listed alphabetically and were compiled from pension papers, family bible and tombstone records, grants of land, etc. Each short bio includes were subject was born, where enlisted if known, names of wives and children. ($18.00)
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia and Other States, Volume II, compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall. Soft cover, 1996 reprint, originally published 1940. 215 pages, index. A separate and original work from Vol. I. As well as Georgia soldiers the author has included subjects from North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and other states. Each short bio includes places of birth and death, if known. Also included are names of wives and children. ($15.00)
Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution. Containing a List of the State’s Defenders; Officers; Soldiers and Sailors; Partisans and Regular’s; Whether Enlisted from Georgia or Settled in Georgia After the Close of Hostilities, by Lucian Lamar Knight. Compiled from various sources, including official documents, both state and federal, certificates of service, land grants, pension rolls, and other records. Index. 658 pages. Soft cover. ($20.00)
Georgia Genealogical Research, by Geo. K. Schweitzer, Ph.D., Sc.D. 1987, softcover. 238 pages. Gives background on Georgia, types of records, locations of records, research procedures and county listings. ($8.00)
Clarke County, Georgia History and Biographies, Taken from Memoirs of Georgia and Historical Collection of Georgia by George White. 2001 reprint, 34 pages, softcover, index. Short sketches on 28 early settlers. Some underlining. ($8.00)
The History of Christ Church Parish, Macon, Georgia – March 5, 1825-March 5, 1925. Compiled by Oliver J. Hart, Rector. 1974, 300 pages, index. Many lists of and references to parishioners. Photographs. ($20.00)
Oglethorpe County, Georgia Deed Books A – E, 1794-1809, abstracted and indexed by Michal Martin Farmer. 1999, 517 pages, index, some underlining. Deeds were abstracted from microfilm copies obtained from the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History. ($22.00)
Early Georgia Wills and Settlements of Estates – Wilkes County, by Sarah Quinn Smith. Published 1983, 81 pages, index, underlining in some areas. ($10.00)
The Wilkes County Papers 1773-1833, compiled by Robert Scott Davis, Jr. Copyright 1979, 338 pages, index, soft cover. Some underlining, spine is weak. A compilation of the genealogical information found in collections of loose court, estate, land, school, military, marriage and other records of the ceded lands and Wilkes County, Georgia from 1773 to 1833 with a few additional papers from earlier and later periods. ($15.00)
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No books pertaining to Hawaii at this time.
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Illinois" and “Illinois State
Genealogical Society Quarterlies” on main page
A Brief History of Indiana, by Donald F. Carmony. 1961, soft-cover, 63 p. Lists all Governors, U.S. Senators, Indiana Counties with year organized and county seat. ($7.00)
From then til now...History of McCutchanville, by Kenneth P. McCutchen. 1969, 259 p., index, soft cover. Filled with information about individuals and families from earliest times. (2 copies) ($18.00)
1880 History of Vigo County, Indiana, compiled by Judge S. B. Gookins. This is a 1977 reprint in excellent condition. There is no index. 525 pages. Lists biographical sketches on settlers in each township. ($30.00)
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Kansas
No books pertaining to Kansas at this time.
Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission 1779-1780, by the Kentucky Historical Society. 1992 reprint, 331 pages, index, underlining. Book is the official record kept by the clerk of the Commission which heard proof of claims to settlements and pre-emption rights by early settlers in Kentucky. ($15.00)
Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds – A complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds and Wills of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by Willard Rouse Jillson. Originally published in 1926, this is a 1978 reprint. 571 pages. Arranged in alphabetical order under the names of the grantees with the number of acres, dates, locations, and references to the pages in the original records in the Land Office of Frankfort. More than 45,000 entries. ($20.00)
Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and Records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards and Cemeteries, compiled by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams. Originally published in 1929, reprinted 1981. 383 pages, index. Some underlining. ($20.00)
Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865. Compiled by G. Glenn Clift. 1983, 258 pages, index. Considerable underlining. The marriage notices were taken from the Lexington, KY Public Library’s 1787-1865 files of Lexington newspapers. ($12.00)
Index Wayne County, Kentucky Population Census – Heads of Families 1810 –1870, compiled by Andrew J. Crawford. 1976, 138 pages. These are indexes which were extracted from microfilm copied from the original population census schedules. The indexes are by Head of Household; however, for the years 1850 – 1870 Crawford expanded the scope to contain different surnames within a household. ($15.00)
Louisiana
Land Records of the Attakapas District, Volume11, Part 1. Conveyance Records of Attakapas County, 1804-1818. By Glenn R. Conrad. Lists conveyances for Attakapas and St. Martin Parish, 1804-1818, St. Mary Parish conveyances, 1811-1818, index. 480 pages. Large, oversize book will require $4.00 media mail postage instead of the normal $3.00 mailing fee. ($30.00)
Ferriday, Louisiana, by Elaine Dundy. 1991, 244 p., index. Town claims to have produced more famous people per square mile than any other town in the country, including Rev. Jimmy Swaggert, Jerry Lee Lewis, Howard K. Smith. ($20.00)
South Louisiana Records – Lafourche – Terrebonne, Vol. 2 (1900-1902), Special Section (1903), by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. Includes church and civil records. Alphabetized listing. 1983, 496 pages. ($18.00)
Old Montpelier, 1804 – New Montpelier 1904, St. Helena Historical Association, 1993. Softcover, spiral-bound, 10”x12”, 199 pages. Attempts to list all families who lived in this community. Includes cemetery inscriptions, Montpelier Inn Book for 1819-1821 listing 410 names of those who bought supplies, obtained lodging, or paid tolls on the toll road. ($15.00)
Revolutionary Records of Maryland, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh and Margaret Roberts Hodges. 1978 reprint. 56 pages, index, softcover. Reduced print. This small book contains a great deal of valuable information for Maryland researchers, including some unpublished records. Slight underlining. ($8.00)
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1751-1775. Book 3, by F. Edward Wright. 124 pages, soft cover. ($10.00)
Heads of Families – First Census of the United States – 1790 – Maryland. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, S.N.D. North, Director. 3rd printing 1968. 10”x12”, hardcover. 189 pages. Includes index. ($ 15.00)
The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland, A Genealogical and Biographical Review from Wills, Deeds and Church Records, by J. D. Warfield. Originally published in 1905, this is an 1995 reprint. Softcover, 543 pages, index. ($20.00)
Frederick County Maryland Land Records, Liber F Abstracts, 1756-1761, abstracted by Patricia Abelard Anderson. 1995, softcover, 154 pages, index. ($15.00)
The History of Montgomery County, Maryland, From Its Earliest Settlement in 1650 to 1879, by T. H. S. Boyd. Originally published in 1879, this is an 1998 reprint. Softcover, 187 pages, index. Includes early land grants, order of settlement and present (1879) owners, sketches of prominent men, directory of merchants, farmers, tobacco planters, schools and much more. ($15.00)
Prince George’s County Land Records, Vol. A, 1696 – 1702, editor Shirley Langdon Wilcox, C.G. 1976, 97 pages, index. ($10.00)
The Land Records of Prince George’s County, Maryland 1733-1739, abstracted by Elise Greenup Jourdan. Published 1996, 168 pages, index, soft cover, some underlining. ($10.00)
See section for back issues of "Maryland Magazine of Genealogy" and "Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin" on main page
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, S.N.D. North, Director. Reprint 1964. 10’x12”, hardcover. 363 pages. Includes index. ($20.00)
Vital Records of Alford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, Bostom, Mass., 1902. 32 pages, hardback. Condition fair, all pages intact. Includes births, marriages, deaths to 1850 in the town of Alford, which was established in 1773. ($12.00)
Boston Taxpayers in 1821. Edited and Indexed by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach. Picton Press, 1988. 255 pages, index. A comprehensive listing of all Boston taxpayers for the year 1821 first published in 1822 which has been entirely unknown to most researchers ever since. All of the individuals listed were born in 18th century and many were born prior to American Revolution. ($18.00)
Lost Babes – Fornication Abstracts From Court Records, Essex County, Massachusetts 1692 to 1745, by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. 1992, soft cover, 84 pages, index. Contains the actual or implied birth records of over one thousand children born in Essex Co. between 1692 and 1744. Hundreds of unrecorded marriages are revealed. ($10.00)
Vital Records of Lee, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Charge of the Eddy Town- Record Fund. Boston, Mass., 1903. 239 pages, hardback. Condition fair, all pages intact, some stains on cover, pencil writing on end page. Includes births, marriages, deaths to 1850 in the town of Lee, which was established in 1777. ($18.00)
Vital Records of Williamstown, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund. Boston, Mass, 1907. 173 pages, hardback. Condition fair, all pages intact, covers quite stained, pencil writing on end page. Includes births, marriages, deaths to 1850 in the town of Williamstown, which was established in 1765. ($15.00)
Vital Records of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, Boston, Mass, 1907. 115 pages, hardback. Condition fair, all pages intact, pencil writing on end page. Includes births, marriages, deaths to 1850 in the town of West Stockbridge, which was established in 1774. ($15.00)
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No books pertaining to Minnesota at this time.
Mississippi Court Records 1799 – 1835, compiled by J. Estelle Stewart King. 1969 reprint of the 1936 edition with a new appendix, introduction and table of contents. 193 pages, softcover, index. Consists of abstracts of court records of early Mississippi, including wills, marriages, and tax lists, 1799-1835, for the early counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Hinds, Warren, and Yalobusha, along with miscellaneous court records and a list of Revolutionary War soldiers. The added material consists of cemetery inscriptions of Hinds County and of Vicksburg and of Orphans Court records of Copiah County. ($15.00)
Missouri
See section for back issues of "Missouri State Genealogical Association", "The Kansas City Genealogist" and "St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly" on main page
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No books pertaining to Nevada at this time.
New England
See section for back issues of "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" and "Nexus" on main page
History of Landaff, New Hampshire, compiled and written by Stanley P. Currier & Edgar T. Clement. 1966. 164 pages. Includes chapter on the earliest settlers. ($15.00)
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No books pertaining to New Jersey at this time.
New Mexico
No books pertaining to New Mexico at this time.
Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. Bedford Historical Records, Vol. IX, published by the town of Bedford. Descendants of the twenty-two original settlers. 1978. Soft cover. 10x12. 286 pages. ($18.00)
Three Centuries in Champlain Valley, Tercentenary Edition. Published by Saranac Chapter, D.A.R., Plattsburg, NY 1909. A collection of historical facts and incidents.Cover is separating from text. Text is complete. 485 pages. There is an Index of Persons and Organizations, as well as an Index of places and events. This book is a rare find which I discovered in my own research. Emphasis has been placed on the Champlain period and the Revolutionary and Pioneer history. The earliest date I found is 1633. ($30.00)
A History of Deerpark in Orange County, New York, by Peter E. Gumaer. Originally published in 1890, this is a 1994 reprint. Softcover, 220 pages, index. ($10.00)
Historical Notes of Saint James Parish, Hyde Park-on-Hudson, New York 1913. 88p. published 1913. Original church built 1811. Includes bio sketches of Rectors, Wardens, Vestrymen, list of Sunday School Teachers & Students. ($ 15.00)
The Churchyard Records of Goodwill Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, Orange County, NY. 1959. This is a small hardcover book consisting of 36 pages of inscriptions on every legible tombstone in the Churchyard. ($10.00)
Genealogical Gleanings Abstracted from the Early Newspapers of Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, 1823-1833 and 1841-1855. Compiled by Dianne Stenzel. 262 pages, plus approx. 40 page index. Published 1991. ($20.00)
Guide to Historical Resources in Saratoga County, New York Repositories. New York Historical Resources Center. 1983, soft-cover, 82 pps. The New York Historical Resources Center did a state-wide survey of manuscripts and archives collections in repositories in 1978. The goal of the survey was to locate, identify, describe, and report all of the manuscripts and archive materials in NY state repositories. This guide is the result for Saratoga County. ($ 6.00)
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Biographical Record", "Legacy, Herkimer Co., NY", and
"Western New York Genealogical Society, Inc." on main page
Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of it Never Before Published, by C.L. Hunter. Originally published Raleigh 1877, reprinted with and index 1970. Chapters are included on Cabarrus County, Iredell County, Gaston County, Cleaveland County, and Burke County. Softcover, 379 pages. Occasional underlining. ($18.00)
North Carolina Taxpayers 1701-1786, compiled by Clarence E. Ratcliff. 1986, 228 pages. The names of taxpayers are given in a single alphabetical sequence, listing county of residence and date, additional data in some cases. ($15.00)
Anson County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766, Abstracts of Wills and Estates, 1749-1795, by Brent H. Holcomb, reprint 1991. 170 pages, index. Some underlining. Originally published in three separate volumes, the work is now consolidated, repaged, and includes a new index and table of contents. ($15.00)
An Abstraction and Index to Burke County, North Carolina Inventories of Sales of Estates 1832-1838, compiled by Jackie Browning Hedstrom. 1990, softcover, 72 pages plus index. Slight underlining and notes. ($10.00)
History and Genealogies of Old Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1800, by Thomas McAdory Owen. Copyright 1993. 278 pages, index. The author visited Granville Co. in 1895 searching for his own families ancestral data, and in the process decided to prepare a history of the county. The clerk of the court allowed him to glean every historical and genealogical fact from ten old “Minute” and “Record” books prior to 1800. ($18.00)
Colonial Granville County and Its People, Loose Leaves from “The Lost Tribes of North Carolina”, compiled and edited by Worth S. Ray. 1979, 118 pages, index. Includes a muster roll of 1754, tax payers in 1788, some early marriage bonds and records, and some family charts. Some underlining. ($10.00)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts 1763-1779, by Brent H. Holcomb & Elmer Parker. 1979, 250 pages, index. Some underlining. ($15.00)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Genealogical Deed Abstracts. Books 10 –14, by Herman W. Ferguson. 1990, large softcover, 250 pages, index. Contains 2,323 abstracts. Period covered is approx. 1778 – 1794. Some underlining. ($15.00)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1791-1868, Books A-J, by Herman W. Ferguson, and Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807, transcribed by Ralph B. & Herman W. Ferguson. 1993, large softcover, 366 pages, index. Slight amount of underlining. Contains abstracts of recorded and unrecorded wills from the formation of 1763 through 1868.Post –Revolutionary tax lists indicate acreage and number of taxable persons, both black and white. ($20.00)
Morgan District North Carolina Superior Count of Law and Equity. Estates Records, 1779-1806. by Weynette Parks Haun. 1987, 162 pages, indexed, softcover. Some underlining. ($12.00)
Morgan District North Carolina Superior Court of Law and Equity, Book II. Land Records, 1773-1807, by Weyneete Parks Haun. 1989, 154 pages, indexed, softcover. Some underlining. ($12.00)
Marriages of Surry County, North Carolina 1779-1868, compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, published 1982. 272 pages, index. Contains abstracts of all marriage bonds extant for Surry Co. Bonds are listed in alphabetical order by groom, with brides and bondsmen indexed. ($18.00)
Surry County, North Carolina Wills, 1771-1827, by Jo White Linn. Annotated Genealogical Abstracts. 1992, 215 pages, index. ($15.00)
Surry County, North Carolina Deed Books A, B, and C, (1770-1788), by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. 1981, 107 pages, index. Some underlining. ($10.00)
Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North Carolina 1769-1786 – Tryon County Wills and Estates, by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. 1977. 206 pages, index. Some underlining. ($15.00)
Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina 1778-1868, compiled by Brent H. Holcomb. (2 copies) 243 pages, index. Contains abstracts of all marriage bonds issues in Wilkes County shortly after it was erected from Surry Co. to 1868, some 5,000 marriages. ($18.00 each)
North Dakota
History of Fordville and Surrounding Area, by G. K. Ness. 1973. 231 pages. Loaded with old photos, this is a great book for someone from this area. Very well written, includes on index of area families. ($ 20.00)
Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890 – Schedules enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War – Lucas County, Ohio, indexed by Beverly Todd Reed. 1997, soft cover. 68 pages, 8.5 x 11. ($10.00)
Ross County, Ohio Families, Volume III, by Ross County Genealogical Society. 1982, 617 pages, surname index. Data is family sheets and ancestor charts. Includes 1150 narratives, 250 ancestor charts. ($22.00)
Oklahoma
No books pertaining to Oregon at this time.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania and Middle Atlantic States Genealogical Manuscripts – A User’s Guide to the Manuscript Collection of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania As Indexed in Its Manuscript Materials Index, Microfilmed by the Genealogical Department, Salt Lake City. Compiled by J. Carlyle Parker. 1986, soft cover, index, 45 pages. The materials indexed are made up of numerous Bible records, church records, abstracts of wills, probates, deeds, etc. ($ 5.00)
Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, compiled by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. Reprints of articles in the publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, No. 1. 1985. 245 pages. Includes a fold out map entitled “Philadelphia as William Penn Knew It 1684 including household names. Name index. ($15.00)
Pennsylvania Soldiers in the Provincial Service 1746-1759, compiled by Audrey E. Bradshaw, 1985. Softcover, 10”x12”, 42 pages. Taken from the Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 2, those Company Records which recorded Age, Place of Birth, Date of Enlistment, Occupation or Description. ($15.00)
Allegheny Co. PA Cemeteries, Vol. One, by Sharon Kraynek. Softcover, 10”x12”, 85 pages. Index. 1981. Includes records compiled for Franklin Park Baptist Church Cemetery, Depreciation Lands Museum Cemetery, Blackburn United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Nebo United Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ingomar United Methodist Church Cemetery, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery. ($15.00)
Allegheny Co., PA Cemeteries, Vol. Two, by Sharon Kraynek. Softcover, 10”x12”, 82 pages, index. 1981. Includes
Records compiled for St. Teresa Church Cemetery, Tree of Life Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Alphonsus R.C. Church cemetery, Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. ($15.00)
Allegheny Co., PA Cemeteries, Vol. Three, by Sharon Kraynek. Softcover, 10”x12”, 70 pages, index. 1982. Includes Records compiled for Mount Pleasant United Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Torath Chaim Cemetery, Hampton Cemetery, Hebrew Burial Cemetery, Trinity Lutheran church. ($15.00)
Allegheny Co. PA Cemeteries, Vol. Four, by Sharon Kraynek. Softcover, 10”x12”, 143 pages, index. 1982. Includes records compiled for Westview Cemetery. ($15.00)
Pittsburg, Penna. Marriages 1803-1867, compiled by Bob and Mary Closson. 1980, 37 pg., 8.5x11, softcover. Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church. Alphabetical listing. ($10.00)
Index to Somerset County, PA Wills 1795-1900, by Bob and Mary Closson. Softcover, 10”x12”, 62 pages. ($10.00)
No books pertaining to Rhode Island at this time.
Southern Region
Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823, Indian, Spanish and other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina. By Dorothy Williams Potter. Copyright 1982, 449 pages, index. Passports authorized passage through Indian or foreign-held territory east of the Mississippi 1770-1823. Abstracts of applications and passports from a variety of sources. Some underlining. ($30.00)
South Carolina
Laurens and Newberry Counties, SC: Saluda and Little River Settlements 1749-1775, by Jesse Hogan Motes, III, and Margaret Peckham Motes. 1994, 283 pages, index, underlining. This book is a compilation of South Carolina colonial land records for a region of the back country that become part of Laurens and Newberry Counties. It was written to help identify settlers, their families and their land. ($15.00)
South Carolinians in the Revolution, With Service Records and Miscellaneous Data (Also Abstracts of Wills, Laurens County (Ninety-Six District) 1775-1855, by Sara Sullivan Ervin. Reprinted with Index and an Added Chapter on the Sullivan family. 1965, 217 pages, index. Some underlining. ($15.00)
York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court 1786-1797, copyright 1981. 199 pages, index. Minimal underlining. Court minutes include lists of deeds proved in open court, estates and wills probated, jury lists, small court cases, bastardy suits, appointments of guardians, etc. ($15.00)
South Dakota
No books pertaining to South Dakota at this time.
Tennessee Settlers and Their Descendants, Published by the Tennessee Genealogical Society. 1994. 11”x13”, 401 pages. Index. Lineal descent is traced through as many as nine generations, but does not include all family members of each generation. ($30.00)
Tennessee Genealogical Research, by George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D., Sc.D. 1981, 123 pages. Softcover. Includes types of Records, record locations, county listings. ($ 8.00)
Tennessee Genealogical Records – Records of Early Settlers From State and County Archives, by Edythe Rucker Whitley. 1980, 393 pages, index. ($20.00)
Humphreys County, Tennessee, A Pictorial History. Humphreys Co. Historical Society. 1995. 8.5x11, 208 pages. Includes many old photos, some of which are of veterans of various wars, school and family photos. ($20.00)
Texas
The Irish Texans, by John Brendan Flannery. 1980, 173 p., index. Interesting book about the Irish in the Texas Colonies. ($18.00)
A Memorial and Biographical History of Hill County, Texas (Reproduction). Originally published in 1892. 302 pages, 8.5x11. Name index. ($18.00)
The Centenary History Congregation Beth Israel of Houston, Texas 1854-1954, by Anne Nathan Cohen. 96 p. Oldest Jewish congregation in the state of Texas. ($15.00)
1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule of Jackson County, Texas. 34 p., index. A list clipped together. ($8.00)
No books pertaining to Utah at this time.
No books pertaining to Vermont at this time.
Virginia Wills Before 1799. A complete abstract register of all
names mentioned in over six hundred wills, arranged alphabetically. 1977. Copied from the Court House
Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudon, Prince William and Rockbridge
Counties, by William Montgomery Clemens. 106 pages. ($10.00)
Abstracts of Virginia’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys – Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpeper, Prince William, Fauquire and Stafford Counties. 1710-1780, Vol. III. Compiled by Peggy Shomo Joyner. 197 pages, 8.5x11, soft cover. 1986. The project to abstract the collection cataloged at the Virginia State Library as “Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys 1722-1781” began in mid-1983. A brief perusal of the records revealed a wealth of information which was not often included in the grants resulting from the warrants and surveys or in county court records. ($18.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 8, Essex County Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714. Originally published in Richmond, circa 1940, this book was reprinted in 1971. 114 pages, index. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 9, Essex County Wills and Deeds, 1714-1717. Originally published in Richmond, circa 1940, this book was reprinted in 1971. 121 pages, index. ($12.00)
Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia. 1759-1800. With Cemetery Inscriptions, Rent Rolls, and Other Data, by J. Estelle Steward King. Softcover. Originally published in Beverly Hills, CA in 1939, this book was reprinted in 1980. 101 pages, index. ($10.00)
Frederick County, Virginia Minutes of Court Records 1743-1745, by John David Davis. Copyright 2001. 314 pages, index, softcover. The minutes of court records are indexed for the plaintiff and defendant. ($15.00)
Abstracts of Virginia’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys – Hampshire, Berkeley, Loudoun, Fairfax, King George, Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland & Lancaster Counties. 1697-1784, Vol. IV. Compiled by Peggy Shomo Joyner. 1987. 225 pages, 8.5x11, soft cover. A continuation of the project listed in the above entry.
Name index. ($18.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 27, King and Queen County Records Concerning 18th Century Persons, 7th Collection. Originally published 1946, this book was reprinted in 1961. 109 pages, index. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 28, King and Queen County. 8th Collection. Originally published in Richmond in 1946, this book was reprinted in 1961. 108 pages, index. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 33, King and Queen County, 9th Collection. Originally published in Richmond in 1948, this book was reprinted in 1961. 103 pages, index. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 1, Lancaster County, Record Book No. 2. 1654-1666. Originally published in Richmond, circa 1937, this book was reprinted in 1971. 137 pages, index. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 31, Lower Norfolk County Records, 1651 – 1654. Originally published in Richmond in 1948, this book was reprinted in 1961. 106 pages, index. ( $12.00)
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Court Records – Book A 1637-1646 and Book B 1646-1651/2, by Alice Granbery Walter. Two volumes in one. Softcover, 461 pages, index. Copyright 1994. The author abstracted genealogical info from the oldest surviving court order books for Lower Norfolk Co., VA – Books A and B. Some 7,500 inhabitants are mentioned. ($20.00)
Brief Abstract of Lower Norfolk County and Norfolk County Wills 1637-1710, by Charles Fleming McIntosh. Originally published in 1914, this is a 1993 reprint. 223 pages, index, soft cover. Abstracts of early wills, lists all names included in the original will. ($10.00)
Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia, compiled by Richard B. Dickenson. 1981, 83 pages, index. ($10.00)
Virginal Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 2, Northumberland County Records 1652-1655. Containing abstracts from Court Order Book No. 2, 20th Sept, 1652 – 20th Oct., 1655 And Record Book No. 14, 20th Sept. 1652 – 20th Aug. 1655. Originally published in Richmond, circa 1938, this book was reprinted in 1971. 141 pages, index. ($ 12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 3, Northumberland County Records of Births, 1661 –1810. Originally published Richmond, circa 1938, this book was reprinted in 1971. 134 pages, index. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 19, Northumbria Collectanea, 1645-1720 A to L. Alphabetically arranged. Originally published in Richmond circa 1943, this book was reprinted in 1971. 117 pages. ($12.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 20, Northumbria Collectanea 1645-1720 M to Z. Alphabetically arranged. Items were collected to supplement, in a way, lost parish registers. Originally published in Richmond, circa 1944, this book was reprinted in 1971. 125 pages.( $12.00)
They Called Stafford Home – The Development of Stafford County, Virginia from 1600 until 1865, by Jerrilynn Eby. 1997, softcover, 414 pages, index. Discusses old homes and the families who lived in them. ($15.00)
The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and Sundry Historical and Genealogical Notes. Compiled and published by George Harrison Sanford King. 1961, index. ($15.00)
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 34, Washington County Marriage Register, 1782 – 1820. Originally published in Richmond in 1949, this book was reprinted in 1966. 100 pages, index. ($12.00)
Winchester, Virginia
and Its Beginnings 1743-1814, by Katherine Glass Greene. Softcover reprint published in
2002. 441 pages. Index. Small amount of underlining. This book contains information about
Winchester from its founding by Colonel James Wood to the close of the life of
his son, Brigadier-General and Governor James Wood. Valuable manuscripts and relics of their long tenure in
public office are available in this publication. Includes a fascinating look into the early life of towns and
homesteads. ($22.00)
Washington
Clark County, Washington Marriages, Vol. 1 - 1852-1896. Published by Clark Co. Genealogical Society 1982. 244 p., index, soft-cover. ($20.00)
West Virginia, The State and Its People, by
Otis K. Rice. 1972, 372 pages,
index. The story which is presented in this book deals
mostly with the 250 years since people of European origin began to enter the
state, following the pioneers as they cleared the wilderness and built their
homes in this mountainous state. ($12.00)
Wisconsin
No books pertaining to Wisconsin at this time.
The Shell Valley. An Oral History of a Frontier Settlement. 305 p., soft cover. 1986 Shell, WY Centennial Celebration. Interviewees tape recorded over 45 Shell Valley residents & received letters, journals and other written material from additional 25. Questions were focused on first 50 years of settlement from 1886 to WWII. That info. was transcribed and became the contents of this book. ($20.00)