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This book is a guide to four books about the genealogy of four American families. It is the synopsis of a tetralogy. The ancestors of these families emigrated from Northern Europe to North America, coming by ship from many countries, over a span of two and a half centuries. Some of the immigrants in these families were related in Europe, and many of their descendants intermarried in America, so they form a complex web of social relationships. A few members of the Four Families in America have identical ancestors in Europe. As a result, some of the books have overlapping genealogies and family histories. They are united in this synopsis. In alphabetical order, the immigrants and first known ancestors in America of the Four Families are listed, along with a brief biography of each, and also an outline of descent from each immigrant to one or more of the eight grandparents. There are 528 men and women in the text of this book and in the index. Of these, 481 (278 men and 203 women) are immigrants and first known ancestors in America. Additionally, thirty-one are European ancestors, and sixteen others are discussed. Unusual in this book, men and women are both considered to be equal in their contributions to the Four Families. The full maiden names of ninety women are known, and each has her own place in the alphabetical order in this synopsis. The maiden family name of 113 women is unknown, and each of them is given a place immediately after that of her husband; seventeen of them are truly femmes coverts, without even a record of their given name. For example, Edward Fuller, a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 was accompanied by his wife, who is known to history only as "Mrs. Fuller." The first page of the text of this book highlights the featured names of sixty-eight immigrants whose stories are especially interesting. Students of the genealogy of emigrants from Europe to America will surely find other names of interest among the 528 in the full-name index.

Tax records are a goldmine of genealogical information, but without a master index, research can be very time consuming. The need for such an index became apparent to the author as he searched for his Washington County, Tennessee, ancestors. As a result, the author has compiled this three-volume series to aid genealogists and family historians. Volume I covers forty-four years and contains 23,479 individuals. Records prior to 1830 are especially important because very few Tennessee federal census returns survived before then. In 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) oversaw the transcription of the original tax records. The 1778-1827 portion of this index was compiled using these records.

Pioneer, fur trader, and frontier diplomat, Christopher Gist, the first Colonial explorer of the Ohio territory, is also Annosanah - speaker of true words. In spite of his Wyandot title, he knows he must deceive the very Indians who have named him. In the guise of an emissary inviting the Ohio tribes to a conference, he searches the Ohio Valley for land best suited for white settlement. On this first journey in 1750 for the Ohio Company, he seeks to replace his lost inheritance through land speculation, thus setting the stage for the eventual displacement of these Indian people. In the next decade France and England fight the last of the French and Indian Wars. A willing participant, Gist sees the destruction of his home, a stormy relationship with an arrogant young George Washington whose life he twice saves, a fiasco at Fort Necessity, and the annihilation of General Braddock's Redcoats. But this life of adversity only prepares him for the most challenging task any frontiersman could face: liaison between two peoples as different as the worlds from which they come.

"a valuable collection of first-hand accounts - rich in detail and anecdotes of the life of a wilderness soldier and woodsman. With accounts of service on several major campaigns, as well as of detailed narratives of several frontier actions, this collection of George M. Bedinger's papers provides both interesting reading and a useful resource." -The Brigade Dispatch Vol. 32 No. 3This book will be of use particularly to persons interested in early Kentucky history and genealogy, and sheds light on events in the Revolutionary War as well. Researchers will welcome the new index, which allows easy navigation through these fascinating historical records.Bedinger's military career began in 1775 in Virginia where he enlisted in Col. Hugh Stevenson's company of sharpshooters. He participated in the siege of Boston and the battle of Germantown, and brought supplies to the army at Valley Forge. He took part in Bowman's Campaign of 1779, an abortive attack on a Shawnee Indian village. Later that year he joined a company setting forth for Kentucky, where they reinforced the Indian-harassed pioneers at Boonesborough. He was present at the siege of Yorktown, and eventually explored the Green River country in Kentucky and made his permanent home at Lower Blue Licks.All of these exciting events and many more are described in these papers, which consist of personal recollections written by Bedinger or taken by Draper from his verbal dictation, affidavits of services, land warrants, and letters from his descendants. Included is a map of the Blue Lick battleground. The distinguished Draper Manuscripts, owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, are a prized source of information for students of American history.

Volume two of Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts was compiled by the author in her search for her elusive French ancestor-Achille Godin (or Gaudin); it collectively spans 1752-1839, a time period which is often puzzling to the Missouri/Arkansas researcher because the region changed ownership from France to Spain, then back to France, and finally to the United States in what became known as the Louisiana Purchase. The records were chosen, in part, to help fill the gap created by the lack of a complete extant Federal census for Missouri prior to 1830. A wide variety of information from over forty counties is included: petitioners, tax lists, cemetery listings, estrays, wills and bonds, marriage records, licenses, grand jury members, Indian trade records, indictments, letters at the post office, marks and brands, and much more. This volume also includes a special section devoted to the French and Spanish of the Mississippi Valley, because when researching a French or Spanish ancestor that lived in Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, or Louisiana, one must think of the Mississippi Valley as one area. The French especially were a mobile people engaged in trade in this area with the Indians. French and Spanish records include censuses, military statements, grants, petitioners, regiment members, and more. The surname index includes the French "dit" names (aliases) and has several thousand entries. This volume covers the following counties: Arkansas, Audrain, Barry, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Cass/Van Buren, Chariton, Clay, Cole, Cooper, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette/Lillard, "Old" Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Miller, Monroe, Montgomery, New Madrid, Perry, Pike, Platte, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Saline, Shelby, Ste. Genevieve, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Warren.

For this study, a "lost record" is considered in two ways: first, as an item from a location where court records have been destroyed; and second, for records that are found in unexpected places - oftentimes far from their point of origin. One might consider this work about wills and their whereabouts. Also abstracts or transcripts of wills have been noted when found published in periodicals.Numerous sources have been consulted, and these are listed under Abbreviations. Many wills may be found digitized and accessed online at the Library of Virginia. Wills that are identified from chancery suits are typically not included if they originate from the same county as the court copy of a will. Of the wills that have been copied from chancery causes, a single suit reference is normally given; however, the will may be found in multiple suits. Many previous to 1800 are included. In using the burned record county database at the Library of Virginia, not all items show the specific source for the copy, so the reference given here is merely "BRCD." Duplicate entries have been removed from the subject work, which focuses on data previous to 1800.

The history is a combination of two works which were previously published in the late 1970's. They are now being offered as a single volume, covering the time period of 1641 to 1978: nearly three and a half centuries. The book's first part deals with the Cove, an area along the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, located mainly on the island in the cove between Stamford and Darien. The region's history goes back to 1641. The island was first used as a pound; then it became the center of a grist mill operation. By 1800 John William Holly had settled there and further developed mills producing dyes and drugs. Eventually the whole area was absorbed by the Stamford Manufacturing Company, where 500 men were employed. This section is also replete with photographs, maps and illustrations from both the 19th century and more recent times. In addition to presenting the history, it contains a full chart on the Holly family plus many references to other families in the area, which will all be extremely appreciated by researchers. The book's second part, a history of Long Ridge Village, covers the years between 1700 and 1800, and gives a detailed picture of this little community located ten miles north of central Stamford. Long Ridge Village was settled in 1717 by three enterprising men from Long Island: Thomas Brush Jr., Michael Waring and John White. They were soon joined by the Ingersois, Newmans and Todds, and the community began to flourish. In addition to a rich description of life in that time, the account includes maps, charts and genealogical data. This book brings back more than three centuries of history to enlighten those who have a special relationship with Stamford by having visited or lived there.

This book includes abstracts of marriage and death notices from the following newspapers: The Aegis and Intelligencer, 1864-1871; The Harford Democrat, 1856-1871; The Madisonian (Harford & Baltimore Advertiser), 1837-1857; The Havre de Grace Republican, 1868-1871; and The Southern Aegis (sometimes known as The Southern Aegis and Harford County Intelligencer), 1857-1864. Information was gleaned not only from the marriage and death notices but also from news and local affairs items, as well as executor and administrator notices and also the occasional "removals from voter registration lists" that were published. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname.

The author is a descendant of slaves, Provey Cox and Betty Cox, who made it through to see freedom in the small town of Edenton, North Carolina. Provey and Betty were married in 1831 and sold to separate owners in 1832. In 1866, Provey and Betty and their children were reunited. Provey registered to vote in 1867, and in the 1870 census, Provey and Betty were listed as people rather than as tally marks in a slave owner's column.Harriet Jacobs (a former Edenton slave, author and abolitionist) and Golden Frinks (one of North Carolina's most important civil rights leaders) are significant figures in Edenton's African-American history; however, they are not the only African-Americans that contributed to Edenton. There are many African-Americans who did not rise to the ranks of popular and local recognition. Everyday workers and laborers; farm, field and factory hands; nurses and cooks; fishermen and carpenters... they all helped to build Edenton for all of its residents, black and white. Their contributions are acknowledged here.This book is grouped into two parts. Part One includes: 1870 "Making a Way Out of No Way," 1880 "Revive Us Again," and 1900 "I Will Trust in the Lord." Part Two includes: articles from Edenton's newspaper, Fisherman and Farmer; Daily Life and People; Education; Entertainment and Sports; Entrepreneurship and Labor; Politics and Civics; and Religion. A bibliography and a full-name index add to the value of this work.

"Galicia is the least known and the least written about of all the little kingdoms that go to the making of Spain. Her boundaries have been greatly reduced since the days when the Romans divided the Peninsula into five provinces and called one of them Galicia".The irruption of the Saracens in 713 again changed the aspect of the Peninsula, and the limits of Galicia were contracted; but Spanish geographers to this day call her a reino, or kingdom, and divide her into four little provinces 'Coru'a, Pontevedra, Orense, and Lugo." The history of this little known Spanish kingdom examines geography, early history, architecture, emigration, farming, monasteries and other topics. Chapters include: Ancient Galicia; The Geography of Galicia; The First Golden Age; The Salve Regina; The Language of Galicia; Pilgrims to Santiago; The Architecture of Galicia; The Cathedral of Santiago; The Portico de Gloria; Sculptured Capitals; The Royal Hospital; The Colegiata de Sar; La Coru'a; Emigration; Rosalia Castro; Santiago de Compostela; Galicia's Livestock; Padron; La Bellisima Noya; Pontevedra; Vigo and Tuy; Orense; Monforte and Lugo; Betanzos and Ferrol; The Great Monasteries of Galicia; Trees, Fruits, and Flowers; and Dives Callaecia. A map of Galicia, 105 illustrations (mostly photographs), a bibliography, and an index to full names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.

Recounts in detail the Indian attacks at Wells and York, Maine, Dover, New Hampshire, and Hatfield, Haverhill, and Deerfield, Massachusetts. Focuses on a few of the participants with extensive genealogical and biographical data. The families treated are:

This volume contains documents recorded in Deed Book RR in Prince George's County, Maryland, between September 1759 and March 1763. Deed books of this time period contain much more than land records. You are likely to find land sales, leases, releases, mortgages, deeds of sale, registration of livestock marks, notice of stray livestock, slave manumissions, marriage contracts, and more. No family history research is complete without looking at deed books.

These abstracts contain information from deeds, leases, releases, mortgages and other agreements that reveal family relationships. The abstracts are presented in the original order that they were entered in the deed books. The deed book page number is indicated. In addition to family relationships, these abstracts contain hundreds of names of witnesses and neighbors. A full name index is included. (1996), 2015, 8¿x11, paper, index, 208 pp