Blacks Law Dictionary is a must for any serious Genealogist. On a day to day basis, we deal with terminology, which for numerous reasons, be they time, distance or other factors, are foreign to us. A number of good genealogical dictionaries are available. However, Blacks Law Dictionary fills a need for the definition of terminology […]
Colonial Roots, a recognized publisher and reseller of genealogy and local history books, maps & CDs, announced that it has relocated to 17296 Coastal Highway in Lewes , Delaware. Formerly located at 217 Schley Avenue in downtown Lewes, the company has moved to a larger and more accessible location on 17296 Coastal Highway, just […]
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been getting emails from all over the country with congratulations on the July-August of The Genealogical Helper. I was pretty pleased with it myself, especially considering the amount of time we had to put it together.
It’s got some good stuff in it. The following is directly from the Table […]
New Book Announcement:
The grandson of an Osage Indian, author Louis Burns wrote this primer to help persons of Osage descent trace their paternal lineage and to introduce researchers to Osage culture and the nuances of its language. The book opens with a discussion of the Osage dispersion from Missouri to Oklahoma and Kansas from about […]
I got my first edition of the Everton Newsline to go out yesterday afternoon. I’ve done it four times over the last couple months, but this is the first one to actually sent. There were technical problems in sending that we’ve now overcome.
However, I apologize for all the gibberish within the Newsline copy that some […]
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The volume is published in the same style as the earlier book done for the years 1698-1700. The data in this book includes the name of the deceased, the type of document, dates of signing and probate, heirs, executors, administrators and witnesses. Items in the inventory are generally described, but not in detail. […]
New Book Announcement:
The data in this book includes the name of the deceased, the 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. The book has an every-name index.
By Mary Marshall Brewer; 2005; […]
PARTRIDGE ISLAND Local efforts to restore the historic Ottawa House to its former glory took a major leap forward this past weekend when the province donated $150,000 to the project.
“Various studies have indicated the restoration could cost $500,000 to $1.5 million depending on what the restoration entails,” Frank Hartman, vice-president of the Parrsborough Shore […]
The following excerpt is from a very interesting article in the July 16, 2006 Frederick News-Post. It seems that there is interest in building a museum dedicated to Black history in Frederick County, Maryland. Chris Haley showed up to help the get things going. I’ve never met the man, but after reading the full article, […]
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All of the early Davidson County marriage bonds and licenses were destroyed by fire, but the first two volumes of marriage registers compiled from the original bonds and licenses are intact. They cover January 1789-December 1837, and January 1838-December 1847. The abstracted records cover about 7,000 marriages, and they are in the order […]
Speaking of liberated stuff… It seems that somebody liberated documents from the texas State Archives…
The texas State Library and Archives Commission is suing a Waco woman who allegedly possesses 48 historical documents from the state’s revolutionary period and its time as a sovereign country.
The commission hopes the suit against Mary Ann Davis and the Robert […]
Following is an excerpt from a great story about a “liberated” Family Bible and its homecoming.
“Captured in Decatur, Georgia. July 20th 1864.”
The simple inscription is noted in perfect cursive writing across an opening page of the old leather-bound Bible now returned home after more than 140 years in Yankee captivity.
The “capturer” was a […]
New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: Genealogical Abstracts of Princess Anne County, VA Court Records from Deed Books 6&7 and Minute Books 6&7 1740-1762
These abstracts contain all the pertinent genealogical information contained within 2,600 pages of court records. The deed abstracts identify the principals to the deeds, dates, location of the […]
An interesting study was performed showing a correlation of IQ scores with countries and states at www.mypolls.us
PROVO The 38th annual Family History and Genealogy Conference will be Aug. 1-4 at the Brigham Young University Conference Center.
The theme for the conference will be “Strengthening Ties That Bind Families Together Forever.”
Keynote speakers will include Elder Marlin K. Jensen, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and church historian and recorder […]
New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is as follows: Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC: 1785 to 1827 Listed in the Deeds of Gift, Deeds of Sale, Mortgages, Born Free and Freed Abstracted from Laurens County, SC Deed Books A-L and Newberry County, SC Deed Books […]
The announcement has just gone out that the History Channel will be airing a new three-hour special about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony. Although the History Channel has nothing on their website about it yet, the event will take place in November. Following is an excerpt from a PRNewsWire news release.
It’s a story familiar to […]
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This is the fifth and final volume in a series. The burial records always include the decedent’s name and date of death; usually their age; sometimes their birth date and parents names; and occasionally added notes by the pastor (”Oh, he was a wild lad!”), details of the cause of death (”Johan Jurg, […]
I’ve been following this story out of Georgia, but hadn’t blogged it earlier. It seems that the former library director of the Gwinnett County Public Library bought lots of novels and let the genealogy section go. Needless to say, she doesn’t work there anymore…
LAWRENCEVILLE The Gwinnett County Public Library could restore its genealogical section, […]
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The full title of this book is: The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, MassachusettsWith Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, and of York County, Maine. Now that’s a mouthfull!
Originally published in a dozen or more parts between 1897 and 1919, Hoyt’s Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, like Jacobus’ Families of […]