Archive for the 'Book Announcements' Category

The Methodist Episcopal Churches of Cogan House Township 1845-2005

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

The book contains the known historical material of the Centennial, Brookside, Beech Grove, and Summit Methodist Episcopal Churches of Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. There are some large gaps in the material.
The wedding records include information from 1872 to present. Listed may be the name of the bride and groom, address, minister, place of […]

Audrain County, Missouri – 4592 Deaths 1913-1920

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of the book is: Audrain County, Missouri – 4592 Deaths Reported in & Chronological Index to Selected Articles From The Mexico Weekly Ledger (Includes Articles WW1 Servicemen) 1 January 1913 to 30 December 1920 – Volume 10.
The weekly Mexico Weekly Ledger was published on Thursday and reported on the people […]

Revolutionary War British & German Deserters, Dischargees, & Prisoners of War

Monday, August 14th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: British and German Deserters, Dischargees, and Prisoners of War Who May Have Remained in Canada and the United States, 1774-1783. Part One and Part Two [and] Deserters and Disbanded Soldiers from British, German, and Loyalist Military Units in the South, 1782. 3 Parts in 1
According to […]

John Kennedy of County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland and His Descendants

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: John Kennedy of County Donegal, Ulster, ireland and His Descendants: A Compiled Genealogy (Including Risk, McCoy, & Pendleton)
This compiled genealogy documents fifty-two family members: John and Lilley Kennedy, their five children, fourteen grandchildren, and thirty-one great-grandchildren. The work contains extensive biographical sketches of the first three […]

American Prisoners of War Held at Halifax During the War of 1812 – 2 Volumes

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
This work was transcribed from records of the British Admiralty pertaining to American prisoners of war held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, from June 1812 to April 1815. The internment facility was on the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbor. The unmarked graves of 195 who died as prisoners are located there. Those interned included […]

Monmouth County Articles in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey

Friday, August 11th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of the book is: Monmouth County Articles in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Summary & Descriptions, Second Edition, 1925-2004
This book is a valuable tool for all family researchers, genealogists, and historians interested in Monmouth County, New Jersey. This small book identifies one hundred and fifty articles pertaining to Monmouth […]

The David Hopkins Family of New Jersey 1696-2006

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
This Tory family split before the Revolution with two sons and two daughters, settling in West Florida near Natchez (Mississippi). Descendents of Gideon Hopkins settled in Oklahoma Territory and have spread throughout the Midwest.
James Hopkins remained in New Jersey where two lines still persist. Other descendents of James are found in Pennsylvania today.
The […]

The Sanders Family of New England & Some Connected Lines

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
Eight Sanders generations, 1643-1883, are identified. The appendix names three generations of current descendents. Each of the 62 families in connected lines, whose names appear below, is followed through several generations in America, Canada, England, ireland and Wales. Bibliographies of most families include information on their lives and historical setting.
The following families and […]

Ralls County, Missouri Marriages & Deaths

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: Ralls County, Missouri – 2818 Deaths Reported in & Chronological Index to Selected Articles From The Ralls county Record (Includes 956 Marriages) 25 June 1865 to 30 June 1911 – Volume 1.
The weekly Ralls County Record was a condensed copy of articles from national and state […]

More Monroe County, Missouri Marriages & Deaths

Monday, August 7th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of the book is: Monroe County, Missouri – 4506 Deaths Reported in & Chronological Index to Selected Articles From The Monroe County Appeal (Includes 2782 Marriages) 3 January 1896 – 26 December 1913 – Volume 4.
The weekly Monroe County Appeal reported on the people and events in and around Paris […]

Monroe County, Missouri - Marriages & Deaths

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: Monroe County, Missouri – 4204 Deaths Reported in & Chronological Index to Selected Articles From The Monroe County Appeal (Includes 1637 Marriages) 24 February 1874 to 27 December 1895 – Volume 3.
The weekly Monroe County Appeal reported on the people and events in Monroe county and […]

Calloway County, Missouri Special Census Records for 1848, 1856 & 1860

Friday, August 4th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
the full title of this book is: Calloway County, Missouri Special Census Records for 1848, 1856 & 1860 – Volume 17. Mr. Weant previously has done 16 other books dealing with Callaway County Records.
A number of special censuses for Callaway County, Missouri have been located at the Missouri States Archives. These population schedules […]

Confederate Oaths of Allegiance

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: Confederate Oaths of Allegiance (3697 Names) (Gen. M. Jeff Thompson’s Officers at Jamesport, Arkansas list included) from The St. Louis Missouri Democrat 17 June 1865 to 17 July 1865.
With the cessation of hostilities, the St. Louis Missouri Democrat ran a series of articles listing the names […]

Genealogy Information Requested for New Compilation of the History of Hanover, Massachusetts

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Judy Grecco can trace her family roots back a few hundred years.
All the way to New Jersey.
According to Grecco, some of her ancestors hail from Nova Scotia, but prior to the agrarian lives they led in Canada - in their wills some of them left sheep and cows to their descendants - they spent some […]

18th Century Records of the German Lutheran Church of Philadelphia

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: 18th Century Records of the German Lutheran Church of Philadelphia (St. Michael’s and Zion) Volume 4: Marriages and Confirmations
Volume 4 includes marriages recorded from 1745 through 1800 and Confirmations recorded from 1745 through 1769 and 1786.
By Robert L. Hess, Ph.D.; 2005; 5.5×8.25; 391 pp; softbound; Order […]

Polygamy on the Pedernales – Lyman Wight’s Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845-1858

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

New Book Announcement:
In the wake of Joseph Smith Jr.’s murder in 1844, his following splintered. Most of the membership ultimately followed Brigham Young to Utah, but smaller groups coalesced around other Mormon leaders. A number of these later combined to form the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now the Community of […]

Genealogies of Virginia Families

Monday, July 31st, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this five-volume set of books is: Genealogies of Virginia Families – From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine
Dense with documentation and editorial content, the William and Mary College Quarterly’s contributions in the field of family history established it as the fountainhead of Virginia genealogy. In the two […]

Tehama County [California] Memories

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

The Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society has recently released the 2006 edition of “Tehama County Memories.” It is the biggest to date.
The 96-page book features numerous family stories as told by those who experienced them. Past publications have focused more on the county itself but since 2006 marks Tehama County’s 150th birthday, the Genealogical […]

Merion in the Welsh Tract

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
The full title of this book is: Merion in the Welsh Tract – With Sketches of the Townships of Havorford and Radnor - Historical and Genealogical Collections Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania Settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682.
This is the history and genealogy of the Great Welsh Tract […]

Twelve Virginia Counties – Where the Western Migration Began

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
This is a scholarly and informative account of the origin and settlement of the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Goochland, Hanover, King William, King and Queen, Louisa, New Kent, and Orange, and of the people and events associated with their history. It was from these counties, constituting a narrow corridor extending […]