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Raymond, Maine, is located about twenty-five miles north of Portland. This alphabetical listing of hundreds of families contains information not only on Raymond but also on Casco families prior to 1841 when the two towns separated. Each family entry consi

A factual and historical account of the life of John Willis Sr. (who died in what was then Richmond County, in 1715) and his known family, based on surviving documents. Much of the research was compiled from County Court orders and minutes, wills and esta

Here is a complete "how-to" find adopted children or birth parents. Such reunions are ever more desired and in favor today, and of all researchers genealogists are the best trained to undertake such searches for themselves or for others for hire. Author

After I graduated from high school, I couldn't wait to escape from Clearwater. Even though I had a good family and many close friends, my tiny hometown made me feel stifled. Like Mark Twain's Huck Finn, I hopped on my raft to "light out for the territory.

Stedman was a well-known abolitionist who was quite active in the Underground Railroad, and was president of the Western Anti-Slavery Society. He fought in many cavalry battles on the eastern front, and at one time he commanded a brigade of Union Cavalry.

This particular record offers a sobering illustration of the trials of pioneer life in early Pennsylvania, including: "predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian Wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c., " Th

The majority of the text is the gazetteer of New Jersey. All areas and places (rivers, lakes, harbors, counties, townships, etc.) delineated on the enclosed map are given a complete entry in the gazetteer. A typical entry describes the physical characteri

Within this book are three main divisions: "The Irish Scots and the Scotch-Irish, " "How the Irish Came as Builders of the Nation" and "Supplementary Facts and Comment." The book begins with some discussion of the early history of these people, explaining

Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto blazed the trails of the Arkansas area in 1541, followed by French explorers Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette. In 1682, French explorer La Salle claimed this wilderness in the name of France, naming it Louisiana. There w

Contained herein is the complete record of births and baptisms in Knox County, Indiana, for the years 1749 to 1838. Barbara Schull Wolfe has reorganized the records of the St. Francis Xavier Church into a listing that is alphabetical by surname, and compi

Collections of Revolutionary War artifacts seldom contain the history of individual items. Who used it? Where was it used? That information is lost. A Sketch of the Virginia Soldier in the Revolution identifies which uniforms and equipment were used by re

This book presents marriage notices, obituaries, death notices and other genealogical tidbits as reported in the newspapers of Saugerties and Ulster, New York. The marriage announcements contain the names of the bride and groom, the date and the clergy wh

This index was prepared in 1946 by Carrie L. Broughton, State Librarian of North Carolina. The material has been arranged in two parts: Part I, Marriages, and Part II, Deaths. The entries have been made as brief as possible, listing each name alphabetical

The village of Friedrichstal is sixteen kilometers north of Karlsruhe, Germany. This two-part work is a compilation of Friedrichstal's early church records. Book I covers 1698-1747 and Book II covers 1747-1812. The records consist of births, deaths, marri

A potpourri of info about Lincoln County, including news items, biographies, family history, military registrants and church history, among other items. "Many facts were obtained from the colonial and state records, from The Life of General Joseph Graham

Research over nearly thirty years indicates that the vast majority of Americans bearing the subject family name, in any one of the more than twenty identified spellings, are descended either from one of these original immigrants, or from Johann Heinrick N

In this book are mentioned the names of more than 3, 700 free persons. They are sellers, buyers, orphans, widows, adjoining neighbors, previous owners, and donors of gifts to children and friends. Most deeds concern land conveyances. There are also prenupt

Contains the wartime diaries of Lieutenant Johann Heinrich von Bardeleben, the company Church Book of the von Donop Regiment compiled by Chaplain Georg Christoph Coester, and the regimental journal of Quartermaster Johann Georg Zinn. Johann von Bardeleben

This history of the Pennsylvania frontier, of which Fort Pitt was the center, details this state's most crucial time (1775 to 1783). In terms of conflict, the pioneers of this region suffered great hardships due to weather, Indians, and of course the Brit

Greenwich became the site of the Dunbarton flax spinning mill in 1880, bringing hundreds of Irish laborers and others lured by prosperity and steady employment offered by the mill. These hardy workers gave the town a special character that lives on today.