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In 1681, William Penn was granted a charter by Charles II, giving him and his heirs a sparsely populated tract of land that would eventually become the state of Pennsylvania. Bucks County was created in 1682 as one of Pennsylvania's original three countie

A genealogical survey of the Mosser family in America from colonial time to the present day. This enlightening text helps to dispel much of the confusion surrounding the history of the family in North America, specifically the wide variation in spellings

Who was John Brown? Who were the ancestors of John Brown? Every Brown researcher can empathize with the dilemmas inherent in tracing that name. It would seem that most villages in early Virginia had a John Brown in every generation. The author's John Brow

Chronicles several years in the life of Thomas Sullivan, who enlisted in the British Army in 1775, fought in the Revolution, and deserted to join American forces in 1778. The journal covers about three and a half years. Sullivan participated in events inc

As in the first volume of this series, genealogical information has been gleaned from a diverse array of sources, including tax and property lists, marriage registers, church and cemetery records, wills and estates, mortality schedules, Negro censuses, mi

This book presents the history of the Irish Quakers from their origins in Ireland to their settlement in Pennsylvania. The book is divided into three parts. Part One begins with the planting of Quakerism in Ireland. It then goes on to discuss the rise of

When hostilities flared between the British and French inhabitants of North America in the 1750s, the Virginia Colony and the Ohio Trading Company took center stage in the events that would later be remembered as the French and Indian War. Habitually with

A companion piece to In Search of Family History, A Starting Place. We all have been told that we should write a book. Here is a complete, detailed, and well written guide for planning, organizing, writing, publishing and selling such a work. Included are

A portion of this work has been dedicated to the loyalists of Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Mass., listing many family members and including much biographical information where possible. You will recognize many old Cape Cod

This commemorative tribute has sought to bring to the printed page the presence and living breath of those who lived day by day with the experiences of privation and sorrow. First published in 1965, this gathering of poignant memoirs includes: No Escape f

The communities along Chesapeake Bay and the many tributaries that crisscross Virginia and Maryland were under constant threat from the British during the Revolutionary War, beginning in 1775 with Dunmore's assault on the small Virginia town of Hampton an

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

A collection of more than 350 short articles that describe the places and place names of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, New York. These famous Hudson River villages served as the backdrop for Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Even before Irving's

In this methodically organized and profusely illustrated volume, Marshall Wingfield recounts the history of Virginia's twenty-ninth county and its most prominent residents, from the founding of the county in 1727 to the First World War. Contains numerous

Controversy has always surrounded accounts of this fort's siege, the capitulation, and events that followed. This famous battle, which has been retold many times and dramatized in The Last of the Mohicans, is here given a fresh treatment, primarily with t

Over 33, 000 names of people who died between 1846 and 1918. This index furnishes a comprehensive alphabetical list, with the full name of the deceased, the date the notice was published, date of death, the age of the deceased and maiden name.

Biographical sketches of prominent men make up the larger part of the book while "the remainder of the volume is devoted to subjects of historical interest relating to pioneer days in Cambria County." Biographical information covers such things as birth,

At the time these deeds were written, Edgefield contained all or parts of the present counties of Aiken, Greenwood, McCormick and Saluda. Deed books contain not only land conveyances, but also powers of attorney, depositions, judicial sales and sales of h

This work presents six highly informative lectures which provide a thorough understanding of Scottish place-names and the people, language, geography and history which produced them. At the end of the book is a very handy index of place names with their t

Virginia & West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Records. Patrick G. Wardell. Genealogical data pertaining to Virginians and West Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War as derived from National Archiv