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The bulk of the data in this research aid falls in the 18th and 19th centuries, but some of the entries are in the 17th century. Tribes mentioned in the book are Aquinah, Brothertown, Christiantown, Dartmouth, Deep Bottom, Dudley, Hassanamisco, Herring Po

Some 14, 000 names of New Hampshire residents were changed during the 150 years covered by this book. Apart from divorces, people had various reasons for changing their names. People named Hogg appear many times in this book, presumably changing their name

In autumn of 1861, Charles J. Stolbrand, an immigrant from Sweden, recruited men from northern Illinois to form the DeKalb Horse Artillery. Twenty different northern Illinois counties were represented in its ranks, with the marjority of men coming from De

The third revision of this work about the early (pre-1700) Lewis families in Virginia and Maryland, including information about the Lewis families that they may descend from in England and Wales, has been reorganized into three sections: First, a list of

This revised and updated edition of Mr. Koplowitz's book, like the 1990 original, lists public records through 1920 for the county offices of assessor, board of county commissioners, county clerk, court clerk, election board, sheriff, superintendent of sc

The direct tax of 1798 was imposed by the United States Government on dwellings, lands and slaves, with the aim of raising $2 million, primarily for the purpose of providing the funds necessary to increase the strength of the armed forces during a time of

A family researcher's dream, this remarkable work is a master index to colonial Americans of royal descent whose pedigrees have been published in about one hundred English-language books and periodicals. The objective was to identify those Americans born

New York City's Old Calvary Cemetery was established on the north side of Newtown Creek in an area then called Blissville (known today as Woodside), the first burial there was in August 1848. This book contains 5, 315 transcriptions of headstones in the ce

The Woodville Republican was established in 1823 and is still being published, which makes it the oldest existing newspaper in Mississippi and one of the oldest in the country. In this, the fifth volume in her popular series, Ms. Wiese has abstracted vita

This book contains perhaps the most extensive list of Northumberland County names ever included in a single work, as found in the pages of court records detailing both land and indentured servant transactions. Certificates for land include names of headri

Covering five years of information, this work contains abstracts from the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, the first newspaper printed in Washington D.C. Entries include classified ads, appointments by the president, deaths, legal notices

The Banning name originated in Denmark more than a thousand years ago. This book opens with a short history of the Bannings, touching on some of the more distinguished holders of that name, especially in the United Kingdom, Holland and the states of Mar

A history of the Quakers in Virginia, plus a wealth of genealogical material from the early 1700s to the Civil War. Contains births and deaths, marriages, removals, disownments, and letters of confession and condemnation. The Appendices include a history

From the church records collection at the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society Archives housed at Janesville, Wisconsin, comes a third compilation of original membership records of 40 churches, containing over 2, 500 admissions with a sprinkling of other

In 1764 St. Louis was founded by Pierre LaClede, Maxan & Co., as a trading post. In 1766 the village received an accession of inhabitants from the other side of the river, who preferred the Spanish to the English governmentÖ An introductory chronology des

This work is the second in a series of books about Maryland families. The author, already known for his works on the Fry, Hines, Hurley, Lowder, Maddox, Niekirk and Pratt families, now turns his attention to the Walker families, members of which appear in

Although some Kentucky counties were recording births and deaths as early as 1851, a statewide requirement for such record-keeping was not in force until 1911. Prolific genealogical abstractor, Sherida K. Eddlemon, knows how to fill in the gaps, however.

Although these abstracted deeds were recorded from 1798 to 1800, the years in which they were written stretch from the 1760s. Many chains of title reach back to the 1750s and may tell of land sold, disputed and inherited, they name heirs, kinfolk of other

Tucked between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers and being the uppermost part of Virginia's historic Northern Neck, Stafford County has a wealth of historical sites and has been home to some of the nation's most notable leaders, yet researching Stafford

Ms. Eddlemon makes available a diverse array of sources including tax and property lists, marriage registers, church and cemetery records, wills and estates, mortality schedules, Negro censuses, military pensions and officer lists. The table of contents i