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Atlases, Gazetteers
Family Histories
General
By Surname
Genealogy, General Reference
Genealogy, Migration
Genealogy by Country
Canada
England
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Scotland
United States of America
Historical Events & Gen Multiple States
Regional
New England
Southeast - Piedmont Religious Groups
States - Alphabetical
Wales
Histories
Other Materials
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ATLASES and GAZETTEERS <See Also Specific Country of
Interest>
An Atlas of Tudor England and Wales: Forty Plates from
John Speed's Pocket Atlas of 1627, London, Penguine Books,
1953 reprint. Historical Maps of England and Wales. Maps
contain names of towns written in on maps at approximate
location of the town. Also, short descriptions/explanations
of each map. KMO
The Counties of Britain, A Tudor Atlas by John Speed,
London, 1616, reprinted in connection with the British
Library by Thames and Hudson, New York, 1989, 288 pp.
Complete color copy of Speed's Atlas of "The Kingdome of
Great Britaine and Ireland", 69 double-paged plates. LR
Deutcher General-Atlas 1:200,000, at our library,
easily
available. Up to now only West Germany. AK
The Library Atlas of the World, Vol II Foreign
Countries, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago & NY, 1912. A big
atlas with good coverage of all countries world-wide --
except the USA -- just BEFORE WWI changed many boundaries.
DJM
Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer, A Complete
Pronouncing Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the
World of Nearly One
Hundred Thousand Places. 2,182 pages. BF
FAMILY HISTORIES
GENERAL
Blue Ridge Heritage, Dorothy Burnett Peterson, second
printing, 1989. Includes surnames Burnett/Barnard,
Branscome, Hylton, Peterson, Mayberry/Mabry, Marshall,
Slaughter, Slusher, Sutphin, Quesenberry, Peterson, Co,
Dalton, many more. MAS
Les Lorrains en Amerique du Nord, Jean Houpert, 1985,
517 pp, eds. Naaman, Sherbrooke. Includes numerous family
names of people having emigrated from French Lorraine to the
USA and Canada (all names are indexed), a detailed history
of the emigration, settlements, parishes; a history of
Catholic orders in North American. A very useful book, very
hard to find. JPR
Nordmenner i Amerika (Norwegians in America), Lists
numerous Norwegian immigrants if they were either early
enough or prominent enough in their particular part of the
country. RV
BY SURNAME
Abernathy - The Abernathy Family, Elizabeth Denty
Abernathy, Pulaski citizen Press, Pulaski, TN 1929. BA
Abernethy - The Abernethy Family History, Arvord
Abernathy. BA
- The Antecedents of the Abernethy Family in
Scotland, Virginia and Alabama, Thomas Perkins Abernethy.
BA
Allen - Allen Family of Eastern Kentucky. Some VA
Allens. Magoffin Co., KY Historical Society, 1989. Many SE
KY families named. MAS
Arrowsmith - I'll take and share anything you have on
Arrowsmith. Josiah Thomas Arrowsmith was b. 1829 Preston,
Lancashire, England and was a Mormon pioneer of 1852,
settling in Provo, UT. Married 3 times. He and wives are
buried in the old part of the Provo cemetery. I have much
information but am looking for Arrowsmiths wherever they
might be. Recently visited the ancestral home of Preston,
Lancashire, England and have pictures, histories, maps, etc
to share. LR
Austin - The Genealogy of Jeremiah Austin Family,
includes Austin, Albro, Congdon, Eldred, & Knowles ca. 1686-
1728. JWK
Babcock - Genealogical Record of Nathaniel Babcock,
Simeon Main, Isaac Miner, Ezekiel Main, compiled by Cyrus H.
Brown, Everett Press, Boston, 1909 (microfilm). MHO
Barney - Genealogy of the Barney Family in America,
Eugene Dimon Preston, edited by William Clifford Barney, The
Barney Family Historical Association, 1990. Approsimately
1000 pages of Barney family genealogy, indexed. JEB
Bastjan/Baustian - One Century in the United States,
Histories of Joachim Bastjan/Baustian and Descendants, Doris
Jean Baustian, 1962. 340 pp note by the author and
quotations from the book: "It contains mainly of Joachim
Bastjan/Baustian descendants (Merkles, Jantzens, Kruses,
Bastjans and Baustians.)" "Joachim Baustian emigrated with
his family from Pashinn in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, in
1858, first taking up residence in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
and settling in Henry Co, Illinois in 1861." "With exceptin
of his son George, Joachim moved his family to Watertown,
Wisconsin in 1862 and later to Appleton. SAW
Beauregard - Genealogy of the Beauregard-Jarret-Vincent
Families, pub in 2 copies. Includes some Beauregard-
Davignon, other Beauregard, Jared/Jarrett/Garrett
established in Quebec. Data about some 17000 persons,
including 13000 descendants. DB
Beck - History of the Beck Family and Their Descendants
Everywhere, including Bucks, Graziers, Nearhoofs and
Kriders: The Pioneer Settlers of Warriors Mark Valley, 1768
to 1940. Altoona, PA, 1940. 99 pp. The Becks lived in and
around Philadelphia until about 1768, at which time 3 Beck
brothers came as far wast as York, PA where they remained
for 6 months. There they separated, two brothers to
Baltimore and the other to Warriors Mark Valley of central
PA. This brother, Daniel Beck, has 12 children. The book
details his descendants. Indexed by Corinne H. Smith. CS
Bishop - Descendents of John bishop. NY, 1950.
Contains the Bishop genelogy, inclding the founding of
Guilford, CT by his party which came over from ENgland ca.
1625. FD
Blankinsop/Blankenship - see Shipman
Bohun - Ancestral Peregrinations Pt. 1: a Series of
Charts Dealing with some phases of De Bohun Ancestry,
Richard B. McConnell, Privately printed, Handwritten
<Houston 1972?>. MHO
Bolling, Bowlin, Bolen Family in America Before 1800,
1987. CB
Bourgeois - Bourgeois Since the Civil War, Family News
Network. This volume is an extract from the FNN database.
Part I consists of listing of birth and death dates and
places along with social security numbers; part II is a
"current" residence listing. There are no indications of
familial relationships. AJB
Bowman - The Bowman Family: Historical and Memorial
volume from the Earliest Traditions to the Present Time. E.
B. Hirst, Publishing Department of the M. E. Book Rooms,
Harrisburg, PA 1886. RMM
Bowne - Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island, compiled
by
Edith K. Wilson, bowne & Co., Inc, NY, 1987. PB
Braadland/Brodland - Braadland/Brodland Family History
RV
Brake - Brake: A Family, a Tradition, a Legacy, David
D. Edwards. Descendants of Wilhelm Joseph Dietrich von
Brake (b. 1689 Delmenhorst, Germany; d. in NC or VA) who
immigrated to the colonies in c1729. Reliable for US
descendants. Ancestry unproven. KM
Buchanan - The Buchanan and Allied Families, Clara
Elliott
Buchanan Rex, 1931. JRA
Bulla - The Bulla Family History, PA and NC 1700 and
on. RV
Calhoun - Calhoun Chronicles, Minnie Calhoun Splinger,
408 pp. Some documents, some photos, some misinformation.
INfo on the Clan Colquhoun. PS
Castle - A History of the Castle Family from 1635 to
1900, William Wallace Ingraham, E. J. Decker, Chicago, 1899.
RPK
Chandler - The Chandler Family, George Chandler, Press
of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, MA 1883. It is a large
compiled genealogy of the descendants of William and Annis
Chandler who settled in Roxbury, MA in 1637. Female
branches are followed for only one generation unless there
are cross-links. It has an indes, and I will be glad to
search and extract or report on who's in it (there are
thousands). It won't stand carting around to xerox
machines, though, so only specific requests are feasible.
JC
Chandler - a set of diaries written by Ella J. Chandler
of Princeton, MA in 1870-1874. Numerous mentions of social
contacts with residents of Princeton, Sterling, Worcester,
Fitchburg, and even some in Charlestown, Acton, and
Somerville. I have made an index, and I can search for
names or scan specific times. World events are not
discussed -- the most remote event mentioned is the Great
Fire in Boston in 1872. JC
Chappelear - Chappelear Family and Connecting Lines,
Vol II of Families of Virginia, George W. Chappelear, 1932.
Well indexed. Gives an early discussion of the possible
family line in France before starting in 1672 with the birth
of a son in the second generation. PSC
Chappelear - The Chappelear Family, Nancy Chappelear,
1963. Nancy, daughter of George, Prepared this supplement
and repeated most information in his book and added the next
thirty years. PSC
Claypoole - The Claypoole Family in America. Vols 1,
2, 3 & 5. Evelyn C. Bracken, 1971 - 1982. Indexed. JG.
Clopton - The Ancestors and Descendants of William
Clopton of York County, Virginia ..., Gene Carlton Clopton,
compiler, Atlanta, Phoenix Printing Inc., 1984. An
expansion of the 1939 family history by Lucy Lane Erwin,
this book follows descendants across much of the South. GS
Cockburn - The Records of the Cockburn Family. Sir
Robert Cockburn & Harry A. Cockburn. TN Foulis, London &
Edinburgh, 1913. Limited edition of 250. This is a
definitive history of the family over the past 600 years,
and is well-indexed and contains numerous pedigree charts.
DMP
Corley - southern Sojourners; Corley-Sanford and allied
lines: Byers, Hanes, Horner, Browne, Feake, Fones,
Winthrop, Leonard, Richards, Bird, Coleman, Crow. Rosemary
Corley Neal, author and publisher, 1991. 364pp. index;
footnotes. Some families originate in NJ. LC
Crawford - The Crawford Exchange, incomplete sets. JG
Cross - Cross Collections, 9 vol, compiled by Anne
Long. This is a publication containing extractions from
various sources dealing with persons witht he surname of
Cross. EM
Crowell - The Genealogy of the Crowell Family of
Yarmouth beginning with John Crowell and family beginning in
1672. Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy. JWK
Davidson - The Davidson Genealogy, Elizabeth Davidson
Harbaugh, Ironton, OH, 1948. Descendants of William
Davidson who came to MD from Scotland (possibly spending a
short time in Ireland) by 1649. Will check index and
extract info found. RWO
Deeble - Descendents of Robert Deeble, unpub. FD
Deischer - The Descendants of Johannes Deischer of
Berks County, Pennsylvania, Elaine D. Schwar and Fay L. Cox,
compilers., Reading, PA, 1983. 692 pp. Johannes Deischer
was born around 1680 in France or Germany and married Anna
Barbara (Siegfried?) before 1715 in Europe. They came ove
to PA in 1733 and had six known children. Johannes died on
9 Jun 1761 in Richmond Township, Berks Co., PA. This book
details all of his descendants and is fully indexed. CS
Delude - See Petit.
Dewey - see Fassett (2)
Eiler - The Eiler, Eilar, Eyler, Iler, Oyler and
Associated Families, John S. Eilar DDS, 1973. Contains
family history of the descendants of Conrad Eiler (Euler).
MJY
Fassett - The Fassett Genealogy, Descendants of Patrick
and Sarah Fassett, Katherine Fassett Schuster, Binghamton,
NY 1974 RPK
Fassett - The Follett-Dewey-Fassett-Safford Ancestry of
Captain Martin Dewey Follett, and his wife Persis Fassett
(17671849), Harry Parker Ward, Columbus, 1896. Also
included are histories of Hopkins, Fay and Robinson. RPK
Felten - Records of Felten & Related Familes, (Kansas &
Missouri), compiles by Agnes Immele Meriwether, Hannibal,
MO, 1970. MHO
Flyger - Flyger Family History, Denmark 1800 + & US. RV
Follett - see Fassett (2)
Franklin - The Ancestry of Frances Sample Franklin
(Bird, Brokaw, Chenault, Covent, Davis, Davidson, Dickehuth,
Duderstadt, Gilmore, Hill, Jones, Mason, Neely, Robeson,
Stafford, Wyatt) Hennington Pub Co., Wolfe City, TX, 1972.
MHO
Geddie - Geddie and McPhail Genealogy, Jack Geddie, H.
L. Geddie Co, 1959. 224 pp. Places mentioned: Cumberland
Co., NC, Van Zandt Co., TX. JMS
Geron - Solomon Geron & His Descendants 1761-1968,
Jewell Daphne Gerron Woodward, The Manney Co., Ft. Worth,
1968. MHO
Gettig - The Christopher Gettig Lineage 1743-1983,
excerpted from Book II of the David Hanna Genealogy,
Charlotte Hanna Shoemaker and Edward E. (Pete) Shoemaker,
privately pub 1984. Christopher Gettig was b. 1743 Saxony,
Germany and d. 1790 Sunbury, PA. He served in the Rev. War.
Not indexed but will look for names if you think they are of
this lineage. RWO
Gifford - The Gifford Genealogy 1626-1728, Harry S.
Gifford, 1896. JWK
Gignilliat - Histor of the Gignilliat Family of
Switzerland & South Carolina, by Robert Gignilliat Kenan,
Southern Historical Press, 1977. MHO
Graves - Samuel Graves, 1630, Settler of Lynn, Mass,
and His Descendents. Kenneth V. Graves, Wrentham, MA,
Family History Publications, 1985. Indexed. Also includes
related families - Adsit, Collins, Gilman, Hibbard, Perkins,
Smith, Wilson, and others. MGA
Green - Genealogy of the Family of Timothy and Eunice
(Ellsworth) Green. John Morton Greene, Union Printing co.,
Lowell, MA 1904. RMM
Greer - see Holcombe
Hallman - Hallman and Related Families in America, I.
P. Hallman, 1974, x + 1070 pp, index. Descendants of
Hallmans who settled in SC (Lexington Co.) c1750. Major
collateral lines: Adams, Alexander, Amick, Anderson, Avery,
Bailey, Barfield, Baughman, Beam, Black, Boatwright, Brown,
Burgess, Caddis, Carpentar, Chavis, Clark, Cooper, Cox,
Crout, Davis, Day, Derrick, Fallaw, Frick, Fulmer, Gantt,
Gunter, Hall, Harman, Harrison, Hawkins, Hendricks, Hill,
Holladay, Hudson, Israel, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Keisler,
Kyzer, Leaphart, Legg, Lewis, Long, McElvany, Miller,
Oswal(d)t, Patterson, Poind, Price, Pucket, Quattlebaum,
Quinn, Rankin, Rikard, Risinger, Robbins, Rogers, Sanders,
Senn, Shealy, Short, Smith, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson,
Townsend, Warren, Waters, West, Williams. JMS
Hammond - History & Genealogy of the Hammond Families
in America 1000-1902, Frederick Stamm Hammond, 1902.
microfilm. MHO
Harris - Henry and Lucy Harris Family of Patrick Co.,
VA. may Belle Thompson Smith, 1988. Many related families.
MAS
Hattie - see Canada, Nova Scotia
Haynie - A Haynie Genealogy, their 1650 Virginia Roots,
1939 Texas Trunk, 9 Limbs, Loyce Haynie Rossman, 1963. MHO
Hepler - The Hepler Family History, Avice Hepler
Morgan; Geneal. Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1986. lviii, 998 pp.
Johann Caspar Hepler of Vaihingen on der Enz, Wu"rttemberg,
came to Lehigh co., PA in 1748. Many descendents in PA, NC,
the midwest and elsewhere. Will search surname indexes. TS
Hepler - 1993 Supplement ot The Hepler Family History,
Avice Hepler Morgan; Geneal Pub Co, 1993. xvi, 630 pp.
CAsper Hepler Jr. liver 1751-1816, settled in Mahantango
Valley (Schuylkill/Dauphin/Northumberland Cos, PA), has many
descendents in that region and elsewhere. Will search
surname indexes. TS
Hieronymous - Descendants of John C. Lyons & Nancy
Hieronymous. ruth H. Frick, 1985. Largest listings are of
the descendants of Mary Lyons & Thompson Day. Other major
surnames are Hedge, Wilson, Vice, Thomas, Hudson, Emmons,
McIntire, McDowell, Jones. Unindexed. JG
Hill - Fulmer James Hill family genealogy.
Northern/Central New York with primarily Welsh backgrounds.
CD
Hixon/Hixson - have collection of well over 1000
people, 1680-1900. New England only. Welcome queries &
additions. CB
Hobbs - Genealogy of the Hobbs Family, George Hobbs,
Dutton & Wentworth, Boston, MA 1855. It lists the
descendents of Josiah and Tabitha Hobbs, who were both
presumably immigrants to Boston in the 1670s. Emphasis on
the male branches. No index, but there are only a few
hundred people included. I will search and extract or copy.
JC
Holcombe - Leaves From A Family Album: Holcombe and
Greer, J. T. Greer, Texian Press, 1975, xi + 112 pp., notes,
appendices. Holcombe-Pickens-Greer family. Places
mentioned: Marshall, TX; Fayette Co., TN; SC; St.
Petersburg, Russia. JMS
Horlacher - Family of Hans Michael & Maria Veronica
Horlacher, Levi Jackson Horlacher & Vaneta Thomas Horlacher,
Private Printing, Lexington, KY, 1968. MHO
Hosfeld - Henry C. and Mary Veronica (Bischof) Hosfeld
and Descendants, 1800-1988, Whipporwill Publications,
Evansville, Ind., 1988. Chrionicles the descendants of
Henry C. Hosfeld (b. 26 Nov 1800, Baden, Germany; d. 12 Oct
1860, Knox Co., Ohio). Lists all descendants, most of whom
live in Ohio or Florida. Fully indexed, over 600 pages. CS
Hossfeld - From Saxony to the Lehigh Valley: The
Descendants of Ludwig Hossfeld, Corinne Hosfeld Smith, 1992.
Follows a fmily of five siblings from the town of Weilar in
Saxony to the Allentown PA area. 75 pages, name indexed.
CS
Houston - The Houstons at Independence, R. Henderson Shuf-
fler, The Texian Press, Waco, 1966. MHO
Huddleston - Huddleston Family Tables, George
Huddleston, 1933. Genealogy of most Huddleston's in U.S.
through 1933. Indexed. SH
Jackson - Jackson Family History. 1776-1977. Cleta
Branscomb, 1975. Jackson and intermarried families of
Patrick Co. and Carroll Co, VA. Bolt, Bowman, KSpence,
McGrady, Collier to name a few.
Branscomb/Branscom/Branscome and related families. MAS
Jared/Jarrett/Garrett - see Beauregard
Johnson - Johnson and Their Kin of Randolph Co., NC. RV
King - Our King Family: Their Ancestors, In-Laws, &
Descendants , Oscar B. King, The Manney Co, Ft Worth, 1970.
MHO
Kitchell - Kitchell Family History, Deloris Kitchell
Clem and Dwain L. Kitchell. Covers the Kitchell family in
England and America. JS
Klumph - Descendants (1763-1966) of John Thomas Klumph
(1729-1818) and early Klumph History, Richard Amidon Klumph.
This is a rather comprehensive genealogy with over 4610
known descendants. In addition, spouses are listed. There
are 643 different surnames listed, 7% of which are the
KLUMPH surname. DR
Latimer - The Latimer Legacy, Nancy McKinney Sayford,
private printing, 1985. MHO
LeFevre - The Pennsylvania LeFevres, Descendants of
Issac LeFevre and Catherine Ferres, French protestant
settlers in Lancaster Co., PA, 1710. George Newton LeFevre.
KM
Lincoln - History of the Lincoln Family: An Account of
the Descendants of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham Massachusetts
1637-1920, compiled by Waldo Lincoln, then the President of
the American Antiquarian Society. Commonwealth Press,
Worcester, MA 1923. Extensive genealogy, well cross-
indexed. Covers family members across the entire US,
sometimes with short descriptions. TLL
Lippincott - Lippincott: Five Generations of the Descen-
dants of Richard & Abigail Lippincott, Judith M. Olsen, The
Gloucester Co. Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ, 1982. PB
London - A Genealogical History of One Branch of the
London Family in America since 1636, Hoyt H. London &
Virginia London, Columbia, MO, 1976. MHO
Luck - Luck Family Genealogical Findings, Mary Inglis
Sims, 1979 ("Genealogical Research Findings and Notes on the
family, friends & Neighbors of Francis LUCK of Virginia"
born ca 1718, York Co, VA, died 1780-1781 Pittsylvania Co.,
VA), surnames include Deadman, Hubbard, Luck, McHaney,
Pemberton. BG
Lyle - Lyle Family in America, O. K. Lyle, 1912.
Approx 400 pp (microfiche) Descendants of Lyles who came
from County Antrim, Ireland to Augusta Co., VA c1750. Major
collateral line: McSpadden. JMS
Lyons - see Hieronymous.
MacRae - From Kintail to Carolina. Donald MacRae,
Glasgow, Angus McPhee, 1978. A history of the MacRaes in
North Carolina. JG
McAlpin(e) - McAlpin(e) Genealogies 1730-1990,
Alexander McAlpin of SC and GA and His Descendents. Doris
McAlpin Russell, Gateway Press, 1990. Full-name index;
"zillions" of surnames. JE
McPhail - see Geddie
McSpadden - see Lyle
MacDonald - One Small Branch of the Old MacDonald Tree.
Herbert Stanley MacDonald, North Haven?, CT 1968. RMM
Magill - Magill Family Record, R. M. Magill, 1907.
approx 300 pp (microfiche) Magill family of TN, Walker Co.,
GA & TX. JMS
Main - see Babcock
Marsh - Genealogy of the Marsh Family: Outline for
Five Generations of the Families of John of Salem, 1633;
John of Hartford 1636; Samuel of New Haven, 1646; Alexander
of Braintree, 1654; John of Boston, 1669; William of
Plainfield, 1675. Dwight Whitney Marsh, J. E. Williams,
Amherst, MA 1886. RMM
Marsh - The Marsh Family Chronicles of 1978. Philip
Searles Marsh, Coronado, CA 1978. volume one only.
Supplement to The Genealogy of John Marsh of Salem and His
Descendants, 1633-1888, by L. B. Marsh. RMM
Marsh - Marsh Genealogy: Giving Several Thousand
Descendants of John Marsh of Hartford, CT, 1636-1895. Press
of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA 1895. RMM
Mayberry/Mabry - Some of the Descendents of Charles
Mayberry/Mabry, Two volumes. Ora Belle McColman, 1988.
Many, Many old VA families. MAS
Miller - The Miller Families of William, Ebenezer
(Sr.), Ebenezer (Jr.), Noah, Samuel, Samuel Buell, Frank
Buell, and Clifford Buell, Elfer B. Miller, private printed
by Elfer Miller, 106 Fountain Head, Peachtree City, GA,
1990, 1991. Genealogy of William Miller (1620-1690) one of
the first settlers of Northampton, MA in 1654. This volume
is not indexed but will check for names if thought to be of
the line given in the title.
Miner - see Babcock
Monroe - Genealogy of Josiah Monroe, Revolutionary
soldier who died in the service of the Continental Army at
Valley Forge, February 19, 1778, G. S. Northrup, St Johns,
MI, 1919, 367 pp. "With the accounts of the following
families: Arnold, Bailey, Bennett, Bilyea, Bonner, Boston,
Brown, coburn, Chapin, Davis, Derby, Dodson, Dunn, Emart,
Fink, Foster, Gault, Gregory, Guild, Harris, Hollister,
Hopkins, House, Kelsey, Long, Longee, Longyear, Marvin, May
, Miller, Monroe, Moor, Moss, Nichols, Northrup, Overacker,
Phillips, Porter, Pratt, Prentice, Ransom, Robinson, Rood,
Sage, Sutliff, Taylor, Thomas, Tool, Turner, Webber, Wilbur,
Williams, Winslow, Wolfinger and Woods." LS
Newcomb - Andrew Newcomb, 1616-1686, and His
Descendants. Bethuel Merritt Newcomb, Tuttle, Morehouse &
Taylor, New Haven, CT, 1923. RMM
Nolen - The Nolen Family Genealogy, Mildred Smith
Laney; W. H. Wolfe Associates, Alpharetta, GA, 1993. EGS
Ogdon - Ogdon Newsletter, incomplete sets. JG
Oldfather - Genealogy of the Oldfather Family, comp by
Rufus a. Longman, Cincinatti, 1911. MHO
Oliphant - Samuel Duncan Oliphant, the Indomitable
Campaigner, Fred Smith, Exposition Press, New York, 1967.
Biography of this Civil War Brevet Brigadier General giving
information on his Scottish, Colonial and American family
history. Will check index and extract info found. RWO
Oliphant - Descendants of William Oliphant of North
Carolina, Nancy H. Stein, ed., Wilmette, IL. Oliphant
Family History c. 1981. Genealogy of Wm. Oliphant with
collateral families of Martindale, Hale, Colee, Burch,
Vaughn, Mitchell, Morgan, Slough, and King. Will check
index and extract info. RWO
Olmsted - Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America,
compiled by Henry King Olmsted. Embrasing the descendants
of James & Richard Olmsted and covering a period of nearly 3
centuries. LAM
Omohundro - The Omohundro Genealogical Record: Blood
Lines Traced from the 1st Omohundro in Westmoreland County,
VA, 1670 through his Desc. in 3 great brances & Allied
families. McLure Printing Co., 1950. MHO
Petit - Notes Genealogigues des Descendants de Michel
Petit et Lucie Huet-Delude, Ce'cile Vel-Page', 1976, 338 pp,
not indexed, in French. This is a huge book printed on 8.5
X 14 paper, with thousands of descendants listed. The
immigrant ancestors came from France to Quebec, for the most
part in the 1650-1750 time frame. Has connections with most
of the _first families_ of Quebec. My French is extremely
mediocre, but I will help with
translation when I can. SO
Phillips - Genealogy of William Tobias Phillips. 14
Generations. Elza B. Cox, 1989. MAS
Pickens - see Holcombe
Pierpont, Pierrepont, Pierpoint - The Pierpoint-
Pierpont Family of Maryland-Virginia West Virginia, 2nd ed,
1973, private printing. This book has a useable and
extensive index. For more info see Contributors' listing.
BK
Pigman - John Pigman & His Descendants, Polly P.
Kelleher, et al., private printing, 1991. John Pigman was
baptized in St. Mary's church, Great Parndon, Essex in 1661
and migrated to Prince Georges County, MD, some twenty-five
years later. This book traces his descendants only along
the male lines. JG
Poingdestre/Poindexter - Poingdestre-Poindexter: A
Norman Family through the Ages 1250-1977, John Poindexter
Landers, pub by Robert Downs Poindexter, Austin, TX (1977?).
MHO
Pogue/Polk/Pollock - Pogue, Polk, Pollock as Mirrored
in
History. TAS
Potts - Thomas Potts (Shield) and Related Falmilies,
Gloria Potts Stracke, 1980, 189 pp., indexed. There is also
a supplement with additions, corrections, etc., published
Dec 91, 176 pp., not indexed. Covers the descendants of
Thomas Potts who travelled from England on the Shield and
landed at "Ye Falles of Ye Delaware" (now Trenton), West New
Jersey, in 1678. Many allied families are also discussed.
SO
Prater/Prather - Archibald Prater/Prather 1755-1831 and
Other Prater Familys of Eastern KY, 1980-1981 Magoffin Co.,
KY, Historical Society. MAS
Puckett - Richard & Elixabeth Puckett of Gwinett
County, GA. Robert Puckett, 1981. Traces Richard's line
back to John Puckett/Pocket of Elizabeth City County, VA
(1637) & Richard's descendents down to the present.
Indexed. JG
Robison - History & Genealogy of the Franklin Alonzo
Robison Family, Carrie Robison Despain & Melba Despain
Garner, 1960. Xerox of well-used original made in 1988.
History of Robison & King families of NY who travelled to
Utah in 1854 and settled the town of Fillmore, Millard Co.,
UT. Lots of ancillary lines. LR
Roebling - The Roeblings: A Century of Engineers,
Bridgebuilders and Industrialists, The Story of Three
Generations of an Illustrious Family 1831-1931. Hamilton
Schuyler, Princeton university Press, 1931. A rather
pompous but detailed descriptive history. Concentrates on
engineering and personalities, not genealogy. TLL
Rohrbach - Rohrbach Genealogy, Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh,
Dando-Schaff Printing & Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1970.
Descendants of 9 Rohrbach immigrants to Colonial America
1709-1754 and more than 100 Rohrbach immigrants to Ameria
1825-1900. Will check index and extract info. RWO
Rohrbach - Rohrbach Genealogy, Vol II, Lewis Bunker
Rohrbaugh, Maine Coast Printers, Rockland, ME, 1977.
Rohrbach & Rohrbaugh families of America descended from Hans
Georg Rohrbach who emigrated from Germany to America in
1732. RWO
Rohrer - The Rohrer Families, A Genealogical Work, by
Wick-
liffe B. Neal, 1991. JDS
Romer - Historical Sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel,
and Allied Familes and Tales of the Neutral Ground, John
Lockwood Romer, ed. & compiler, 1917. This book includes
fragmentary legends and traditions; bits of family history,
relating to these families of Westchester County, New York.
It discusses the capture of John Andre. MW
Ruttan - A Part of the Family Ruttan 1590-1986. Henry
N. Ruttan, 1986. Indexed. MMS
Safford - see Fassett (2)
Scheib - Durch die Fensterscheibe, quarterly newsletter
of the Scheib/Shipe/Shive etc families, published by Betty
G. Massman. Full set, 1982 to present. Will search Scheib
indexes. Will also search everyname indexes if you know of
or have good reason to suspect a Scheib connection - this is
labor intensive. TS
Scott - I have much information regarding Rotheus
Hayward Scott and Hayward Rotheus Scott, OH early > WI > CA
during the Gold Rush then CA, Mendocino Co homestead by
1870. Purported to be Descendants of Edmund Scott > Obadiah
> Jesse > David of Luzerne Co, PA > Washington & Morgan
Counties, OH early. Will share. LR
Seaton - The Seatons of Western Pennsylvania. Jane
Snowden Crosby, New York, Hobson Book Press, 1945. RMM
Shipman - Worthy Names to Bear - Shipman ***
Blankenship, researched and written by Sharon A. Tabin
Shipman. Covers the families and descendants of Daniel
Shipman (arriving circa 1730's) and the
Blankinsop/Blankenship line, dating from the Norman rule in
England. indexed w/more than 1000 names. MKR
Sission - Ancestry and Descendants of Ezra Sission
(1824-1898) and Amelia Plemon (1828-1914), Raymond L. Olson,
Baltimore, 1991. contains some info on many other New
England families,- Adkins, Birdsall, Blake, Cooke, Cooley,
Davis, Dibble, Elmer, Geer, Gibbs, Gould, Ingersoll, Jones,
Kibbe, Lawton, Lord, North, Oldage, osborn, Phelps, Pitkin,
Pryor, Saunders, Wildes, Williams, Winchell, Wolcott. EM
Sistler - Grandfather Was Always a Very Old Man, Byron
Sistler. Covers the Sistler, Rexer, and Trovillion in
Illinois and Tennessee. JS
Smith - see Canada, Nova Scotia
Stafford - A Genealogy of the Stafford Family in America,
Thos Stafford b. ca. 1605. JWK
Stafford - Stafford Family Data vol 5, 10, 13, 16, 17,
19. A collection of individual Stafford Family related
genealogical reports with index to each issue. JWK
Stallings - Stallings Family Records, ed 1, Dr. James
H. Stallings, 1977; A Supplement to Stalling Family Records,
1981. This voluminous work of over 600 pages with 50 to 75
names per page has lots of names, dates, and places but not
very much documentation. All Stallings are traced to three
ancestors from England: John, emigrated late 18th century
to NC; Richard b 1638 emigrated 1652 to Maryland; Nicholas
emigrated 1635 to Jamestown, VA. I have prepared an index
to pages 120-537 (Nicholas) with more than 26,000 entries.
PSC
Stright - A Stright Genealogy, In Particular John
Warnock and Elvira Hall Stright, Their Descendants and
Ancestors, by a Grandson Hayden Leroy Stright, 1973. JRA
Stroud - see Wilson
Sutphen - The Sutphen Family Nine Generations, A. V. D.
Honeyman, collated by Louis deBoer, forward ty Van Tassel
Sutphen, Oct 1926. MAS
Tracy - Tracy Genealogy: Ancestors & Desc. of Lt.
Thomas Tracy of Norwich, CT, Evert E. Tracy MD, Albany, NY,
1898 (microfilm). MHO
Trammell - see Wilson
Trezevant - The Trezevant Family in the U.S. from the
date of arrival of Daniel Trezevant, Huguenot, at Charles
Town, South Carolina, in 1685, to the present date, John
Timothee Trezevant, 1914. Reprint 1977. MHO
Trotter - Trotter Genealogy: The VA-MS-TN Trotter Line
1725-1948, compiled by Mrs. Isham Patten Trotter, Jr.,
Louisville, KY, 1948. MHO
Turner - See Bartow Co., Ga.
Tuthill/Tuttle - Descendants of Henry Tuthill 1612-
1650. Based on Tuttle-Tuthill Lines in America compiled by
Alva H. Tuttle, 1968. Edited by Gwen Campbell, 1991. MN
Tuttle - The Descendants of William & Elizabeth
Tuttle, Vol 1 & 2. George Frederick Tuttle, Tuttle
Printers, Rutland, Vermont, 1883. LAM
Twining - The Twining Family, revised Edition.
Descendants of William Twining, Sr. of Eastham
Massachusetts, where he died in 1659, compiled and published
by Thomas J. Twining of Sidney, Indiana, Fort Wayne,
Indiana, 1905. Extensive, detailed and accurate genealogy
of this Twining Family with pictures, maps and biographies
of key family members. TLL
Uphoff - The Descendants of Johann Hermann Uphoff, who
emigrated to South Dakota in 1886, consists mostly of
letters describing what everyone remembers of the past. I
don't think this has been published. AK
Vance - Vance Family Newsletter, Vol I-VII, 1985 -
present. Indexed. JG
Van Tassel - see Romer
Vawter - The Vawter Family in America, Indexed. SH
Vincent - 1. Genealogy of Vincent Families, has data
about some 9000 persons. DB
2. see also Beauregard
Warnock - see Stright
Welles - The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of CT
1590-1658 and his wife Alice Tomes, Donna Holt Siemiatkoski,
Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1990. Covers the first 4
generations of this family. Will check index and extract
info. RWO
Whidden - see Canada, Nova Scotia
Wijffels - Stamboom Familie Wijffels. Dr. Honore
Wyffles, Hubert Wijffels and Harrie Wijffels; Barle-Nassau-
Hertog Publ 1989. Genealogy of the Wijffels and other Roman
Catholic Families originally for the area bordering Zeeland
Netherlands and Flanders Belgium 1590-1989 including US
immigrants. 215 pp. Indexed. LC
Willis - A Family Biography: The Story of Edward
Willis & Jonnie Robertson Smith & their 10 children, Charles
D. Smith, Ft Worth 1954. MHO
Wilson - No Beginning--No Ending, Logan D. Wilson,
Taylor Pub. Co., Dallas, TX 1972. Wilson, Stroud, Trammell,
etc. MHO
Witter - The Descendants of William Witter and Hannah
Churchman of Lynn, MA. Harold Witter, Gatweay Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, 1991. 13 generations of Witter starting with
William Witter b. England about 1584, d. Lynn, MA 1659.
Indexed. I have started to enter data in The Family Edge.
Much of the data has been submitted by members and
descendants of the families. Will search index; copy pages;
supply GEDCOM for data that is entered (not much yet but it
will grow). GK
Wood - A Record of the Descendants of Joseph and
Cahterine Day Wood, Who Settled in West Nottingham, Chester
Co., PA in 1758 with some Historical Account of Him and his
Ancestors, Day Wood, 1903. 47 pages. SAW
Workman - Workman Family History, Thelma C. Anderson,
Salt Lake City, 1962. Over 834 pages of Workmans, indexed.
JEB
Workman - Some Branches of the Workman Tree: A Second
Volume of Workman Family History, edited by kRalph Hall
Sayre, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1979. Over 400 pages
of more Workman family genealogy and history, indexed. JEB
GENEALOGY, GENERAL REFERENCE
Applied Genealogy, Eugene A. Stratton, Salt Lake City,
1988. EM
The Beginner's Guide to Swedish Genealogical Research,
compiled by Finn A. Thomsen. JS
Building an American Pedigree, Norman E. Wright, BYU
Press, Provo, Utah, 1974. The best "how-to-do-it" book on
American genealogy I've seen. Don't know how much help it
will be via e-mail, but glad to share. LR
Debrett's Family Historian - A Guide to Tracing Your
Ancestry, Noel Currier-Briggs and Royston Gambier, Collins
Publishers, Don Mills, Ontario, 1981. Explains step by step
procedures for tracing your personal genealogy in Great
Britain and abroad, including use of government and parish
records, archives, census records, wills, land deeds,
military lists and official registers. It shows how to make
the best use of expert knowledge, and how to recognize
unusual or unexpected clues from the past. DS
Cite Your Sources, Richard S. Lackey. Tells how to
document your family history. JS
Finding Your Roots, Jeane Eddy Westin, Ballantine
Books, NY 1977. EGS
Genealogical Research Directory, Johnson & Sainty,
1991. ML
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print: 3 Vols,
30,000 works listed. Includes ordering information for all,
and pricing for most. GW
Handybook for Genealogists, 8th ed., Everton, 1991. Where
to write for records. Mostly US, some other. CB
Historical and Genealogical Atlas of the Eastern United
States, Richard H. Jackson, Horizon Publishers, undated.
Chronological maps from the revolutionary period to the
present for 26 states east of the Mississippi River. If you
really can't find some early place in the Eastern United
States, I'll see what
I can find. It certainly isn't definitive, but a good
collection, all in all. No copyright listed. Don't know
that it will copy well as its not a great printing job. LR
The Library, Cerny and Elliot, ed. A description of
the Salt Lake City, Utah main branch of the Family History
Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City. JK
Newspaper Genealogical Column Directory, 3rd ed.,
Heritage
Books, 1987. ANK
The Origin of English Surnames, P. H. Reaney; Routledge
& Kegan Paul, London, Boston & Henley, 1967. An
etymological and explanatory (not genealogical)
interpretation of English surnames. RWO
The Rand-McNally Green Guide, Chicago, 1974. Lists all
cities, towns, villages and other localities in the United
States with 100 or more population plus 3,140 counties and
independent cities as well as approx 1,500 incorporated
places that have less than 100 population in 1970. Crosses
every listing to county. A little out of date now, but has
been my mainstay for finding places for 15 years now and has
never let me down. LR
Red Book, Ancestry. Lists addresses of U.S. counties
and
information regarding vital records. AM
Register of ONe Name Studies 1991 (Eigth Edition). The
Guild of One-Name Studies, London, England. KS
The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. Val
Greenwood, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983.
Very useful "how to". I like it better than The Source,
which I also own, tho it may be heretical to say so. JG
Shaking Your Family Tree, Ralph Crandall, Yankee
Publishing Inc., Dublin, NH, 1986 EGS
The Source, Eakle and Cerny, ed. Chapters on family
sources, vital records, marriage records, census, church
records, court records, land records, city directories,
newspapers, and others. Ancestry Publishing, SLC.
<Primarily addresses US sources> JK
A Survey of American Church Records, Religious
Migrations of Some of the Major Denominations, Fourth
Edition, E. Kay Kirkham, The Everton Publishers, Inc.,
Logan, Utah 1978. LR
Trace Down Your Ancestors, Draw Up Your Family Tree.,
Estelle Catlett. Researching your ancestors in Great
Britain. JS
Tracing Your Ancestors Marilyn Yordan, Newton Abbot
Devon, David & Charles Publishers, 1988. "This Guide is
essential for all those - including all those people of
British descent now living overseas in other English
speaking countries - wishing to compile their family
hisotry, whether you are an established family historian or
a complete new-comer." LKJ
UMI Guide to FAmily and Local Histories, University
Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, 1990. EM
Unlocking the Secrets in Old Photography, Karen Frisch-
Ripley, Ancestry, Salt Lake City, UT, 1991. EGS
Unpuzzling Your Past, Emily Anne Croom, Betterway
Publica-
tions, Inc., White Hall, VA, 1983. EGS
Write It Right, Richard S. Lackey. Tells how to write
your family history. JS
GENEALOGY, MIGRATION
French Lorraine - see listing under Family
Histories, General "Les Lorrains en Amerique du Nord"
Jews - We have various books on the great
migration of eastern European Jews to the United States,
1880-1920. DJM
GENEALOGY BY COUNTRY
CANADA
Irish Migrants in the Canadas, a New Approach, Bruce S.
Elliott, McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston &
Montreal, 1988. Deals mostly with the immigration of
Protestants from Co. Tipperary to Ontario between 1815 &
1855. RWO
The City Beyond, a History of Nepean, Birthplace of
Canada's Capitol, 1792-1990, Bruce S. Elliott, City of
Nepean, 1991. RWO
Upper Canada Naturalization Records 1828-1850, Donald
A. McKenzie, OGS, 1991. Oaths of allegiance (thus becoming
British subjects) in Upper Canada County Register Books. If
already British subjects (from England, Wales, Ireland,
Scotland), this was not required. MHW
Alberta
Saga of Battle River - We Came, We stayed. A
History of Deadwood, North Star, Manning, Notikewin,
Hotchkiss and Hawk Hills Districts of Alberta, Canada.
Compliled by the Battle River Historical Society, Manning,
Alberta. Printed by I.C.P. Copyright 1986 Battle River
Historical Society. 814 pp includes index. Memoirs of
settlers and descendents who were pioneers in the Battle
River district of Northern Alberta, north of Peace River.
Includes thousands of names, hundreds of families from other
parts of Canada, USA, and Europe.
British Columbia
British Columbia War Memorials-An Index of Names.
BC Genealogical Society, 1990. MMS
BC Gulf Islands Cemeteries. BC Genealogical
Society. MMS
Nova Scotia
History of the Smith Family. Nathan Smith, 1862
including "Genealogy of the Smith Family" by Helen Whidden
1967. 199 pp plus errata. The earlier part of the book is
a repreint
of the "History of the Smith Family of Hants Count, Nova
Scotia". The family emigrated from Ireland though
origanally from England, living in Ireland from three
generations. The genealogy of the Smiths includes entries
into the 1960s as well as many hand written corrections.
Includes many families: Clarke, Dimock, Douglas, Eaton,
Fisk, Gilroy, Graham, Knowles, McCallum, Nelson, Payzant,
Ripley, Shaw, Sterling, Whidden and related families.
Genealogy is a list od descendents plus some anecdotes. No
index. RW
Whidden and Hattie Families in Nova Scotia. Edna
Louise Ludwig, 1983. Includes Blair, Hamlin,
MacHattie/Hattie, Pixley, Tudker, Whidden, Willix and
related families. Selfpublished, 55 pp w/index. Account of
Whitten-Hattie families from Devon, England to NH to Nova
Scotia to California and Washington state. Genealogy is a
list of ancestors of the author. Some accounts of siblings
are included. RW
Whidden Family of Nova Scotia. Helen Whidden &
Philip Whidden Barlow. 173 pp. Account of Ichabod Whidden
and three sons, John, James & Samuel who emigrated from
Portsmouth, England in 1662 and settled in NH. After a few
generations, part of the family moved to Truro and
Cornwallis, Nova Scotia and then all parts of North America.
Genealogy is a descendents list with anecdotes. Many
related families including Allison, Archibald, Barss,
Bentley, Blair, Brown, Campbell, Clark, Clarke, Fisher ,
Ford, Ganon, Glencross, Graham, Hall, Harrington, Hart,
Higgins, Jobb, Johnson, Jones, Longfellow, Lynch, MacDonald,
McCabe, Morton, Nelson, O'Brien, Prescott, Reid,
Roode/Rhude, Smith, Sterling, Sutherland, Swan and Thomson.
No index in printed edition; now in Personal Ancestral File
database with cross-references to printed edition. RW
Ontario
Death Notices of Ontario. William B. Reid,
Hunterdon House, 1980. obituary extracts from Ontario
newspapers, 1810-1849. MMS
Death Notices from the Christian Guardian, 1836-
1850. Rev Donald A. McKenzie, Hunterdon House, 1982.
obituary extracts from a Toronto Methodist newspaper. MMS
The Deep Roots: Grosse Ile 1776-1876, Isabella
Swan, 1977. A local history of Grosse Ile in the Detroit
River. MJY
Directory of the Province of Ontario 1857. Thomas
B. Wilson & Emily S. Wilson, Hunterdon House, 1987. MMS
Early Ontario Settlers, Norman K. Crowder,
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Contains population and
ration lists for refugees who settled along the St.
Lawrence, Lakes Ontario and Erie, and Detroit River after
the American Revolution. These lists are known as the
"Provisionary Lists of 1784 and 1786", housed at the
National Archives of Canada. List entries contain name of
head of household, location, age and sex of other members of
household, occupation, and other remarks. MJY
"Families" (journal of the Ontario Genealogical
Society), 1977-date; some prior issues. Unindexed. MMS
Index to Family Names in "Pioneer Life on the Bay
of Quinte". Index only. MMS
Marriage Bonds of Ontario 1803-1834. Thomas B.
Wilson, Hunterdon House, 1985. (abstracts of originals at
the National Archives of Canada) MMS
Marriage Notices of Ontario. William B. Reid,
Hunterdon House, 1980. extracts from Ontario newspapers
1813-1854. MMS
Ontario Marriage Notices. Thomas B. Wilson,
Hunterdon House, 1982. extracts from Ontario newspapers,
1830-1856. MMS
Ontario People: 1796-1803, E. Keith Fitzgerald,
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Contains about 4000
entries from the District Loyalist Rolls of 1796 from the
National Archives of Canada. These are essentially records
of American Loyalists, British and German servicemen who
appeared in court to defend their entitlement to land. MJY
The Ontario Register, Volume 5. Thomas B. Wilson,
Hunterdon House, 1981. newspaper extracts of marriages &
deaths. MMS
Elgin Co.
Historical Atlas of Elgin County, Ontario, 1877.
MMS
Index to the 1871 Census of Elgin County, Ontario.
MHW
Sims' History of Elgin County. Hugh J. sims,
1984, 1986, 1988. 3 volumes of histories of each town and
village, not indexed by name. MMS
Talbot Times. Newsletter of Elgin Co. branch OGS.
Vol I to date. Unindexed. MMS
Histories of City of St Thomas, & Talbot
Settlement, a few Southwold Township cemetery recording.
MMS
Norfolk Co.
Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement. E. A.
Owen, 1898. Reprint Mika Publishing Co., 1986. Separate
name index. MMS
Simcoe: County Town of Norfolk-A History 1790-
1978. ed. David Judd, Norfolk Historical Society, 1985.
Indexed. MMS
a few other publications by Norfolk Historical
Society on Norfolk County genealogy & history. MMS
Quebec
Notes Genealogigues des Descendants de Michel
Petit et Lucie Huet-Delude, Ce'cile Vel-Page', 1976, 338 pp,
not indexed, in French. This is a huge book printed on 8.5
X 14 paper, with thousands of descendants listed. The
immigrant ancestors came from France to Quebec, for the most
part in the 1650-1750 time frame. Has connections with most
of the _first families_ of
Quebec. My French is extremely mediocre, but I will help
with translation when I can. SO
ENGLAND
History of the French Protestant Refugees from the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to the Present Time, no
date (old) CB
London. Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the
Court of Husting, London, 1258-1688. Index of names. CB
Gloucestershire
The Registers of the Church of St. Mary, Dymock,
15381790 (baptisms and burials 1538-1788, marriages 1538-
1790). Bristol and Goucestershire Archaeological Society,
1960. I have only the entries through 15 Jan 1601 --
remember, the beginning of the year then was in March, so
this would be 1602 to us.) KMO
Middlesex Co.
Middlesex County Records, From Edward VI to the
end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. (Court records, index
of names, etc. CB
Yorkshire
Parish Records CB
Aldborough 1538-1812
Allerton Mauleverer 1557-1812
Askham Richard 1579-1812
Burghwallis 1596-1814
Clapham 1595-1683
Kirklington 1568-1812
FINLAND
Family Index (1992) & database. About 25,000 Finnish
surnames occuring in at least three generations in 3426
articles and books on gnealogy. LM
Genos 1930-1959 & 1960-1979. Index of persons and
surnames mentioned in the magazine 'Genos' published by the
Genealogical Society of Finland. LM
Suomen sukututkijaluettelo 1977, 1982 & 1989.
<Genealogical Research Directory for Finland. Directory of
genealogists working with different genealogical matters.
Indexed on surname, parish or special interest. LM
Yearbook. Published by the Genealogical Society of
Finland 1917- Partly indexed on surnames. LM
FRANCE
I have lots of Books about Genealogy, history, content
of "Archives Nationales de Paris", a lot of books about
different regions, names origin, dictionaries (names of
towns, names in France, latin old French, old jobs, nobles,
etc. I am the owner of "bibliotheque genealogigue
(genealogical library) of my firm, so I have access to many
books. MC
Nos Ancetres de l'Antiquite', Christian Settipani;
Editions Christians, Paris, 1991. French language work
drawing tentative connections between many extremely ancient
royal dynasties and the Medieval French Nobility through
Constantia, wife of Robert II, King of France. Many charts
and an EXTREMELY comprehensive bibliography. This is very
solid research. Lines are traced back as far as KRamses I
of Egypt (c. 1300 BC) and include the ruling families of
Egypt, Syria, Persia, Byzantium, Greece, Macedonia, etc.
PMO
GERMANY
Annweiler Families, 1477-1927, Georg Biundo,
transcribed by Ethel C. Phillips, Vol I, Surnames A-D,
Dennis Kastens, Collinsville, IL, 1992. 96 leaves.
Genealogical information compiled by Rev Biundo in 1939.
Annweiler is in the Wasgau region of Rheinland-Palatinate.
Covers Annweiler and the nearby villages of Graefenhausen,
Queichhambach, Sarnstall, and Bindersbach, as well as
Eusserthal Compound and Trifels Castle. Arranged
alphabetically by surname. N.B. (Nota Bene): I have
surnames A-D ONLY. TS
Bibliography of Colonial Germans of North America:
Especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their Descendants,
Emil Meynen; Geneal. Pub., Baltimore, 1986. Reprint of a
1937 work. xx, 636 pp. Includes extensive sections on
religious history, local history, and biography/genealogy.
C. 100 pp of genealogies by surname. Please formulate
queries as narrowly as possible. TS
The Bulletin of the German Genealogical Society of
America. "Two or three years." Willing to copy specific
articles. JK
A Genealogical Handbook of German Research, vol 1 & 2,
Larry O. Jensen. Mostly useful for its description of
German handwriting and on how to use Meyers "Orts und
Verkers Lexikon" to find a village. JK
Germans to America, Glazier and Filby. They have
indexed all passenger lists with mostly german immigrants.
I think they're up to 1868 now and began with 1850. Not
mine but easily available. AK
Grosses Deutsches Orts- und Verkehrslexikon, 1928. At our
library, german letters. AK
Die Kunstdenkm"aler des Landkreises Cochem, Ernst
Wackenroder, second printing, 1984 (original 1959), 879 pp,
Deutscher
Kunstverlag, M"unchen. Exhaustive study of all works from
numerous artists and craftsmen from German Mosel valley in
the region of Cochem (roughly Zell to Cochem); an impressive
number of artisans and also of non-artisans (cited for
various reasons) from all periods of history ar in two
separate indexes; numerous references; a beautifu book,
difficult to find. JPR
Die Kunstdenkm"aler der Rheinprovinz, Bd. 19, Abt
3: Die Kunstdenkm"aler des Kreises Zell, Hans Vogts, second
printing, 1984 (original 1938), 396 pp., P"adagogischer
Verlag SchwannBagel GmbH, D"usseldorf. Exhaustive study of
all works from numerous artists and craftsmen from the
German Mosel Valley (and mountains nearby) in the region of
Zell; an impressive number of artisans from all periods of
history (until 1938) are indexed; the text cites some non-
artisans (non-indexed); exhaustive descriptions of old
houses (with photographs); numerous references; a beautiful
book, difficult to find. JPR
M"ullers Grosses Deutsches Ortsbuch, 1927, 1938,
1949, 1974, 1977, 1986/7, 1991/2. Not mine but easily
available at our library. The first three are in german
letters (no problem for me, but perhaps for others). The
last four are in latin letters but only cover the FRG. They
also have pointers to the Deutscher General-Atlas. AK
Oldenburgische Familienkunde, periodical of the
Oldenburg Genealogical Society. I have the indexes at home
and could look up specific names. AK
Oldenburger St"adtenamen, Friedrich Schohusen.
Explains the meaning of streetnames in Oldenburg. Sometimes
gives bibliographical hists, also for genealogical books
about the people for whom the streets were named. AK
Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von
Oder und Neisse. Town name list of the places beyond the
Oder and Neisse. It doesn't provide much information, just
province and keris, and includes the provinces of
Ostpreussen, Pommern, Westpreussen, Schlesien, Danzig, and
th eastern part of Brandenburg. but if you would like me to
look, send me a private e-mail messange and I will answer as
time permits. It seems reasonably complete by comparison to
some of the things I have seen at the LDS such as Muller and
Meyers. JK
The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, Vols 3, 4, & 5,
Trudy Schenk and Ruth Forelke, Ancestry Inc., Salt Lake
City, 1987, 1988. Lists full name of immigrant, birthdate
and place if known, emigration registry place and date,
destination, and LDS film number. In alphabetical order.
CS
OSTFRIESLAND (Northwest part of Germany)
Parish Registers of villages in Osfriesland
Ortssippenbuch Bangstede
Ortssippenbuch Bedekaspel
Ortssippenbuch Ochtelbur
Ortssippenbuch Westerende
These are edited by the Ostfriesland
Genealogical Society. They contain compilations of the
parish records from the named villages (all southwest of
Aurich). There are severl others which I could try to get
my hands on when I'm in Aurich.AK
Deutsches Geschlechterbuch vol 190, (aka
Ostfriesisches Geschlechterbuch vol 6) from 1983. Lists
genealogies of several families from Ostfriesland. Indexed.
AK
Ostfriesische Bibliographie, Ostfriesland
Genealogical Society. Contains bibliographical information
about books with East Frisian content, also some
genealogies. AK
Quellen und Forchungen zur Ostfriesischen Familien
und Wappenkunde, periodical of the Ostfriesland Genealogical
Society of Aurich. "Several years worth" "My German is
none too good, but this also contains Plattdeutsche, which
completely defeats me. It is indexed, so I may be willing
to find whatever is wanted and let the buyer beware." JK
RE: ABOVE - I could try to assist with the Plattdeutsch
since I speak it myself and try to get specific issues in
Aurich. Since I'm not there too often, this could take some
weeks or months. AK
Newsletters of the Ostfriesen Genealogical Society.
"Several years". "Of limited usefullness unless you are
into Ostfriesland, and in that case, you will want the
address (George, IA) so that you can join. Or if someone
wants to know who is researching surname XXXX I can provide
it." JK
The East Frisians in America, George Schnucker
translated by Kenneth de Wall. Colonies in Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, and South Dakota. "I will look up a surname in
the index and copy a few pages, but if you want to read the
whole thing (and everyone with roots in Ostfriesland surely
does) stay away! You can't have mine!" JK
A small book published on the occasion of the 700th
anniversary of the founding of Simondswolde (Ostfriesland).
JK
End of Part 1 of 3