547 pages loaded with information about families, towns, schools, churches and business in Brazos County. The county is one of the oldest in Texas, so has lots of interesting history. 81 page index of families and busnesses located in Brazos County, Texas. View More...
First volume describing the history of Matagorda County, Texas, written in two parts with supplementary reference information. Part 1 includes sixteen chapters that outline the general background of the county and information for each time period from European exploration through the Texas sesquicentennial (1986). Part 2 provides more detailed information about the communities, organizations and businesses, and religion and education. Index starts on page 711. @ View More...
Lubbock High School- Lubbock Westerners 1909=1996. Contains information on such notables as Buddy Holly, Mac Davis, E. J. Holub, Helen Wagner Willey View More...
Our Links to the Past 1833-1996 Cemetery Records of Neshoba County MS. This project was undertaken to preserve the information found on cemetery markers in all cemeteries that could be located in Neshoba County. View More...
A genealogy of the descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Together with a short historical account of the family in England, the origin of the name, a description of Goodrich Castle, etc. 417 pages. @ View More...
The lives of Herman Lehmann, who was taken by the Indians as a boy from his Texas home and adopted by them; his career as an authentic Wild Warrior with the Apache and Comanche tribes; his subsequent restoration to the bosom of his family and the difficulties and confusions faced in adjusting his savage training to a civilized society; his experiences carrying him from the time of the Scalping Knife to the very threshold of our Atomic Age; together with verifying accounts by members of his family and others who shared some of those extraordinary and historical events. 160 pages. View More...
New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes family—where it begins and how far it goes—and attempts to untangle the true meaning of the "Family of Humankind."A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: "You don't know me, but I'm your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database."That's enough family members to fill Madison Square Garden four times over. Who are these people, A.J. won... View More...
This is the authoritative work on Swiss emigration to the Carolinas and Pennsylvania in the 18th century. Volume I identifies approximately 2,000 emigrants from the Canton of Zurich during the period 1734-1744, most references comprising such useful data as age, date of birth or baptism, trade, name of wife, names of children, and place of origin and destination. Volume II extends the scope of investigation to Bern (1706-1795) and Basel (1734-1794) and surpasses Volume I in the quantity and variety of assembled data. View More...
The Register consists of fifty recorded descriptive surveys of the metes and bounds of tracts of land for the period 1675-1679. West side Delaware River, from Newcastle County, Delaware into Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 112 pages, indexed.
Much has been written about peace officers, including a host of stories about Texas Rangers, U.S. marshals, and many town marshals from years past. The history and exploits of constables, another large group of peace officers, have remained largely untold. This book traces in some detail the history of Texas constables, from January 1823, when the first law enforcement officers, two constables, were appointed in Stephen F. Austin’s Colony, to the present day. In addition, a brief history of the origin of the office in medieval France and England and its role in colonial America is given in an ... View More...
The Woodlands, TX has one of the largest collections of outdoor sculptures for a community of its size within the continental United States. Full color photographs. 93 pages. View More...
This book is a comprehensive overview of the development of railroads in Canada and the United States from 1830 to the present day. The history of railroad book examines the changing fortunes brought by the Civil War and the Great Depression as well as the remarkable contributions made by pioneers such as Baldwin, Pullman, Westinghouse and Edison. This features many evocative historical pictures as well as superb color photographs of the latest trains. The Illustrated History of North American Railroads offers an excellent overview of a most facinating aspect of North American history, and the... View More...
The SpawGlass Way is the story of a partnership of two men that evolved into a company owned entirely by its employees.
That evolution was neither smooth nor predictable. The company struggled so hard at times that collapse seemed inevitable. It grew so fast at times that anything seemed possible. At one point the company was sold to a French firm to ensure a secure future for employees. But the resulting culture clash led many to lament, “We just wanted our company back.” Fifteen years later, they got their chance. An unexpected turn of events forced the French to liquidate American holdin... View More...
Descendants of William Brownlow McClellan. In this 1st edition of this work it was easy to state what was then known about the forefathers of William Brownlow McClellan. His son Joseph McClellan was the only source. View More...
History of Bell County, Texas and many of its families. Vol. 1 & 2; B&W photographs. 1056 pages; This is a 2-volume set about the history and people of Bell County, Texas. All name index. A very limited quantity of this out of print book is still available. View More...
It is a rare individual who becomes a legend in his own time. The Reverend B.M.G. Williams seems to have accomplished just that.
His familiar title, Uncle Bert, implies an existing warm relationship, yet few people remain who knew him when he first arrived in El Paso, Texas, in 1894.
It is for this reason that Bernice Dittmer's thoroughly researched biography of B.M.G. Williams provides yeoman service. She tells his story with loving care, reaching far back into his English heritage to give us information never before made public. 322 pages, indexed.
Names include: Bonules, Coisbe, Howlan... View More...
