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Probate and Orphans Court Records of Snyder County, Pennslyvania 1772-1855

Price: $55.00

Publisher: gpc : 1974

Seller ID: mcpas2000

ISBN-13: 9780806306445

Condition: Used, good

A collection of Probate and Orphan Court records from Snyder County Pennsylvania during the years 1772-1855. Many of the county formations have since changed, this is noted in the foreword. It is also noted that many of the early decedents mentioned in the book served in the rangers, militia, or Continental forces during the Revolution. 87 pages, index to letters of administration.

Names include: Aurand, Graybill, Ingledoe, Laudenslager, Romig, Swartz
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Declarations of Intention
For Naturalization
Santa Clara County, California

By: Christine Rose, C.G., F.A.S.G

Price: $17.50

Seller ID: cr2020

ISBN-13: 9780929626031

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Abstracted information from Declarations of Intention for Naturalization, taken from declarations at the Santa Clara county, California Courthouse from Vol. A (1850-1862), Vol. B (1862-1867) and Vol. E (1848-1870). Information varies but usually includes name, page reference, age, renouncing allegiance to which country, date, sometimes arrival date and various other information. 76 pages, full name index.

Names include: Blumenthal, Estabrook, Gocco, Jorquera, Osselin, Yaell
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Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783

By: David Dobson

Price: $22.00

Seller ID: mcr2020

ISBN-13: 9780806313122

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

The political union of Scotland and England in 1707 led to a rapid expansion of Scottish economic links with the American colonies, especially on the Chesapeake, where in the years prior to the Revolution the tobacco trade was controlled by Glasgow-based merchants and their factors. Evidence of this economic expansion and the subsequent settlement of Scots in America exists in a wide range of documentary sources in Scotland, including the records of the Scottish court system which have been deposited in the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh. This present work is a digest of such evidence and...
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Lone Star Justice

By: David M. Horton Ryan Kellus Turner

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: mctx0293

ISBN-13: 9781571682680

Binding: Library

Condition: Good

"Lone Star Justice" is the first major effort in a single volume to explain how the criminal justice system is organized and operated in the state of Texas. The authors review the history and administration of justice dating from the first arrival of Anglo-Americans in the 1820's to the present day. The work is described as "interdisciplinary" and includes a host of philosophies, professions, and practices. From its historical roots to its contemporary operations, this book offers "user friendly" yet carefully detailed explanation of criminal justice in Texas. Using facts and interesting anecd...
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Somerset County, Maryland, Orphans Court Proceedings: Volume 2, 1823-1838

By: David V. Heise

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: mcmds2005

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

This book, Vol. 2 of the Somerset County, Maryland, Orphans Court Proceedings, covers the period 1823-38. Two libers are abstracted; Book 3, 1823-29, and Book 4, 1829-38. 246 pages, indexed.

Names include: Bounds, Fitzgerald, Hayman, Lankford, Riggin, Swift,
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Salem County Marriage Records

By: H. Stanley Craig

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: mcnjs1800

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

This reprint of H. Stanley Craig's "Salem County (New Jersey) Marriage Records was reproduced from the best available copy of his original work published in 1928. Unfortunately the original was doe on an inferior grade of paper and was printed by a process known as "letterpress" which was responsible for the "bleeding" of some pages onto the succeeding page. 295 pages,full name index.

Names include: Boon, Dolbow, Habermayer, Lippincott, Scattergood, Vanmeter
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Abstracts and Cross-Reference Index of Administrator's Bond Record Book A 1859 - 1865, Shelby County, Illinois

By: H. Tregillis

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Anundsen Publishing : 1982

Seller ID: ils2200

Binding: Soft cover

A total name index to the first separate entry book in Shelby County for the administrator bonds of those individuals who dies intestate.

Index. 62 p. &
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Gentlemen Of The Bar: Lawyers In Colonial South Carolina

By: Hoyt Paul Canady, Jr.

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: mcsc2001

ISBN-13: 9780824082543

Condition: As New, a sticker on inside of book cover

446 pages including appendix. Gentlemen Of The Bar: Lawyers In Colonial South Carolina
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The American Political Dictionary

By: Jack C. Plano - Milton Greenberg

Price: $25.00

Publisher: : 1962

Seller ID: mcr2072

Condition: Very Good, slight shelve worn

383 pages, including index. Free shipping media mail. Definitions, backgrounds, and explanations of the basic concepts, the statutes, court cases, and agencies of federal, state, and local government. This book can be used in two ways. it is a dictionary in which terms are listed alphabetically by subject matter; the reader can find a term, by consulting a particular chapter, or, when in doubt as to the usage of a term, by consulting the INDEX. It is also a study guide; a complete reading of a chapter will provide the reader with basic information in a subject area and help in preparation for...
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Kinship: It's All Relative

By: Jackie Smith Arnold

Price: $21.00

Seller ID: gpc178

ISBN-13: 9780806319537

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Discusses genealogical terms, types of families, family relationships, genetic inheritance, orphans, and researching one's family tree. This enlarged second edition includes a new chapter on same-sex marriage. 144 pages.
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Indian Wills, 1911-1921, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Book Four

By: Jeff Bowen

Price: $33.00

Seller ID: gp9987

ISBN-13: 9780806353203

192 pages, index.
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Indian Wills, 1911-1921, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Book Three

By: Jeff Bowen

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: gp9986

ISBN-13: 9780806353197

Out of print.194 pages, indexed.
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"By A Line Of Marked Trees"
Abstracts of Currituck County, North Carolina
Deed Books 3-4
Volume Two

By: John A. Brayton

Price: $33.00

Publisher: : 2007

Seller ID: gp9923

ISBN-13: 9780806353753

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Currituck County, North Carolina, was one of the original precincts established in Albemarle County in 1670. The original Currituck County includes present-day Currituck and Dare counties and parts of Hyde and Tyrell counties. Nearly all of the early records of Currituck County itself have been lost. Although Currituck County's wills were abstracted in the 1960s, the task of abstracting the county's colonial deed books went wanting until 1999. In that year, John Brayton transcribed for publication the contents of Currituck County Deed Books 1,2, and parts of 3 (which he published as Volume One...
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New York City Court Recods 1760-1797

By: Kenneth Scott

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NGS : 1983

Seller ID: ngs1507

ISBN-13: 9780915156528

Binding: hard cover/Library

Condition: New

The Court of General Sessions of the Peace of New York City was presided over by mayor, recorder and aldermen and was concerned with criminal matters such as grand and petty larceny, assault and battery, counterfeiting, riot, extortion, fraud, perjury, highway robbery, bastardy, obstruction of highways, nuisances, keeping of a disorderly house, maintaining a billiard table or permitting card playing in a tavern. In addition the court dealt with complaints of apprentices, appointment of guardians, manumissions of slaves, naturalizations and grants of burgher rights, and appointment of overseers...
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New York City Court Records
1684-1760

By: Kenneth Scott

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NGS : 1982

Seller ID: ngs1506

ISBN-13: 9780915156443

Binding: hard cover/Library

Condition: New

The minutes of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the City of New York, 1684-1760, contained in three large volumes in the Historical Documents Collection of Queens College of the City University of New York, in conjunction with two volumes of rough minutes in the custody of the Clerk of Court of New York County, form the basis for the present volume , which includes criminal activity, trader marks, meeting house registration, grand jury presentations for public nuisances, , names of road officials, manumission of slaves, guardian appointments and more. also includes a list of sheri...
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Women and Politics: The Pursuit of Equality

By: Lynne E, Ford

Price: $15.00

Publisher: : 2002

Seller ID: wo2204

ISBN-13: 9780618063383

Condition: moderately used

The second volume in the "New Directions in Political Behavior" series, "Women and Politics" brings two perspectives on equality for women to the forefront: the legal doctrine, emphasizing gender neutrality; and the fairness doctrine, recognizing the differences between men and women. In-depth analysis combined with a clear presentation of theory and history motivates students to think critically about the challenges faced by women, past and present. 316 Pages. @
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The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript

By: Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee, Daniel Greenberg, Aaron Sorkin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 2010

Seller ID: ref2222

ISBN: 978-1982155087

Binding: Soft cover

In the fall of 1969 eight prominent anti-Vietnam War activists were put on trial for conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. One of the eight, Black Panther cofounder Bobby Seale, had his case was separated from that of the others.The Trial of the Chicago 7 consists of the highlights from trial testimony with a brief epilogue describing what later happened to the principal figures.

380 p. &
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Women and the Law of Property in Early America

By: Marylynn Salmon

Price: $42.00

Publisher: UNC

Seller ID: unc4243

ISBN-13: 9780807842447

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

In this first comprehensive study of women's property rights in early America, Marylynn Salmon discusses the effect of formal rules of law on women's lives. By focusing on such areas such as conveyancing, contracts, divorce, separate estates, and widows' provisions, Salmon presents a full picture of women's legal rights from 1750 to 1830.Salmon shows that the law assumes women would remain dependent and subservient after marriage. She documents the legal rights of women prior to the Revolution and traces a gradual but steady extension of the ability of wives to own and control property during ...
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Miscellaneous Docket Index Suffolk County, Mass. Probate Records 1639-1866

By: Picton Press

Price: $8.00

Seller ID: mcmas2000

ISBN-13: 9780897253338

Binding: Pamphlet, staplebound, paperback

Condition: Fair

An index to a book entitled "Miscellaneous Docket", which was and is the only key to hundreds of early probate cases. 31 pages. Names include: Bosworth, Coddington, Hearsay, Ottis, Scappel, Whiting
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A Guide to Copies & Abstracts of Irish Wills

By: Rev. Walace Clare

Price: $30.00

Seller ID: ysi702

ISBN-13: 9780806305158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

This work is a guide to the testators and whereabouts of 4,000 Irish wills that had been copied or abstracted prior to the 1922 fire which destroyed all the wills deposited at the Public Record Office in Dublin. 111 pages. Names include: Colthurst, Haddock, Lacy, Parsons, Stamers, Wrixon,
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Index of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills and Administration Records 1684 to 1850

By: Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: mcpab2000

Binding: Spiralbound Paperback

Condition: Used, Good

This Index of Wills and Administration Records has been compiled for the benefit of anyone doing genealogical research for their ancestors in Bucks County. Such records can be found in the Register of Wills office of the county. If a will has been made it is offered for probate by an attorney or the executors, who makes a distribution of the estate according to the stipulation of the will. If a will has not been made by the descendant, a request must be submitted for letters of administration. The administrations appointed then make the distribution of the estate. The followi...
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Brazos County, Texas, Index to Probate Cases

By: University of Texas

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: mctxb2003

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

The publication herewith presented,an index to the probate cases filed in Brazos County, Texas, is No. 21 of the Texas series of counties. The publication is intended to meet the requirements of day-to-day usage by the officials of the county, attorneys, businessmen, and other citizens who have occasion to consult probate case records for the proper conduct of their affairs. The publication may be used by historians and genealogists to obtain references to unpublished source material. 45 pages. Names include: Chatham, Henserling, Milberger, Pearson, Scanlin, Weedon,
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Abstracts of the Testament Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland
Volume III: 1675-1677, 1703-1704
Libers: 7, 8A, 8B, 9A (1-371)

By: V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Price: $36.00

Seller ID: gp9889

ISBN-13: 9780806352893

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Purpose of the Prerogative Court: The Prerogative Court was the central point for probate for Provincial Maryland. It was mirrored after the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. There was a judge as well as clerks of the court. Initially, all probate was brought directly to the Prerogative Court, located in the Provincial Capital. As the Province became more populous, all documents were still to be filed with the Prerogative Court; however, administration of probate was delegated to the various county courts. Even so, there are documents only in the Prerogative Court and not in the appropriate cou...
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Abstracts of the Testament Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland
Volume XII: 1709-1712
Libers: 21 (pp. 207-347), 22 (pp. 1-47)

By: V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Price: ~~$36.00~~ $27.00

Seller ID: gp9994

ISBN-13: 9780806353654

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Purpose of the Prerogative Court: The Prerogative Court was the central point for probate for Provincial Maryland. It was mirrored after the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. There was a judge as well as clerks of the court. Initially, all probate was brought directly to the Prerogative Court, located in the Provincial Capital. As the Province became more populous, all documents were still to be filed with the Prerogative Court; however, administration of probate was delegated to the various county courts. Even so, there are documents only in the Prerogative Court and not in the appropriate cou...
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Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland
Volume X: 1704-1707
Libers: 19B, 19C

By: V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Price: $36.00

Seller ID: gp9972

ISBN-13: 9780806353487

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Purpose of the Prerogative Court: The Prerogative Court was the central point for probate for Provincial Maryland. It was mirrored after the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. There was a judge as well as clerks of the court. Initially, all probate was brought directly to the Prerogative Court, located in the Provincial Capital. As the Province became more populous, all documents were still to be filed with the Prerogative Court; however, administration of probate was delegated to the various county courts. Even so, there are documents only in the Prerogative Court and not in the appropriate cou...
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Hampshire County Minute Book Abstracts, Volume I, 1788-1802

By: Vicki Bidinger Horton

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: mcwvah2000

ISBN-13: 9780806345352

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Used Library, Good

A collection of Minute Book Abstracts from Hampshire County, West Virginia; dated between 1788-1802. 135 pages, indexed. Names include: Brookhart, Decker, Fox, Neff, Pilcher, Vause
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Genealogy & the Law

By: Kay & William Haviland

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NGS

Seller ID: ngs1500

ISBN-13: 9781935815143

Binding: perfect

Condition: new

"Knowing laws at the time of your ancetors lived is an important research tool, since so many areas of their lives were governed by them. Free Shipping."
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