Category: migration

Some Kentuckians Move West: Creekmores, Blakeleys, and Related Families

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: fhc2022

A collection of family histories and biographical sketches about the Creekmores, Blakelys, and other related families. The primary reason for this publication is the genealogical record. 105 pages, full name index. Names include: Breeden, Dolson, Hockensmith, Mague, Parshall, Whisnon,
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141 Years of Mormon Heritage Rawsons, Browns, Angells - Pioneers

By: Archie Leon Brown

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: mc1855

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, fair

141 Years of Mormon Heritage is the story of Archie Leon Brown and his ancestors, the Rawsons, the Angells and the Browns, after they joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in its embryonic stage. Builders of LDS temples, chapels and other sacred edifices these people were and have remained. Includes many personal accounts from journals which detail their own lives but add interesting history about early church leaders. 301 pages. Names include: Butler, Coffin, Dixon, Garner, Pace, Ritchie
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The Oregon Trail: Diary of Twin Sisters, Cecilia Adams and Parthenia Blank in 1852

By: Bert Webber

Price: $50.00

Publisher: : 1994

Seller ID: mcor2000

ISBN-13: 9780936738482

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Used Library, good - first page torn out but it isn't the title page.

This diary is unique because it was written by two women--twin sisters. There does not seem to be any schedule of when the writers would change, it just occurs. The writing is clear and easy-to-read. It includes the hard facts of the trail--no grass, no water, no fuel--as well as the pleasantries with entries about beautiful flowers, their going off with their husbands to "get away", and entertaining themselves as friendly sisters. 86 pages, indexed.
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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 Highlanders of The Eve of the Great Migration 1725-1775, The People of the Grampian Highlands

By: David Dobson

Price: $24.00

Publisher: GPC : 2008

Seller ID: gp9016

ISBN-13: 9780806353845

Binding: soft cover

Condition: new

Scottish Highlanders of The Eve of the Great Migration 1725-1775
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Frontier Reminiscences of Eveline Brooks Auerbach

By: Eveline Brooks Auerbach

Price: $50.00

Publisher: : 1994

Seller ID: mcr1832

Binding: Paperback

Condition: good - normal wear and tear, some staining on page bottoms

Western history and Americana. The true story of a pioneer in the Western U.S. The 1994 edition issued by The Bancroft Library, University of California, in an edition of 1600 copies designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem, San Francisco. 133 pages.
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From Ulster To Carolina

By: H. Tyler Blethen and Curtis W. Wood Jr.

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: nc2200

ISBN-13: 9780865262799

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: New

82 pages including index. In this book it recounts the long trek of the Scotch-Irish from their adoptive Irish homeland to the mountains of southwestern North /Carolina and challenging obstacles they encountered along the way.
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The Hungarian Texans

By: James Patrick McGuire

Price: $65.00

Publisher: : 1993

Seller ID: mctx1721

ISBN-13: 9780867010411

Binding: Library

Condition: Used Library, Good

"The Hungarian Texans" is the story of successive migrations of a proud and strong-willed people from their homes in the multi-ethnic environs of Eastern Europe to Texas -- another strongly multi-ethnic locale. More than nine years in the making, the book chronicles the historic circumstances of the 19th and 20th centuries which influenced the migration, as well as the experiences and accomplishments of the many who found a hospitable home in the American Southwest. 312 pages, full name index.

Names include: Brackenridge, Darvas, Kednde, Lorenz, Nagy, Weigand,
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An Iams/Imes Family History

By: Jeffrey L. Imes, Louis B. Imes

Price: $195.00

Seller ID: fhi2003

ISBN-13: 9780966648997

Binding: Library

Condition: New

Our Products: Personal Stories & Family Histories SKU: 994 A genealogical account of westward migration as recorded in court, census, and military records, newspaper articles, and personal remembrances, traces the descendants of an Iams/Imes family that migrated from the East Coast into Lawrence County, Ohio, about 1810. One of the four members of the family remained in the Lawrence County area. Others moved to Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas. In addition to discussing the history and migration to Lawrence and Scioto Counties, Ohio, the book follows the ancestry of Mary Ann “Polly” Iams/Imes w...
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NGS Research In The States Series New York City, Long Island, And Westchester County

By: Laura Murphy DeGrazia

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NGS Publication

Seller ID: ngs1500ny

ISBN-13: 9781935815082

Binding: saddle stitch

Condition: like new

For more than 400 years, trade has flourished in and brought immigrants to what is now known as Manhattan, New York City’s iconic borough. First under Dutch rule and then British until 1783, it drew people from throughout Europe and imported slaves from Africa. Over time, millions of immigrants from throughout the world would settle in New York City or travel beyond its borders to put down roots across the United States. Dating from the seventieth century, Long Island and Westchester County were primarily rural communities originally settled by the Dutch and later the English along with slaves...
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Waifs, Foundlings, and Half-Orphans
Searching for America's Orphan Train Riders

By: Mary Ellen Johnson

Price: $19.00

Seller ID: wbj0955hb

ISBN: 978158549955

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

During the Orphan Trains Era, 1854 until 1929, an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children were relocated from major metropolitan east coast cities to new homes in the "west" traveling aboard trains. Children relocated via these trains were called "Riders". In the early 1850's, the term "orphan" referred to children living without adult supervision. Some of these homeless children were actual orphans, while others were "half-orphans" with one parent living but unable to care for the child. A fair number of these "street" children were turned out to fend for themselves as the...
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Norwegian Settlements in Bosque County, Texas

By: Oris E. Pierson

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Clifton, Texas, Bosque Memorial Museum : 1979

Seller ID: mctxb9004

Binding: Paper

Condition: New

Stories about the customs and practices of early Norwegian settlers in Bosque County.Many names of settlers are in these stories.
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Via Western Express & Stagecoach

By: Oscar Osburn Winther

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: mc1807

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used, Good

This is the story of Stagecoach and express transportation in California before the "Iron Horse" came puffing across the Sierra Nevada. Also, it is the history of travel during a time when hordes of people from all parts of the globe rushed to California in search of fortune and fame, a time when the West was bumptious, raucous, and wild. 157 pages, indexed. Names include: Bassett, Egan, Harlow, Kearny, Parkhurst, Wells,
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The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places Volumes 1-3

By: P W Joyce

Price: $150.00

Publisher: : 1995

Seller ID: mc2128

ISBN: 080634539 x

Binding: soft cover

Condition: like new

This 3-volume set is a valuable resource to anyone doing Irish research. Each volume has its own index.
Volume 1 (589 pages) includes information on local naming systems, land usage and measuring system, physical topography, plus forts, bridges, cemeteries, etc.
Volume 2 (538 pages) focuses on word usage, including Irish and English personal and family names, borrowed words and diminutives, diseases, boundaries, animal, vegetables, sizes, shapes and the list goes on.
Volume 3 (538 pages) is a dictionary of Irish words, including a bibliography.
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Prairie Fever: British Aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890

By: Peter Pagnamenta

Price: $12.00

Seller ID: mcr2047

ISBN-13: 9780393347081

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

The extraordinary story of the British aristocracy's encounter with American frontier life in the nineteenth century. From the 1830s onward, a succession of well-born Britons headed west to the great American wilderness to find adventure and fulfillment. They brought their dogs, sporting guns, valets, and all the attitudes and prejudices of their class. Prairie Fever explores why the West had such a strong romantic appeal for them at a time when their inherited wealth and passion for sport had no American equivalent. In fascinating and often comic detail, the author shows how the British...
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The Prairie Traveler: A Handbook For Overland Expeditions

By: Randolph B. Marcy

Price: $13.00

Publisher: : 2014

Seller ID: mcr1800

ISBN-13: 9781628736663

Binding: Softcover

Condition: New

First published in 1859, The Prairie Traveler was the indispensable book for looking to follow the American dream, pull up stakes, head into the wilderness of the frontier, and build a new life out West. With the official blessing of the US War Department, Randolph Marcy, a captain in the US Army, published The Prairie Traveler as the ultimate guide for these pioneers, covering everything from the best way to move wagons over hostile terrain and what to pack, to describing over thirty-four different trails to be taken and the dangers one may face on the way. Captain Marcy also passes on the kn...
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The Great Migration Newsletter Volumes 16-20

By: Robert Charles Anderson

Price: $40.00

Publisher: : 2012

Seller ID: neh52205

ISBN-13: 9780880822770

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: New

200 pages, including index. This book includes:
Early New England towns with descriptions of their records
Land and church records
Surveys of recent literature
Seventeenth-Century...etc.
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The Coffelt History Notebook

By: Robert K. and Sue Swaner Coffelt

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Clifton, TX, Robert K. and Sue Swaner Coffelt : 1991

Seller ID: fhc2203

ISBN: ex library

Binding: dark green hard cover

Condition: like new

This short history is the result of approximately twenty-five years research by both authors, who are husband and wife. During their travels, from California to Florida and from Texas to Washington D.C., we gathered information, visited and corresponded with many, and were fortunate to be able to go to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, to further search for ancestral information. During our search we have discovered both saints and sinners and any history not recognizing this is incomplete and our primary goal being to provide a reference source for others. 368 Pages. @
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Kentuckians in Ohio and Indiana

By: Stuart Seely Sprague

Price: $36.00

Seller ID: gp5516

ISBN-13: 9780806311425

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

"Kentuckians in Ohio and Indiana" is intended to be of use primarily to genealogists seeking ancestors from Indiana or Ohio of Kentucky descent. However, it will also prove useful to those seeking ancestors of Kentuckians who never left the Commonwealth. The information abstracted for this book comes from approximately 200 rare county histories and county atlases published between 1876 and 1916. The atlases often list patrons by name, birthplace, and year, and give the year they migrated to the county. Thus, post-Civil War migrants as well as they early settlers are listed. In county historie...
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Thomas B. Rickey: Pioneer Nevada Cattleman

By: Susan Imswiler

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: fhr1803

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

The story of Thomas Brinley Rickey embodies in one person most of the themes of his time: the great westward migrations, the pioneer, the self-made man, and the enduring image of the cattle baron which echoes down to today. Amid the Sierra pine forests and along the western edge of Nevada's harsh Great Basin desert, he carved out an empire and left a legacy of strength and determination to his descendants. 60 pages.
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Pioneers in Paradise

By: V.N. (Bud) Phillips

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: ipg15707

ISBN-13: 9781570722349

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, fair

A compilation of tales centered around the people who lived, worked, and died in the town on the border—Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia. This collection includes historical references to the days of the stagecoach, tales of prostitution, evidence of Bristol ghosts, and narratives about the people who lived in the Town of Bristol in its beginning days. Some of the stories come straight from interviews with the early citizens, while others include documentation from actual court cases or personal diaries. Nonetheless, each narrative provides a small glimpse into the day-to-day life in the town. 308 ...
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Map guide to American Migration Roues, 1735-1815

By: William Dolarhide

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bountiful, Utah, Heritage Quest : 2000

Seller ID: fra0140a

ISBN-13: 9781877677748

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: new

Routes most used by our ancestors as they moved around the country.
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Category: migration