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Indianola: The Mother of Western Texas

Price: $85.00

Seller ID: chtxc2000

ISBN-13: 9780938349266

Condition: Used, Good

The ghost port of Indianola is the subject of a gripping book that is of prime interest to anyone interested in knowing what life was like in coastal Texas during the nineteenth century. 351 pages, indexed.
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Rutherford County, Tennessee, County Court Minutes, 1811-1815

By: Carol Wells

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: mctnr2001

ISBN-13: 9781556139659

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used, Good

Here, compressed into 160 pages are 1293 pages of Rutherford County Court Minutes. Detailing life between the 1810 and 1820 censuses, minutes include such genealogically interesting items as appointment of guardians, care of the indigent and insane, paternity suits, apprenticeships, and also note neighbors working on roads, the licensing of ordinaries and mill seats, and names of jurors. Deeds and wills are proved, administrators appointed, and securities given for bonds. Some residents go to jail, are confined in stocks, or are whipped. Some have property sold for delinquent taxes or debt. 16...
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Indigent Soldiers of Hempstead County, Arkansas, 1862

By: Charlean Etter and Arlene LaGrane

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: mccrh1800

Binding: Staplebound

Condition: Used, Good

In the back of an old, unlabeled journal located in the vault of the County Clerk of Hempstead County, a researcher found several pages of information that may prove to be of value to you who have an interest in the history of the area at that time, or had families living in Hempstead County, Arkansas, in 1862. The data is entitled: "A List of the Families of Indigent Soldiers in Hempstead County". This list has been compiled from these handwritten records. Following this index of names is a transcription taken from the County Court Records to lend additional explanation to this record. 11 pag...
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Probate and Orphans Court Records of Snyder County, Pennslyvania 1772-1855

By: Charles A. Fisher

Price: $55.00

Publisher: gpc : 1974

Seller ID: mcpas2000

ISBN-13: 9780806306445

Binding: Paperback

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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Defenders of the Republic of Texas: Volume I Texas Army; Muster Rolls, Receipt Rolls and Other Rolls 1836-1841

By: Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Price: $50.00

Publisher: : 1989

Seller ID: mc9079

ISBN-13: 9780962183706

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used, Good

This book is the first volume in a series entitled Defenders of the Republic of Texas, which catalogs the military service of early Texans in the late 1830s and early 1840s. Volume I recounts the military service of several hundred men who served in the Army of the Republic from original Texas Army muster rolls. 318 pages, full name index.

Families Include: Alston, Brannon, Clendenin, McCormick, Sandkuhler, Wesson.
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Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783

By: David Dobson

Price: $22.00

Edition: 1st

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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Winson-Salem: A Pictorial History

By: Fambrough L. Brownlee

Price: $55.00

Seller ID: chvaw1700

ISBN-13: 9780915442263

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

The valley of the Yadkin River was home for aboriginal hunters in 8000 B.C., and by 1400 A.D. a village had grown up along the river's east bend. In the middle of the eighteenth century, a peaceable group of settlers, members of the congregations of the United Brethren, -- the Moravians -- established towns that would evolve over the next two hundred years into Winston-Salem."Winston-Salem: A Pictorial History" is the visual record of that evolution, showing Bethabara, the first house erected in Salem, portraits of early inhabitants, Forsyth County's first courthouse, and views of the changing...
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Genealogical Guidebook & Atlas of Denmark

By: Frank Smith, Finn A. Thomsen

Price: $30.00

Seller ID: mcr2045

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

In the library of the Genealogical Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, are more than 63,000 rolls of microfilm of Danish genealogical records, the largest centralized collection available anywhere for any country of comparable size. Research on Danish pedigrees can thus be conducted with greater ease in the USA than in Denmark itself, where the records are not concentrated in one repository, but are dispersed throughout various national and regional archives. With this situation in mind, the aim of the compilers in publishing this book is to prov...
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Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland

By: George A. Hanson, M.A.

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: mcmdk2000

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

Notes illustrative of the most ancient records of Kent County, Maryland, and of the Parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I.U., and genealogical histories of old and distinguished families of Maryland, and their connections by marriage. 383 pages, full name index.

Names include: Contee, Emory, Goldsborough, Kennard, Ricaud, Tilghman
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To Utah With the Dragoons: And Glimpses of Life in Arizona and California 1858-1859

By: Harold D. Langley

Price: $35.00

Publisher: : 1974

Edition: 1st

Seller ID: mcvt1802

ISBN-13: 9780874800876

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

To Utah With The Dragoons is a collection of articles written by a soldier who was part of the army dispatched to Utah to quell the "Mormon Uprising." The articles were published in the Philadelphia Harold under the pen name "Utah." The first hand account is something of an 1800's version of embedded reporting. The soldier, who has some background in journalism, does a good job of giving the whole picture to many of the events, and describing in detail the flora, fauna, and his impressions of the geography, and people he encountered along his way. 230 pages, full name index.Names include: Call...
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Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase

By: John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain

Price: $80.00

Seller ID: fhc1904

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

A family history detailing the life and times of Aquila and Thomas Chase, and the seven generations of descendants that followed. 624 pages, full name index.

Names include: Bannister, Cathcart, Doolittle, Hutchins, Morrill, Shattuck,
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Baptismal Records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church Berks County, Pennsylvania

By: John L. Kistler

Price: ~~$60.00~~ $30.00

Seller ID: mcpab2003

Binding: Paperback, Staplebound

Condition: Used, good

The baptismal records in this publication have been translated from the First Record Book of the Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. That part of Pennsylvania in which Jerusalem Church is located was designated "Allemaengel" by the earliest settlers. It comprised roughly what is now Albany Township of Berks County and Lynn Township of Lehigh County (formerly part of Northampton County). 62 pages.
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Illinois Blue Book 1971-1972

By: John W. Lewis

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: mcil1804

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

The need for a reference source on Illinois has made the Blue Book into the publication we know today. First introduced in 1861, this book is now issued biennially for the benefit of researchers, governmental scholars, and Illinois citizens from all walks of life. The 1971-1972 edition features an expanded color process including three beautiful water color portraits of the old and new State Capitols in Springfield and the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. by artist Paul N. Norton. 856 pages, full name index. Names include: Cherry, Hanley, Lyons, Pappas, Schlosser, Yoder,
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Dekalb County, Missouri Deaths: From Area Newspapers 1907-1910

By: Kenneth D. Cox & Doris E. Lett

Price: $18.00

Seller ID: mcmod1901

Binding: Staplebound, Paperback

Condition: Used, Good

These Dekalb County, Missouri death notices and obituaries were extracted from all available newspapers on microfilm. In Missouri, the records of deaths were kept only from 1883-1893, and not until 1910 were they required by law to be kept again, and sent to Jefferson City. These deaths notices, may be one of the only places that they can be found, unless in church records. 60 pages, surname index. Names include: Craig, Dunham, Hoggatt, Laffon, Pickett, Swearingen
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Saints of Clay: The Shaping of South Carolina Baptists

By: Loulie Latimer Owens

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: mcsc2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used, Good

This is a study of South Carolina Baptists. It makes no assumption that they were very different from Baptists in other states and other areas, though they did make some distinct contributions. It does not presume to be a definitive history; that has already been done. It is an effort to examine how, since the 17th Century, each period of time--with its problems, progressions, regressions, conflicts, and issues-- has shaped and has been shaped by South Carolina Baptists. 146 pages, full name index.

Names include: Dargan, Furman, Keach, Mulkey, Screven, Whitsitt
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The Gilpin Gold Train: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge

By: Mallory Hope Ferrell

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: mcco1800

ISBN-13: 9780871080455

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, good

A pictorial guide to the Gilpin Tramway, a 2 foot narrow gauge railroad which once connected the gold mines near Central City with the smelters at Black Hawk, Colorado. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos & three maps. With locomotive & equipment rosters, schematic diagrams of the Gilpin's Shay locomotives and its ore cars, list of employees, list of mines served, and bibliography. Cover painting by Howard Fogg. 112 pages with index.
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The Mendhams

By: Martha G. Hopler Edward W. Roessler Wallace G. West

Price: $35.00

Publisher: : 1964

Seller ID: mcnj1700

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used, Good

The story of the Mendhams is not intended to be a formal or complete history. Rather it is a collection of chapters on topics suggested to the committee by newcomers as well as older residents in the area. It is the hope of the authors that readers will find in the book answers to many of their questions on local history and a challenge to explore further on their own. 175 pages.
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Davidson: A History of the Town From 1835 Until 1937

By: Mary D. Beaty

Price: $124.00

Inscription: "Inscribed for Susan and Tony Abbott In whose hon

Seller ID: chncd1900

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used, Good

A signed copy of an informal history of the town of Davidson, North Carolina; from the perspective of a longtime resident. 213 pages, full name index.

Names include: Booe, Goodrum, Ives, Lingle, Pippins, Turbyfield
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A History of Jefferson Marion County, Texas One-Time Gateway of Texas Retains Its Glory in Rush and Hurry of Modern Times 1836-1936

By: Mrs. Arch McKay Mrs. H.A. Spellings

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: mctxm1509

Binding: Staplebound, Paperback

Condition: Used, Good

Jefferson is known as the "Old Time Metropolis of East Texas", and this pamphlet contains some of its fascinating growth and history between the years of 1836-1936. 56 pages.
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The French Legation in Texas, Volume I: Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation

By: Nancy Nichols Barker

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: tam025

ISBN-13: 9780876110263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used, Good

France, the first European power to recognize the United States, also became the first to recognize the Republic of Texas as an independent state. This is the story of the man who built the French Legation in Austin, Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, chargé d'affaires to King Louis Philippe of France. Dubois de Saligny's perceptive and detailed observations and impressions give a unique portrait of Texas and Texians in the 1840s. Volume 1, Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation, contains government memoranda and correspondence from Dubois. Volume 2, Mission Miscarried, also contains reports from V...
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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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Births, Marriages & Deaths Miner County, S.D. 1890-1899

By: Polly Lewis Murphy

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: mcsdm1800

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, Good

This volume is an exact copy of the original material, Microfilm #2702 of the Miner County Democrat, Howard South Dakota, 11 January 1890 through 22 December 1899. The original is to be found in the Archives of the South Dakota State Library, Pierre, South Dakota. 115 pages, index. Names include: Allison, Cheadle, Crissey, Gass, Koobetsheck, Rockser
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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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The William Wade Hinshaw Pennsylvania Quaker Meeting Records Concord Monthly Meeting Volume I

By: Selby Publishing & Printing

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: mcpa2000

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used, good

These monthly meeting records were abstracted from the originals in the 1930s by W.W. Hinshaw of Washington D.C. After Hinshaw's death, the unpublished material was deposited at the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. This collection is known as the William Wade Hinshaw Index to Quaker Meeting Records. The following record has been transcribed from a microfilm copy of this Index. As this copy is several generations removed from the original - doubtful entries should be verified by checking the original record books. 335 pages, surname index. Names include: Brinton,...
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Deed Book 5 (1713-1731)

By: T.L.C. Genealogy

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: mcpab1900

Binding: Spiral

Condition: Used, Good

This publication consists of detailed abstracts of all documents found in Bucks County Deed Book 5, including the names of all 1674 individuals mentioned anywhere in the 229 documents in the deed book. The deeds in this deed books, although recorded between 1713 and 1731 (years for which there are very few surviving tax lists), include many mentions of 17th century deeds. Also, there are a relatively large number of individuals mentioned who were from New York, New Jersey, and also New England. Deeds in this deed book were usually lavishly detailed, especially in respect to family relationship...
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Sixty-Five Years of Trying to Grow Up (And Never Quite Making It)

By: Valjean Bowerman

Price: $45.00

Publisher: : 1982 1st edition

Edition: 1st edition

Inscription: To Pat with best wishes for all success in life- H

Seller ID: fhb2030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used, Good

An autobiography by Valjean Bowerman, detailing her life in West Texas. 340 pages.
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The Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America: Register 1928

By: William J. Dornan

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: mcpa2009

Binding: Library

Condition: Used, good

"The Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America in presenting this new edition of their Register again refer, with what is deemed a pardonable pride, to the fact that, from the action of a small group of women, met together at 1301 Locust Street, Philadelphia, has resulted the large national organization, which has spread a network of patriotic Colonial interest among women in the thirteen original States, in the District of Colombia, and at the present time into nearly every State of the Union". 499 pages.
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