Early in the twentieth century, the black community in Tulsa- the "Greenwood District"- became a nationally renowned entrepreneurial center. Frequently referred to as "The Black Wall Street of America," the Greenwood District attracted pioneers from all over America who sought new opportunities and fresh challenges. Legal segregation forced blacks to do business among themselves. The Greenwood district prospered as dollars circulated within the black community. But fear and jealousy swelled in the greater Tulsa community. The alleged assault of a white woman by a black man triggered unpreceden... View More...
From 1,500 manuscript volumes of church, state, town, and society records, and from many thousands of rare manuscripts consulted during the course of seven years' labor, Mr. Cothren succeeded in developing an exhaustive chronicle of the persons, places, and events which most accurately characterized Woodbury's history up to the middle of the 19th century. Where the book succeeds to an unusual degree is in the portions devoted to biography and genealogy, which occupy one-half of the text. The genealogies, of which there are some eighty-five, are a flesh and blood inventory of the families most ... View More...
Schuricht examines the early German settlements on the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, their general disbursement throughout Virginia from staging areas in Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Westmoreland counties, and the eventual concentration of German settlements in the Shenandoah Valley. Two Volumes in One Book. 257 Pages. @ View More...
The 1850 United States Census of Delaware is a valuable genealogical tool for research in the Middle-Atlantic region.It was the first every-name census of the state of Delaware, some names are spelled phonetically. The three counties of Delaware have been separately indexed with an alphabetical listing of each person. Each name is followed by a reference to age, birthplace, and the original census sheet number of the enumeration. 370 pages.
216 pages including index. Free shipping media mail. This study of Alvarado's life illuminates much of California's history during the Mexican period and the transition to American rule. View More...
These 5,000 obituary notices were extracted from six early Kentucky newspapers and published, in installments, in "The Register of the Kentucky History Society." Most entries give the name of the deceased, place of residence, name(s) of wife or husband, parents or other survivors, date of death, and other genealogical details. This consolidated edition also features a complete index of names not found in the original.
A hundred years ago a simple business arrangement changed the course of Fort Worth's economy for years to come and its character perhaps forever. On July 26, 1887, the Union Stock Yards Company received a charter to do business in an area just north of town. The legacy of that charter: Cowtown.
J'Nell L. Pate has spent ten years researching the Fort Worth market, with full access to company records and local archives. The result is a thorough, thoughtful, and colorful examination of the industry and its effects on this city.
The early years of the stockyards were years of struggle for local ... View More...
This book is a compilation of all marriages recorded from 1634 to 1777 in church records and other documents which are on deposit at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore or the Hall of Records in Annapolis. 233 Pages. @ View More...
This work is a list of about 16,000 marriages recorded between 1778 and 1800 in church records and other contemporary documents. Arranged alphabetically by grooms' names, each entry lists the bride's name, the date, and sometimes parents' names and the source of information. 300 pages, surname index.
Names include: Askew, Farquhar, Ireland, Knight, Odle, Whittington. View More...
While this book is a research guide to researching coats of arms for the Muller/Mueller families, it is also a good reference for researching German heraldry. 167 pages,all-name index,color images of family's coat of arms, depending on country of origin. View More...
Among the laws agreed upon in England for the governing of the Province of Pennsylvania was one providing for a registry of marriages, births, and deaths. Marriage licenses were issued from the Office of the Provincial Secretary, those listed in this work dating from 1742. Some earlier registers of licenses and some kept at a later date are missing, yet this work still features a base list of 6,500 marriages, to which we have added a further 3,500 marriages from articles in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. All 10,000 marriages are b... View More...
Judge Hayes emigrated from Missouri to Los Angeles in1850. He was an attorney and law professional in Los Angeles and San Diego until his death in 1877.
St. James United Church of Christ was founded by German immigrants or children of German immigrants. Individuals identified were living in Frederick County, Maryland and who attended this church.
Stuart uses her own family story—from the seventeenth century through the present—as the pivot for this epic tale of migration, settlement, survival, slavery and the making of the Americas.
64 pages, free shipping media mail. For the Territorial Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico...Prepared Under The Auspices Off The Territorial Bureau Of Immigration View More...
This is a great reference book. Keep it readily available and read an old trail drivers story whenever you get in the mood to discover the thoughts and feelings of a long ago line of work. You can also read it cover to cover but understand that it's a long read. I pick stories out of it just to read or use it when doing research about an old cattle trail, ranch, or cattleman.
