This unique book sets out to guide the genealogist and family historian through the substantial British records -- perhaps the richest genealogical material in the world -- with a detailed view of the archives and the published sources available. Each type of record, from personal recollections, photographs, and other memorabilia to civil, legal, and religious records, newspapers and directories, is analysed and the researcher is guided to the many detailed finding-aids and indexes. 674 pages, indexed. View More...
415 pages, including index. From the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Marriages is a compilation of marriages extracted and transcribed from these Files. It is hoped that by printing Mr. Bowman's research it will be more accessible to researchers and therefore provide assistance in the advancement of Mayflower research. View More...
Almost four hundred years ago, Roger Williams, a minister who believed in universal religious freedom and the separation of church and state, founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Known for its independence, Rhode Island did not establish a state capital for several centuries. With the advent of the American Industrial Revolution, which began in Rhode Island, the nineteenth century witnessed the departure of Rhode Island families from their scraggly farmland to points north, south, and west. It also saw the arrival of a booming immigrant population, who were employed a... View More...
William Watson published his account of the two years he spent evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortunes of war. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a "plain, blunt" account of "events just as they happened." Instead, he wrote a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us. 348 p. # View More...
415 pages including index. In the Salem Witch Trials Reader, Frances Hill provides-and astutely comments upon-the actual documents from the trial; transcripts of the examinations of suspected witches, eyewitness accounts of "Satanic influence," and the testimony of those who retained their reason and defied the madness. She illustrates the historical background to the witch-hunt and shows how the trials have been represented, and sometimes distorted, by historians-and how they have fired the imaginations of poets, playwrights, and novelists. View More...
