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The Pine-Tree Coast is a delightful collection of historical vignettes about many sites along the Maine coast from Kittery in the south to Gran Manan Island at the north. The text is illustrated with...

This book treats all the usual topics, but is especially rich in family sketches. In addition to the many family articles, there are a variety of lists of civil officers, heads of households in 1820,...

Attempts to identify all the men who came to Massachusetts between 1620 and 1650, a period of enormous influx, and to follow them down to the time of their death with a genealogical sketch.Author:...

A member of both the Connecticut and the New York historical societies, the author managed to persuade the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in 1849 "to purchase for the use of the State,...

To say that the arrival of the first Quakers at Boston in 1656 struck terror in the hearts and minds of the Puritan Fathers is a gross understatement. That the arrival of a few pacifists could have...

The first Channel Islanders to set foot in the New World were probably fishermen who, searching for cod, found Canada. They established fisheries along all the Atlantic Canadian coast. The success of...

The lengthy introduction, about 200 pages, gives much background information on the Virginia Company of London. This section also includes a list of "all documents, letters, publications, or other...

Volume Two contains court records from May 20, 1622 to June 7, 1624, resuming chronologically from the last entry in Volume One (1619-1622). These court meetings dealt with such issues as the defense...

Before 1670 position of African immigrants coming into the Eastern Shore of Virginia was not unlike that of most whites; they were "in bondage." Although in the case of the Africans the bondage had...

A history of the first two years of the Revolutionary War as told through the eyes of many different participants including the Indians, British, and Americans. This work reproduces numerous original...

This publication explores the aims and aspirations of Scotchmen in the late eighteenth century, following traces left by the Scotch in Canadian history. Short biographies of notable individuals, a...

Covers the areas of Aberdeen and North East Scotland; Fife, Moray and Banff; Angus and Perth; Southern Scotland, Glasgow and the West of Scotland; Orkney and Shetland, The Lothians, and the Northern...

This is a well-researched historical novel about Sir William Wallace of Scotland, also known as Braveheart-a nickname given to this great leader by the soldiers that followed him into battle. This...

Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt., Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber for Henry VIII of England; Bryan, Bourchier, Bohun, FitzAlan, and Others; Including Kings and Queens of England,...

The tombstone inscriptions for one hundred Bland County, Virginia cemeteries, and four gravesites are documented alphabetically in these records, with maps showing their location. A full-name index...

Covers the Palatinate communities along the Rhine River in Germany, their great exodus to the American colonies in the early 1700s, and their settlement in the Carolinas, Virginia, New Jersey,...

In the fourteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church reigned supreme in England. The first break from the Church occurred in the early 1500s when King Henry VII wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine...

The first "authentic appearance of the Stewarts on the page of history is ... to be found in the person of Walter the son of Alan, who ... witnesses many charters, chiefly those of David I." David I...

This slender volume describes the conflict between Pennsylvania and Connecticut over the disputed lands of northern Pennsylvania and early settlement in the area. Discussions range from early...

This roster lists soldiers in General Sullivan's expedition through the southern tier of New York State-approximately 5,865 men. Troops are included from Maryland, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New...

Peleg Sweet, bc1815 in New York & d1865 in Michigan, married Lucy Wells and had several children including Willard David and Lydia; descendants are carried through to present day. The Jaynes family...

The Swiss Colony on the Ohio River at Vevay, in what is now Switzerland County, Indiana, was founded by French-speaking Swiss citizens from the commune of Chateland, district of Vevay, Canton de...

This book was written with two purposes in mind. First, to make Fauquier's hitherto unpublished colonial tithable lists available to the research public; secondly, to provide an explanation for the...

Includes a history of the parish, parish officials, properties, the ministers, maps and the transcription of the vestry book.Author: Ann K. BlomquistPublisher: Heritage BooksPublication Date: May 01,...

This work provides a history of the Virginia frontier during the French and Indian War. At that time Virginia's frontier extended from the vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, south to the Carolina...

This periodical is widely acknowledged as one of the finest ever produced in the United States. Within its pages is a vast treasure of genealogies and genealogical source materials for The Old...

In 1785, Alexandrians were concerned about pirates of Algiers; changing trade and navigation regulations, especially those of Great Britain and France; commercial ties with the Caribbean, the British...

All news, both foreign and local, which appeared in the newspaper for this period is abstracted or transcribed. Full text and original woodcuts present a wide range of items from fabrics and other...

This publication provides a compelling look into the experiences of the men who fought in the 10th Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War. Muster rolls sourced mainly from the Compiled...

The 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment is of special interest because it was organized from companies raised in Augusta, Bath and Rockbridge Counties. Much has been written concerning the "Stonewall...