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At 5:41 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2011, a catastrophic EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri. When the tornado lifted minutes later, 160 persons were dead, 1,150 were injured, and the area had sustained...

Sumner County, Tennessee Inventories, Settlements, and Guardian Accounts. Volume A March 1808 - February 1821. Gale W. Bamman and Debbie W. Spero. (1984) repr. 2023. New, Paperback, index, 86pp...

Although Sumner County was created in 1787 and its wills survive from 1788, the first surviving book of inventories, settlements, and guardian accounts dates only from March 1808. To cover the period...

Taken from the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) transcriptions of 1936. This volume contains a well-balanced mixture of Sumner County, Tennessee, records, including family information, bible...

This is a history and genealogy of the Tallyn family of England and America and the descendants of William R. Tallyn of Stoke Rivers, Devonshire, England. The work is divided in four parts and...

The War of 1812 was a defining period in the history of Tennessee. At the commencement of the War, most military action was focused on the border with Canada, but the large distance between the...

The records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary can be viewed in two ways. A casual approach reveals a body of historical records of fascinating and valuable detail. But on closer reflection, the...

Divorce was the last resort for unhappily married persons in the early 1800s because of the ensuing shame, embarrassment, and ostracism. Nevertheless, when a marriage could no longer be tolerated, a...

This is a statewide index to the mortality schedules for these three census years combined. The information contained in these schedule are not only helpful with your genealogical research, it also...

This work has been used as a reference by many Tennessee genealogists and historians because of the variety of sources and contributors. The information included in the contents has been brought from...

This work consists of a bibliography of genealogies and family histories published as books and pamphlets in America from 1771 to 1900. The volume is arranged alphabetically by family surname and...

A history of early Tennessee, with narrative and stories on individuals, the Lost State of Franklin, territorial matters, native americans, tribes, and daily life. A classic. The story of the...

The Battle of New Orleans occurred on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army...

At its annual meeting in March 1889, the town of Lancaster made appropriation for the preservation in print of its older records of births, marriages, and deaths. The publication was entrusted to...

A child learns about her family's genealogical journey from her grandfather's unusual birthday present. From the gift, the child realizes she becomes part of a unique narrative. A fill-in family tree...

The Buckners of Virginia is the family history of an old and well known Virginia family, written by one of the most prominent genealogists and historians of his time, William Armstrong Crozier, and...

Introduction written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. With new Index of names. This book has been resurrected after lying dormant for nearly a century. Reportedly used as a reference and textbook in the...

The Commander-in-Chief's Guard was a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. Formed in 1776, the Guard was with Washington in all...

Paperback, (1912), 2015, Illus., Index, 394 pp. This work addresses the secessionist movement in the early 1860s on the West Coast, primarily California and Oregon, and the efforts of Colonel Edward...

This book includes ten generations of the descendants of Johann Adam Forney and several generations of their ancestors. Johnn Adam Forney arrived in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 16 October...

John Filson's, "The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucky: And an Essay Towards the Topography, and Natural History of that Important Country: To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing...

A complete transcription of the Town Meetings and Selectmen's Records contained in the first two books of the general records of the town. Also included is a copy of all the vital statistics of the...

This is the first ever book written about the Jewish men and women who came to Central Louisiana to settle as early as the 1830s in Avoyelles Parish. Far more than a genealogy, the author takes the...

This is the first ever book written about the Jewish men and women who came to Central Louisiana to settle as early as the 1830s in Avoyelles Parish. Far more than a genealogy, the author takes the...

The Forney Family of Hanover, Pennsylvania. 1690-1893.Author: Lucy Forney BittingerPublisher: Janaway Publishing, Inc.Publication Date: Nov 01, 2013Number of Pages: 92 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

This book will be of interest to genealogists and researchers with ancestors dating back to the Revolutionary War, especially those of German descent. Translated and Abridged From the German of Max...

This work consists primarily of three parts: A biography of Baron Von Steuben; a biography of General John Kaib; and approximately 40 pages devoted to a discussion of the German Mercenaries. The...

The great Valley of Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, lies near the present north-western border of the State, between the Blue Ridge and the first ranges of the Alleghanies. The Shenandoah Valley of...

The German New River Settlement, lying next to what is now known as the Middle New River Settlement of Southwest Virginia, generally is located within the current counties of Pulaski, Giles, and...

The Germans are the largest ethnic group in the United States after the English, numerically exceeding even the Irish and Scots. The major role they played in the founding of this nation has not been...