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INTRODUCTION

     This web page is dedicated to the compilation of books that have shown to be of value in the furtherance of research into the families names identified within the three sub-sites of this website.  The collection is primarily derived from Google Book Search a FREE access website and Ancestry.com a subscription site.   

     The major portion of the library is dedicated to books about places we’ve identified as locations where our ancestors lived.   We’ve found that the local and county histories are of great value because they usually contain information beyond the basic data regarding birth, marriage, and death.  These books are a wonderful source of information for researchers with ancestors from that location. Not only may it provide you with information on the time and place in which your ancestors lived that will help you place them in historical context, but it may also provide you with very specific information about your ancestors. Even if your ancestors are not mentioned in the biographical sketches much can be learned about the lives of our ancestors by reading about the lives of others who lived during the same time period.

     The Google Book Search works just like its web search function.  When a book with content that contains a match for your search terms is found it will be linked to your search results.  If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text.  If it's in the public domain, you're

free to download a PDF copy.    If you find a book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this book" links to see where you can buy or borrow it.  You can also Create your own library with Google Book Search where you can label, review, rate, and of course, full-text search, a customized selection of books.       The majority of the books in this library that have been derived from Google Search are those that provide the Full View of the entire book.  The “full view” will allow you unlimited examination of the contents.  You will also have the ability to download the book and even view the contents as plain text that allows you to cut and paste information to your own database.       Some of the titles in our library provide only a Limited Preview .  It seems that you can scroll through most of these books without limit, but you may use the “search” function about 6 times before reaching your viewing limit for that book.

     Ancestry.com is the largest online source for family history information, including the web's largest collection of historical records. The books found in this library from this source are designated with a $ as this is a subscription site.  Even if you don’t subscribe to Ancestry.com you should try the link you are interested in because access to some of the books is free.  Each one of the book title links will take you directly to the search box for that volume.  Below the box you will find the source information needed to cite the text.  

SUBJECT CATALOGUE

 

 

 

ANCESTRAL LOCATIONS (UNITED KINGDOM)

 

Berkshire;   Buckinghamshire;   Bristol;   Cambridgeshire;   Cornwall;   Derbyshire;   Devonshire;   Essex;   Gloucestershire:   Hampshire;    Hertfordshire;   Kent;   Lancashire;    Lincolnshire;   London;   Middlesex;   Monmouthshire;   Norfolk;   Nottinghamshire;   Oxfordshire;   Shropshire;   Somerset;   Suffolk;   Surry;   Sussex;   Warwickshire;   Yorkshire

Hertfordshire

The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire  by Sir Henry Chauncy - Hertfordshire (England) - 1826

 

Lancashire

A List of the Lancashire Wills, Proved Within the Archdeaconry of Richmond: Vol. 3 by Henry Fishwick - Wills – 1891

Registers of the Parish Church of Chipping, Lancashire by Lancashire Parish Register Society - Registers of births, etc - 1903

The Visitation of Lancashire and a Part of Cheshire by Thomas Benalt, William Langton, College of Arms (Great Britain) - 1882

 

Norfolk

By Permission of the High Sheriff. The Poll for Knights of the Shire for the ...by Norfolk (England) - Elections - 1768 - 256 pages

The Poll for Two Knights of the Shire for the Western Division of the County ...by Norfolk (England) - Elections - 1837 - 190 pages

Copy of the Poll for Two Knights of the Shire for the Eastern Division of ...by Norfolk (England) - Elections - 1833 - 188 pages

A Short Catalogue of the Records of the County of Norfolk Preserved in the ...by Norfolk (England) - Archives - 1904 - 5 pages

The Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563 by William Harvey, G. H. Dashwood - Norfolk (England) – 1895

Norfolk Records by Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, - Norfolk (England) – 1892

Norfolk by William Alfred Dutt - Norfolk (England) - 1909 - 156 pages

 

Shropshire

The Registers of Clunbury, Shropshire. 1574-1812 by Clunbury, England (Parish) - Registers of births, etc - 1901 - 183 pages

The Register of Selattyn, Shropshire  by Selattyn, Eng. (Parish) - Registers of births, etc - 1906 - 417 pages

 

Somerset

Certificate of Musters in the County of Somerset: Temp. Eliz. A. D. 1569 by Somerset (England) - Great Britain - 1904 - 370 pages 

Suffolk

Suffolk Surnames by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch - Names, Personal - 1861 - 757 pages

 

Yorkshire

The Survey of the County of York by Great Britain Exchequer, John Kirkby, Robert H. Skaife - Real property - 1867 - 560 pages

Registers of the Parish Church of Adel, in the County of York by St. John Baptist Church - Registers of births, etc - 1895 - 231 pages

 

ANCESTRAL LOCATIONS (GERMANY)

 

Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia  By John M. Jeep, Published 2001, 928 pages

 

FAMILY HISTORIES

 

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

The Nowlin-Stone Genealogy by James Edmund Nowlin - 1916 - 548 pages

A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America by Marcus Bainbridge Buford - 1903

Giles Carter of Virginia : genealogical memoir by Carter, William H., 1909 $

Southside Virginia Families  by John B Boddie, Genealogical Publishing.Com, 1999

  Genealogical & Heraldic History of Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, & Scotland by John Burke - 1844

Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...by Thomas Townsend Sherman - 1920 - 474 pages

 

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French: Vol. 1 by Howard Barclay French - 1909

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

 

General  Topics

 

Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry by Bernard Burke – 1847, Edition 4, Volume 1 

Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry by Bernard Burke – 1875, Edition 5, Volume 1

 

GENERAL HISTORY (United Kingdom)

 

The Topographer and Genealogist   by John Gough Nichols - Registers of births, etc – 1858

The Northern Genealogist by A Gibbons - Genealogy – 1900

   The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave - Great Britain - 1878

 

GENERAL HISTORY (United States)

 

The South in the Building of the Nation: Volume 12 by Walter Lynwood Fleming - Southern States – 1909

 

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION

 

Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775 by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck - 2005 - 350 pgs

   The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles ...  by John Camden Hotten - United States - 1874 - 580 pages

 

MIGRATION

 

 

The Old Pike: A History of the National Road by Thomas Brownfield Searight - Pennsylvania - 1894 - 384 pages

The Old Glade (Forbes's) Road (Pennsylvania State Road) by Archer Butler Hulbert - Technology & Engineering – 1903

 

MILITARY HISTORY

 

 

The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies  by David Lee Russell - History - 2000 - 375 pages

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 2 by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al. - World War, 1914-1918 - 1920

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 3 by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al. - World War, 1914-1918 - 1920

 

REFERENCE

 

 

 

Biographies

Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records by Kory Leland Meyerink - Reference - 1998 - 839 pages

Genealogical & Local History Books in Print by Marian Hoffman - History – 1997

Guide tо Books And Manuscripts Relating To English And Foreign Heraldry And Genealogy  by George Gatfield - 1892 - 646 pages

The 1995 Genealogy Annual: A Bibliography of Published Sources by Thomas Jay Kemp - Reference – 1997

The 1996 Genealogy Annual: A Bibliography of Published Sources by Thomas Jay Kemp - Reference - 1998 - 348 pages

The 1997 Genealogy Annual: A Bibliography of Published Sources by Thomas Kemp - Reference - 2000 - 368 pages

A Bibliography of American County Histories by P. William Filby - History – 1985

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by John Fiske, James Grant Wilson – 1900