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Over the past few years, the folks who publish Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and the History Magazine have created a series of journals offering a collection of previously published article, gathered together on a single topic. Here are some of Continue reading Tracing Your Colonial American Ancestors
Charles P. Keith authored a tremendous historical and genealogical work when he comprised The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania: Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776 AND Those Earlier Councillors Who Where Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and Their Continue reading The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania: Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776
In continuing my reviews of Before Germanna, I offer you the details from Before Germanna, #11 The Ancestry Of Christler, Baumgartner, Deer, Dieter, And Lotspeich Families. As previously noted, there were two Germanna colonies. Coverage of the first has been Continue reading Before Germanna, #11 The Ancestry Of Christler, Baumgartner, Deer, Dieter, And Lotspeich Families
Moorshead Magazines is the publisher of three great genealogy oriented periodicals: Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and History Magazine. Each offers its own unique perspective on topics, new and old, of value to the genealogist and family historian. While subscriptions to Continue reading History Magazine February/March 2013
Family Roots Publishing just acquired a quantity of the beautiful book, A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. The book 894 page hard-cover is technically out-of-print, but the truth is that FRPC has the last of them. FRPC is offering this Continue reading A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia – on sale for 50% Off Thru Friday
Sometimes, I have to jump volumes in a series I am reviewing due to current accessibility. Fortunately, each volume in the Before Germanna series can stand alone. Plus, the first chapter is the same in each volume. Each volume provides Continue reading Before Germana No. 5 – The Ancestry of the Sheible, Peck, Milker, Smith and Holt Families
According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmrman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germanna No. 2 – Clore, Kaifer, and Thomas Families
Around the world, there are innumerable photographs of people, of ancestors, who are unidentified by name and date. Whether on a desk, in a drawer or closet, stuffed in envelopes, photo albums or stacked in a box, these images are Continue reading Cased Images & Tintypes KwikGuide: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Dauerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes
According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmrman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germanna No.1
Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere is the most comprehensive collection of information on colonial period records covering the entire Western Hemisphere, both North and South Continue reading Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas
By an Act of Congress in 1907 and “In order to permanently to preserve the valuable but vanishing census records which still remain, relating to the first year of constitutional government, and in response to urgent requests from many patriotic Continue reading A Century of Population Growth: From the First Census of the U.S. to the Twelfth 1790-1900
The year in which this year’s newborns become teenagers, this country will celebrate its Sestercentennial birthday. To a child that may seem a lifetime, to us adults, such years come with increasing speed. Yet, even with our nation’s 250th year Continue reading Jamestown People To 1800, Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities, And Native Leaders
Do you think you know what the Seven Years’ War was about? Do you really understand it influence on shaping the colonies as a precursor to the American Revolution? After reading The Crucible of War you may just change your Continue reading Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
State Boundaries of America: How, Why, and When American State Lines Where Formed offers far more information about state boundaries than I ever expected. Since I was a kid, I have loved looking at maps. On a U.S. map it’s Continue reading State Boundaries of America: How, Why, and When American State Lines Where Formed
“A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England, From the first Planting thereof to the present Time.” Thus begins The History of the Indian Wars in New England: From the First Settlement to the Termination of the Continue reading The History of the Indian Wars in New England