{"id":29375,"date":"2013-10-28T20:36:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T02:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=29375"},"modified":"2015-02-03T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T18:05:10","slug":"genealogical-encyclopedia-of-the-colonial-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=29375","title":{"rendered":"Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=291\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29380\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px;\" alt=\"gpc5176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gpc5176.jpg\" width=\"308\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gpc5176.jpg 308w, https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gpc5176-300x448.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a>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 America. As far as I know, there is no other single reference for records sources covering the colonial periods for the entire hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>This book examines the colonial period from the earliest European colonization in the Western Hemisphere until:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the American Revolution for the thirteen colonies<\/li>\n<li>statehood was obtained for other U.S. states<\/li>\n<li>Latin American countries which did not declare independence from Spain and Portugal until 1808 or later<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean countries and dependencies through about 1810<\/li>\n<li>the abolition of the slave trade, for slavery related records, including dates of emancipation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For each country, the author Christina K. Schaefer, provides an historical background and brief sketches of the records themselves, plus descriptions for the principle holding of the major repositories. Record groups are broken down into similar categories for each country. Common sections include church and ecclesiastical records, census records, notarial records, governmental and municipal records, military records, land records, etc. A list of suggested readings rounds out each chapter.<\/p>\n<p>At 814 pages, this reference is indeed extensive. It may be literally impossible to cover every possible resource in a single project. Still, Schaefer has provided a treasure trove of information vital to genealogical record finding. If you need colonial period records for anywhere in the Americas, this book can help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Table of Contents<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Preface<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part One: Going Beyond the Line, a Chronology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronology of colonial history<\/li>\n<li>Dates of the first colonial governors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part Two: Latin America<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Colonies founded by Spain<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Argentina<\/li>\n<li>Bolivia<\/li>\n<li>Chile<\/li>\n<li>Colombia<\/li>\n<li>Costa Rica<\/li>\n<li>Ecuador<\/li>\n<li>El Salvador<\/li>\n<li>Guatemala<\/li>\n<li>Honduras<\/li>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Nicaragua<\/li>\n<li>Panama<\/li>\n<li>Paraguay<\/li>\n<li>Peru<\/li>\n<li>Uruguay<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Colonies founded by England, France, The Netherlands, and Portugal<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brazil<\/li>\n<li>The Guianas<\/li>\n<li>Belize\/British Honduras<\/li>\n<li>The Falkland Islands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part Three: The Caribbean<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<li>The Bahamas<\/li>\n<li>Barbados<\/li>\n<li>Bermuda<\/li>\n<li>The British Leeward Islands<\/li>\n<li>The British Windward Islands<\/li>\n<li>Cuba<\/li>\n<li>The French Antilles<\/li>\n<li>Hispaniola<\/li>\n<li>Jamica<\/li>\n<li>The Netherlands Antilles<\/li>\n<li>Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<li>Trinidad and Tobago<\/li>\n<li>The Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part Four: The Thirteen Colonies, Maine, and Vermont<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduciton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New England Colonies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>Maine<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li>Vermont<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Middle Colonies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delaware<\/li>\n<li>New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>New York<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Maryland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Southern Colonies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Virginia<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Georgia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part Five: Other U.S. States with settlements prior to the Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>California<\/li>\n<li>Florida<\/li>\n<li>Illinois<\/li>\n<li>Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Michigan<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Missouri<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Texas<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part Six: Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>New France<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to New France<\/li>\n<li>Quebec<\/li>\n<li>Ontario<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Acadia<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to Acadia<\/li>\n<li>Nova Scotia<\/li>\n<li>New Brunswick<\/li>\n<li>Prince Edward Island<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Other North American Colonies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon<\/li>\n<li>Newfoundland and Labrador<\/li>\n<li>Rupert\u2019s Land<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Part Seven: Resources for Further Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Religious groups in the New World<\/li>\n<li>Africa and the New World<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Denmark<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in France<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Great Britain<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Germany<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in The Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Spain<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Colonial sources in Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Foreign records at the Library of Congress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Index<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Although technically out-of-print, Family Roots Publishing has several cases of this book in stock &#8211; all at a very special price! 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