Pennsylvania, 1740-1900 County and Family Histories

This database is unique because it provides not only family histories but county histories as well. You can learn, for example, not only that your ancestor was married in Butler County in 1800 but what Butler County was like in 1800. With this information you are able to gain a more complete understanding of your ancestors and the times and locations in which they lived...

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The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1740-1930

This data collection contains page images of all six volumes of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. This is an especially valuable resource -- almost half of all persons who can trace their American ancestry prior to 1850 have Quaker ancestors. Approximately 455,000 Quakers who resided in New Jersey, New York, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are referenced within these pages.

These six volumes were compiled by William Wade Hinshaw from monthly meeting records and are among the most important works on Quaker genealogy ever published. According to the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, these volumes represent "One of the indisputably great moments of genealogical research in the twentieth century." (Volume XXXVIII, Number 2, June 1950).

The information contained in these volumes is of great importance because Quakers did not have their vital statistics recorded in civil offices prior to 1850. The records kept by Friends Monthly Meetings during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries usually consisted of births, deaths, marriages, and, of great importance, certificates of removal for Society of Friends members who relocated from one meeting to another.

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Southern Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s

The six volumes that make up Notable Southern Families are among the best known works on Southern genealogy ever published. Begun in 1918 and completed in 1932, Notable Southern Families is a collection of family histories that include thousands of individuals of Cavalier, Scotch-Irish, and Huguenot heritage. Compiled by Zella Armstrong, most of the family histories trace lineage to the author of the genealogy.

Historical Southern Families contains genealogies that cover a broad spectrum of Southern genealogy. Each volume in the series, compiled by John Bennett Boddie, contains a number of lineages that run from a few pages each to several hundred.

Depending on the original genealogy, what you can learn about each listed individual varies. For the most part, however, you can learn an ancestor's birth date, baptism date, marriage date, occupation, and death date. Articles include general information on entire families including information on education, residence, and wills. With this information, you will be able to gain a more complete understanding of your ancestors and their lives.

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The New Jersey Biographical Index, 1800s

Throughout the 1800s, with the development of canals, railroads and eventually roadways, New Jersey secured itself as a major transportation corridor between the Northeast and South. With the creation of the nation's first factory town, workers from throughout the East coast settled in New Jersey. It continues to be a strong industrial state with links to New York City, Philadelphia, and other key cities in the region...

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The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South

The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the South was first publishedd by McGraw Hill as part of its "Great American Trails" series, edited by A. B. Gutherie, Jr. It was instantly recognized for its insight into the birth of the American South from the early 1700's until the Civil War. Historian Carl Bridenbaugh wrote that "In the last sixteen years of the colonial era, southbound traffic along the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road was numbered in tens of thousands; it was the most heavily travelled road in all America..." and Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson marked its route on their map of Virginia in 1754 as "the great Wagon Road from the Yadkin River through Virginia to Philadelphia distant 435 miles."

Over the years the Road led countless Scotch-Irish, Germanic, and English settlers southward from Philadelphia to settle the Appalachian uplands from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Over the Road went the progenitors of John Sevier of Tennessee, John Caldwell Calhoun of South Carolina, Sam Houston of Texas, Cyrus McCormick of Virginia, and other Americans.

Countless cities and towns from Philadelphia to Augusta, Georgia, owe their beginning to early camp sites along the Road that grew into tavern locations, then into county seats, and then into centers of agriculture and industry. Today such Wagon Road towns as Lancaster, York, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Winchester, Newmarket, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, and Rocky Mount, Virginia; Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Charlotte, North Carolina; and Newberry and Camden, South Carolina have grown along the onetime settler's trail.

The Great Wagon Road also tells of Daniel Boone's pioneering from Big Lick, Virginia-now Roanoke-into the territory of Kentucky. Boone Expedited western settlement by cutting a trail across Cumberland Gap on Virginia's frontier to lead settlers in Revolutionary years into dangerous Indian country... Read More

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Map guide to American migration routes, 1735-1815

For years, genealogists have had to depend on less-than-perfect, mostly hand-drawn maps. The maps have come from a variety of dubious sources. Yet genealogists need to locate and understand the early American migration routes their ancestors may have traveled. In this book, William Dollarhide shows early American migration routes with well-researched and consistently drawn maps. The routes explored begin with the King's Highway of 1735 from Boston to Charleston and end with the roads that resulted from the War of 1812 in the Old Southwest. These maps provide critical information for genealogists trying to locate the passages of early migration in America. The publication familiarizes readers about why and when the earliest wagon roads became available by discussing the significant historical events that led to the opening of new settlements. The wagon roads appear in chronological order so anyone can see why and when the earliest wagon roads were developed in America... Read More

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Colonial Family Histories #1, 1607-1920

Compiled over thirteen years, Colonial Families of the United States of America includes only those families who trace their ancestry back to the Colonial Period (1607-1775). Ranging from three to twenty scanned pages, each family history article gives the British or European pedigree of the colonial ancestor, followed by a listing of his descendants up to the time of the article's writing. Depending on the original article, what you can learn about each listed individual varies. 

For the most part, however, you can learn an ancestor's birth date, marriage date, occupation, and death date. You may also be able to determine the family's migration pattern and view their coat of arms. Information for the family history articles collected in this data set was taken from a variety of sources including genealogies, family histories, vital records, cemetery inscriptions, marriage records, and birth and death lists from various parts of colonial America.  

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Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864

This database is an index to one of Ireland's premier genealogical resources, Griffith's Valuation. It references more than one million individuals who owned property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864. Since no Irish census of the nineteenth century has survived, Griffith's Valuation is a record of extreme importance. It is, essentially, the only detailed guide to where in Ireland people lived during the mid-nineteenth century and what property they possessed. In effect, Griffith's Valuation can be used as a census substitute for the years before, during, and after the Great Famine.

Few other records can be used to identify an Irish ancestor's exact place of origin, and only Griffith's Valuation links an individual to a specific townland and civil parish. This information is very beneficial since identifying an ancestor's townland and civil parish is the first step in Irish genealogical research.

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Listings Include:
- The individual's name.
- The county and parish where they resided at the time of the valuation.
- Some records contain additional information about an individual's occupation, religion, or relative's names.

Virginia Family Histories #2, 1600s-1800s

Although an especially valuable resource for tracing your family tree, family histories such as these are often difficult to locate since they are usually not published for wide distribution. A family history is a written account of a family's immediate and extended relationships. Often, a family history begins with an explanation how a family's surname was derived. Then, beginning with the oldest known ancestor, family lines are traced up to the time of publication. Along with biographical information on each family member, this often includes illustrations or photographs of individuals or places significant to the family.

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The five volume set entitled Genealogies of Virginia Families consists of family history articles originally published in The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine between 1892 and 1942. The family history articles included in Virginia Gleaning in England were first published in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography between 1903 and 1926. 

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West Virginia State History and Genealogy - Collection of 30 Books From the 18th to 20th Century

The West Virginia State Historic Genealogy Collection is 30 books relating to the people of the State of West Virginia in the 18th to 20th centuries. Some of these digital reproductions include illustrations and portraits. All of the volumes in this collection are in Adobe PDF format and can be searched and printed. This DVD-ROM collection will work on both Windows and Mac... Read More

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History of the United States

Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948) was an American historian. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. His works included radical re-evaluation of the Founding Fathers of the United States, whom he believed were more motivated by economics than by philosophical principles. Mary Ritter Beard (August 5, 1876 in Indianapolis, Indiana - August 14, 1958) was an influential American historian and archivist, who played an important role in the women's suffrage movement and was a life-long advocate for social justice through educational and activist roles in both the labor and woman's rights movements. She wrote several books on women's role in history including On Understanding Women (1931), (Ed.) America Through Women's Eyes (1933) and Woman As Force In History: A Study in Traditions and Realities (1946). In addition, she collaborated with her husband, eminent historian Charles Austin Beard on several distinguished works, most notably The Rise of American Civilization (1927).... Read More

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Kentucky Family Histories #1, 1700s-1800s

This database contains images of the pages from the three-volume series Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Volumes I-III. These books contain family history articles collected from The Filson Club History Quarterly as well as articles from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, published between 1903 and 1965. The latter set of articles includes every Bible record and genealogical fragment published in the register.

Referencing approximately 51,000 individuals and covering the entire state of Kentucky, the majority of the records included in this database are from the 1700s and 1800s.

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Colonial Families of Maryland, 1600s-1900s

These books contain information about approximately 150,000 individuals. While most of the individuals listed have family roots in Maryland, some have roots in Pennsylvania and other surrounding states.

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Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942

This database contains is from the following two volume set: Early Settlers of New York State -- Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volumes I and II. These books are comprised of articles that originally appeared in the periodical Early Settlers of New York State -- Their Ancestors and Descendants. Edited by New York genealogist Janet Foley, its purpose was to collect, publish, and preserve church records, tombstone inscriptions, and family records, first from western New York, then from all of New York State. Referencing over 97,000 people who lived between 1760 and 1942, this collection provides little-known but first-rate source material that is essential to any researcher whose family research involves early New York State.

What you can find on this Family Archive:
What you can learn about each listed individual varies, depending on the original article. However, in this collection you will find family genealogies, obituaries, Bible records, cemetery records, marriage records, church records, and death records. These records may provide you with information such as the dates and locations of important family events, as well as the names of the participants, witnesses, or other family members.

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The Family Tree Problem Solver: Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall

Complications arising from incomplete or missing records, census irregularities, individuals of the same name, and burned courthouses can stop even the most experienced genealogists dead in the tracks. Learn to break through those brick walls with The Family Tree Problem Solver, which dissects researcher's common problems in case studies with straightforward solutions. You will:

• Go straight to the answers you need without wading through theory or irrelevant record overviews
• Find explanations and case studies that will help you overcome your obstacles and move forward in your genealogy
• Learn what NOT to do to avoid hitting brick walls in the future.

The Family Tree Problem Solver is the best and most accessible book on the market about breaking down brick walls. The mysteries of research before 1850, collateral relatives, and court and land records are thoroughly explored and applied to your research problems. And it's all brought to you by genealogy's most popular publications, Family Tree Books and Family Tree Magazine!

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Family Trees: A History of Genealogy in America

The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, established local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kinship ties. This long and varied history of Americans’ search for identity illuminates the story of America itself, according to François Weil, as fixations with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way in the twentieth century to an embrace of diverse ethnicity and heritage.

Seeking out one’s ancestors was a genteel pursuit in the colonial era, when an aristocratic pedigree secured a place in the British Atlantic empire. Genealogy developed into a middle-class diversion in the young republic. But over the next century, knowledge of one’s family background came to represent a quasi-scientific defense of elite “Anglo-Saxons” in a nation transformed by immigration and the emancipation of slaves. By the mid-twentieth century, when a new enthusiasm for cultural diversity took hold, the practice of tracing one’s family tree had become thoroughly democratized and commercialized.

Today, Ancestry.com attracts over two million members with census records and ship manifests, while popular television shows depict celebrities exploring archives and submitting to DNA testing to learn the stories of their forebears. Further advances in genetics promise new insights as Americans continue their restless pursuit of past and place in an ever-changing world... Read More

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Adam & Eve Family Tree Poster - Genealogy of Jesus

The Genealogy from Adam and Eve through generation after generation ending with Jesus Christ.  The Adam and Eve Family Tree Poster is printed on a paper wall chart and is laminated. 38 x 25 inches. There are more than 1100 names with scripture references. The chart is in color with the names of men in black; women in red; and the Twelve Tribes of Israel in green. The Adam and Eve Family Tree chart shows family lines clarifying relationships of the Old Testament characters from Adam & Eve to Jesus Christ. It is being used all over the world by Sunday school teachers, seminary students, ministers, church and home schools, and individual Bible readers. As you read the Bible, you can follow along to see the descendants from Adam and Eve - ending with Jesus. It makes reading the genealogy chapters of the Bible come alive! The 12 tribes of Israel are shown - and even the genealogy of Mary-the mother of Jesus. All with corresponding scripture references - so you can check them out yourself. There is so much information on this chart - it will give you years of Bible study! Read More

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The Unofficial Family Archivist: A Guide to Creating and Maintaining Family Papers, Photographs, and Memorabilia

“Within every home is a treasure trove of information. Unfortunately, many irreplaceable documents that help tell individual stories, and the stories of our communities, are deteriorating among our personal belongings.” With that warning in mind, this book focuses on the care of personal papers, photographs, and memorabilia found in the typical home. Written for individuals who hope to protect family history, this book provides everything an unofficial archivist needs to ensure materials that connect us with our past are available for future generations. Its goal is to help you create and maintain a valuable family and community resource of recorded information about your world from the unique point of view of you and your loved ones. The Unofficial Family Archivist is organized into eight sections that discuss preservation; creating and identifying materials that represent you; how to properly organize, preserve, and describe these items; how to prepare them to pass on to future generations. This book provides information to guide you so you may enjoy your materials, easily access them, feel comfortable that they will last for a long time and be treasured by your descendants... Read More

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New Jersey Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s

This database contains images of the pages from the two-volume set Genealogies of New Jersey Families. These books are comprised of family history articles that originally appeared in the Genealogical Society of New Jersey's journal, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Begun in 1925 to promote scholarly interest in New Jersey families, the magazine continues to be a primary vehicle for New Jersey source material. Referencing over 38,000 people who lived between the early 1600s and 1800s, this collection is essential to any genealogist whose family research involves New Jersey history. The materials cover the entire state of New Jersey and include all material and Bible records published in the Magazine from the first issue through the end of Volume 65.

What you can learn about each listed individual varies, depending on the original article. For the most part, this collection includes genealogies, cemetery records, church records, and family Bible records. These records may provide you with information such as the dates and locations of important family events, as well as the names of the participants, witnesses, or other family members.

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Early New York Families, 1600s-1900s

More than 338,000 individuals are referenced within this collection, covering the entire state of New York. Although especially useful for the genealogist, family histories such as these can be very difficult to locate since they are not often published for wide distribution. A family history is a written account of a family's immediate and extended relationships. Along with biographical information on each family member, you'll often find illustrations or photographs of individuals or significant places. Generally you'll learn details of personal characteristics and your ancestors' daily lives that aren't usually available in other genealogical records.

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Books Included:
- Genealogical and Family History of Central New York (3 Volumes)
- Families of Western New York
- Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York (4 Volumes)
- Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley (3 Volumes)
- Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families
- Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (4 Volumes)

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A to ZAX: A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists & Historians

Virtually anyone doing genealogical or historical research in English-language records pertaining to America will find this compilation of words and phrases useful. It is not limited to a particular time period, geographical area, or ethnic group but to all aspects of the country's settlement. Among the terms included are medical, legal, religious, relational, colloquial, foreign, occupational, monetary, and household. This is a reference you should keep close at hand, whether working at home or on the road; you never know when you are going to need it. It is the latest edition and the largest the author produced... Read More

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Genealogy as Pastime and Profession

Clearly written, this describes the principles of genealogical research, the evaluation of evidence, and the relationship of genealogy to chronology, eugenics, and the law. It covers early nomenclature, Royal ancestry, the use of source material, and the methods of compiling and publishing a family history, and it also deals with characteristic blunders and misconceptions. It is the very foundation of scientific American genealogy... Read More

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Early New York Families, 1600s-1900s

More than 338,000 individuals are referenced within this collection, covering the entire state of New York. Although especially useful for the genealogist, family histories such as these can be very difficult to locate since they are not often published for wide distribution. A family history is a written account of a family's immediate and extended relationships. Along with biographical information on each family member, you'll often find illustrations or photographs of individuals or significant places. Generally you'll learn details of personal characteristics and your ancestors' daily lives that aren't usually available in other genealogical records.

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Books Included:
- Genealogical and Family History of Central New York (3 Volumes)
- Families of Western New York
- Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York (4 Volumes)
- Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley (3 Volumes)
- Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families
- Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (4 Volumes)

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Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index

Presented in questionnaire form, a soldier's application lists the Veteran's place of enlistment, unit, period of service, battles participated in, and whether he was wounded or captured. Pension applications also included information on place of birth, number of children, and value of personal and real property owned by Veteran.

If the pension application was filed by a widow, you can learn even more information. Their applications list place of birth for both widow and husband as well as the names and ages of any children. Since proof of marriage was required for admission to the pension rolls, a copy of the marriage certificate is often found in widow applications. You may also find correspondence between the applicant and the Pension Board, letters or sworn affidavits attesting to a Veteran's character and the nature of his military service, and abstracts of the Veteran's service record furnished by the Federal War Department.

It is important to note that while all of the individuals listed were residents of Tennessee when they applied for pensions, they did not necessarily serve the Confederacy in Tennessee.

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Listings Include:
- Veteran's name
- Pension applicant's name
- Applicant's county of residence
- State for which the Veteran served

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Massachusetts Revolutionary War Soldiers & Sailors, 1775-1782

This database contains seventeen volumes of the series Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. The materials date from 1775 to 1782 and follow the military careers of Massachusetts soldiers and sailors and their commanding officers.

Compiled from resources found in the Massachusetts State Archives, this collection of records was prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. In 1891, the Secretary was directed by the General Court of Massachusetts to prepare and publish "An indexed compilation of the records of the Massachusetts soldiers and sailors who served in the army or navy during the Revolutionary War, as shown in the archives of in the office of the Secretary."

The compilation began with the creation of an index to all names found in the muster rolls, pay rolls, and other documents found in the Revolutionary War archives. Later, primary sources included military orders, regiment books, orderly books, and account books.
Althogether, you'll find approximately 410,000 soldiers, sailors, and commanders referenced within these seventeen volumes. 

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Military Records: U.S. Soldiers, 1784-1811

This card index is the index to the compiled service records of 21,000 volunteer soldiers who served from twenty-two states and territories of the United States between 1784 and 1811.

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Family Tree Picture Frame

This lovely bronze family tree stands on a square base with intricately carved branches and leaves. Four charming picture frames can hang from the branches with lovely velvet ribbons. It beautifully displays the precious family tree of life making it a treasured gift for parents or grandparents on their anniversaries. A family tree signifies growth in all aspects therefore this serves as a thoughtful gift for the young couple. Convey the message that the family tree is blossoming in full bloom to your beloved parents or grandparents by presenting them with this exquisite bronze tree of life.

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Revolutionary War Pension Lists Military Records

Military pension records are among the most authoritative sources of genealogical information because they were granted on the basis of approved applications. Pension applications had to be supported by documents substantiating proof of service and ultimately approved by the War Department before being submitted to Congress for approval.

Usually arranged by state or territory, information given for each pensioner generally includes rank, regiment, annual allowance, description of service, date enlisted, date placed on the pension roll, place or residence, nature of wounds or disability, date of death, and occasional references to family members, including widows and orphans. In the vast majority of cases, the pension records identify veterans of the Revolutionary War and the later frontier wars.

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Books Included:
- The Pension Lists of 1792-1795
- Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815
- Revolutionary Pensioners: A Transcript of the Pension List of the United States for 1813
- Revolutionary Pensioners of 1818
- The Pension List of 1820
- The Pension Roll of 1835 (4 volumes)
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1840
- Pensioners of the Revolutionary War Struck Off the Roll
- Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions

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Loyalists in the American Revolution

Loyalists were American colonists who retained allegiance to the British Crown. Also known as "Tories," Loyalists were estimated to have made up one-third of colonial America's population. The thirteen volumes of records produced in this database, comprise some of the most useful works ever published on Revolutionary War Loyalists.

Through both narratives and records, the volumes refer to more than 87,000 individuals in the United States and Canada. While the majority of records reference the Southern and Mid-Atlantic colonies where the Loyalist cause was the strongest (Georgia, the Carolinas, New York, and Pennsylvania), this Family Archive includes individuals from Florida, Great Britain, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Virginia.

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This wide variety of records might provide you with the following details:
- Biographies
- Compensation applications
- Land records
- Military diaries
- Muster rolls
- Orderly books
- Pension applications

Books Included:
- Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia
- Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution
- Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (3 Volumes)
- Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution (2 Volumes)
- The Loyalists of Massachusetts, Their Memorials, Petitions and Claims
- Orderly Book of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment, June 18, 1778, to October 12, 1778, Including General Orders Issued by Sir Henry Clinton, Baron Wilhelm von Kuyphausen, Sir William Erskine, Charles, Lord Cornwallis, General William Tryon and General Oliver De Lancey
- Orderly Book of the Three Battalions of Loyalists Commanded by Brigadier-General Oliver De Lancey, 1776-1778, To Which is Appended a List of New York Loyalists in the City of New York During the War of the Revolution
- United Empire Loyalists: Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty; Evidence in Canadian Claims; Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario (2 Volumes)
- United Empire Loyalists: Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty; Evidence in Canadian Claims; Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario (2 Volumes) 

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The Everything Family Guide to Budget Travel: Hundreds of fun family vacations to fit any budget (Everything Series)

Taking a fun family vacation doesn't have to break the bank, as proven by veteran travel writer Kelly Merritt. Inside, she offers no shortage of creative ways to plan affordable trips! Visit popular sites at off-peak times with your children . . . travel off the beaten path for an eye-opening experience . . . and discover historic sites, scenic areas, and fun-filled attractions right in your own backyard!

Featuring hundreds of unique, family-friendly trip ideas such as:

• Camping (from the mountains to our national parks)
• Adventure travel
• Water and island vacations
• All-inclusive resorts and cruises
• Educational vacations (eco, historical, cooking, and more)
• European tours--and beyond!

The Everything Family Guide to Budget Travel helps you make the most affordable decisions about lodging, food, and tourist attractions. This easy-to-use guide is an invaluable tool, you won't want to travel without!

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New York in the Revolution and War of 1812 Military Records

In records ranging from military diaries and muster rolls to historical essays, this data collection details New York's participation in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Within the indexed images of six books, you'll find reference to approximately 217,000 individuals.

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Books Included:
- Orderly Book of the Three Battalions of Loyalists
- The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut
- Index of Awards On Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
- Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution
- New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
- New York Colonial Muster Rolls, 1664-1775 (2 Volumes) 

Among the books selected for inclusion in this collection, you'll find biographies and genealogies for thousands of individuals who fled to Connecticut following the Battle of Long Island in 1776 and an index to claims filed by New York residents who served in the War of 1812. In addition, you'll find a comprehensive report by the State Historian that identifies every person listed on muster rolls between 1664 and 1775. This list is especially useful because nearly all of the original muster rolls for colonial wars were destroyed in a 1911 fire at the state library.

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Massachusetts Civil War Soldiers and Sailors, 1861-1865 Military Records

Contains images of the pages from all 9 volumes of Massachusetts soldiers, sailors and marines in the Civil War. The materials date from 1861 to 1865 and follow the military careers of Massachusetts servicemen and their commanding officers. Together, the military records in these volumes reference approximately 140,000 individuals ... names of nearly all men who served in Massachusetts units during the Civil War appear ... generally, the records include each individual's name, military rank, regiment, discharge status, date of death (if it ocurred during enlistment), and the names of commanding officers ... also ... a brief history of each individual's military career...

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Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

Within the indexed images of 11 volumes, you'll find approximately 104,000 individuals from Maryland and Delaware who contributed in some fashion as patriots to support the freedom of the American colonies from the rule of Great Britain. While many of the individuals listed were soldiers and associators, others participated by giving material aid to the army or serving in an office or on a committee at the town, county, or state level.

A greater variety of primary and secondary sources were consulted in the preparation of these eleven volumes. Resources included military records, pension records, and probate records as well as the census of 1776. The type of information you'll learn varies depending on the record type, but you may discover the following information about your ancestor: occupation, place of residence, dates and details of vital events, and names of family members. With each record, you'll also learn the source of the information...

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