New Items for May and Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

May 2013

General:

·         The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England

·         Confederate Casualties of the War for Southern Independence Volume IV

·         Early Narratives of the Northwest 1634 – 1699

·         Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide

·         The French and Indian War from Scottish Sources

·         The Journal of Dr. Caleb Rea written during the Expedition Against Ticonderoga in 1758

·         The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War

·         Known Military Dead during the American Revolutionary War 1775 – 1783

·         Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War Volumes II and III

·         Rejected of Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions

·         Some “Colonial Dames” of Royal Descent

·         Some of the Earliest Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America

·         United States Army Unit and Organizational Histories: A Bibliography Volume 1: Pre – World War I, Volume 2: World War I to Present

·         “Villainy and Maddness” Washington’s Flying Camp

·         Women and the Law of Property in Early America

 

·         Family Trees: A History of Genealogy in America (this item may be checked out)

Alabama:

·         Unionists in the Heart of Dixie, 1^st Alabama Cavalry, USV Volume II: Surnames H – M

Arkansas:

·         Index to the Arkansas General Land Office 1820 – 1907: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

·         Research Arkansas

Florida:

·         Colonization and  Conquest: British Florida in the Eighteenth Century

Indiana:

·         An Index to Records of the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home in the Indiana State Archives

·         St. Joseph Polish Cemetery: Inscriptions from the “Old Section”

Kentucky:

·         Kentucky Lake Reservoir Cemeteries: Volumes 2 and 3

·         Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky

Maryland:

·         Magruder’s Maryland Colonial Abstracts: Wills, Accounts and Inventories 1772 – 1777

Missouri:

·         1905 Community & Business Directory

·         Missouri Pioneers County and Genealogical Records: Volumes 1 – 30

New Jersey:

·         Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey

·         Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War

·         Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County [New Jersey]

Ohio:

·         Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio 1779 – 1781

Tennessee:

·         Abstracts of Giles County, Tennessee County Court Minutes 1813 – 1816 and Circuit Court Minutes 1810 – 1816

·         Humphreys County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1837 – 1843 and Marriages, 1888 – 1900

·         The Mercantile Agency Reference Book (and Key) containing Ratings of Merchants, Manufacturers and Traders Generally (listed as “1905 Community & Business Directory” on the cover)

·         Robert Armstrong’s Survey Book of Cherokee Lands

·         Rutherford County, Tennessee County Court Minutes 1811 – 1815

·         Survey of the Tennessee River 1826 – 1846

·         Steamboats on the Upper Tennessee

·         Tims Ford Reservoir T.V.A. Grave Removals

·         Williamson County, Tennessee County Court Minutes July 1812 – October 1815

Texas:

·         Abstracts of Parker County, Texas Pre-emption Land Records 1850 – 1858

·         Lives in Photography: Denison, Texas 1872 - 1999

Upcoming Area Events:

Thursday, June 13 6:45 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney. Are you new to Genealogy? Hit a roadblock? Come to the North Collin County Genealogical Society meeting!  The group will assist you in your Genealogy quest.  This is open to everyone.  If you know someone who could use some help, invite them along!

New Items for April and Upcoming Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

April 2013

 General:

·         Orphan Train Riders: Volume 1 – A Brief History of the Orphan Train Era (1854 – 1929), Volume 2 – Entrance Records from the American Female Guardian Society’s Home for the Friendless in New York

·         Researching American Religious Records

·         Voices of the Irish Immigrant

Mississippi:

·         Mississippi Marriage Records Thru 1900: Volumes: A’s (Males), Ba–Bo (Males),  Br–By (Males), Ca–Cl (Males), Co–Cy (Males), D’s (Males), E’s (Males), F’s (Males)

North Carolina:

·         History of the North Carolina Genealogical Society 1974 – 1984

·         Index of North Carolina Ancestors Volumes 1 and 2

·         North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal: Volumes 1 – 13 1975 – 1987, plus we have received later years that are not cataloged and are kept at the end of the North Carolina section

Tennessee:

·         The 5^th (1^st Middle) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, U.S.A

Texas:

·         1850 Dallas County, TX Census: Everyname Index

·         Cemetery Records of Irving, Texas

·         Obituaries and Death Notices from Irving Newspapers 1908 through 1943, Irving, Texas Volume I

Upcoming Area Events:
Wednesday, May 8, 7pm – 9pm at the Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Rd, Plano. The Collin County Genealogical Society will host Kevin Klaus, Texas GLO. Mr. Klaus will present "Genealogical Resources at the General Land Office. This program is free and open to all.

Saturday, May 11 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: Spread the word to your family and friends who are interested in getting started in their Genealogy quest. We will be having a Beginning Genealogy program. This free program will cover the basics of Genealogy.  In order to ensure that we have enough handouts for everyone, please register with Susan at 972.547.7343 or skusterbeck@mckinneytexas.org

New Items for March 2013 and Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

March 2013

General:

• Applications for Enrollment of Choctaw Newborn Act of 1905: Volumes: IV, V, VI, VII
• Civil War Medicine 1861 – 1865
• Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War
• Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service
• Early Narratives of the Northwest 1634 – 1699
• The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine
• Gangrene and Glory: Medical Care During the American Civil War
• Lineages of Members of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims: Volumes I  and II
• Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History, and Biography: Volume XIV
• New England Gazetteer
• Nineteenth – Century Germans to America: A Consolidation of Six Pamphlets Identifying Emigrants from Baden – Wuerttemberg, Hamburg, Bremen, Nordrhein – Westfalen, Rheinland – Pfalz, and Schleswig – Holstein
• Preliminary Inventory of the Textual Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army) Record Group 112
• Scots – Irish Links 1575 – 1725 Part 9
• Zap the Grandma Gap: Connect With Your Family by Connecting Them to Their Family History (we have two copies of this – one of which can be checked out)
• Genealogy: How to Find Your Ancestors (this may be checked out)
• The Negro in the Civil War (this may be checked out)

Alabama:

• Fort Powell and the Civil War: Western Approaches to Mobile Bay 1861 – 1865

Delaware:

• Delaware Bible Records: Volume 5
• The Delaware Finns
• The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church Wilmington, Delaware, from 1697 to 1773 and Catalogue and Errata of the Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church

Georgia:

• 1835 Cherokee Valuations
• Sketches of Rabun County History 1819 – 1948

Indiana:

• Cemeteries of the Northeast Section of Dearborn County, Indiana
• Delayed Birth Records at Dearborn, Indiana

Kentucky:

• The Battle of Sacramento: Forrest’s First Fight – A Skirmish of Future Generals
• Kentucky in the War of 1812
• Marriage Bonds and Consents 1831 – 1850 Mercer County, Kentucky
• Monroe County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1852 thru 1859, 1875 thru 1878, 1894 & 1906
• Monroe County, Kentucky Marriages 1799 – 1842

Louisiana:

• Land Claims in Louisiana and Missouri: House of Representatives Report Number 273, 15^th Congress – 1^st Session

Maryland:

• Baltimore County, Maryland Deed Records: Volume Two: 1727 – 1757, Volume Three: 1755 – 1767, and Volume Four: 1767 – 1775
• Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: Volume I and II
• Worcester County, Maryland Wills, Liber, MH 1822 – 1833
• Worcester County, Maryland Wills, Liber, LPS 1834 – 1851
• Worcester County, Maryland Wills, Liber, JW4 1769 – 1783  

Mississippi:

• Marriages and Deaths from Mississippi Newspapers: Volume 3 1813 – 1850

Ohio:

• Belmont County, Ohio
• History of Morgan County, Ohio 1818 – 1889

Pennsylvania:

• Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Beaver & Washington Counties, Pennsylvania 1852 – 1854
• Excerpts From the Diary of the Rev. Robert Dilworth and His Cousin, Blacksmith Dilworth Nov. 19, 1789 – 1865
• Index to Washington County, Pennsylvania Wills 1781 – 1900
• Mount Pleasant United Presbyterian Church Darlington, Pennsylvania October 24, 1797 – October 24, 1976
• Mt. Pleasant Cemetery: Darlington Twp. Beaver Co. PA

South Carolina:

• Records of the Regiments of the South Carolina Line in the Revolutionary War

Tennessee:

• Anderson County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements 1830 – 1842
• Bledsoe County, Tennessee Circuit Court Execution Docket 1810 – 1824
• Coffee County, Tennessee Marriage Records: Volume 1 Book A 1853 – 1862
• Obion County, Tennessee 1836 Civil Districts 1837 Obion Tax Listing Rutherford County, Tennessee Tax Lists 1809 – 1813
• Sullivan County, Tennessee Rhea Papers
• Washington County, Tennessee 1836 Civil Districts & 1838 Tax Lists

Texas:

• Brazos County 1900 – 1910 Czech Census Extractions
• Czech Family Histories Volumes I, II, III, IV
• Czechs in Uniform: A Tribute to Our Czech Veterans Volumes I, II, and III
• Lee County Czechs: United States Census Extractions 1900 – 1910 – 1920 – 1930 With 1900 and 1910 Lee County Tax Roll Extractions
• Osage Cemetery, Coryell County, Texas
• Stalkin’ Kin in Old West Texas
• Turnersville Cemetery, Coryell County, Texas

Virginia:

• 1810 Botetourt County, Virginia Census
• Annals of Tazewell County Virginia From 1800 – 1924: Volume I 1800 – 1852,   Volume II 1853 – 1924
• Botetourt Co. VA Will Book A 1770 – 1801
• Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-western Virginia
• Index to Virginia Estates 1800 – 1865: Volume 6 Counties of Augusta and Rockingham, City of Staunton
• Marriage and Deaths from Lynchburg, Virginia Newspapers 1794 – 1836
• Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, and the South River Meeting, Campbell County, Virginia
• Patrick County, Virginia 1810 Tax List
• Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia
• Tazewell County, Virginia Birth Records 1853 – 1870: Part 1: 1853 – 1860

West Virginia:

• Cabell County [West Virginia] Annals and Families
• Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes

Upcoming Area Events: 

Friday and Saturday April 4 & 5 at the Haggard Public Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: TexGenWeb will hold their annual Conference.  For information on the schedule, go to http://txpalopinto.org/meeting/schedule.html  To register for this conference, go to http://www.txpalopinto.org/meeting/registration.htm

 
Wednesday, April 10 7:00 pm at the Haggard Public Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society will host a free program by Dr. Richard McCaslin.  Dr. McCaslin will speak about "Texas in the Civil War".  All are welcome to come to this program.

Thursday, April 11 6:45 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will host a free program by Mic Barnett.  Mr. Barnett will speak about "The 1867 Voters Registrations in the Reconstruction South: Who Could Register, Who Could Not and Their Usefulness to Researchers".  All are welcome to come to this program.

Saturday, April 20 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Haggard Public Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. will present a free program “Beyond Genealogy to Life Story: Approaches to Organizing and Creating Life Stories, Memoirs and Family Histories". The speaker will be David Coy.  All are welcome to come to this program.

Saturday, May 11 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: Spread the word to your family and friends who are interested in getting started in their Genealogy quest.  We will be having a Genealogy 101 program.  This free program will cover the basics of Genealogy.

 

 

New Items for February and Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

February 2013

General:

·         British Origins of American Colonists 1629 – 1775

·         Descendants and Kin of Toliver Wallace (1809 – 1882) North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas

·         Families Directly descended from All the Royal Families in Europe (495 to 1932) and Mayflower Descendants

·         A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice

·         Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume Six, Volume Eighteen Part 1

·         People With No Name: Ireland’s Ulster Scots, America’s Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World 1689 – 1764

·         The Royal Descendants of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States With a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Addition: Volumes I and II

·         The Scotch Irish: A Social History

Alabama:

·         1850 U.S. Census: Marion County, Alabama

·         Unionists in the Heart of Dixie: 1^st Alabama Cavalry, USV: Volume I Surnames A – G

Indiana:

·         Admission Record Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children 1871 – 1900

·         Indiana Negro Register 1852 – 1865

Kentucky:

·         Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records: Volume 3 Number I, Number II, Numer III, and Number IV

·         Stray Book & Tax Records Mercer County, Kentucky 1787 – 1806

Massachusetts:

·         The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620 – 1633

·         Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620 – 1650

Mississippi:

·         1850 U.S. Census: Itawamba County, Mississippi

·         Itawamba: A History

·         Warren County Mississippi Probate Index

New Jersey:

·         Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey

New York:

·         New York State Probate Records: A Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records

North Carolina:

·         1790 Guilford County, North Carolina Census

·         Abstracts of Pasquotank County North Carolina Guardian Bond Books – Volume: 1798 – 1831 and Volume: 1832 – 1867

·         Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina

·         Catawba County North Carolina Marriages 1842[50] – 1880: Volume 1

Pennsylvania:

·         1790 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

·         1800 – 1820 U.S. Census Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

·         1800 – 1820 U.S. Census Beaver County, Pennsylvania

·         1830 – 1840 U.S. Census: Beaver County, Pennsylvania

·         1850 U.S. Census: Beaver County, Pennsylvania Volumes 1and 2

·         Abstracts of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book A 1803 – 1806

·         Abstracts of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book B2 1806 – 1810

·         Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Archives Vol. I

·         Beaver County Cemeteries: Volumes I, II, III, and IV

·         Beaver Co. PA. Marriages 1830 – 1873

·         Beaver County Soldiers in the Civil War 1861 – 1865

·         Beaver, Pennsylvania “Argus” Genealogical Gleanings 1830 – 58

·         Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18^th Century

·         Deep Waters Sailors Shallow Water Soldiers: Manning the United States Fleet of Lake Erie 1813

·         Delayed Birth Registration Index: Beaver County Pennsylvania: Birth Records from 1872 to 1905

·         Families of Beaver County Pennsylvania

·         Frankfort Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery: Frankfort Springs, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

·         History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

·         Index to Pennsylvania’s Colonial Records Series

·         Memoirs of Allegheny County Pennsylvania: Personal and Genealogical Portraits: Volume 2

·         Pittsburg, PA Gazette Genealogical Gleanings 1786 – 1820

·         The Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania

·         Service Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Raccoon Twp. Beaver Co., PA

South Carolina:

·         Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds

·         Citizens and Immigrants – S.C. 1768

Virginia:

·         Burials of War of 1812 Veterans in the Commonwealth of Virginia

·         A History of the Valley of Virginia

·         Marriages of Louisa County Virginia 1766 – 1815

 

Thanks to a very generous donor for most of the Pennsylvania books on this list!

Upcoming Area Events:

Wednesday, March 13, 7:00 pm at the Haggard Public Library - 2501 Coit Road Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society will host Carol Hackemack Harper.  Ms. Harper will present "German Ancestors - Where in the World are their Records".  This is a FREE program that is open to all.

Thursday, March 14, 6:45 - 8:00 in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library (downtown McKinney) 101 East Hunt Street McKinney: The North Colli9n County Genealogical Society will host Paula Perkins.  Ms. Perkins will present "Skirts & Skirmishes, Wars & Widows; Honoring Our Veterans"  Finding Soldiers, Widows, Veterans Military Records & pensions. Draft registration cards can provide a wealth of family information. Learn birth dates, places, migration to name a few marvelous things. This is a FREE program that is open to all.

Saturday, March 16, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Haggard Public Library - 2501 Coit Road Plano: The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will host Mr. Don Raney.  Mr. Raney will present "How to Find Your Ancestor's Maiden Name".  This is a FREE program that is open to all.

Saturday, March 16, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas: The Dallas Genealogical Society presents “Records, Research & Stories”, a one-day workshop featuring Paula Stuart-Warren.  Fees for this program are: Member: $50, Non-Member: $60, Lunch: $10.  Please see http://www.dallasgenealogy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=523 for more information.