North Carolina Troops 1861 - 1865

We have just added North Carolina Troops 1861 - 1865 A Roster to our collection. This is a set of 18 volumes. The rosters contained in each volume are arranged numerically by regiment or battalion and then alphabetically by company, and each roster is preceded by a unit history. Officers and enlisted men are then listed in separate sections, the arrangement being (with a few exceptions) alphabetical by surname. Each name is followed by a service record that includes information such as the soldier's county of birth and residence; his age and occupation at time of enlistment; promotions; whether he was wounded, captured, or killed; and whether he deserted or died of disease.

This collection will be on the shelf at R GEN 929.3756 NOR starting Wednesday, August 3rd. Due to its size, it will not be housed in the "New Genealogy" section.

Collin County Articles

From the Collin County Genealogical Society:

For Collin County Researchers, A series of articles by Tom Keener, cultural arts manager with the Allen Public Library, were published in The Allen Image in 2009

The Allen Image is archived at http://www.allenimage.com/archives/
"My Remembers, A Black Sharecropper's Recollections of the Depression"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, Nov 2009 "Plano, Texas: The Early Years"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, Sep 2009 "The George Pearis Brown Papers"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, Jul 2009 "A History of Collin County Texas"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, Jun 2009 "The Annals of Elder Horn"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, May 2009 "The Annals of Elder Horn"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, Apr 2009 "The Annals of Elder Horn"
by Tom Keener for the Allen Image, Mar 2009

Upcoming Events:

"FIND GENEALOGY BOOKS & MICROFILM FROM ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES"
Saturday, July 23, 1 - 2:30 PM
Can't travel to your ancestor's home in another state? No Problem! Interlibrary Loan to the rescue!
This is a great tool for obtaining books, court records, manuscripts, and newspapers, all sent to your local library. Come learn how to locate materials, order microfilm, and obtain books from faraway places. (Presented by CCGS members Paula Perkins and Janice Quick!)
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LOCATION:
Jeanette Bickley Bland Meeting Room (lower level) W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library
2501 Coit Rd
Plano TX 75075
http://plano.gov/Departments/Libraries/About%20the%20Library/Pages/haggard.aspx
972.769.4240

Taking a Trip in Texas?

You might want to visit some Civil War Memorials. We have acquired the book: Sacred Memories: The Civil War Monument Movement in Texas. This book is divided into geographic sections - East, North, North Central, Central, West and the Panhandle, South, and Southeast Texas. It tells the story of each monument and its creation. It has general maps that show the county and type (Confederate or Union) of monuments.

Other News:

The Collin County Genealogical Society will present:
"FIND GENEALOGY BOOKS & MICROFILM FROM ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES"
Saturday, July 23, 1 - 2:30 PM

Can't travel to your ancestor's home in another state? No Problem! Interlibrary Loan to the rescue!
This is a great tool for obtaining books, court records, manuscripts, and newspapers, all sent to your local library. Come learn how to locate materials, order microfilm, and obtain books from faraway places. (Presented by CCGS members Paula Perkins and Janice Quick!)

Jeanette Bickley Bland Meeting Room (lower level) W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library
2501 Coit Rd
Plano TX 75075
http://plano.gov/Departments/Libraries/About%20the%20Library/Pages/haggard.aspx
972.769.4240

What's in a Name?

Are you sure your Great-Uncle Jack was really named Jack? He could have been Jacques, John or Jacob. If he was John, was it spelled Eion, Evan, Gian, Giovanni, Hans, Ian…. And what about your Great-Great-Grandmother Betsy? Was she Bette, Bettina, Betty, or Elizabeth? Are you missing out on vital information because the spelling for the same person is different for different types of records?

To assist you in answering these questions, we have received two books: Gramp’s Nickname and Granny’s Nickname. Both are by Helen Swenson.


July 14th 7:00 pm: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will host Mr. Dan Bishop.

New Items Received in June

Upcoming Event:
Friday, July 8th, 10:30 - 5:15 - Mr. George Morgan will conduct five seminars. Please see June 28th blog for information on each seminar.

New Items for June:

• McKinney North High School Yearbook – Reflections 2011


• McKinney High School Yearbook – The Lion 2011


• A Who’s Who of Your Ancestral Saints


• Buried Genealogical Data


• Old Tenth Legion Marriages: Marriages in Rockingham County, Virginia From 1778 to 1816 Taken from the Marriage Bonds


• South Carolina Provincial Troops: Named in Papers of the First Council of Safety of the Revolutionary Party in South Carolina, June – November 1775


• Genealogical Guide: Master Index of Genealogy in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine Volumes 1 – 84 1892 – 1950 with Supplement Volumes 85 – 89 1950 – 1955


• History of the German Settlements and if the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina from the earliest period of the colonization of the Dutch, German, and Swiss settlers to the close of the first half of the present century


• Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry


• Abstracts from Ben Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette 1728 – 1748


• An Index to Hinds County, Mississippi Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts


• Bexar County Texas Confederate Pension Records: annotated Abstractions of the First 325 Accepted Applications


• Cemeteries of Bexar County: Volume 7


• San Antonio, Texas Sexton Burial Records 1892 – 1900


• The Blue & The Grey: Perry County, Mississippi’s Civil War Soldiers


• Confederate Soldiers Buried at Vicksburg: February 15, 1862 – July 4 1863


• McKinney Living 2010 Business, Relocation, Visitor Guide


• Charles County Gentry: a Genealogical History of Six Emigrants - Thomas Dent, John Dent, Richard Edelen, John Hanson, George Newman, Humphrey Warren.


• Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States 1783 – 1883


• Lee’s Colonels


• The Companion Guide to Family Tree Maker 2011 (this is available for check out)


• Beyond the Basics: A Guide for Advanced Users of Family Tree Maker 2011 (this is available for check out)


• You Can Write Your Family History (this is available for check out)


• Death, Marriage and Probate Notices from Montgomery, Alabama Newspapers: Volume 1 (1821 – 1865)


• Scots and Scots Descendants in America


• Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina Containing Interesting and Authentic Facts of Lincoln County History Through the Years 1749 to 1937


• Texas in the Confederacy


• Death and Marriage Notices from Autauga County, Alabama Newspaper 1853 – 1889


• Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation


• M.D.L. Stephens and Calhoun County, Mississippi


• Births, Marriages, Deaths Abstracted from “The Alex Tribune”, Grady County, Oklahoma: July 5, 1912 – October 12, 1916. Volume I: July 5, 1912 – July 3, 1914, Volume II: July 10, 1914 – October 12, 1916


• Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths (Also Some Native American Records and 1917 Draft Information) Abstracted from “The Kingfisher Daily Times” (1892 – 1898, 1917) and “The Kingfisher Times” (1892 – 1895)


• Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracted from the “Quanah Tribune Chief”: September 29, 1898 – May 27, 1909


• Grenada County, Mississippi Marriage Index Book


• Cemeteries in Brookhaven Mississippi Plus 10 in the County


• Autauga County, Alabama Cemetery Records: Volume III


• The Mangum star, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma Territory: Births, Marriages and Deaths: January 5, 1898 – July 30, 1903


• Births, Marriages and Deaths from The Indian Citizen Atoka County, Oklahoma: July 1890 – June 1893


• The Bad Boys of Caldwell County, Texas: Book 1: Murders in the 1800s


• Granny’s Nickname


• Gramp’s Nickname