New Items for September and Upcoming Events

New Items Received in September 2011:

General:

• U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal & State Sources, Colonial America to the Present
• Flora and Fauna of the Civil War: An Environmental Reference Guide
• Tartan for Me
• Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Volumes 1 through 4
• Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
• Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury Inventory 14
• The German Element in the Northeast: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey & New England

Delaware:

• Land Records of Sussex County Delaware 1789 – 1792
• Index to Sussex county Delaware Wills 1800 – 1851

Georgia:

• Historic Georgia Families

Illinois:

• Jasper County Yankee Campaigns of the 38^th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company K

Kansas:

• Doniphan County, Kansas Records of Deaths 1898 – 1908

Louisiana:

• Marriage and Death Notices Caddo Parish, Louisiana and Environs 1843 – 1871

Maryland:

• The Tents of Baltimore: Ohelim in the Jewish Cemeteries

New Jersey:

• Old Times in Monmouth, New Jersey
• Bergen County, New Jersey Deed Records 1689 - 1801

New York:

• Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York city (Manhattan) 1783 – 1898
• Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald: Volume 1: 1835–1855, Volume 2: 1856–1863, Volume 3: 1864-1870
• New York Marriages Previous to 1784

North Carolina:

• Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts 1763 – 1779
• Iredell County, North Carolina Cemeteries: Volumes 1 through 7
• Iredell County, N.C. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1789 – 1799 (donated to the Library by the North Collin County Genealogical Society)
• Iredell County, N.C. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1800 – 1814
• Iredell County, N.C. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1815 – 1822, 1826 – 1834, and 1839 – 1850

Pennsylvania:

• The Monongahela of Old or, Historical Sketches of South-Western Pennsylvania to the Year 1800
• Biographical and Genealogical Sketches from Central Pennsylvania

South Carolina:

• Slave Records of Edgefield County, South Carolina
• South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1773 – 1778 Books F-4 through X-4
• South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1776 – 1783       Books Y-4 through H-5
• Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville Newspapers 1826 – 1863
• Index to 1860 Mortality Schedule of South Carolina
• Abstracts of Records of Secretary of the Province South Carolina 1692 – 1721
• South Carolina Revolutionary War Indents: A Schedule

Tennessee:

• Hawkins County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes 1810 – 1821
• Hawkins County Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes 1822 – 1825 and Fragment for the Period     November 1827 – August 1828
• Wilson County, Tenneessee [sic] Tax Lists 1830 - 1832

Texas:

• Historical Markers of Palo Pinto County, Texas With Additional Historical Information of the Sites
• Historical Markers of Parker County, Texas With Additional Historical Information of the Sites
• Murder, Mayhem and More: Palo Pinto and Parker County Early crimes
• Parker County, Texas Index of Extractions of Criminal Causes District Court, Civil Minutes Volume One Through Volume Six June 1874 – March 30, 1897
• Texas News 1901 Violence, death and Disaster January 14 Through June 29
• Marion County, Texas in the Civil War
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Upshur County
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Mason County
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Leon County
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Medina County
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Navarro County
• Texas Land Survey Maps for Smith County
• Collin County Texas in the Civil War
• Titus and Franklin Counties in the Civil War

Virginia:

• Essex County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses Volume 1: 1850 – 1872
• Essex County, Virginia Cemeteries Volume 1: County Church Cemeteries
• Virginia 1850 and 1860 An Amherst County Index to the U.S. Slave Schedule
• Albemarle County in Virginia

Upcoming Events:

October 12 at 7:00 pm: Peggy a. Radshaw, PhD will present "the 1918 Flu Strikes Sherman, Texas" at the Haggard Library located at 2501 Coit Road, Plano.  This is a free program - all are welcome.

October 13 at 7:00 pm: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will host Shirley Apley.  Ms. Apley will present "Fred Knows: An In-depth Look at Texas Death Certificates.  This program will take place at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library located at 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney.  This is a free program - all are welcome.

October 15: Registration 8:30 - 9:00 am, Sessions begin at 9:00 am at the Family History Centers located at  2700 Roundrock Trail, Plano.  This is a free program, but you must register at http://www.greatfamilysearch.com/.   Session 1: What's New With FamilySearch 2011  Session 2: FamilySearch Research  Resources

October 22 and November 19 10:15 - 11:45 am: Genealogy 101 for those starting to trace their roots.  This is a 2 part program that will take place at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library located at 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney.  This is a free program open to all.  To register or for more information, please contact Susan at skusterbeck@mckinneytexas.org or 972.547.7343.