New Items in April 2012 and Upcoming Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

April 2012

General:

• The Family Tree Problem Solver: Tried-and-True Tactics for Tracing Elusive Ancestors – revised 1^st edition (this may be checked out)
• State Census Records
• Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Volume Three Samuel Appleton and His Wife Judith Everard and Five Generations of Their Descendants
• Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory 2012
• Immigrants to New England 1700 – 1775
• Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America: Part One & Two, Part 3, Part 4
• Ships from Scotland to America 1628 – 1828: Volume IV
• Dutch Colonists in the Americas 1615 – 1815
• A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States
• Who Was Who Among the Southern Indians: A Genealogical Notebook 1698 – 1907: Part I Surnames A – J,   Part II Surnames K – Y
• History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory

Arkansas:

• Arkansas 1905 Community & Business Directory
• Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Home

Florida:

• Land Claims in Florida 1824 Records from the 18^th Congress First Session House of Representatives Document Number 412
• Spanish Claims to Land in Florida 1835
• Private Land Claims in East Florida
• Claims to Lands in East and West Florida 1825

Georgia:

• Georgia First Battalion of Infantry Roster: Companies “A” “B”

Illinois:

• Montgomery County, Illinois 1850 Census

Indiana:

• Indiana Militia in the Black Hawk War
• Hamilton County, Indiana Marriage Records Book A 1833 – 1843
• Hamilton County, Indiana Naturalization Certificates 1855 – 1905
• Hamilton County, Indiana Will Book “B” 1835 – 1844

Kentucky:

• Kentucky Confederate Veteran and Widows Pension Index
• Bourbon County, Kentucky Wills and Estates 1825 – 1831
• Fayette County, Kentucky Wills and Estates 1788 – 1822
• Hancock County, Kentucky Marriage Book 1B 1829 – 1857
• Harrison Co. Kentucky Wills and Estates Vol. I 1795 – 1818, Vol. II 1819 – 1832
• Nicholas County Kentucky Marriage Records 1852 – 1859, 1876 – 77, and 1878
• Shelby Co., Kentucky Wills and Estates 1792 – 1817
• Woodford County, Kentucky Wills and Estates 1789 – 1815

Louisiana:

• Land Claims in Louisiana and Missouri: House of Representatives Report Number 273 15^th Congress – 1^st Session
• The Canary Island Migration to Louisiana 1778 – 1783
• Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana History and Biography
• Sabine Parish Louisiana Historical & Biographical Memoirs
• Webster Parish, Louisiana History and Biography

Maryland:

• Frederick County, Maryland Church and Cemetery Records: Volume 6
• Civil War Burials in Baltimore’s Loudon Park Cemetery
• The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from Wills, Deeds, and Church Records

Massachusetts:

• Mayflower Deeds and Probates From the Files of George Ernest Bowman
• Mayflower Births and Deaths From the Files of George Ernest Bowman: Volume 1 Families A – F, Volume 2 Families H – W 

Missouri:

• Land Claims in Louisiana and Missouri: House of Representatives Report Number 273 15^th Congress – 1^st Session
• Citizens of Missouri Territory – Grants in Present Day Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma: Volume 1 1787 – 1810, Volume 2 1810 – 1812, Volume 3 To – 1835

New York:

• 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York 1777 – 1834
• 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York 1809 – 1850
• Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County
• Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families
• New York Alien Residents, 1825 – 1848

Pennsylvania:

• Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania 1727 – 1775 With Foreign Arrivals, 1786 – 1808

Tennessee:

• Chester County, Tennessee Tombstone Records
• Clay County, Tennessee Bible and Tombstone Records
• Crockett County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1884 – 1886
• Crockett County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1886 – 1888
• Giles County, Tennessee Minute Book  - Volume C 1816 – 1817
• Hardeman County, Tennessee Cemetery Listings in 1939
• Hickman County, Tennessee Bible – Tombstone Records
• Lincoln County, Tennessee Tombstone Records
• Macon County, Tennessee Bible and Tombstone Records
• McMinn County, Tennessee Marriage Book “D” 1848 – 1859
• Roane County, Tennessee Militia Fines Records 1806 – 1839
• Tipton County, Tennessee Marriage Book “B” 1840 – 1860

Texas:

• First Settlers of the Republic of Texas: Volume 1 and Volume 2
• The Spanish Abandonment and Reoccupation of East Texas, 1773 – 1779
• Texas Frontiersman 1839 – 1860
• Anderson County, Texas Marriage Records 1875 – 1900 Vol. II
• Angelina County, Texas & Aransas County, Texas Land Titles 1805 – 1878
• Atascosa County, Texas Index to Probate Cases
• Austin & Bandera Counties, Texas Land Titles 1831 – 1878
• Bastrop County, Texas Land Titles 1831 – 1877
• Bastrop County, Texas Marriage Records Book A 1851 – 1870
• Bastrop & Lee Counties Texas: The Wend Colony 1854
• Baylor County, Texas Land Titles 1831 – 1878
• Bexar County, Texas Marriage Records 1837 – 1866
• Bexar County, Texas Dependants of Civil War Soldiers
• An Inventory of the Colonial Archives of Texas Municipality of Brazoria County, Texas 1832 – 1837
• 1870 Census of Caldwell County, Texas
• Fort Bend County Cemetery Inscriptions: Volume II
• Harris County, Texas Proceedings of the Convention of Texas Veterans Held at Houston May 13 – 15, 1873
• Hunt County, Texas Cemetery Inscriptions: Volume 4
• Hunt County, Texas Court Record Book “D” Volume I 1852 – 1855
• Johnny Rebs of Hunt County, Texas
• Jack County Texas Proofs of Heirship
• Jack County, Texas Miscellaneous Records: Deaths, Early Physicians, Divorces, Will Records, Probate Records, Registered Voters, Scholastic Census
• Jack County, Texas 1887 Drouth Sufferers Tax Rolls – 1858, 1859, 1861
• 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule of Jackson County, Texas
• 1870 U.S. Census of Jackson County, Texas
• 1870 U.S. Census of Jefferson County, Texas
• A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson County, Texas
• Early Doctors of Nacogdoches County, Texas
• Orange County Texas Cemetery Inscriptions Volume 1Cemetery Inscriptions Rains County Texas: Volume I
• Pioneers of Red River County, Texas
• San Saba County Texas Index to Probate Cases
• Schleicher County Texas Marriage Records 1901 – 1909
• Tom Green County, Texas Marriage Records Book A & B 1875 – 1888
• Williamson County, Texas Marriage Records 1849 – 1860

Virginia:

• Confederate Soldiers of Pittsylvania County & Danville

West Virginia:

• Early History of West Virginia
• 1782 Berkeley County, West Virginia Tax Listing
• Clay County, Virginia [Now West Virginia] Birth and Death Records 1858 – 1860
• Fayette County, Virginia [Now West Virginia] Births and Death Records 1854 – 1859
• Fayette Co., W.V. Marriages 1830 – 1870
• Harrison County, West Virginia History and Biographies
• Mercer County Deaths 1853 – 1882
• Raleigh County, West Virginia Death Records 1896 – 1914
• Early Deaths of Raleigh Co. WV 1853 – 1875
• Early Marriages of Raleigh County 1850 – 1870 Volume I
• Raleigh County, WV Marriages 1871 – 1890
• Summers County, West Virginia Death Records: Volume 1: 1872 – 1890 and Volume 2: 1891 – 1900
• Summers County, West Virginia Marriages 1871 – 1883
• Summers Co. Wills 1871 – 1900
• Marriage Records of Wyoming County, West Virginia Volumes 4 – 5 – 6 Nov 1890 – Nov 1902
• Wyoming County, West Virginia Death Records 1853 – 1894
• Wyoming County, West Virginia Marriage Records 1854 – 1889

Upcoming Free Area Events:

Saturday, May 5th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm at the W.O Haggard, Jr. Library 2501 Coit Rd. Plano:
"CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT CASES" Using court cases to find out more about your ancestors -- who they were and what they did.

Wednesday, May 9th 7:00 pm at the W.O Haggard, Jr. Library 2501 Coit Rd. Plano:
"A Witch in the Family" Kathleen Kent, author of The Heretic's Daughter will be the guest speaker.

Thursday, May 17th 2:00 pm at the Allen Civic Auditorium 300 North Allen Drive Allen:
Meg Hacker the Director of archives for National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will be speaking about the 1940 U.S. Census.

Saturday, May 19th 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the W.O Haggard, Jr. Library 2501 Coit Rd. Plano:
"Heraldry for Genealogists" by David Appleton

Saturday, May 19th 2:00 pm at the Gabe Nesbitt Community Park 7001Eldorado Parkway:
The Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution will conduct the "4th Annual McKinney Flag Retirement Ceremony" honoring our Flag and our Veterans.