Saturday, February 2, 2013

New Items for January and Upcoming Area Events


New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

January 2013
General:

·         African American Faces of the Civil War
·         Applications for Enrollment of Choctaw Newborn Act of 1905: Volumes I, II, III
·         Emigration from the United Kingdom to America: Lists of Passengers arriving at U.S. Ports:
Volume 11: July 1875 – February 1877
Volume 12: March 1877 – May 1878
Volume 13: June 1878 – May 1879
Volume 14: June 1879 – December 1879
Volume 15: January 1880 – June 1880
Volume 16: June 1880 – December 1880
Volume 17: January 1881 – June 1881
Volume 18: July 1881 – December 1881
·         Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada: Volume III 1751 – 1858, Volume IV to 1863
·         Francis Cooke of the Mayflower: The First Five Generations
·         History of the Huguenot Emigration to America: Volumes I and II
·         The Mayflower Descendant: Volume 14 – 1912
·         Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume Eighteen Part 2
·         North America’s Maritime Funnel: The Ships that Brought the Irish 1749 – 1852
·         War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861 - 1865

Alabama:
·         DeKalb County, Alabama, Probate Court Records, 1836 – 1930

Indiana:
·         Cedar Grove Cemetery Inscriptions: South Bend – St. Joseph County, Indiana

Maryland:
·         Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland Volume XLII: 1776 – 1777 Liber: 47 (pp. 97 – end) & Abstracts of Inventories & Accounts contained in Will Libers 3 & 5
·         Naturalizations of Washington County Maryland Prior to 1880
·         Revolutionary Patriots of Baltimore Town and Baltimore County Maryland 1775 – 1783
·         Scots on the Chesapeake 1621 – 1776  

Massachusetts:
·         The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635 Volume II C – F

New Jersey:
·         Old Burying Ground: Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church: Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

New Mexico:
·         Wildest of the Wild West: True Tales of a Frontier Town on the Santa Fe Trail

North Carolina:
·         Person County North Carolina Deed Books 1792 – 1825

Pennsylvania:
·         Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania
·         Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania: Volumes I and II
·         Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties Pennsylvania
·         History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron, and Potter, Pennsylvania.  Volumes 1, 2, and 3
·         Keystone Thunder: Pennsylvania Field Artillery in the Civil War
·         The People and Times of Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts: Vol. 1 1786 – 1797, Vol. 2 1797 – 1803, Vol. 4 1812 – 1816
       ·     A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign 1812 – 1813

Texas:
·         Around Farmersville (Images of America Series)
·         Catching Shadows: A Directory of 19th-Century Texas Photographers
·         East Texas in World War II (Images of America Series)
·         From Jamestown to Texas
·         McKinney Living Magazine: Jan – Dec 2009, Feb – Dec 2010, and Jan – Dec 2011
·         Nacogdoches in World War II (Images of America Series)
 
Virginia:
·         Appomattox County History and Genealogy
·         Jefferson County, Virginia 1814 – 1824 Personal Property Tax Lists
·         Virginians & West Virginians 1607 – 1870: Volume 3: Part A, Volume 3: Part B

Washington D.C:
·         Original Patentees of Land at Washington Prior to 1700
 
 
Upcoming Area Events:
      Saturday, February 16 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Haggard Public Library 2501 Coit Road, Plano the Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. will present “Whoa, Whoa, Yikes”. The speaker will be Sandra Crowley and the subject is a genealogist guide to using the Internet. This is a FREE program open to all.
 
       Saturday, February 16 8:30 am - 4:00 pm at the Southfork Hotel in Plano, the Collin County Genealogical Society will hold its 2013 Seminar featuring Lloyd Bockstruck.  Fees for this seminar are $35.00 for members and $40.00 for non-members.  For more info: Email ccgs.workshop@gmail.com or call 972-964-3178 or 469-693-7982.
 
     Thursday, February 21 10:30 am - 12:00 pm at the Haggard Public Library 2501 Coit Road,
      Plano the GLHTA will be presenting "How to Search Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and Fold 3.
      This is a FREE program and open to all.