Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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 5th (1st 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

Thursday, April 4, 2013

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, 15th Congress – 1st 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.