Are You Tracing Your Irish Roots?

If you are searching for your Irish Roots, we have received the 4th edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham.  This edition includes detailed guides to Irish online records.  It discusses research strategies, contains information on obtaining information on county-by-county reference lists, census records, church records, occupational records and much more.  This is a reference book, so it can't be checked out.  We have made the third edition available for check out.

Upcoming Area Events:

Saturday, July 21 10:30 am - 12:30 pm:  Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will host Sandra Crowley.  Ms. Crowley will speak about "Genealogists Go Mobile".  This will take place at the Haggard Public Library 2501 Coit Rd. Plano

New Titles for May 2012 and Upcoming Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

May 2012

General:

• 101 Brick Wall Busters
• Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII
• The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661 – 1699 in Two Volumes: Volume I, Volume II – Index Volume
• Discover Your Family History Online (can be checked out)
• Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina From the Colonial Period to About 1820: Volumes I and II
• Genealogies of Mayflower Families From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume I Adams – Fuller, Volume II Gibbs – Parker, and Volume III Peck – Wolcott
• The Genealogist’s Census Pocket Reference (we have two copies – one of these maybe checked out)
• Skeletons in the Closet
• Tombstones of Your Ancestors
• Windows on the Past: Identifying, Dating, & Preserving Photographs (this item may be checked out)
• Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice

Florida:

• Seminole Indians of Florida 1875 – 1879

Illinois:

• Greene County, Illinois Miscellaneous Marriages 1823 – 1858

Massachusetts:

• Boston Marriages From 1700 to 1751

Mississippi:

• The Woodville Republican Mississippi’s Oldest Existing Newspaper: Volume 3 January 8 1848 – January 9, 1855

New York:

• Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration

Pennsylvania:

• Some Pennsylvania Women During the War of the Revolution

Tennessee:

• Estate Settlements in Blount County Tennessee
• Roster of Our Dead Buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
• Tennesseans to Missouri 1810 – 1875
• Warren County, Tennessee Genealogical Notes From the McMinnville Newspapers 1880 – 1914

Texas:

• Anderson County Texas Marriage Records 1846 – 1875 Vol.1
• Bee & Borden Counties, Texas Land Titles 1831 – 1878
• Bell County, Texas Land Titles 1831 – 1878
• Bexar County, Texas Land Titles
• Blanco County, Texas Marriage Records 1876 – 1880
• Brazoria County, Texas Index to Probate Cases
• Brazoria County Republic of Texas Marriage Records 1829 – 1844
• Brazos County, Texas Marriage Records Book A – B 1844 – 1878
• Bosque County, Texas Marriage Records Book F 1891 – 1896 Vol. II
• Bowie County, Texas Index to Probate Records
• Caldwell County Texas Marriage Records Book A – B 1848 – 1869
• Caldwell County Texas Marriage Records 1868 – 1873 Vol. II
• Caldwell County, Texas Marriage Records Book E – F 1874 – 1886
• Calhoun County, Texas Marriage Records 1847 – 1890
• Chambers County, Texas Index to Probate Cases
• Coke County, Texas Marriage Records 1890 – 1900
• Comal County, Texas Marriage Records Book A 1846 – 1853
• Crockett County Texas Marriage Records 1892 – 1912
• De Witt County, Texas Marriage Records Book A – B 1846 – July – 1865
• Deaf Smith County Texas Marriage Records Book I 1891 – 1916
• Ellis County,  Texas Marriage Records 1878 – 1886 Vol. II
• Fort Bend County Texas Marriage Records 1838 – 1868
• Frio County, Texas Marriage Records Book 1 – 2 – 3 1871 – 1900
• Frio County, Texas Selected Cemeteries
• Glasscock County Texas Marriage Records 1883 – 1910
• Gray County, Texas Marriage Records Book I 1902 – 1928
• Gregg County, Texas Index to Probate Cases
• Guadalupe County, Texas Index to Probate Cases
• Hemphill County Texas Marriage Records 1887 – 1910
• Hutchinson County Texas Marriage Records Book A 1901 – 1914
• Irion County, Texas Marriage Records 1889 – 1904
• Jasper County, Texas 1880 Census Records
• Jasper County, Texas Marriage Records 1849 – 1880
• Jones County, Texas Marriage Records 1881 – 1892
• Kerr County, Texas Marriage Records Book A 1856 – 1866
• Liberty County, Texas Marriage Records Book A – B 1875 – 1899
• Lipscomb County Texas Marriage Records 1887 – 1910
• Parker County, Texas Marriage Records 1889 – 1893 Vol. II
• 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule of Refugio County, Texas
• Robertson County, Texas Index to Probate Records
• Texas Cherokees 1820 – 1839 A Document for Litigation 1921

Virginia:

• Virginia Military Bounty Land in the Northwest Territory

Washington D.C:

• Daily National Intelligencer Index to Deaths 1855 – 1870
• Daily National Intelligencer Washington, District of Columbia Marriage and Death Notices
• National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts: Volumes: 1814 – 1817, 1818 – 1820, 1821 – 1823, 1827 – 1829, 1836 – 1837, 1847, and 1848
• National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts Special Edition: The Civil War Years: Volume 1: January 1, 1861 – June 30, 1863 and Volume 2: July 1, 1863 – December 31, 1865

West Virginia:

• Calhoun County, VA [Now West Virginia] Birth Records 1855 – 1860 Death Records 1855 – 1859

Upcoming Events:

June 14, 6:45 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library - 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be hosting Ms. Dorina Thomas.  Ms. Thomas will be speaking about Hispanic Ancestors.  Ms. Thomas is the President of the Hispanic Organization of Genealogy and Research (HOGAR) of Dallas.

Family History Online and Upcoming Area Events

We have acquired the book: Discover Your Family History Online by Nancy Hendrickson.  This is a step-by-step guide to starting your Genealogy search.  Although it is for beginners, it has lists of online databases, websites, resources for researching American Indian, African-American and Jewish ancestors.  Chapters in this book include information on finding birth, marriage, death, census, military, land, and immigration records.  It includes access to online video demonstrations.  This item may be checked out.

Upcoming Area Events:

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. 

Thursday, June 14th 6:45 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: Dorina Thomas of the HOGAR (Hispanic Organization of Genealogy and Research) de Dallas will be speaking at the North Collin County Genealogical Society's meeting about Hispanic Ancestors.  Ms. Thomas is the President of this organization. This meeting is free and open to all.

Change in Speakers at the CCGS meeting

For those planning on going to Wednesday night's meeting to hear Kathleen Kent, author of The Heretic's Daughter, speak, I've received the following e-mail:

The presentation for this Wednesday’s CCGS meeting is changing.  Instead of the history of early New England, we will learn more about the early history of Plano! Many of us are transplants to this area just might get an insight into today's Plano based on its history.
Our scheduled speaker for May, Kathleen Kent, had an accident and sustained some rather serious injuries. 　Instead of speaking to us on Wednesday, she will be in surgery.  Even while in the midst of this, she asked about re-scheduling for when she is well again. So stay tuned.  Our best wishes and prayers go out to her as she recovers.
Cheryl Smith has graciously and on very short notice agreed to speak to us on "Plano: the First One Hundred Years". As a librarian at the Plano Public Library System for the past fourteen years, she has researched local history as well as fielding genealogy questions, most lately at the Genealogy, Local History, and Texana Archives (GLHTA) at Haggard Library. 　She has been involved in genealogy for 16 years and has taught numerous classes on genealogy at the library as well as speaking to CCGS last year on how to begin locating our immigrant ancestors. 　Cheryl has attended genealogical conferences and taken courses at the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University in Alabama. 　She helped create the Genealogy Round Table at the Texas Library Association and has been a speaker at it conferences.
Come learn about the early history of Plano!
Wednesday, May 9, 7 p.m.
HAGGARD LIBRARY
2501 Coit Rd. - Plano, TX 75075
See you there!

We, too, wish Ms. Kent a speedy recovery.

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.  

Have You Hit a Brick Wall?

If you have hit a brick wall, our new book: 101 Brick Wall Busters: Solutions to Overcome Your Genealogical Challenges may have a suggestion or two you can use.  This book is a compilation of Family Tree Magazine experts' answers to readers toughest questions offering solutions for beginner through advanced Genealogists.  It covers Research Strategies, Records, and Ethnic Heritage as well as having a Records Checklist and Brick Wall Worksheet.  This book can be checked out, so you can take it home and work on those walls!

Upcoming Events:

THIS Saturday, April 28 11:30 - 5:00 at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library:
The McKinney Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will be here to assist you in your quest to become a Son or Daughter of the American Revolution.  If you just have questions on how to get started or want to know if you have enough documentation and what's your next step, stop by.  The gentlemen of the SAR will be happy to assist you!

Are You a Mayflower Descendant?

Mayflower Descendant?

We have acquired the following books: Mayflower Births & Deaths From the Files of George Ernest Bowman: Volume 1 Families A - F and Volume 2 Families H - W.  Volume 1 contains information on the descendants of twelve Mayflower Families and Volume 2 contains eleven families.  These books contain approximately 50,000 ancestors.  Information in these volumes includes births, baptisms, deaths, and burials.  Where possible, the cemetery, cause of death, occupation and address at time of death is added.  

Upcoming Events:

 

Saturday, April 21, 12:00 - 5:30 at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library.  The Anna Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will host Mr. Don Raney, who will speak about "Revolutionary Ancestors" and "Early American Migration Routes",  Ms. Kit Amos will speak about "Finding Women Ancestors in the 18th Century" and Ms. Linda Sullivan will speak about how to join the DAR.

Saturday, April 28 11:30 am - 5:00 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library.  Do you have ancestors that fought in the American Revolution?  If you have or think you have, the McKinney Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) is conducting a Free Research Workshop to assist you in finding your Revolutionary Ancestors.  They will also assist those wishing to join the SAR.