New Items for November

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

November 2012

General:

• Kinship: It’s All Relative (this item may be checked out)

 

• Confederate General William R. “Dirty Neck Bill” Scurry 1821 – 1864
• The Pioneer Women of the West
• You Ought to Write All That Down

Florida:

• Too Late for Blood: Florida Volunteers in the Mexican War

Georgia:

• 1840 Lee County, Georgia Census Index
• Citizens of Lee County, Georgia 1860 Census Index
• Lee County, Georgia History and Biographies

Illinois:

• We Enlisted as Patriots: The Civil War Records of Battery G, 2^nd Illinois Light Artillery

Louisiana:

• African American Inhabitants of Rapides Parish Louisiana 15 June to 4 September 1870
• Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Louisiana
• Marriages & Deaths From the Caucasian, Shreveport Louisiana 1903 – 1913

Maryland:

• Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland: Volume XXXVII: 1770 – 1771 Libers: 43 (pp. 464 – end) 44 (pp. 1 – 202)
• Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland: Volume XXXVIII: 1771 – 1772 Libers: 44 (pp. 203 – 596)
• Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland: Volume XXXIX: 1772 – 1774 Libers: 44 (pp. 597 – end) 45 (pp. 1 – 284)
• Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland: Volume XL: 1774 – 1775 Libers: 45 (pp. 285 – end) 46 (pp. 1 – 212)
• Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland: Volume XLI: 1775 – 1776 Libers: 46 (pp. 213 – end) 47 (pp. 1 – 96)

Mississippi:

• 1890 Genealogical Census Reconstruction: Mississippi Edition, Volume 1
• Fisher Funeral Home Records: Vicksburg, Mississippi 1854 – 1867

Missouri:

• The “Show – Me” Guide to Missouri: Sources for Genealogical and Historical Research

New York:

• Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops 1775 – 1764
• New York Soldiers in the Civil War: A Roster of Military Officers and Soldiers Who Served in New York Regiments in the Civil War – Volume 1: A – K, Volume 2: Volume L – Z

Ohio:

• Frontier Militia: The War of 1812
• The Pioneer Women of the West

 

Oklahoma:

• Cherokee Citizenship Commission Dockets: Volume I 1880 – 1884 and 1887 – 1889

 

Pennsylvania:

• A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 

South Carolina:

• Voices From the Past: 104^th Infantry Regiment, USCT Colored Civil War Soldiers From South Carolina

Tennessee:

• Marriages of Jefferson County, Tennessee 1792 – 1836

 

Texas:

• Black Land, Red River: A Pictorial History of Grayson County, Texas
• Cooke County Then and Now
• Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Texas, Collin County, TX
• Tom Green County, Texas Marriage Records Book A & B 1875 – 1888

 

Virginia:

• Alexandria County, Virginia Free Negro Registers 1797 – 1861
• Colonial Records of Virginia
• Wenches, Wives & Widows: Sixteen Women of Early Virginia

 

West Virginia:

• Lewis County, West Virginia History and Biographies
• Monroe County, West Virginia History and Biographies

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season!  Susan

New Items for October and Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

October 2012

General:

• Civil War Genealogy (this item may be checked out)
• Italians to America
• Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves
• Surnames in Ireland
• Tracing Your Irish & British Roots

Alabama:

• Mobile Confederates From Shiloh to Spanish Fort: The Story of the 21st Alabama Infantry Volunteers

Illinois:

• St. Mark: A Century of Faith, Praise, and Service 1893-1994 

Kentucky:

• Menifee County, Kentucky Births – Deaths – Marriages 1874 – 1878

Maryland:

• Complete Personal Name Index to a History of Washington County, Maryland
• Index of Obituaries and Marriages in The [Baltimore] Sun 1861 – 1865

Massachusetts:

• A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries

Tennessee:

• 1863 Henderson County, Tennessee Tax Listing and Civil Districts
• Carroll County, Tennessee Guardian Account Records 1842 – 1845
• Dickson County, Tennessee 1836 Civil Districts 1839 Tax Listing
• Madison County, Tennessee Guardian Renewal Bonds 1868 – 1879
• McKenzie’s Fighting Fifth: First Order Book of the 5^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Confederate States of America
• McKenzie’s Fighting Fifth: Reports and Rosters of the 5^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Confederate States of America
• McKenzie’s Fighting Fifth: Questionnaires of Veterans of the 5^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Confederate States of America
• Reminiscences of William G. Allen McKenzie’s 5^th Tennessee Regiment

Texas:

• Another Taste of Heritage
• The Heard Legacy – we have two copies of this title – one of them can be checked out
• Report City of McKinney, Collin County, Texas: Assets and Liabilities Fiscal Year February 1, 1926 to January 31, 1927
• Report on McKinney City Hospital, McKinney, Texas: Receipts and Disbursements from January 1, 1924 to June 30, 1926
• The Saga of Marshal Todd Warden

West Virginia:

• Cabell County, West Virginia History and Biographies
• Greenbrier County, West Virginia History and Biographies

Upcoming Area Events:

Wednesday, November 14 7:00 pm at the Haggard Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society will host Ms. Lynell Moss, Consultant Training Director of the Family History Center in Plano. Ms. Moss will be speaking on "The FamilySearch Family of Websites". This event is FREE and open to all.

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research. More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees: $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

Wednesday, November 28 10:30 am - 12:00 at the Haggard Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: The Genealogy, Local History, Texana, Archives (GLHTA) department presents: FamilySearch.org. The latest, greatest, old and hidden uses for your research

Something to add to your calendar: the Collin County Genealogical Society will be having their 2013 All-Day Seminar on Saturday, February 16.  The Featured speaker will be Lloyd Bockstruck.  Topics will include: The Colonial Germans, The Scots-Irish in Colonial America, Anglican Church Records for Genealogical Research, and Virginia: Where the British Empire Began.

 

 

 

 

 

The Heard Legacy and Upcoming Area Events

We have acquired the book: The Heard Legacy by Cathy Sagnibene Apple.  This book covers generations of this philanthropic family.  It starts with the brothers, John Spencer and Stephen Dudly, and moves through the generations to include Katherine (Katie) Florence Heard Craig and Bessie Rollins Heard.  We have two copies of this book - one of which may be checked out.

The next blog with our New Titles for October will be a little late.  November 1 - 3, I will be attending the Texas State Genealogical Society Conference.  Hope to see you there! - Susan

 Upcoming Events:

Thursday, November 1 - Saturday, November 3 at the Riley Center in Fort Worth: 4726 Stanley Blvd: The Texas State Genealogical Society will hold its annual Conference. Thursday's activities are FREE. There is a charge for Friday and Saturday seminars. For more information, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/

Saturday, November 3, 8:30 am The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 2700 Roundrock Trail, Plano: The GREAT FAMILY SEARCH CONFERENCE featured speaker is Paul Nauta, Manager, Public Relations, FamilySearch. The event itself is FREE, but you have the option of ordering a CD with syllabus (handouts) for $2.00 and/or a box lunch for $9.00. You must register by Oct 24. Great Family Search Genealogy Conference Web site: http://www.greatfamilysearch.comRegistration form: http://greatfamilysearch.com/UserImgs/BDSites/data/gfs/register.pdf.

Thursday, November 8 6:45 - 8:30 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be presenting a program by Lynell Moss. Ms. Moss is from the Latter Day Saints and will be speaking about " Family Search". This event is FREE and open to all.

Wednesday, November 14 7:00 pm at the Haggard Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society will host Ms. Lynell Moss, Consultant Training Director of the Family History Center in Plano.  Ms. Moss will be speaking on "The FamilySearch Family of Websites".  This event is FREE and open to all.

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research. More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees:Before Nov. 4th - $35 for members and $38 for nonmembers
After Nov. 4th - $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

Upcoming Area Events

There are lots of Genealogy Events coming this month and next month.  Add these to your calendar!

Friday, October 19 6:00 - 11:00 pm (Pre-event 2:00 - 5:00 pm) at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Genealogy, Local History, Texana, and Archives of Plano Public Library system is pleased to announce that this year’s Lock-in will be held in conjunction with the ‘Lock-in,’ ‘After Dark’ or ‘After Hours’ events at four other libraries across Texas
Programming and genealogical resources will be shared by: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Special Collection Department of the Denton Public Library, Waco-McLennan County Library Genealogy Division and Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library. This is a FREE event. To register, go to https://evanced.info/plano/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?libnum=999 and click on "Genealogy Lock-In"

Saturday, October 20 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Join the Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries for a free Saturday Seminar. Speakers will be Cheryl Smith and Susan Kusterbeck to tell us about the Genealogy Collections at the Haggard Library and the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library in McKinney. This is a FREE program open to all.

Thursday, November 1 - Saturday, November 3 at the Riley Center in Fort Worth: 4726 Stanley Blvd: The Texas State Genealogical Society will hold its annual Conference. Thursday's activities are FREE. There is a charge for Friday and Saturday seminars. For more information, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/

Saturday, November 3, 8:30 am The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 2700 Roundrock Trail, Plano: The GREAT FAMILY SEARCH CONFERENCE featured speaker is Paul Nauta, Manager, Public Relations, FamilySearch.  The event itself is free, but you have the option of ordering a CD with syllabus (handouts) for $2.00 and/or a box lunch for $9.00.  You must register by Oct 24.  Great Family Search Genealogy Conference Web site:  http://www.greatfamilysearch.com Registration form:  http://greatfamilysearch.com/UserImgs/BDSites/data/gfs/register.pdf.

 

Thursday, November 8 6:45 - 8:30 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be presenting a program by Lynell Moss.  Ms. Moss is from the Latter Day Saints and will be speaking about " Family Search".  This event is FREE and open to all.

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research. More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees:Before Nov. 4th - $35 for members and $38 for nonmembers
After Nov. 4th - $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

New Items for September 2012 and Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

September 2012

General:

• Buddy: World War II POW #1831: a Story of Courage and Patriotism T/Sgt. Jesse Connor “Buddy” Hart
• Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition
• A Dictionary of Muslim Names
• French Forts in New France (North America)
• Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials

 

• The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA (this item may be checked out)

Kentucky:

• Grayson County Marriages

Maryland:

• Records of the City of Baltimore, Maryland (Supplement) 1729 – 1813 List of Levels and Establishments

 I know this list is very short, we have just started our new fiscal year, so lots more items will be ordered soon! - Susan

 

Upcoming Area Events:

Saturday, October 6 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Carrollton Public Library at Josey Ranch Lake: 1700 Keller Springs Road, Carrollton, TX 75006: "Search the Past to Find Yourself"  Carrollton Public Library and Peters Colony Historical Society present genealogist and author Barb Lancaster Tsirigotis as the keynote speaker in a day of genealogy research methods and hints to finding yourself in your past.  This is a FREE program.  Please call 972.466.4800 for more information and to register.

Wednesday, October 10 7:00 pm at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society presents Mr. Bill Crumpler who will speak about "Living Family Tree".  This is a FREE program open to all. 

Saturday, October 13 8:30 am - 5:00 pm at the Gainsville Civic Center: 311 S. Weaver Street: "Remembering Our Past, Embracing Our Future" This year marks the 150th year since the Great Hanging at Gainesville. The Clark Family in collaboration with the Texas State Historical Association and the Honors Program at North Central Texas College, invite you to join them for commemorative events, special guests. This is a FREE event.  Catered Luncheon - Rohmer's Restaurant $7.00 adult, $3.00 children under 10.
For more information and to RSVP, please e-mail NathanielClarkfamilyreunion@gmail.com or colleen.carri@gmail.com

Friday, Octover 19 6:00 - 11:00 pm (Pre-event 2:00 - 5:00 pm) at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Genealogy, Local History, Texana, and Archives of Plano Public Library system is pleased to announce that this year’s Lock-in will be held in conjunction with the ‘Lock-in,’ ‘After Dark’ or ‘After Hours’ events at four other libraries across Texas
Programming and genealogical resources will be shared by: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Special Collection Department of the Denton Public Library, Waco-McLennan County Library Genealogy Division and Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library. This is a FREE event.  To register, go to https://evanced.info/plano/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?libnum=999 and click on "Genealogy Lock-In" 

Saturday, October 20 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Join the Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries for a free Saturday Seminar. Speakers will be Cheryl Smith and Susan Kusterbeck to tell us about the Genealogy Collections at the Haggard Library and the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library in McKinney.  This is a FREE program open to all.  

Thursday, November 1  - Saturday, November 3 at the Riley Center in Fort Worth: 4726 Stanley Blvd: The Texas State Genealogical Society will hold its annual Conference.  Thursday's activities are FREE.  There is a charge for Friday and Saturday seminars.  For more information, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano  The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research.  More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees:Before Nov. 4th - $35 for members and $38 for nonmembers
After Nov. 4th - $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

 


 

 

New Items for August & Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

August 2012

 

General:

• Bounty and Donation Land Grants in British Colonial America
• The Cymry of ’76 or Welshmen and Their Descendants of the American Revolution
• Directory of Genealogical and Historical Societies, Libraries and Collections in the U.S. and Canada
• Fairbairn’s Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland: Volumes I and II
• Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War
• Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution 1775 – 1783
• Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Material (we have two copies of this – one can be checked out)
• Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians
• Tracing Your European Roots

Louisiana:

• Birth, Baptism, Marriage and Death Records 1861 – 1872 from St. John the Baptist & St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana
• The First Land Buyers in Bossier-Claiborne Parishes Louisiana Up to the Civil War
• The Underground railroad and the Picayune Connection

Maryland:

• Cash for Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade
• Talbot County, Maryland land Records: Books Six, Eight and Nine

New York:

• Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York

Texas:

• Guide and Index to the Texas Confederate Audited Civil and Military Claims 1861 – 1865
• Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State
• Texas Naturalizations to 1906: Aransas, Dewitt, Karnes, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, & Wilson Counties
• Texas Naturalizations to 1906: Dimmitt, Frio, Hidalgo, LaSalle, McMullen, Medina, & Zavala Counties

Virginia:

• List of Colonial Soldiers of Virginia

 

Upcoming Area Events:

September 12, 7 p.m., at Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road in Plano.  The Collin County Genealogical Society will have Pat Gordon speak on "Gone to Texas" about researching your ancestors in this state.  All are welcome.

 

Thursday, September 13 at 6:45 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library - 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney:  The North Collin County Genealogical Society meeting.  All are invited to this meeting.

 

 

New Items for July & Upcoming Area Events

I know it's a little early for the July New Item list, but I will be out of town for the next two weeks and didn't want to make you wait - Susan

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

July 2012

General:

• The Kid’s Family Tree Book (this item may be checked out)

• Bristol and America 1654 – 1685
• Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A.
• Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachen), Germany Mainly to the United States 1830 – 1849
• An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America
• List of Emigrants to America from Liverpool 1697 – 1707
• Nineteenth-Century Emigration From Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to Brazil, England, Russian Poland, and the United States of America
• Passengers from Ireland: Lists of Passengers Arriving at American Ports Between 1811 and 1817
• Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America 1575-1825
• Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: 4^th Edition

Kentucky:

• Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky

Louisiana:

• Louisiana Census Records: Volume I Avoyelles and St. Landry Parishes 1810 & 1820, Volume II Iberville, Matchitoches, Point Coupee, and Rapides Parishes 1810 & 1820

Mississippi:

• Mississippi, Storm Center of Secession, 1856-1861

New York:

• Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York

Tennessee:

• Historic Sumner County, Tennessee

Texas:

• Dear Brethren: Quarterly Conference Minutes Cushing Circuit, San Augustine District, Texas Conference: Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1904 – 1907

Virginia:

• Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families
• Old New Kent County: Volume I – New Kent County (Blisland and ST. Peter’s Parishes), King and Queen County (Stratton Major, St. Stephen’s, and Drysdale Parishes) Volume II – King William county (St. John’s and St. David’s Parishes)
• Southside Virginia Families Volume I and Volume II

Upcoming Area Events:

Thursday, August 9 6:45 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library - 101 East Hunt Street: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be hosting Mr. Aaron Holt, from the National Archives in Fort Worth.  Mr. Holt will be speaking about Military Records.  This free program is open to all.

Saturday, August 18 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Haggard Public Library - 2501 Coit Road, Plano:
The Genealogy Friends of the Plano Libraries will present "Early American Migration Routes".  Mr. don Raney will be the speaker for this program.  This free program is open to all.  For more information, contact: http://www.genealogyfriends.org/