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Morgan, Utah: Family History Expos, 2012. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. This contains Class Handouts / Syllabus for three Family History Expos: Yuma Family History Expo: Yuma Arizona, January 17, 2012; Arizona Family History Expo, Mesa Arizona, January 20-21, 2012; and St. George Family History Expo, St. George, Utah on February 24-25, 2012. It features a wealth of details, tools, advice and reference materials for conducting family history / genealogical research. Spiral bound so when opened the book lies perfectly flat for ease of use. Oversize Softcover. 9" wide by 11" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Softcover (spiral). Very Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 396pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Morgan, Utah: Family History Expos, 2013. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. This contains Class Handouts / Syllabus for two Family History Expos: Arizona Family History Expo, Mesa Arizona, January 18-19, 2013; and St. George Family History Expo, St. George, Utah on February 22-23, 2013. It features a wealth of details, tools, advice and reference materials for conducting family history / genealogical research. Spiral bound so when opened the book lies perfectly flat for ease of use. Oversize Softcover. 9" wide by 11" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Softcover (spiral). Very Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 414pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1964. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Clean and unmarked but for a tiny shadow where something (a price sticker?) was removed. 1964. Second printing, with additions. This 1964 expanded edition lists some 160 periodicals (compared to just over 100 in the 1962 edition). It also includes a list of errata. Many entries have useful annotations. Bound in the original tan wraps, stamped in black. 7" wide by 10" tall.. Second printing, with additions. Softcover (stapled wraps). Fine condition. 32pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1999. NEW and unread in PERFECT condition. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Preface by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., with bibliograpical notes of this 7th edition as well as earlier ones. Index. Full title: "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists: Who Came to America Before 1700. The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcomb of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants." Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold.. 7th Edition Corrected. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxi, 253pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1986. NOT library discards. Complete 6 volume set, Vols 1-6. Very Good condition (covers lightly rubbed). Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked -- probably never read. 1986-1987. First Editions. Two column, bilingual text -- English and French. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENEALOGICAL WORKS IN CANADA : BIBLIOGRAPHIE ANNOTEE D'OUVRAGES GENEALOGIQUES AU CANADA. Volume 1 has sections on Abbreviations and Symbols, Author/Title Index, Index of Parishes, Subject Index, List of Periodicals, and List of Genealogical Societies in Canada. Volumes 2 to 6 contain the INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES, an annotated bibliography of genealogical works that is alphabetically arranged by family name. ISBN listed above is for Volume 1 -- the other 5 volumes each have their own ISBN. Published in association with the National Library of Canada and the Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada. The set is… Read More

Baltimore: Maryland Daughters of the American Revolution, 1915. Near Very Good condition. Small tape stains at spine ends. Softcover periodical. This is the original issue from December 1915, NOT a reprint. 6" wide by 9" tall. Illustrated with a full page photographic plate of Old Herring Creek Church. Includes a 6-page genealogical essay BALL FAMILY OF TALBOT COUNTY by Francis B. Culver. Among several other contributions are: WHAT ABOUT GENERAL SAMUEL SMITH? by A. S. Goldsborough; and a 12-page account THE ADVENTURES OF A REVOLUTIONARY HERO by Samuel G. Mathews (it concerns Charles Greenberry Griffith and was contributed by Mrs. Matthew Gault); etc. Bound in the original pictorial wraps.. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Near Very Good condition. 64pp.

[Las Vegas, Nevada?]: Privately Published, 2013. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR with just her first name. Appears unread. NO creases. The spine is square and flat. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read or even opened. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs. Bound in the original black pictorial wraps, with white titles.. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 355pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York & Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899. Good EX-LIBRARY. A solid reading/reference copy of the original 1899 printing. Volume 2 only (of 2). Illustrated throughout with full-page portraits, including a few tissue-guarded steel engravings. Rebound in sturdy red buckram, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. Oversize Hardcover. 7.75" wide by 10.5" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. pp. 417-803.

Privately Published, 2019. Cover is in Near Fine condition with only light rubbing to the rear cover. As New condition inside. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original pictorial laminated boards. Cover title: "Our Honored Pioneer Heritage: Samuel Lorenzo Adams." Profusely illustrated biography of this Mormon pioneer. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Oversize Hardcover. Oblong. 11.25" wide by 8.75" tall. This large book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. "Brief Life History of Samuel Lorenzo Adams [22 January 1833 -- 15 February 1910]. When Samuel Lorenzo Adams was born on 22 January 1833, in Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Adams, was 32 and his mother, Eleanor Danks, was 30. He married Emma Jackson on 5 February 1852, in Liverpool,… Read More

Paoli, Indiana: The Print Shop, 1988. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Phillip Ray Bruner. Very Good condition. #57 of 188 copies. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. Well illustrated with maps, photographs, portraits, family tree diagrams, document facsimiles (marriage licenses, last wills and testament, adoption records, newspaper obituaries, etc). Four appendices. Bibliography. Index of Surnames/Names. Printed on the front cover: "Zurich, Switzerland, Parish of Bassersstorff; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Feb 7, 1739; Somerset, Pennsylvania (a.k.a Brunnerstown); Jessamine County, Kentucky 1795; Daviess County, Indiana 1835; Martin County, Indiana 1845; Orange County, Indiana 1873. [Note: This book is NOT returnable. Unfortunately, this policy for genealogy books had to be put in force due to abuses by some previous customers, who would order a book, photocopy the information of interest, and… Read More

Carrollton, Missouri: Carroll County Historical Society, 1976. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are bright white. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Illustrated with many photos and portraits. Pictorial endpapers and a few illustrations are in full-color. Of interest in this volume is Susan Mills Trotter's journal of travel in 1857 from Missouri to California in wagons drawn by oxen (not listed in Wagner-Camp-Becker THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES or Mattes PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES). This volume supplements the 1968 and 1973 Carroll County history volumes with more family histories, accounts of veterans from the Civil War to Vietnam, listing of marriages in Carroll County 1851-1861, accounts of the local bicentennial celebrations, etc. Printed by Walsworth Publishing Company, Marceline,… Read More

Carrollton, Missouri: Carroll County Historical Society, 1968. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are bright white. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Illustrated with hundreds of photos. Pictorial endpapers. Contains a wealth of genealogical data, Carroll County family histories, maps devoted to cemeteries, hunting and fishing, the old Show Boat, making of levees for flood control, big trees, bad weather, lost towns, markers in the county, the 100th anniversary in 1933, newspapers, telephones, radio, banking, fire department, railroading, the Missouri River and its affect on the county, wars and the list of those who served, etc. Printed by Walsworth Publishing Company, Marceline, Missouri. Bound in the original brown cloth, with a handsome gold-embossed seal on the front… Read More

Carrollton, Missouri: Carroll County Historical Society, 1973. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are bright white. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Illustrated with hundreds of photos and several hundred small portraits (pioneers and leading citizens of the past). Endpaper photographs in full-color. This volume supplements the 1968 volume with more family histories, a 88-page section on the County's veterans from the Civil War to Vietnam, a history of the County's many rural schools, church histories, businesses operating in the 1890s, etc. Includes a detailed account by Pearl Edwin Lowrance of how the 1968 edition came to be written. Printed by Walsworth Publishing Company, Marceline, Missouri. Bound in the original brown cloth, with a handsome gold-embossed seal on the front… Read More

Richmond, Indiana: Nicholson Printing Company , 1923. Very Good condition. Light cover soil. Square, tight copy. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Frontispiece portrait of Coffin. Includes a genealogical "Pedigree" at the end. Original green cloth. [With the bookplate of Frank A. Vanderlip (1864-1937), Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1897 to 1901; President of National City Bank (Citibank), 1909 to 1919. Vanderlip played a key role in the creation of the Federal Reserve System. In 1906, it was Vanderlip who convinced many in New York's banking establishment that a banker-controlled central bank would serve their financial interests. Vanderlip and the chiefs of many of America's major corporations and banks met in 1910 at the Jekyll Island conference. Traveling anonymously, the group left secretly by rail from Hoboken, New Jersey before congregating at a hunting lodge. Although a system of twelve regional banks was designed, the regional concept was… Read More

Salt Lake City, Utah: Progenitor Genealogical Society, Inc, 1985. Very Good condition. This is the HARDCOVER 1985 revised Third Printing. As stated on the title page, each new printing is revised; so this 1985 printing has revisions not found in the 1983 or 1984 printings. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Laid-in is a list of "Free or relatively inexpensive genealogy research tools." Maps. Glossary. Sample letters, forms, etc. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue leatherette (imitation leather). Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. 3rd printing, revised. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 1,004pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Washington, D. C: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1983. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original white-stamped blue cloth. From the publisher: "This catalog is the first published volume of the complete family histories and genealogies in the collection of the DAR Library since 1940. It is volume one of a projected set of two or three catalogs. The library's 'reclassification project' begun in 1980 arranges the books to reflect the subject content of the collection, family histories and genealogies, state and local histories and general works covering more than one family or state. The library's holdings of family histories and genealogies as of March 15, 1982 are listed in this catalog. These listings provide the most important information from the card catalog in the library reading room." Oversize… Read More

Poultney, Vermont:: Privately Published, 1978. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Very Good condition Very Good Dust Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Square and tight. Profusely illustrated with a few maps and 380 photos. A genealogical study of the Days, including family members in the New Jersey counties of Morris and Essex. Includes accounts of the Day-Riggs in New England; the Days and Bonnels in Chatham, N.J.; Letitia Tannehill Day; David Bonnel Day and Ann Maria McFarland; Sarah Morgan and George W. Brown; Esther Glencairn Day Skinner; Eldred Glencairn Day's recollections of early Kansas and Lawrence; early families of northeastern Kansas; the Tannehill family genealogy; etc. Bibliography. Signed on the author's bookplate: "With best wishes - Margery Day Hanson." (signature only, not personalized). From the Dust Jacket: "DAY UNTO DAY traces the history of [the author's] paternal grandparents,… Read More

Poultney, Vermont:: Privately Published, 1978. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Very Good condition Very Good Dust Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Square and tight. Profusely illustrated with a few maps and 380 photos. A genealogical study of the Days, including family members in the New Jersey counties of Morris and Essex. Includes accounts of the Day-Riggs in New England; the Days and Bonnels in Chatham, N.J.; Letitia Tannehill Day; David Bonnel Day and Ann Maria McFarland; Sarah Morgan and George W. Brown; Esther Glencairn Day Skinner; Eldred Glencairn Day's recollections of early Kansas and Lawrence; early families of northeastern Kansas; the Tannehill family genealogy; etc. Bibliography. Signed on the author's bookplate: "With best wishes - Margery Day Hanson." (signature only, not personalized). From the Dust Jacket: "DAY UNTO DAY traces the history of [the author's] paternal grandparents,… Read More

Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with numerous portraits. Undated reprint of the 1925 original. Excellent guide to genealogical research. Bound in the original pale yellow wraps, stamped in black, with a brown cloth spine. Full title: "The Descendants of Joel Jones, a Revolutionary Soldier, born in Charlton, Mass., in 1764, and died in Crawford County, Pa. in 1845. Together with an account of his ancestors, back to Lewis and Ann Jones, of Watertown, Mass., who came to America about 1635. Also the descendants of Lemuel Smith, born in Ware, Mass., in 1770, came to Crawford County, Pa., in 1817, and died in 1855. With an account of such ancestors as can now be located." Oversize Softcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. This large book will require extra postage for International shipments, but… Read More

Silverthorne, Colorado: Alpenrose Press, 1999. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket with a"SIGNED" sticker at the foot of the spine. NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. NOT price clipped. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Map. Glossary. List of references amnd resources. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. Complete with dust jacket.. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 197pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.