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Salem, MA: Cushing and Appleton, 1809. Octavo. 511 pages, errata (p. 512). From the Adams family to Yale Elihu. The family of Rev. Joseph Buckminster (page 88-89) is noted in the book and also written on the front pastedown the following biographical information: Great Grandfather Buckminster, Col. 1876, Essex Co,....Richard Buckminster, Limerick, NY; Drafted in War of 1812; John… Read more

New Bern, North Carolina: Owen G. Dunn, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 126 pages, genealogical charts, wills. Inscribed by Amy Muse to Marvin Willis to whom she writes how: "....she enjoyed talking about their days in Carteret". Samuel Chadwick, whaler, who possibly came from Falmouth, Massachusetts. He acquired land in Straits, North Carolina in 1725.… Read more

Virginia City, Montana: Madison County Historical Association, 1976. Thick Heavy Quarto. xii, 1029 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates. Plus, laid in is a (4)p. insert of two families the printer failed to include (Jacob Albright, Edward and Amelia Trout). The Bicentennial edition. On the Steering Committee page, five of the members have signed their… Read more

Cincinnati: Privately Printed By the Wiesen-Hart Press, 1932. Octavo. 6 preliminary leaves, 3-228 pages, illustrations (including portraits), appendices, only 500 copies printed. John Uri Lloyd, her husband, writes a note on the copyright page: "My Dear Mr. [E.M.] Eberle, "she had made a list of proposed recipients, your name was included...." Sincerely, your friend, John Uri Lloyd, August eleventh,… Read more

Indianapolis: Union Direct Co, 1902. Octavo. . 284 pages. A very scarce Indiana directory covering towns and villages in 19 contiguous counties around Indianapolis with thousands of ads from the items of the era; bicycles and horse-drawn wagons in an age just before the automobile appeared on the scene in Indiana even before 1900. Dr.… Read more

Hollis, NH; (1997): Penobscot Press. First Edition. Octavo. viii, 619 pages, includes bibliographic references (pages 561-564) and index. The town's history was intense with twenty-seven "first families" from the early 18th century until the Gold Rush when those tired of the hard scrabble farming dreamed of Gold, most returned and then a decade later the young men joined the… Read more

Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 2004. Octavo. In 2 volumes, reprint of the original 1941 edition which had been done in collaboration with Louisiana State University. When these book were issued in 2004, they were quickly sold out and most users did not save the box which has an important pastedown which is a helpful guide to the… Read more

Marlborough, Mass: Pratt Brothers, 1886. Octavo. 280 pages, index alphabetically arranged. Feltons are found in virtually every state of the union. While they initially settled in Salem, they eventually moved to the Carolinas and across the country. John B. Felton, a former Oakland, California mayor, a judge and a San Francisco Bay Area investor in his day, the town… Read more

London: Printed for the Author By T. Spilsbury, 1780. First Edition. Folio. . 2 large folio volumes, illustrated with copper plates, title continues after mottos: of all sovereign princes and states; as also the Atchievements [sic] of the peers, peeresses, and baronets, of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An historical catalogue of all the different orders of knighthood ...… Read more

Provo, UT; (1998): Jesse N. Smith Family Assn. Octavo. 460 pages, index, edited by Oliver R. Smith. Third edition, revised. A very good copy with the added index making this essential for both genealogical and historical research. Bound in green leather like cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt. Just a bit of dust soiling to upper… Read more

nd/np. Small Octavo. 2 pages. none recorded in OCLC. Preface page has a pastedown picture of Peter Reesor and notes: Born, December 25, 1775, Died, November 16, 1854. As Mennonites their family history shows persecution during the Revolutionary War and even afterward. They grew and prospered in Markham township where he was known as "the… Read more

(Zabava Print, Pleasanton, Texas; 2010). First Edition. Quarto. . xviii, 336 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits. Index, Bibliography, Appendices. Inscribed by the author to: Kevin, Katie, Liam, Owen and Graham, Much Love, J. Taylor Brite. This is a very extensive family history of the Brite's which begins in 1635 along with history of the part of… Read more

Salt Lake City: Published By the Author, 1973. Quarto. 515 pages. Color map of New Jersey in 1793, a color engraving :"The Recruiting Sergeant". This book is a result of the transfer of more than 300 cubic feet of military records from the colonial wars to World War I in New Jersey. While microfilming them, the author also discovered… Read more

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Octavo. 252 pages, index. Originally published in 1908. With a foreword by James Phinney Baxter. Besides listing all the pioneer towns and plantations of Maine and New Hampshire, it has a special directions for research on Maine and New Hampshire with helpful hints regarding variations of surnames, unique abbreviations, unusual sources, and the… Read more

An interesting series of connections in Bethany Pennsylvania in 1831. Thomas T. Kissam has written to Thomas Fuller, an Attorney in Bethany requesting him to proceed in collecting an unpaid debt of Joseph Miller. He writes that they have a mutual friend, Randell Wilmot [father of David Wilmot, of the 'Wilmot Proviso'] who recommended him. He… Read more

Southington, Ohio: Published By the Author, 2005. 236 pages. A very thorough story of Worthington which was a vital part of the Western Reserve and by 2005 the Bicentennial Committee produced this book of how it was established as an important Ohio town with a history. An 80 leaf booklet was published in 1976 for the… Read more

Evansville, Indiana; Nd(ca.1975): Unigraphic. Folio. Facsimile reprint of the 1872 edition. 264p. When the Jacksonville Historical Society decided to reprint these items they not only included the atlas volume but also the plat item published to cover 1872-1894. This is the first time these items appeared together and they were sold out upon publication. … Read more

Ottsville, PA: Mary Whitney Inc, 1990. Quarto. 328p. in three columns per page, 117, 303 families noted, sorted by zip code, showing all 50 states and 4 U,S, Territories. This copy is #158 and specially addressed to David S. Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright, who resided at 5212 East Exeter Blvd but it also notes another Wright living… Read more

Walnut, Iowa: Prviately Printed By the Author, 1994. Limited Edition. Small Quarto. 475p. Limted to 30 copies, the present copy is #18, bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine blank. A fine copy.

Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1890. Cloth/hard Cover. Quarto. 269p. A near fine copy of a scarce genalogical work.