Chronicles 300 years in the development of Charles County. The area known today as Charles County lies along a wide curve of the Potomac River, just south of Washington, D.C., and across the river from George Washington's boyhood home in Virginia. It has been steeped in history since Captain John Smith explored the area in 1608. This commemorative book marked Charles County's 300th birthday by chronicling its beginning in the 17th century, its growth and development in the 18th century, and its maturity in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is illustrated with ancient maps and portraits of...
Chronicles 300 years in the development of Charles County. The area known today as Charles County lies along a wide curve of the Potomac River, just s...
Over three-quarters of this book is devoted to genealogical records of the early settlers of Leeds, Maine. The main section contains biographical and genealogical information regarding more than forty of the town's leading families. Additional noteworthy chapters include the records of marriage intentions from 1801-1901 and the genealogy section containing Leeds men who were living at the time the book was published (c.1901) and listing their children, parentage and paternal and maternal grandparents. The text's narrative history covers: the founding of the town, its location and natural...
Over three-quarters of this book is devoted to genealogical records of the early settlers of Leeds, Maine. The main section contains biographical and ...
These records were originally published in three separate New York Holland Society year books. Heritage Books, Inc. offers them here consolidated into a single volume without any of the superfluous society news and information. The first section consists of an historical sketch of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church and the complete baptism records from 1666 to 1788. The second section consists of the complete marriage records as well as an account of the founding and early history of Bergen, which was the first permanent settlement in New Jersey, established in 1660. The third section...
These records were originally published in three separate New York Holland Society year books. Heritage Books, Inc. offers them here consolidated into...
This volume explains the Indian character, society, marriage, seasons, festivals, fishing and hunting, agriculture, canoe-making, arrow-making, pottery-making, houses and towns, political laws, arts of war, medicine men, kings, funeral rites, burial mounds, priests and conjurers, religion, Powhatan and Wingina, some Indian words, tribes and nations. Near the end of the book is a sort of glossary of Indian words, place names and tribe names, which explain many Virginia place names now familiar to us. Illustrations, maps, a bibliography, and indices to full-names, places and subjects add to the...
This volume explains the Indian character, society, marriage, seasons, festivals, fishing and hunting, agriculture, canoe-making, arrow-making, potter...
This informative book gives the history of Wake County, North Carolina, from its beginnings in the 1700s to the time of the book's original publication in 1922, and was first presented by the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames in America. The book first leads the reader through the region's early days, discussing the first twenty-five years through the 1830s. In this section the author shows the reader early life and thought, the giants of those days, and improvements and progress. Also included are some biographies and a section entitled "Raleigh the Capital Village." The book then...
This informative book gives the history of Wake County, North Carolina, from its beginnings in the 1700s to the time of the book's original publicatio...
This series offers a comprehensive collection of the daily court records of New Plymouth, Massachusetts, and is an exceptional source for genealogical research. The plethora of information contained within this second volume includes: land grants, jury registers, names of freemen, nomination and election of constables and other town officials, assignment of committees for various tasks, etc. This is an essential tool for those researching early colonial government. This book of records paints a realistic picture of life in colonial New England. It is an elucidating look into a time long past....
This series offers a comprehensive collection of the daily court records of New Plymouth, Massachusetts, and is an exceptional source for genealogical...