A Study of Grave Stones in the Olde Salem Area (Massachusetts). Gray Paper, very good condition. A Guide to Local Burial Grounds 57 pages, black and white photos and maps. States first edition, 1991. Also has an Illustrated Gravestone Glossary on the history and art of gravestones, a list of stone cutters of that century, and a list of meanings of symbols.. First Edition. PAPER BOOKLET. (more information)

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Published by Gale Research, Michigan, CR 1980 with 722 pages with Subject, No Surname, and Surname index, plus sources. Brown covers with yellow and red lettering. All very good condition. This is Vol ume 8 in the Gale Genealogy and Local History Series. An excellent resource book for those doing genealogy on their African-American heritage.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Publishing Co. A Genealogy History. Castevens, Casstevens, Castephens, Casstephens. Signed by author. CR 1977. Covers Illinois, Texas, Missouri, Maryland and North Carolina (Yadkinville/Surry County). A Celtic and Scandinavian origin, Lincolnshire, England. 559 pages, black and white photos of people and documents. Covers are maroon with front cover gilt lettering. Mint condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Published by the Connecticut Society, 1893 Dated 1893 - 1907. Case Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, CT., 334 pages. White leather-like pebbled covers with slight soiling and wear to edges. Frontis w/tissue of Founders. Other portraits with tissues. Limited edition of 500, this is #333 membership card for Elinor Prudden Burns, when she was inducted as a member, April 14, 1942. Memberships rolls, ancestors and descendents of members, much genealogy infor mation, a chapter on the "Naming of New London" in 1658. New England, history, americana, genealogy, Connecticut. limited editions, americana, history, reference books.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishers. Two volumes in one book. CR 1963, title date 1963, previous owner has glued in his family crest on the endpapers along with address label and calling card. He has put the family crest throughout the book, not affecting text. (Name was Shelburne from North Carolina). First published in 1859 it is indispensable for anyone intereted in researching heraldry. Also a source for the artist, craftsman and designer and is a means of identification in portraits, heraldic book binding and bookplates, embellishment of silverware, seal rings and many other items. 613 pages with appendix of additions, and corrections, 137 plates with crests in front then the index to the crests, ornamental letters, monograms and heraldic illulstrations. Black covers with mylar, all good+ condition.. First Printing. Hard Cover. (more information)

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CR 1899. Records of the family and when the Haggard and Harpster family married into it. There are two (2) of these books. One has a written note in the front "Presented to Mrs. M.E. Davis by the author" to which is added "and passed down to Raymond Burns Harpster" with other notes in the back also, about marriages and births and where people lived in 1952. This copy is extremely worn and loose but complete. Covers are spotted, inside hinges are very loose. 136 pages, David Haggard frontis and other portraits. Second copy is clean, slightly loose front hinge, front endpapers missing along with the frontis. Notes written on front "For my son Everett A. Weathers" on title page is written, "This book, property of Georgia Harpster Weathers daughter of Tirzaha)(sp) Haggard Harpster and descendents of Granville Haggarad". Writing on page 116 concerning genealogy and on back blank page is written deaths of Haggards. Both of these books were owned and passed down through two different families. Also included with these two books are two small manilla envelopes with antique pictures (about 6 of them) and newspaper clippings (old), concerning the Haggard family. Most of the pictures have names on the back of them. Haggard was from Ware, England, a direct descendent of Sir Andrew Ogard (Haggard) from Denmark who was naturalized. James Haggard left England in 1698 and took a merchant ship bound for Norfolk, Virginia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. CR 1971, 191 pages, black and white chapter headings, blue covers with pencil signature of previous owner inside, and author's initials in black on front cover, all very good condition. This book was written so her grandchildren would know the character and rugged way of life of their grandparents, Edwin and Sue Frear. He was a country doctor starting in 1882 in Sloan, Iowa. Cora went with her father as he made house calls and also worked in his office. She had many old letters and a diary that her father kept as a young man.. Stated first Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Glendive, Montana: The Frontier Gateway Museum. A pictorial history of The Homestead Rush into the Northern Great Plains 1900-1919. CR 1963, 128 pages with index and bibliography. Red covers all very good condition. Profusely illustrated with photos and text explanations.. Stated first Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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North Carolina Society of the SAR 302 pages with index, dark blue covers with mylar, all good+. Invaluable information for the genealogist or for the novice trying to trace their own lineage.. First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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New York: MacMillan, This is Volume 1 only, dated 1896. Frontis with tissue, foxing is on it. 476 pages with 2 pages ads for books. Engravings. Blue covers show much wear and bumping. Uneven pages. Content is very good. About his father's family, history, etc.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Johnson City, TN: The Overmountain Press The King Familiy's Contribution to the History of Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia. CR 1999, 343 pages with index, black and white photos. Signed by author with ink inscription on front endpaper: "To C.J. Phillips. May the best that life has to offer always be yours. V.N. (Bud) Phillips June 8, 2000". Colonel James King, an immigrant from Ireland, settled in Sapling Creek - at the edge of Cherokee Indian country, cleared the land and built houses, erected an iron works, and turned the frontier settlement into King's Meadows. Through the passing down of land, Bristol, Tennesee was founded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Ames, Iowa Dated 1921 with 325 pages with index. Traces all lines to remotest date obtainable. Charles Power, 1819-1871 and wife Lydia Ann Banks, 1829-1919. Some uncut pages. All very good. Connecticut, New England, Stonington, CT., Groton, CT., New York.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Published by Colonial Dames of Rhode Island, CR 1914 with 204 pages with notes. Blue covers with yellow lettering. Illustrated by Helen B. Mason. Front inside hinge slightly loose. Black and white sketches. True stories of famous Rhode Island people. New Eng land, Rhode Island, History, Americana.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Self published A book of Family Memories. Signed and dated "For my good friend Mildred, with love, Peggy Richardson Oct 1993". Spans her birth in Crumpler, North Carolina to the present. Ancestors, her ife and family, children and grandchildren. Brothers and sisters, vacations taken, recipes and favorite things. A lot of local history also. Many pictures provided by author have been printed in the book. 143 pages, large book, blue covers, all very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Published by family, Westfield Massachusetts, no date, circa 1905, 263 pages. Preface and intro by M. Emily Eastman. Deacon Eastman was from Hadley, Mass. Grandson of Roger Eastman, Salisbury, Mass. O ld water mark, covers are black w/gold and have white stains on edges of front and back cover at bottom. Contents Excellent. Genealogy, Massachusetts, New England, Town histories, Salisbury, Mass., Hadley, Mass.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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London, England: William Isbister, Limited The Story of the Norman Dukes. Title page date 1891, 228 pages, blue covers, gilt writing and decorations, spine top and bottom has slight tears, top edge gilt, other wise good+ condition. Illustrated by Herbert Railton.. Believe to be a First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Connecticut: Privately Printed Seven generations of the descendents of Aaron Stark of Groton, Connecticut. Title page date 1927, frontis is the author. 141 pages with index of persons. Blue covers with gilt lettering, all very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Published by Institute of American Genealogy, CR 1932, 390 pages. Volume 1, 1932. Volume 2, CR 1934. Both are X-school library with numbers, etc. Front cover and spine discolored, content excellent. A mericana. Miscellaneous. Genealogy.. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press His ancestry and descendants. CR 1985, 516 pages with 36 pages of index, black and white photos. Aqua covers with silver lettering, all very good condition.. Believe to be a First Edition. Harad Co. (more information)

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