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Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research by Margaret Dickson Falley, published 1981 (LP)

Becoming German: the 1709 Palatine migration to New York, by Philip Otterness, published 2004, 235 pages (LP)

Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, Rupp, Israel Daniel

 

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Geographical (Reference) USA

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  Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by Calvin D. Cowles, et. al., published 1895

The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett, published 1905, 334 pages

Historical atlas of the Pacific Northwest: maps of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon, by Derek Hayes 1999, 208 pages (LP)

Names the Lenni Lennape of Delaware Indians gave to rivers, streams & localities, in PA, NJ, MD, and VA, by John G.E. Heckewelder, pub. 1872

List of post-offices in the United States, by United States, Post Office Dept, John McLean, published 1828, 151 pages

Table of the post offices in the United States: arranged by states & counties; as they were Oct. 1, 1830, by United States Post Office Dept, 1831

United States official postal guide, U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1882

United States official postal guide, U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1911

United States official postal guide, U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1915

United States official postal guide, U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1921

United States official postal guide, U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1922

 

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History (U.S.)

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A History of the United States  by Edward Channing, William Coligny Doub, Eva G. Moore, published 1912, 631 pages

Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878: Major Howard Egan's Diary, by Howard Egan, William Monroe Egan, published1917, 302 pages

The South in the Building of the Nation: Volume 1, by Walter Lynwood Fleming, published 1909

The South in the Building of the Nation: Volume 12 by Walter Lynwood Fleming, published 1909

An Account Exploration of  the Ohio Valley, and Early Settlement of Northwest Territory; by Samuel P. Hildreth, published 1848, 525 pages

Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1906: Vol. 9, by Benson J. Lossing, Woodrow Wilson, published 1906

The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond, by Frederic Austin Ogg, published 1919, 220 pages

A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to March, 1797, by Timothy Pitkin, published 1828, 528 pages

A History of the United States of America, by Horace Elisha Scudder, published 1897, 520 pages

Pioneers of the Old Southwest: A Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground, by Constance L. Skinner, published 1921, 304 pages

Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner, published 1906, 366 pages

Original narratives of early American history Series

 

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Immigration & Naturalization

Early Virginia Immigrants by George Cabell Greer,  published 1912, 376 pages

The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, From Great Britain to America,  by John Camden Hotten, pub. 1874, 580 pgs

Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s, by Kinard, June, Compiler, published 2000 $

Becoming German: the 1709 Palatine migration to New York, by Philip Otterness, published 2004, 235 pages (LP)

Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, Rupp, Israel Daniel

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Volume 1 A-C, by James Savage, et.al., published 1860 

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Volume 2 D-J, by James Savage, et.al., published 1860

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Volume 3 K-R,  by James Savage, et.al., published 1862

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Volume 4 S-Z, by James Savage, et.al., published 1862

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Index, by James Savage, et.al., published 1884

Guide to naturalization records of the United States, by Christina K. Schaefer, published 1997, 394 pages (LP)

Some Emigrants to Virginia, by William Glover Stanard, published 1911, 79 pages

 

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migration & travel

Old Paths and Legends of New England, by Katharine Mixer Abbott, published 1908, 484 pages

Indian paths in the great metropolis, by Reginald Pelham Bolton, published 1922, 280 pages (about area of New York City)

From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians: Through the Appalachians, by Albert P. Brigham, published 1907, 188 pages

The Bay Path And Along The Way, by Levi Badger Chase, published 1919

Old roads out of Philadelphia, by John Thomson Faris, published 1917, 313 pages

The Wilderness Trail : The ventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny Path: Vol. 1,  by Hanna, Charles A., published 1911

The Wilderness Trail : The ventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny Path: Vol. 2,  by Hanna, Charles A., published 1911

Red-men's roads: the Indian thoroughfares of the central west, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1900

The Old National Road, by Archer Butler Hulbert, pub. 1901, 151 pages

Historic Highways of America Series:

Vol.   1 - Paths of the Mound-building Indians and Great Game Animals, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1902, 140 pages

Vol.   2 - Indian Thoroughfares, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1902, 152 pages

Vol.   3 - Washington's Road (Nemacolin's Path), by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1903, 215 pages

Vol.   4 - Braddock’s Road, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1903, 213 pages

Vol.   5 - The Old Glade (Forbes's) Road (Pennsylvania State Road) by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1903, 205 pages

Vol.   6 - Boone’s Wilderness Road, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1903, 207 pages

Vol.   7 - Portage Paths: The Keys of the Continent, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1903

Vol.   8 - Military Roads of the Mississippi Basin: The Conquest of the Old Northwest, by Archer B. Hulbert, pub. 1904, 237 pgs

Vol.   9 - Waterways of Western Expansion: The Ohio River and Its Tributaries, by Archer Butler Hulbert, pub. 1903, 202 pgs

Vol. 10 - The Cumberland Road, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1904

Vol. 11 - Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers, Vol. 1, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1904

Vol. 12 - Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers, Vol. 2, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1904

Vol. 13 - The Great American Canals: Vol. 1, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1904

Vol. 14 - The Great American Canals: Vol. 2 The Erie Canal, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1904

Vol. 15 - The Future of Road Making in America, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1905, 211 pages

Vol. 16 - Historic Highways of America: Index, by Archer Butler Hulbert, pub. 1905

The Ohio River: A Course of Empire, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1906, 378 pages

The Niagara River, by Archer Butler Hulbert, published 1908, 319 pages

The Paths of Inland Commerce, A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway, Archer B. Hulbert, published 1920, 148 pages

The Routes of Migration Between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Midwest, by W. B. Irwin, published 1966, 11 pages

The great Platte River road: the covered wagon mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie, by Merrill J. Mattes, pub. 1987, 583 pgs. (LP)

Ox-team Days on the Oregon Trail by Ezra Meeker, Howard Roscoe Driggs, published 1922, 225 pages

The Oregon trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-mountain life by Francis Parkman, published 1920, 381 pages

The Wilderness Road to Kentucky  by William A. Pusey, published 1921, 131 pages

The Old Pike: A History of the National Road by Thomas Brownfield Searight, published 1894, 384 pages

The Wilderness Road: routes of travel by which the pioneers and early settlers first came to Kentucky, by Thomas Speed, pub. 1886, 75 pgs.

The Turnpikes of New England and Evolution of the Same Through England, VA, and MD, by Frederic J. Wood, published 1919, 461 pages

 

 

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

A Naval History of the American Revolution: Vol 2  by Gardner Weld Allen, published 1913

A census of pensioners for revolutionary or military services, printed by Blair and Rives, published 1841, 195 pages

A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution: Vol. 1, compiled by Louis H. Cornish, published 1902, 1035 pages

Lineage Book: Volume 9, by Daughters of the American Revolution, published 1899

Lineage Book: Volume 57, by Daughters of the American Revolution, published 1921

The Loyalty & Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution & War of 1812, by Wm. L. Garrison, Susan B. Anthony, published 1861, 24 pgs

Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, April 1775, to December 1783,  by Francis B. Heitman, published 1914, 685 pages

Records of the Revolutionary War, by William Thomas Roberts, et. al.,  published 1894, 554 pages

The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies  by David Lee Russell, published 2000, 375 pages

Valley Forge: A Chronicle of American Heroism, by Frank Hamilton Taylor, published 1922, 87 pages

The American Revolution, 1776-1783  by Claude Halstead Van Tyne, published 1905,  369 pages

Valley Forge Orderly Book of Gen. George Weedon of the Continental Army, by George Weedon, published 1902

 

WAR OF 1812

Naval Actions of the War of 1812, by James Barnes, published 1897, 263 pages

Index to Certified Copy of List of American Prisoners of War, 1812-15 at Ottawa Canada & Princetown, Dartmoor, England, by Deborah Carr

A List of Pensioners of the War of 1812, by Byron N. Clark, published 1904, 171 pages

The Loyalty & Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution & War of 1812, by Wm. L. Garrison, Susan B. Anthony, published 1861, 24 pgs.

A History of the War of 1812-'15 Between the United States and Great Britain, by Rossiter Johnson, published 1882, 360 pages

The Canadian War of 1812, by Charles Prestwood Lucas, published 1906, 269 pages

Richardson's War of 1812, by John Richardson, Alexander C. Casselman, published 1902, 320 pages

The Naval War of 1812: Part I, by Theodore Roosevelt, published 1902

The Naval War of 1812: Part II, by Theodore Roosevelt, published 1902

The Military Society of the War of 1812: Annals, Regulations, and Roster, by the Society,  published 1895

History of the War of the United States with Great Britain in 1812: & of the War with Mexico, by John L. Thomson, published 1887, 644 pgs

Battles of Land and Sea: Volume 2, (War of 1812 and Mexican campaigns), by Robert Tomes, John L. Wilson, published 1878

The Citizen Soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry, September 12 & 13, 1814, by James Young, published 1889

 

THE MEXICAN WAR

The Mexican war and its heroes: being a complete history of the Mexican war, by Elliot Grigg,  published 1849, 224 pages

History of the War of the United States with Great Britain in 1812: & of the War with Mexico, by John L. Thomson, published 1887, 644 pgs

War of 1812 and Mexican campaigns: Volume 2, by Robert Tomes, John L. Wilson, published 1878

 

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

History of the Campaign of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley Nov. 4, 1861, to June 17, 1862, by William Allan, pub. 1880, 175 pgs.

Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865, by Adam Badeau, published 1881

In honor of the National association of civil war army nurses, by Citizens executive committee of Atlantic City, N.J., published 1910

Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by Calvin D. Cowles, et. al., published 1895

Confederate Military History: Volume 2, by Clement Anselm Evans, published 1899

The Virginia Campaign of '64 And'65, by Andrew A. Humphreys, published 2004, 488 pages (LP)

1890 U.S. census: index surviving population schedules & register of film numbers special census Union veterans, by Ken Nelson, pub. 1991

The Civil War by Frederic Logan Paxson, published 1911, 256 pages

History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 by James Ford Rhodes, published 1917, 454 pages

Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee, by Bromfield Lewis Ridley, published 1906, 662 pages

The war with the South: a history of the late rebellion: Volume 2, Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vols. 1-8, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vols. 9-12, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vols.14-15, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vols. 16-17, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vols. 19-21, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 22-24, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vols.25-27, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1870

History of the Army of the Cumberland: Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles, by Thomas Budd Van Horne, et.al., pub. 1875

Gettysburg: Where and how the Regiments Fought, and the Troops They Encountered, by John M. Vanderslice, published 1897, 246 pages

History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac, by Francis Amasa Walker, published 1891, 737 pages

History of the Army of the Cumberland: Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles, by Thomas Budd Van Horne, et.al., pub. 1875

 

WORLD WAR ONE

History of the Yankee Division, by Harry A. Benwell, published 1919, 283 pages

The American army in the world war: a divisional record of the A.E.F in Europe, by George W. Browne, et.al., published 1921, 307 pages

History of the Twenty-ninth division, "Blue and gray," 1917-1919, by John A. Cutchins, et.al., published 1921, 493 pages

History of the 126th Infantry in the war with Germany,  by Emil B. Gansser, published 1920 - 348 pages

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 1, by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al., published 1920

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 2, by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al., published 1920

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 3, by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al., published 1920

History of the 107th infantry, U.S.A., by Gerald F. Jacobson, published 1920, 546 pages

The 110th Infantry in the World War,  by Francis Earle Lutz, published 1919, 156 pages

The United States in the World War, by John Bach McMaster, published 1919, 485 pages

Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War, by Emmett Jay Scott, Theodore Roosevelt, published 1919, 511 pages

Compendium of Names & Citations of Soldiers & Citizens Decorated in the War 1917-1919, by Harry R. Stringer, published 1919, 567 pages

New England in France, 1917-1919: A History of the Twenty-sixth Division, U. S. A., by Emerson G. Taylor, published 1920, 325 pages

 

OTHER

A census of pensioners for revolutionary or military services, printed by Blair and Rives, published 1841, 195 pages

Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy 1802-1890: Vol. 6a, by George W. Cullum, published 1920

Records of Living Officers of the United States Army, by Lewis Randolph Hamersly, published 1884, 478 pages

History of the "Soldiers' Home," Washington, D.C. by Eba Anderson Lawton, published 1914, 187 pages

Powell's Records of Living Officers of the United States Army, by William Henry Powell, published 1890, 689 pages

American campaigns: Volume 1, Matthew Forney Steele, et.al., published 1922

A compilation of registers of the Army of the United States, from 1815 to 1837, by United States. War Department, published 1837, 606 pages

 

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Miscellaneous subjects

miscellaneous subjects

A Bibliography of American County Histories, by P. William Filby,  published 1985, 449 pages (LP)

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by John Fiske, James Grant Wilson – 1900

Bibliographic checklist of African American newspapers, by Barbara K. Henritze, published 1995. 206 pages (LP)

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: In Three Volumes, by Dan L. Thrapp, published1991, 1698 pages (LP)

 

Records (U.S.)

records

1890 U.S. census: index surviving population schedules & register of film numbers special census Union veterans, by , Ken Nelson, pub. 1991

Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790, by United States, Bureau of the Census, published 1908

 

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Reference (General)

reference

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research by Margaret Dickson Falley, published 1981 (LP)

The researcher's guide to American genealogy, Val., D. Greenwood, published 2000, 662 pages (LP)

Where To Write For Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, And Divorces, by Barry Leonard, published 2004, 38 pages (LP)

The American Census Handbook by Thomas Jay Kemp,  published 2001, 517 pages (LP)

The Everything Family Tree Book: Research And Preserve Your Family History by Kimberly Powell, published 2006, 304 pages (LP)

Guide to naturalization records of the United States, by Christina K. Schaefer, published 1997, 394 pages (LP)

The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy by Christina K. Schaefer, published 1999, 298 pages (LP)

Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas by Christina K. Schaefer, published 1998, 814 pages (LP)

The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto Dennis Szucs, et. al., published 2006, 965 pages (LP)

 

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A History of The Unitarians and Universalists in the United States, by Joseph Allen, et. al., published 1894

A History of The Unitarians and Universalists in the United States, by Joseph Allen, et. al., published 1894

A history of the American Church to the close of the nineteenth century, by Leighton Coleman, published 1906, 112 pages

Early History of Scotch & Irish Churches & Their Relations to the Presbyterian Church of America, by James G. Craighead, pub. 1878, 352 pgs

A history of the German Congregational churches in the United States, by George J. Eisenach, published 1938

History of the Churches of God in the United States of North America, by Christian Henry Forney, published 1914, 933 pages

History of the Presbyterian Church, by E.H. Gillett, published 1864

A history of the Evangelical Lutheran church in the United States, by Henry Eyster Jacobs, published 1902, 639 pages

History of the American Episcopal Church from planting of the colonies to the end of Civil War, by Samuel D. McConnell, pub. 1891, 392 pgs.

Source book and bibliographical guide for American church history, by Peter George Mode, published 1921, 735 pages

A brief history of the Lutheran church in America, by Juergen Ludwig Neve, Joseph Stump, published 1904, 205 pages

The History of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883, by William Stevens Perry, published 1885

The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883, Volume 2, by William Stevens Perry, published, 1885

A History of American Christianity, by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, published 1900

 

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