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Bibliographies;     Biographies;     Geographical (Reference);     History  (U.S.);     Immigration & Naturalization;     Migration (U.S.);     Military History (U.S.);     Reference (Genealogical);     Internet Resources

 

 

Bibliographies USA

A Bibliography of American County Histories by P. William Filby - History – 1985

A Bibliography of American County Histories, by P. William Filby,  Published by Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985, 449 pages

 

Biographies

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

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: In Three Volumes by Dan L. Thrapp - History - 1991 - 1698 pages (LP)

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

 

 

Church Histories

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

Geographical (Reference) USA

General:

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

 

Regional:

Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of Exploration and Discovery ... by Derek Hayes - History - 1999 - 208 pages

 

History (U.S.)

General Histories:

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

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

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

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

 

Regional Histories:

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

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

The South in the Building of the Nation: Volume 12 by Walter Lynwood Fleming - Southern States – 1909

Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner, Published by Harper & brothers, 1906, 366 pages

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

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

 

A history of the German Congregational churches in the United States, Eisenach, George J

 

 

 

Immigration & Naturalization (U.S.)

Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775 by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck - 2005 - 350 pgs

The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles ...  by John Camden Hotten - United States - 1874 - 580 pages

Early Virginia Immigrants by George Cabell Greer - Virginia - 1912 - 376 pages

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

 

 

Migration (U.S.)

Roads, Trails, Paths

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

The Old Glade (Forbes's) Road (Pennsylvania State Road) by Archer Butler Hulbert - Technology & Engineering – 1903

Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers  By Archer B. Hulbert, Francis Baily, James Hall - The A. H. Clark company, 1904

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

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

The Oregon trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-mountain life by Francis Parkman - Indians of North America - 1920 - 381 pages

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

From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians: Through the Appalachians, by Albert Perry Brigham, Published 1907, 188 pages

 

Military History (U.S.)

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies  by David Lee Russell - History - 2000 - 375 pages

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

A Naval History of the American Revolution: Vol 2  by Gardner Weld Allen - United States – 1913

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

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

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

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

 

WAR OF 1812

The Naval War of 1812: Volume 1, by Theodore Roosevelt, published 1902

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

THE MEXICAN WAR

The Mexican War and Its Heroes: Being a Complete History of the Mexican War ... Generals - 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, pub.1887, 644 pgs

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

 

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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

The Civil War by Frederic Logan Paxson - United States - 1911 - 256 pages

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

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

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

The Virginia Campaign of '64 And'65, by Andrew A. Humphreys, Published 2004, 488 pages

Names of Soldiers Interred in the National Cemeteries at Chattanooga, Stone's River, and Knoxville, Tenn., published 1868, 55 pgs

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

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 1, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869, 55 pgs

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 2, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869,

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 3, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869,

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 4, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869,

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 5,6, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869,

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 7, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1869,

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Interred in National & Other, Cemeteries: Vol. 8, by US Quartermaster dept, pub.1870,

 

WORLD WAR ONE

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 1, compiled by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al. published1920

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 2 by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al. - World War, 1914-1918 - 1920

Soldiers of the Great War: Volume 3 by William Mitchell Haulsee, et. al. - World War, 1914-1918 – 1920

The American Army in the World War  by G. W. Browne, R. W. Pillsbury – History / Military / General 1921 - 307 pgs.

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

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

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

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

Unit Histories:

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

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

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

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

 

 

OTHER

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

Reference (General)

The American Census Handbook by Thomas Jay Kemp - Reference - 2001 - 517 pages

The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy by Christina K. Schaefer - Reference - 1999 - 298 pages

Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas by Christina K. Schaefer - Reference - 1998 - 814 pages

The Everything Family Tree Book: Research And Preserve Your Family History by Kimberly Powell - Reference - 2006 - 304 pages

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research by Margaret Dickson Falley - Reference – 1981

The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto Dennis Szucs, et. al., 2006, Ancestry Publishing, 965 pages

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

 

 

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