The Van Pelt Family


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Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt was baptized 5 May 1622 in Overpelt, Limburg, Belgium. His parents were Jan Lanen and Catharina Bakelmans. He married four times and had six known children. He emigrated with his third wife and six children in 1663. They settled in Brooklyn, New York. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Belgium, New York, New Jersey, Iowa and Wisconsin.




Dictionary of Pyrate Biography


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From the author of "Quest for Blackbeard," more than 720 entries have been researched historically and genealogically, where applicable, to describe the Golden Age of Piracy in the most detail now possible with the extraordinary availability of records from around the world! Included are the many pirates themselves, their families, facilitators of piracy, and some of their more influential victims. Many entries also include transcriptions of the primary sources which reveal their legends.




Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World


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Over 2 lbs, with 614 pages of text, tables, and graphs! Do you know who "Blackbeard the Pirate" was? Probably not! Born into a substantial family in Bristol, the eldest son of Capt. Edward and Elizabeth Thache sailed for Jamaica with his family sometime before 1695. Capt. Edward Thache of St. Jago de la Vega or "Spanish Town" died there at age 47 while his son, Edward "Blackbeard" Thache Jr. joined the Royal Navy and fought in Queen Anne's War aboard HMS Windsor. Thache resembled more a Robber Baron of the early 20th century than a poor downtrodden member of Benjamin Hornigold's "Flying Gang" in the Bahamas - or even his "pupil." Capt. Charles Johnson's "A General History of the Pyrates" is a flawed historical work and much of what we have previously known about Blackbeard is simply not true. This book attempts to rediscover exactly who Blackbeard really was... and how he related to his maritime American "Pirate Nation!" Quite a few surprises are in store! Website: http: //baylusbrooks.com










Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.







The Van Slyck (Van Slyke) Family History


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Cornelis Anthonissen Van Slyck was born in Breuckelen, Netherlands in 1604. He emigrated in 1634 and settled in New York. He married Otstoch in about 1835 in Canajoharie, New York and they had five children. He died in 1676. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York.