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.







Historical Reflections of the Western Frontier


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John Alleman (1808-1883) was born in Pennsylvania. He married Christean Stentz (d.1886) in 1832. They joined the Mormon Church in 1838 and traveled to Missouri where they participated in the Mormon Exodus from Missouri in late 1838 and early 1839. They lived in Nauvoo and again took part in the great Mormon Exodus to Utah. They did not, however, arrive in Utah until 1852 because they had been assigned to stay in Iowa and farm so that food would be available for migrating Mormons. They eventually settled in Springville, Utah where they raised a family of nine children. Descendants live in Utah and other western states.




Genealogical Chronolog of Henrich Stentz (1690-1758) and His Family


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Henrich Stentz (1690-1758), son of Jacob Reverend Stentz and Veronica Peters, was born in Germany. He married Anna Maria and they had four children. He married Maria Dorothea Bossert in 1731 in Impflingen, Bavaria. They had seven children. They emigrated and settled in Kreutz Creek, Pennsylvania. He died in 1758.







Lantz-Crossley, an Experience in Genealogy


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Ancestors of Raymond Clyde Lantz (b. 1951), son of Raymond G. Lantz and Doris F. Bruckman. He was born in Altoona, Pa. He was married twice. He married (2) 1977 in Pensacola, Florida, Dianna Lee Crossley (b. 1956), daughter of Noel N. Crossley of Ann Arbor, Michigan and Sandra L. Shaw of Port Huron, Michigan. Some early ancestors are traced to early 1300s. Members of the Lantz family came to Pennsylvania from Germany around the mid 1700s. The Crossley family is traced to England in the early 1800s. Various other immigrant ancestors came from Germany, Switzerland and England settling in Pennsylvania, Maryland, via Canada in New York, and elsewhere.




Thomas Andrew Cowhick 1774-1866


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Thomas Andrew Cowhick, son of Patrick Cowhick and Catharine Lawson, was born in 1774 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Lucy Adamson, daiughter of John Baldwin Adamson and Lucy. They had seven children, all born in Champaign County, Ohio. He died in 1866 in California. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Oklahoma and California.