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The Searcher


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A Brief History and Genealogy of the Carter and Some Allied Families


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"This is a partial record of Carter families that have played a part in the social, political, and military life of Virginia and other states of the South and West."--Pref. Carter immigrants to Virginia included the following: William Carter who patented more than two thousand acres in James City between 1635 and 1640; Col. Edward Carter who settled in Nansemond County prior to 1650; Col. John Carter who purchased land in Lancaster County ca. 1650; Capt. Thomas Carter who came to Virginia prior to 1652; and Giles Carter, Esq. who emigrated from England, arriving in Berkley in 1621.




The 1995 Genealogy Annual


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The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections. FAMILY HISTORIES-cites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-includes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world. GENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-consists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county. The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.







Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.




A Genealogy of Sherwin-Shedd and Allied Families in America


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John Sherwin settled in Ispwich, Massachusetts, as a single man, probably in 1666. He married twice and was the father of thirteen children. He died at Ipswich in 1726. His descendant in the seventh generation, Sidney Orville Sherwin, was born in Buckland, Massachusetts, in 1848. He married Mary Adelaide Shedd, daughter of Charles and Eliza Rowell Shedd, at Denmark, Iowa, in 1871. They had nine children, 1872-1895. The family lived in Minnesota, migrated to South Dakota in 1880, and to Stockton, Missouri, in 1894. Mary Adelaide Sherwin died at Stockton in 1916. Sidney Sherwin lived with a son for awhile in Elk City, Oklahoma. He moved to a daughter's home in Iola, Kansas, in 1918. He died at Iola in 1923. Descendants lived in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, California, North Carolina, and elsewhere.