Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists


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Prepared by David Faris, who had assisted Mr. Sheppard with the last two editions of "Ancestral Roots, Plantagenet Ancestry" provides the descent from the later Plantagenet kings of England (Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III) of more than one hundred emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, including many colonists not included in former editions of "Ancestral Roots." All 137 lines in this new volume include the consecutive generations of married couples with the spouse of Plantagenet descent on the left margin, each such individual being the child of the previous generation. Generation 1 names the parents of an emigrant, and the preceding generations are numbered back in time to the Plantagenet kings. Considerable biographical information is provided together with documentation for each generation.




What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking


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"A former slave, Mrs Fisher came from Mobile, Alabama and began cooking for San Francisco society in the late 1870's"--Back cover.




Snyder County [Pennsylvania] Pioneers


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Here is an essential guide to the formation and historical highlights of 100 Tennessee counties in existence at the time of the work's original publication in 1923. Each essay gives the county's date of formation, the names of all parent counties, the names of some of its earliest pioneers and landowners, the dates its courts were organized, locations of county seats, and additional information on each county's topography and economy.




Genealogy of the Fisher Family, 1682 to 1896


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Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875


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Records include: Church baptismal records from Snyder County: Rows (Salem) Lutheran and Reformed (1774-1832), Zion (Morr's) Lutheran (1781-1808), Grubb's (Botschaft) Lutheran and Reformed (1792-1875); from Union County: Dreisbach's Lutheran and Reformed (1774-1822), St. Elias Lutheran (1796-1826); from Northumberland County: Himmel's Lutheran (1774-1787), Stone Valley Lutheran (1774-1806); from Berks County: Zion (Moselem) Lutheran founded 1743 [partial record], Christ (Tulpehocken) Lutheran founded 1743 [partial record]; Tombstone inscriptions: Fishers Ferry Cemetery, Northumberland County; St. Paul's Cemetery, Juniata County; Graybill (Cross Road) Cemetery, Snyder County; Trinity Reformed Cemetery, Millardsville; Birth dates (many from private sources never before published): Eastern, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Susquehanna Valley.







The Great Migration


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Bound Away


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A study of the migration patterns that characterized the colony and (later) state of Virginia over the three century history following its European founding. Dividing the topic into three patterns--migration to, within, and from Virginia--Fischer (history, Brandeis U) and Kelly (Virginia Historical Society) study the reasons behind the migrations of various populations, paying special attention to African Americans, and explore the cultural legacy of the migrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




An American Quaker in the British Isles


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In 1775, a young Philadelphia Quaker was sent by his father to gather detailed information on business conditions in the British Isles. Fisher's travels took him throughout Britain and Ireland, even across the English Channel, and the journals that record his observations provide a fascinating and very distinctive commentary on the economic and social life of the time. Detailed and astute descriptions of British manufacturing and trade are balanced by lively comments on landscape gardening and country houses, and there is much material on the transatlantic connections of the Society of Friends during the American Revolution. The travel journals are supplemented by Fisher's cameos of merchants in the major trading centers, with lists of all the goods handled.