National Union Catalog


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Includes entries for maps and atlases.










How to Find Your Family Roots


Book Description

A manual for the beginner to develop sources for studying the genealogy of his family.




The Johannes Schwab Family


Book Description

The immigrant ancestor Johannes (Jacob) Schwab (1720-1785) was born in Germany, and came to America on the ship "Halifax" arriving in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1754. In 1760/61 he appears as a renter on the Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa. tax list. He appears on the Bethel Twp. tax list from 1762 until his death in 1785. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere.