The American Census Handbook


Book Description

Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.













Jim's Journal


Book Description

Diary written by a young James Newton Matthews about his daily activities when he was fourteen-year-old, living in Mason, Illinois in the late nineteenth century.




Screeton, Shelton, Byrd, and Sanders Families Past and Present


Book Description

George Thomas Screeton (1828-1898) was born in Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. He immigrated to the United States in the late 1830s and lived in Illinois. He married Susan Stapleton in 1849. They moved to Carlisle, Lonoke County, Arkansas in 1875. Descendants and relatives lived in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.