The Sowa Family History


Book Description

John Sowa (1826-1876) married Mary Shefsiek (ca. 1834-1867). In 1856, they immigrated from Poland to Indianola, Texas. After Mary's death, John married Amelia Zoworka in 1868, and they moved from Victoria to St. Hedwig in Bexar County. Descendants remained chiefly in Texas.




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.







History of the Chenoweth Family


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"John Chinoweth, Gent., blacksmith and surveyor, was born at St. Martins in Menage, Cornwall Co., Wales--now England about 1682-3 ... John Chinoweth and Mary Calvert, daughter of Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore were married about 1705 ..."--Page 39. John came to America, date unknown, and " ... settled on Gunpowder River, near Joppa, Baltimore County, Maryland, on an estate belonging to the Calverts which was called "Gunpowder Manor."--Page 39. "In Frederick County, Virginia, on April 11, 1746, John Chinoweth, blacksmith, made his will, probated May 6, 1746." ... From this will it is shown that he must have been visiting his sons in Virginia, for there are no land grants, patents, or deeds showing that he ever purchased land there ..."--Page 40. Descendants lived in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, South Dakota, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Arizona and elsewhere.




Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


Book Description

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.










The Gerstenberger Immigrants and Their Descendants in America


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A record of names and vital statistics of Gerstenbergers who have ever lived in the United States, with the European birthplaces of the different immigrants. Includes families of Gerstenbergers who settled in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, and other places. Immigrant ancestors came principally from Saxony or Silesia, Germany.