The Wilkie/Wilkey Family


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John Wilkey emigrated from England and settled in Boston, Massachusetts in or before 1645.




The Schell Family


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National Union Catalog


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Includes entries for maps and atlases.




Library of Congress Subject Headings


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The Shell Family


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William Shell (1802-1883) was born in Burke County, North Carolina to John Shell, Jr. and Margaret MaCall. William was a great-grandson of German immigrant Johann Casper Schell, who settled in Pennsylvania 1742. William married Cynthia Elvira Davis (1804-1885), and had thirteen children. They lived mainly in North Carolina and Tennessee. Both William and Cynthia died in Little River Township, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The Shell (Schell) family has some members who have Cherokee bloodlines. Some ancestors, descendants and relatives also lived in Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, Florida, Texas and Virginia. Focus is mainly on the Civil War heritage of William and Cynthia's family in Caldwell County, North Carolina during the Nineteenth-Century.




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.







Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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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.