The American Census Handbook

The American Census Handbook
Author: Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780842029254

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.

Red Book

Red Book
Author: Alice Eichholz
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781593311667

" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.

The Choates of Southern Illinois and Related Families

The Choates of Southern Illinois and Related Families
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2000
Genre: Illinois
ISBN:

Christopher Choate, Sr. was born in 1660 in England. He emigrated in 1676 and settled in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He married in about 1686 and had two sons. He died in 1692. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan and Illinois.

The History of McLean County, Illinois

The History of McLean County, Illinois
Author: W. LeBaron Jr.
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2021-04-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This is a comprehensive description of McClean County as it existed when the authors were writing and researching about it at the end of the nineteenth century. It contains a full history of the area, extant laws, descriptions of famous inhabitants, maps, and much more. It will be of interest to sociological studies, historical studies, and geographical studies.

A Cox Family History

A Cox Family History
Author: Judith C. Whipple
Publisher:
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1989
Genre:
ISBN:

Thomas Cox (ca.1694-1762), a Quaker, immigrated in 1714 from Gloucester County, England to Philadelphia, and settled in Chester County, Penn- sylvania. He married twice, moved several times in Pennsylvgania, and in 1741 moved to Wayne County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives also lived in Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, California, Georgia and elsewhere.

Onward to Chicago

Onward to Chicago
Author: Larry A. McClellan
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2023
Genre: History
ISBN: 0809339250

"Onward to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized tales of white men, Larry A. McClellan reframes the story, not only introducing readers to earlier freedom seekers, but also illustrating that those who bravely aided them were Black and white, men and women"--