Descendants of Nathan Brown (c1731-1779) of Newberry County, South Carolina, Preble County, Ohio, Coweta County, Georgia, and Warren County, Illiinois

Descendants of Nathan Brown (c1731-1779) of Newberry County, South Carolina, Preble County, Ohio, Coweta County, Georgia, and Warren County, Illiinois
Author: Marsha Hoffman Rising
Publisher:
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2010
Genre: Georgia
ISBN:

Nathan Brown was born in about 1731. He married Grizzell (ca. 1742-1810) in about 1760. They emigrated from Ireland in about 1772 and settled in King's Creek, South Carolina. They had six known children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina, Ohio, Illinois and Georgia.

The Family Tree Problem Solver

The Family Tree Problem Solver
Author: Marsha Hoffman Rising
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2011-03-23
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1440311951

Proven Solutions for Your Research Challenges Has your family history research hit a brick wall? Marsha Hoffman Rising's best-selling book The Family Tree Problem Solver has the solutions to help you find the answers you seek.Inside you'll find: • Ideas on how to find vital records before civil registration • Tips for finding ''missing'' ancestors on censuses • Instructions for investigating collateral kin to further your pedigree • A look at advanced court records and how they can help you find answers • Work-arounds for lost or destroyed records • Techniques for correctly identifying and researching ancestors with common names • Methods for finding ancestors who lived before 1850 • Case studies that show how to apply the author’s advice to real-life research roadblocks • Strategies for analyzing your problem and creating a successful research plan This revised edition also includes new information about online research techniques and a look at the role of DNA research. Plus you'll find a glossary of genealogy terms and more than a dozen templates for charts and logs to help you organize and record your research. Let The Family Tree Problem Solver help you find the answers you need today.

Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife

Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife
Author: Walter Charlton Hartridge
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 082033538X

Published in 1949, this selection of letters between Robert Mackay, and his wife, Eliza Anne Mackay, provide unique insight into the life of a southern merchant during the early part of the nineteenth century. The Mackay's correspondence covers business, friendships, social life, and family, in addition to historical events unfolding at the time. The letters in this volume were sent from the Mackay's hometown of Savannah and from such port cities as Norfolk, Charleston, New York, London, and Liverpool.

The Dorsey Family

The Dorsey Family
Author: Maxwell J. Dorsey
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Maryland
ISBN: 080634749X

The work at hand is the only comprehensive history of Anson County, spanning over 225 years of the county's growth from a vast wilderness to a thriving industrial and agricultural community. The first third of the volume traces politics in the county. The middle portion covers Anson's social history, including education, religion, agriculture and industry, social and cultural life, etc. The final third of the book provides biographical sketches of scores of Anson "Men and Women of Note" and a number of source record collections of great import to genealogists.

The Baskins-Baskin Family, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina / by Raymond Martin Bell.

The Baskins-Baskin Family, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina / by Raymond Martin Bell.
Author: Raymond Martin 1907- Bell
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019359822

This book is a comprehensive genealogical study of the Baskins-Baskin family in three American states. Raymond Martin Bell provides extensive research on the family's history, including its Scottish origins, and the migration of its members throughout the US. This book is an essential tool for anyone interested in genealogy, family history, or American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Dictionary of Jewish Biography

Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Author: Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2006-03-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0826480403

From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Balla Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the richness of the Jewish heritage. With the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers.