Genealogies in the Library of Congress

Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 882
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806316673

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.

A Thorndike Family History

A Thorndike Family History
Author: Scott Campbell Steward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2000
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

John Thorndike was born in England in about 1605. His parents were Francis Thorndike and Alice Coleman. He was one of the first settlers of Agawam, Massachusetts in 1633. He married Elizabeth Stratton in 1637 and they had five daughters and one son. Their son, Paul (1643-1698), married Mary Patch in 1668 in Beverly, Massachusetts. They had seven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Illinois.

A Hanging in Detroit

A Hanging in Detroit
Author: David G. Chardavoyne
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780814331330

The first historical study-and a riveting account-of the last execution in Michigan.

Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780

Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780
Author: John A. Schutz
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1997
Genre: Legislators
ISBN: 9781555533045

This single volume contains meticulously researched biographies of the men who served as representatives in the General Court from the Charter of 1691 to the end of the American Revolution. Schutz also provides readers with enlightening essays on the history and workings of the Massachusetts General Court, and its influence in shaping the political and cultural milieux of colonial and revolutionary America.