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.

Family Fare

Family Fare
Author: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department
Publisher:
Total Pages: 574
Release: 1979
Genre: United States
ISBN:

The Peffley--Peffly--Pefley Families in American and Allied Families, 1729-1938

The Peffley--Peffly--Pefley Families in American and Allied Families, 1729-1938
Author: May Miller Frost
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1938
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Nicholas Peffley was born in German about 1700. He married about 1723, Barbara . They left Germany with a large group of their friends because of religious persecution. They were of the "Bretheren" or "German Baptist Faith" a group originating in Germany nicknamed the "Dunkers." They arrived in Philadelphia 19 August 1729. In 1737, they settled on 150 acres of land in Bethel Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Nicholas is said to have been killed by Indians there in 1748. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere in the United States.

Johannes Werbel and His Descendants

Johannes Werbel and His Descendants
Author: John Henry Warvel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 882
Release: 1991
Genre: Maryland
ISBN:

Johannes Werbel, Jr. (1738-1809) immigrated from Germany with his father, Johannes Sr. in 1740 and married Maria Salome (ca. 1740-1829) settling in Westminster, Maryland in 1760. They later moved to Antitum, Maryland. Johannes was known as John Warble, Maria Salome (no surname available) was known as Sarah. Descendants lived in Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Florida, Louisiana and elsewhere. Includes Werbel, Warvel, Warble, Sellers, Kaylor, Leap, Kretzer, Shuck, DeRush, Eakle, Bowser, Hovermale and related families.

Wilcoxson and Allied Families

Wilcoxson and Allied Families
Author: Dorothy Ford Wulfeck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1958
Genre:
ISBN:

"Elizabeth Willcockson was granted administration of the estate of George Willcockson, 25 Oct., 1739, Chester Co., Penn[sylvania] ... there is no proof of the relationship of Elizabeth to George Willcockson" although some say she was his wife, and the daughter of Roland Powell of New Jersey.