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Civil War genealogy

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Author
Schweitzer, George Keene,
Date of Publication
c1984
Call Number
929.1 S413c
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by George K. Schweitzer.
ISBN
0913857009 (pbk.) :
Author
Schweitzer, George Keene,
Place of Publication
Knoxville, TN
Publisher
G.K. Schweitzer,
Date of Publication
c1984
Physical Description
76 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers - Bibliography.
United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bibliography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Archival resources.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Library resources.
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 S413c
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The GAR : its organization and the men of Post #37

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Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
369.15 P322
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by Alfreda Patton.
Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Place of Publication
York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
i, 95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Special publications / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 39 (Jan./Apr. 1989)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Grand Army of the Republic. - General John Sedgwick Post No. 37 (York, Pa.) - Registers.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Veterans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.15 P322
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A composite list of German prisoners of war held by the Americans, 1779-1782

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Author
Schwalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.2, no.1
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by Mark A. Schwalm.
Author
Schwalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
p.4-15.
Notes
In: Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, v.2 no.1 (1981)
Subjects
Prisoners of war
Hessian mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Prisoners and prison, German - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.2, no.1
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Mercenary troops from Anhalt-Zerbst, Germany, who served with the British forces during the American Revolution

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Author
DeMarce, Virginia Easley,
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
973.342 D372
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Virginia Easley DeMarce.
ISBN
0915162210 (pbk. : set)
Author
DeMarce, Virginia Easley,
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
2 v. (iv, 107 p.) ; 28 cm.
Series
German-American genealogical research monograph,
Notes
LCHS has pt. 1. Surnames A through Kr.
Bibliography: p. ii.
Contents
pt. 1. Surnames A through Kr -- pt. 2. Surnames Ku through Z.
Subjects
German Americans
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Registers of births, etc. - Germany - Anhalt Region.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
Anhalt Region (Germany) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 D372
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Abstract of graves of revolutionary patriots

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Author
Hatcher, Patricia Law.
Date of Publication
c1987-c1988.
Call Number
929.31 H361
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by Patricia Law Hatcher.
ISBN
0944065007 (v. 1)
Author
Hatcher, Patricia Law.
Place of Publication
Dallas, Tex
Publisher
Pioneer Heritage Press,
Date of Publication
c1987-c1988.
Physical Description
4 v. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Graves of revolutionary patriots.
"The material in this book is an abstract of, and index to, information reported by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and published in their annual reports to the Smithsonian Institute [sic], printed as Senate documents (1900-1974), published by the Society in a separate volume (1975-1977) and published annually in the DAR magazine (1978-1987)"--T.p. verso.
Contents
v. 1. A-D -- v. 2. E-K -- v. 3. L-R -- v. 4. S-Z.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers of dead.
United States - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.31 H361
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Advance the colors! : Pennsylvania Civil War battle flags

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Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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Richard A. Sauers.
ISBN
0818200901 (v. 1) :
081820155X
Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg]
Publisher
Capitol Preservation Committee,
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Physical Description
2 v. (xvi, 611 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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A battlefield atlas of the Civil War

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Author
Symonds, Craig L.
Date of Publication
c1983.
Call Number
973.7 S988
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by Craig L. Symonds ; cartography by William J. Clipson.
ISBN
0933852401 :
Author
Symonds, Craig L.
Place of Publication
Annapolis, Md
Publisher
Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America,
Date of Publication
c1983.
Physical Description
1 atlas (xv, 106 p.) : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 105-106.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Maps.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.
Additional Author
Clipson, William J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 S988
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An Abstract of the 1865 York County, Pennsylvania, asessor military roll with surname index

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Date of Publication
c1987.
Call Number
974.841 A164amr
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compiled ... by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Physical Description
iii, 166 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 33, July/October, 1986, and January 1987
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 A164amr
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The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

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Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.818 H975
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by C. H. Hutchinson.
Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Place of Publication
[Middletown, Pa.]
Publisher
Middletown Area Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.
Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.
Includes index.
Subjects
Burd family.
Cameron famiy.
Smith family.
Fisher family.
Frey family.
Kendig famiy.
Landis family.
McClure family.
Snyder family.
Middletown (Pa.) - History.
Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
Middletown Area Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 H975
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A soldier's report : the battle on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain

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Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Date of Publication
1989
(Pyle) Bradley of Drumore Township, enlisted on 19 August 1861. Lewis died in camp at Munfordville, Kentucky, 23 December 1861. Kersey served an enlistment of more than three years and was discharged at Atlanta, 3 October 1864. 3 It was not unusual for patriotic boys to write to soldiers from their home
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by Kersey Bradley, 79th Regiment, P.V.I. annotated by Martin H. Bradley.
Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
[15]-17 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no.1
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 1 (1989), p. 15-17Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92
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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
service in some ofthe first (90 day) regiments. Their Colonel, Henry A Hambright, was a railroad man who had seen army service in Mexico during the War with Mexico. The regiment earned the respect ofthe army by its service at Perryville in October of 1862. Entering the battle there with about 365 rifles
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Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
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Days of darkness : the Gettysburg civilians

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Author
Williams, William G.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
973.7349 H633
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by William G. Williams.
ISBN
0932751059 :
Author
Williams, William G.
Place of Publication
Shippensburg, Pa
Publisher
Beidel Print. House,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
xiii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 251-252.
Contents
Chapters : First Light --- All Talk --- They're Here --- They're Gone --- Storm Clouds --- The First Day --- The Second Day --- The Third Day --- The Fourth of July --- Sunday "Sabbath of Suffering " --- Monday " Up From The Ashes " --- Tuesday " Food Bandages and Prayer " --- Wednesday "More Surprises " --- Thursday " On The Move" --- Friday "A week of Peace " --- July 11 - 12 " The Living and The Dying " --- July 13 - 19 " Some Go Home " --- July 20 - 31 " An End To Nursing " --- August and September " Lingering Effects " --- November 19 " Four Score and Seven " --- Epilogue --- List of Hospital Sites
Summary
"Many books have documented the military repercussions of the Battle of Gettysburg - but never before has an author delved so deeply into what has been a nearly untapped historical resource: the accounts of the town's 2,400 civilians, who became combatants and casualties, spies and stretcher-bearers - eyewitnesses all to this momentous event." [from GoodReads]
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 H633
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Bonded passengers to America

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Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.3 C688b
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by Peter Wilson Coldham.
ISBN
0806310030 (set)
Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
9 v. in 3 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Volume 2 and 3 originally published in 1974 and 1976 under title: English convicts in Colonial America, Volume 1 and 2.
Contents
v. 1. History of transportation, 1615-1775 -- v. 2. Middlesex, 1617-1775 -- v. 3. London, 1656-1775 -- v. 4. Home counties, 1655-1775 -- v. 5. Western Circuit, 1664-1775 -- v. 6. Oxford Circuit, 1663-1775 -- v. 7. Norfolk Circuit, 1663-1775 -- v. 8. Northern Circuit, 1665-1775 -- v. 9. Midland Circuit, 1671-1775.
Subjects
Prisoners - England
Exiles - United States.
Convict ships - England.
Ships
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
United States - Genealogy.
England - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 C688b
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Immigrants to America from France (Haut-Rhin Departement) and western Switzerland, 1859-1866

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Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.3 S644fa1
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Clifford Neal Smith.
ISBN
0915162601 (pbk.)
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz., U.S.A
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
i, 33 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
French-American genealogical research monograph ;
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
French Americans
Swiss Americans
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Registers of births, etc. - France - Haut-Rhin.
Registers of births, etc. - Switzerland.
Haut-Rhin (France) - Genealogy.
Switzerland - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S644fa1
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The Wuerttemberg emigration index

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Author
Schenk, Trudy.
Date of Publication
1986-
Call Number
929.3 S324 CD
929.3 S324
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by Trudy Schenk, Ruth Froelke, and Inge Bork.
ISBN
0916489086 (v. 1)
0916489361 (v. 6)
0916489825 (v. 7)
Author
Schenk, Trudy.
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah
Publisher
Ancestry Inc.,
Date of Publication
1986-
Physical Description
v. <1-7 > : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2-<7 > by Trudy Schenk and Ruth Froelke.
LCHS has vols. 1-6 in book form and vols. 1-7 on computer disk (MD 929.3 S324 CD)
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Germany - Württemberg.
Immigrants - Germany - Württemberg
Immigrants - United States
Germans - United States
Registers of births, etc.
Württemberg (Germany) - Genealogy.
United States - Immigration and emigration - Indexes.
Germany - Immigration and emigration - Indexes.
Soviet Union - Immigration and emigration - Indexes.
Additional Author
Froelke, Ruth.
Bork, Inge.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S324 CD
929.3 S324
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American wills & administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857

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Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
929.3 C688aw
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compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham.
ISBN
0806312351
Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, Md
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
ix, 416 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Registers of births, etc. - England - Canterbury Region.
Wills - United States.
Wills - Great Britain.
United States - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 C688aw
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Index to volunteer soldiers, 1784-1811

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Author
White, Virgil D.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
929.311 W588v
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transcribed by Virgil D. White.
ISBN
0945099037
Author
White, Virgil D.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Waynesboro, Tenn
Publisher
National Historical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
747 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Soldiers - United States
United States - Genealogy.
United States - History - 1783-1815 - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.311 W588v
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Tracing your Civil War ancestor

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Author
Groene, Bertram Hawthorne,
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
929.1 G774
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by Bertram Hawthorne Groene.
ISBN
0895870266
Author
Groene, Bertram Hawthorne,
Place of Publication
Winston-Salem, N.C
Publisher
J.F. Blair,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
xii, 126 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"3rd printing, 1981."
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [117]-120.
Contents
The Value of a search --- The National Archives --- The state of archives --- The OR and ORN --- Your guide to millions of pages --- Personnel files and rosters --- Acquiring and identifying Civil War equipment --- Examples of research --- Appendices :Institutions that hold microfilmed Service records from the national archives --- Source books for regimental histories and rosters --- Sourcebooks for identifying Civil war weapons and accoutrements
Subjects
Genealogy
Archives - United States - Directories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Sources - Bibliography.
United States - Genealogy - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 G774
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Register of invalid pensions : Revolutionary service, 1789

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Author
Closson, Bob.
Date of Publication
c1981]
Call Number
929.31 C645
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Author
Closson, Bob.
Place of Publication
[Apollo, PA
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
c1981]
Physical Description
16 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Compiled by Bob and Mary Closson.
Subjects
Military pensions - United States
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Closson, Mary.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.31 C645
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The complete book of emigrants in bondage, 1614-1775

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Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
929.3 C688beb
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Peter Wilson Coldham.
ISBN
0806312211
Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
xv, 920 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Rev. ed. of: Bonded passengers to America. 1983.
Bibliography: p. 919-920.
Subjects
Prisoners - England
Convict ships - England.
Ships
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
United States - Genealogy.
England - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 C688beb
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