Dictionary of American Indian Place and Proper Names in New England
This dictionary is a key resource for scholars of New England Native American language, history, and culture, as well as genealogists. Experts at American Ancestors have long relied on this book, first published in 1909, to help identify specific locations within New England and to interpret early deeds. Ideal for anyone with an interest in pre-1620 New England.
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History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York
Between 1875 and 1879, Edwin Purple contributed several articles to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record on the first three or four generations of some of the ancient families of New York. Those articles, collected in this volume, feature the surnames Van Schaick, Siecken, Tymens, Brevoort, Varleth, Gouverneur, and those of other ancient and allied families. This volume also includes Purple’s instructive list of Dutch aliases and variant surname spellings.
By Edwin R. Purple
Foreword by Richard H. Benson
Published: September 2013
A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (4-volume set)
This important work, originally published 1860–1862, provides a wealth of source material on early New England families. A key resource for the Great Migration Study Project, this four-volume set is a crucial component of the essential genealogical library. Includes an all-new index.
By James Savage
Foreword by Gary Boyd Roberts
Published July 2016
Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865, Revised Edition
By Joseph Caravalho III
Published: September 2011
Hardcover, 400 pages
Ancestral Lines From New York to Texas: 80 Families in England, France, The Netherlands, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri & The South
Author: Carl Boyer III
Published: 2016
Hardcover, 339 pages
Carl Boyer, 3rd
This third volume covers more than fifteen mid-Atlantic and sixty Southern families. Principle surnames include Gilliam and Hamner of Virginia, Van Winkle of New Jersey, and Vermillion of Maryland.