When records are lacking, gravestones may be the genealogist's only source of information. Get tips on locating a cemetery, finding a specific gravesite, interpreting gravestone inscriptions, and reading transcriptions of gravestones.
The four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder.
By Helen Herzer
American engraver and historian John Warner Barber (1798-1885) was well known for his books on local, state, and national history. This work, first published in 1857, opens with an outline history of Connecticut and includes several interesting lists (New Haven planters in 1643 and all 127 persons holding land in Hartford in 1639, for example), as well as statistical tables from the 1840 and 1850 census. The content is then arranged by county in the order in which they were created: Hartford; New Haven; New London; Fairfield; Windham; Litchfield; Middlesex; and, finally, Tolland.
This guide is designed to help you through the challenging process of locating your African American ancestors. It provides tips for getting started, summarizes the various documents and records you should consult, and shows you how to read the elements of a slave schedule. This helpful guide also features a chart showing where you can locate the different types of records described.
The four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder.
By Meaghan E. H. Siekman, Ph.D.
Originally published in 1846, Young’s compilation of two dozen contemporaneous documents depict the preparations for the settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colony, the migration process itself, and some events from the early years of settlement. A key source for eyewitness accounts of the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 1620s and early 1630s.
By Alexander Young
Foreword by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG
6 x 9 paperback, 572 pages
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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Author: David Allen Lambert
Published: July 2020 (print ed. 2018)
Print edition available here
This new full-color edition is an extensive update of an indispensable resource for those researching in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Research basics, unique resources, repository locations, and county and town information (maps, dates established, parent counties, parent and daughter towns, other names, and more) are now uniformly presented for each state. This user-friendly redesign also restores useful information from the 4th edition such as earlier probate districts in Connecticut.
Edited by Rhonda R. McClure
The Lost Family delves into the many lives that have been irrevocably changed by home DNA tests—a technology that represents the end of family secrets.
From discovering their ethnicity to connecting with distant relatives, the largest DNA network in the world is helping more people find the singular story in their DNA. Yours is just as unique, revealing traces of your family history—who your ancestors were and where they came from.
The Fan Chart & Extended Family Bundle by EasyGenie is a perfect gift for genealogy researchers who need to track ancestors and preserve the information for many decades to come! The bundle includes 10 archival-quality genealogy fan charts covering 8 generations, with a unique bonus feature – additional cells for a spouse and up to 11 children, for nine generations in all! No other commercially available fan chart has this feature.
