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An American Family, 1575-1945

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Author: James Edmond Carbine & Marianne Lemly Carbin
Published: 2007

In this family history book, the authors have integrated the lives of their ancestors with contemporary history of the time. The result is a history of the United States of America from its early colonization through the Second World War viewed through the eyes of the Carbine, Lemly, Walker, Porterfield, Stout, Matthews, Robinson and Brigham families.

Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past, Second Edition: How to organize your genealogy, curate your collection, and keep family history safe for the future

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Old family photos, ancestor stories, genealogical documents, and heirlooms reflect your family’s past—and they should be safeguarded for tomorrow’s descendants and researchers. Even if you have no obvious heirs for your genealogy, you can make plans today to protect and share information and items from your family history.

New Englanders in the 1600s: A Guide to Genealogical Research Published Between 1980 and 2010 (Expanded Edition)

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This expanded edition of the bestselling New Englanders in the 1600s offers researchers an even more comprehensive source for finding the most recent genealogical writing about seventeenth-century New England families. The new edition includes a full five years’ worth of publications, plus select publications from 2011.

Guide to Diaries in the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections of the New England Historic Genealogical Society

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From the seventeenth century to the present, the diaries in the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections — written by men and women from their teens to their nineties — record details of historic events and of their private lives, giving us fresh insight into the past. This new paperback lists the diaries (approximately 300) currently in the American Ancestors archives; images of actual diary pages are included. Perusing the contents, the reader will get an idea of the depth and variety of the collection and also a sense of the rich historical detail the diaries and journals contain.

New York Probate Records: A Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records

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This updated edition provides genealogists with the latest tools for locating New York State probate records from the past 350 years. A user friendly design, inclusion of online sources, appendixes, and maps help researchers easily navigate this important group of records.

By Gordon L. Remington
Published: January 2011