New Bern
New Bern

Author: Vina Hutchinson Farmer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738552729

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Baron Christopher de Graffenried and his group of Swiss and German settlers founded the town of New Bern at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers in 1710 and named it after his Swiss hometown; at the time, they did not realize that this town, nearly 300 years later, would grow into one of the Southeast's most desired places to live. Through the 20th century, New Bern was transformed from a sleepy Southern town to a growing retirement community with a thriving tourism industry. Among the cards presented in New Bern are these cover images of two of the grandest homes in the area: one gone forever and the other preserved as part of a state historic site.

New Bern History 101
New Bern History 101

Author: Edward Barnes Ellis

Publisher: McBryde Publishing

Published: 2009-11-01

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0975870092

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“Entertaining, funny, highly readable..." Here's what you'll discover in New Bern History 101: -Why New Bern bears stick out their tongues.-Once and for all, what a Palatine is.-Where all the local Indians went.-The Richard Dobbs Spaight “autopsy.” -How New Bern and sideburns are connected.-The ghost Baron DeGraffenried saw.-The “explosive” cabbage of Tryon Palace.-How Pepsi's inventor lost his company.-Why and how the Yankees took New Bern.-The local treasures unearthed in Venezuela.

The 1997 Genealogy Annual
The 1997 Genealogy Annual

Author: Thomas Jay Kemp

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780842027410

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The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.

The Fire of Freedom
The Fire of Freedom

Author: David S. Cecelski

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0807835668

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Examines the life of a former slave who became a radical abolitionist and Union spy, recruiting black soldiers for the North, fighting racism within the Union Army and much more.