The Hidden Half of the Family
The Hidden Half of the Family

Author: Christina K. Schaefer

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780806315829

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Offers information on finding female ancestors in each state, highlighting those laws, both federal and state, that indicate when a woman could own real estate in her own name, devise a will, and enter into contracts. In addition, entries contain information on marriage and divorce law, immigration, citizenship, passports, suffrage, and slave manumission. Material is included on African American, Native American, and Asian American women, as well as patterns of European immigration. Period covered is from the 1600s to the outbreak of WWII. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas
Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas

Author: Christina K. Schaefer

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 846

ISBN-13: 9780806315768

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Covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution.

The Descendants and Allied Families of John and Heathy Rives Turner of Bartow County, Georgia
The Descendants and Allied Families of John and Heathy Rives Turner of Bartow County, Georgia

Author: Kathleen S. Bell

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13:

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John Turner (1796-1861) was born in South Carolina, and was probably a son of Benjamnin Turner of the Pendleton District. John married Hetthe Rives about 1808/1810 and lived in the Charleston District until they moved to Georgia about 1820. By 1840 they were living in Cass (later Bartow) County, Georgia. Descendants and relatives lived in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere.

My Byers-Bonar-Shannon and Allied Families
My Byers-Bonar-Shannon and Allied Families

Author: Marion Stark Craig

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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Samuel Byers was born about 1708-1709 in northern Ireland, and immigrated to Washington County, Pennsylvania. He married Jane White, and died in 1786. Included are Barnet Bonar (born in Scotland) and Thomas Shannon and their descendants.

Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Genealogies in the Library of Congress

Author: Marion J. Kaminkow

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2012-09

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 9780806316673

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This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.