Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986

Author: Library of Congress

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 1368

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The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

This Old Farm
This Old Farm

Author: Michael Dregni

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2003-07-25

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780896580015

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This collection includes insightful, entertaining stories from such well-known writers as Garrison Keillor, E. B. White, Patricia Penton Leimbach, Bill Holm, Ben Logan, Jim Heynen, and Sara De Luca that are based on themes familiar to both present and past farm folk. The engaging text, glorious photography from Randy Leffingwell and Ralph Sanders, and artwork from greats such as Bob Artley and Grant Wood will evoke memories of days on the farm.

John Horst Family
John Horst Family

Author: Hettie K. Horst Hess

Publisher:

Published: 1940

Total Pages: 176

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John Horst (1801-1875) was the son of Christian Horst (1755-1837) and Susanna Nolt of Lancaster Co., PA and Washington Co., MD. He was the grandson of Joseph Horst who emigrated from Switzerland in 1730. He married (1) Elizabeth Eshleman (b.1801), daughter of Abraham Eshleman and Susanna Grabill, in 1820. They were the parents of eleven children. He married (2) Frances Boyer (1815-1886). His son Christian Horst married Leah Smith (b.1819) and they were the parents of nine children. Several generations of descendants are given. Descendants lived in Maryland. Other places of descendant residence not shown in text.

The Ryerse-Ryerson Family, 1574-1994
The Ryerse-Ryerson Family, 1574-1994

Author: Phyllis Ryerse

Publisher: Ingersoll, Ont. : Ryerse-Ryerson Family Association

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 454

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Marten Reijersen was baptised as Marten Reijersz in 1637 at Amsterdam, the son of Reijer Reijersz (b. ca. 1604). He immigrated to New Amsterdam in 1646 and settled at Breuckelen (Brooklyn, New York). He married Annetie Joris in 1663. They had eleven children, 1664-1685. His grandson, Lucas Reyerse (1704-1764), migrated to a valley along the Pequannock River, with his family as a young boy. He married Elizabeth Howell, daughter of Capt. Daniel Howell, in 1736. They had five children, 1738-1745, born at Pequannock and Readington, New Jersey. After her death he married 2) Susanna Vaner der Linden (1712-1747). They had a child in 1747 who died as an infant. He married 3) Johanna Van Der Hoff in 1750 in New Jersey. They had seven children, 1752-1761. His two sons, Samuel Ryerse (1752-1812) and Joseph Ryerson (1761-1854) were American Loyalists and after the Revolutionary War settled in Norfolk County, Ontario. Their descendants lived in Ontario, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey and elsewhere.