Suffolk County Wills

Suffolk County Wills

Author: The New England Historical and Genealogi

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 0806310693

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Based on a long series of will abstracts that appeared over a period of 45 years in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register", this work encompasses what amounts to the first 30 years or so of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, estate records (1640-1670). Altogether, the series refers to some 12,000 persons with regard to family relationships.


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.


Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Author: Patricia Law Hatcher

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781593312992

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When the early colonists came to America, they were braving a new world, with new wonders and difficulties. Family historians beginning the search for their ancestors from this period run into a similar adventure, as research in the colonial period presents a number of exciting challenges that genealogists may not have experienced before. This book is the key to facing those challenges. This new book, Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors, leads genealogists to a time when their forebears were under the rule of the English crown, blazing their way in that uncharted territory. Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, provides a rich image of the world in which those ancestors lived and details the records they left behind. With this book in hand, family historians will be ready to embark on a journey of their own, into the unexplored lines of their colonial past.


New England Court Records

New England Court Records

Author: Diane Rapaport

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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Section describes examples of searches using computer databases, federal court records, indexes, justice of the peace records, and law library research, including how to search for people of color. The appendices list contact information for state and federal courts and other sources. Rapaport is a former trial lawyer and writes the column "Tales from the Courthouse" for New England Ancestors magazine. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).


Red Book

Red Book

Author: Alice Eichholz

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13: 9781593311667

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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.