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.

Handbook of Old Gallatin County
Handbook of Old Gallatin County

Author: Jon Musgrave

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 9780970798404

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"The Handbook of old Gallatin County includes a new annotated version of the 1887 History of Gallatin County, plus two new sections compiled from various 19th century sources telling early anecdotes as well as the county's military history. Included are rosters of the county's veterans in the Black Hawk, Mexican, Civil and Spanish-American wars. The latter section contains the most complete account ever compiled of all the various frontier attacks and skirmishes in Southeastern Illinois during the decade either side of the War of 1812. The fourth section brings to light more than 250 biographies of leadings residents written mostly during the period of 1876 to 1912. Most important of all to genealogists and researchers, the fifth section of the book contains a full name index of every person mentioned inside"--Back cover.