Records of Colonial Goucester County, Virginia
Records of Colonial Goucester County, Virginia

Author:

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0806347201

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The middle chapters of this book are given over to Wilkes County genealogy and biography, with chapters on the buyers and sellers of lots and the early settlers of the county. The work as a whole is crowded with references to ministers, officials, teachers, and soldiers, so much so that an index of more than 2,000 entries was created by Mrs. Hays to encompass them.

The American Counties
The American Counties

Author: Joseph Nathan Kane

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9780810850361

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The premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States.

Encyclopedia of Place Names in the United States
Encyclopedia of Place Names in the United States

Author: Henry Gannett

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

Published: 2017-08-24

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 3849675106

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Place names in the United States are often taken from the European nation that first colonized the land. Many names that have been transferred from Britain, as is the case with Barnstable, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut. Many others are of French origin, such as Detroit, Michigan, which was established along the banks of the river they called le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie. Many in the former New Netherland colony are of Dutch origin, such as Harlem, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Many place names are taken from the languages of native peoples. Specific (personal or animal) names and general words or phrases are used, sometimes translated and sometimes not. However complicated the tracing back of the place names was, this encyclopedia lists thousands and thousands of place names in the United States of America and provides valuable information as to the origin and the history of the name. A fantastic reference work for everyone interested in American history.

Virginia
Virginia

Author: Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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All Those Wonderful Names
All Those Wonderful Names

Author: J. N. Hook

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-06-10

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1497611865

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Ever wonder what the most popular and unpopular baby names are? And how certain people and places got their names? Or are you just looking for guidance in choosing your child’s name? ALL THOSE WONDERFUL NAMES is an amusing exploration of names, familiar words, phrases, and the stories behind their origins. From the common to the confounding, this book has it all. Hear the true stories behind the naming of tropical storms, cars, fictitious characters, major league baseball teams, and more. Find out the real names of celebrities, such as Elton John, Cher, Rip Torn, Cary Grant, Liberace, and Conway Twitty. Discover counties, towns, and cities with strange names like Difficult, Tennessee; Jiggs, Nevada; Virgin, Utah; and Bosom, Wyoming. Learn unusual names for newborns—and perhaps the origin of your own surname as well.