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Montgomery County Memorial Library
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The
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Renee Kernan, Carl Smith,
Genealogy Librarian,
Pat Nichols and Nelson Kornegay
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Exciting News: New Preservation Pad
Made It's Debut June 1, 2017!
Preservation Pad Fact Sheet
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Genealogy & Local
History Room, the Genealogy & Local History Room at the Central
Library of Montgomery County Memorial Library System is pleased
to announce a new service for the public: The Preservation Pad.
The MCMLS Genealogy department recognizes that the photos and
documents of today are the historical records of future
generations. The library’s Preservation Pad is here to help
individuals convert their print, photographic, and analog media
into a digital format thereby helping to preserve and share
precious family memories and moments for generations to come.
The Preservation Pad is set up into four distinct stations with
state of the art equipment to help you in this process: |
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Kodak High Speed Photo Scanner& Kiosk |
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Got shoeboxes or photo albums stuffed with print photographs?
The new Kodak High Speed Photo scanner will help you convert
those prints into a high-resolution digital image format. With
an easy to use touch-screen interface as well as a scanner
capable of scanning 50 photos per minute, you will be able to
create digital copies of all those photographs in no time flat.
Just bring in a spare USB flash drive and your photos to get
started! Does single and double sided scans for those photos
that are identified! |
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Wolverine F2D Mighty Scanner |
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Want to convert those old slides or negatives into a digital
image? Our small but powerful Wolverine F2D Mighty Scanner is
capable of handling 35mm, 100mm, 126K, 127K slides and
negatives, as well as old 8mm / Super 8 film strips, converting
them into a digital JPEG image format. Just bring in your old
photographic media along with your USB Flash drive to get
started! |
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Funai VHS-to-DVD Converter |
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The year 2016 marked the end of an era: The last VHS player was
manufactured in July 2016. The time is ticking for those who
have those old home videos saved onto VHS cassette tapes to
convert them over to a DVD format. The Preservation Pad’s Funai
VHS-to-DVD Converter, literally the last of its kind, is here to
help you do just that. Just bring in your old VHS tapes along
with a blank DVD –R/-RW disk to get started. (Note: Our player
can’t read positive DVD discs (DVD +R/ +RW). Please double
check your disc type before coming in to use the converter!) |
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DVD/Blu-Ray / M-DISC Produplicator |
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So you just finished converting those old home
videos or photos and burned them onto a new DVD. Want to make
some copies to share with family or friends? Our Produplicator
is a disc-duplicating machine that can make up to five copies
of a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disk at once. It is also equipped with a
powerful burner that can copy a normal DVD or Blu-Ray disk onto
the new M-Disc archival media format that is capable of lasting
up to 1,000 years without any degradation to data. Just bring in
your source DVD along with a few blank discs to get started! The
M-Discs come in various capacities. |
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If you are interested in
using any of the machines in the Preservation Pad, we ask that
you please contact the Genealogy Department to set up a
reservation first by calling 936-788-8363
ext. 6249 or emailing us at librarygenealogy@countylibrary.org.
Due to anticipated high demand for our new
equipment, reservations will be made at a first-come-first
served basis. Thank you!
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Carl
Smith's Programs at the
Genealogy & History Room
June
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September 2017
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Registration is recommended due to limited space. Please contact
the Genealogy Department at 936-788-8363
x6249,
stop by in person, or go online to
http://www.countylibrary.org/calendar.htm
to register!
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Five Tribes Research: With Guest Presenter Marjorie Lowe,
Wednesday, June
14, 2017,
2 - 3:30 PM,
Genealogy & Local History Room, Central Library—Conroe |
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Marjorie J. Lowe is a registered member of the Cherokee Nation
with over 20 years’ experience researching five tribes rolls and
other Native American records. Join us for a special
presentation on Five Tribes research to learn how to better
research your Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole
ancestors.
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Getting Started With DNA For Genealogy, Friday,
June 23, 2017,
1
PM – 2 PM,
SOUTH REGIONAL LIBRARY – THE WOODLANDS, TX |
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Have you tested your DNA for Genealogy? Thinking about testing
but not quite sure? Come to a special presentation by Genealogy
Librarian Carl Smith that covers jumping into the new and wild
world of Genetic Genealogy.
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Come learn about the different DNA tests to choose from, how to
compare between DNA testing companies, and what DNA can (and
can’t) do to help you with your tricky genealogy problems.
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Registration for this event will start on Monday,
May 22, 2017 at 9:00 AM. Please click on the link for
this event at
http://www.countylibrary.org/south.htm to
register.
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Researching Scandinavian Roots: Denmark, Norway & Swedish
Records,
Wednesday, July 5,
2017,
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM,
Genealogy & Local History Room, Central Library—Conroe |
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Do you have ancestors from Denmark, Norway, or Sweden? If so,
you are in luck: the Scandinavians were excellent custodians of
historical records, with many critical records digitally
available online.
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Join Genealogy Librarian Carl Smith (who’s a quarter
Scandinavian himself) for a workshop on Scandinavian genealogy
research. Come learn about the methodology and records that will
help you hunt trace your Scandinavian roots.
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Decoding
The US Federal Census, Part One: The 1900-1940 Censuses,
Thursday, July 20,
2017,
6:30 - 8:00 PM,
Genealogy & Local History Room, Central Library, Conroe |
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The United States Federal Census records are some of the most
widely used genealogical record types for United States
Genealogy. But are you getting the most from your census
research? Each federal census is crammed full of bits of
information, some obvious and some well-hidden.
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Join Genealogy Librarian, Carl Smith, for the first of a
three-part series of presentations on getting the most from US
Federal Census records. Come learn about the 1900-1940 censuses
and discover some tips and tricks to take your census research
to the next level.
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Decoding The US Federal Census, Part Two: 1850 - 1880 Censuses,
Thursday, August
17, 2017,
6:30 - 8:00 PM,
Genealogy & Local History Room, Central Library, Conroe |
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The United States Federal Census records are some of the most
widely used genealogical record types for United States
Genealogy. But are you getting the most from your
census research? Each federal census is crammed full of bits of
information, some obvious and some well-hidden.
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Join Genealogy Librarian, Carl Smith, for the second of a
three-part series on getting the most from US Federal Census
records. Come learn about the 1850 to 1880 censuses and discover
some more tips and tricks to take your census research to the
next level.
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Decoding The US Federal Census, Part Three: 1790 - 1840
Censuses,
Thursday September
21, 2017,
6:30 - 8:00 PM,
Genealogy & Local History Room, Central Library, Conroe |
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The United States Federal Census records are some of the most
widely used genealogical record types for United States
Genealogy. But are you getting the most from your census
research? Each federal census is crammed full of bits of
information, some obvious and some well-hidden. |
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Join Genealogy Librarian, Carl Smith, for the final workshop in
the series on getting the most from US Federal Census records.
Come learn about the oldest federal census records: the 1790 to
1840 censuses, and discover some more tips and tricks to take
your census research to the next level. |
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Now is Available from home
Using your Library Card
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Now a Family
History Center!
Need to order films from the Family History library
in Salt Lake?
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The Genealogy & History Room in Montgomery County Memorial Library is now a Family History Center.
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First, be sure to create an account or sign in to your existing Family Search account. You can now
order
films online, so just choose "Montgomery County Memorial Library" (under not set under the "house" button on the upper right hand corner) as the family history center location to have
your films sent. Great hours and new reader printers and a great staff to help you!
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Be sure though to check to be sure that they the records you are requesting are not already online at
www.familysearch.org.
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New Microfilm Collections at the Library
See the new Microfilm Additions as of December 31, 2013
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New Books on the Shelves in
the Genealogy & History Room
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March 31, 2017
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Location |
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Call Number |
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GEN |
African American women confront the West, 1600-2000 |
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305.896073 Bro 1600-2000 |
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Black cowboys in the American West: on the range, on the stage, behind
the badge |
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305.896073 Bro |
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An empire for slavery: the peculiar institution in Texas, 1821-1865 |
Campbell, Randolph B. |
306.362 Cam 1821-1865 |
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Destiny road: the Gila Trail and the opening of the Southwest |
Faulk, Odie B. |
978 Fau |
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Fertile ground, narrow choices: women on Texas cotton farms, 1900-1940 |
Sharpless, Rebecca |
305.4 Sha 1900-1940 |
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The horse soldier, 1776-1943 |
Steffen, Randy |
357.1814 Ste v. 1, 1776-1850; 357.1814 Ste v. 2, 1851-1880; 357.1814 Ste
v. 3, 1881-1916 |
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GEN |
Official army register for 1904 |
United States Adjutant-General's Office |
355.2 Adj |
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Per - SC |
Dutch Fork digest: a genealogical newsletter |
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Per SC Dut v.31 |
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Per - TX |
East Texas Historical Journal |
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Per TX Eas v.10 #2; Eas v.14 #2; Eas v.15 #2; Eas v.24 #2; Eas v.25
#1; Eas v.6 #2; Eas v.7 #2 |
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GA - Morgan County |
Rambles through Morgan County: her history, century old houses and
churches, and tales to remember |
Hicky, Louise McHenry |
975.8595 Hic |
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MO - Atchison County |
The 1904 atlas of Atchison County, Missouri. |
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977.8113 Nor 1904 |
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MO - Buchanan County |
Buchanan county, Missouri, marriages of African descent, 1865-1874. |
977.8132 Nor 1865-1874 |
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MO - Buchanan County |
Buchanan County, Missouri, marriages, 1866-1875. |
977.8132 Buc 1866-1875 |
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MO - Buchanan County |
Buchanan County, Missouri, marriages, 1876-1881. |
977.8132 Buc 1876-1881 |
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MO - Buchanan County |
Buchanan County, Missouri, marriages, 1885-1888. |
977.8132 Buc 1885-1888 |
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MO - Buchanan County |
Buchanan County, Missouri, marriages, 1889-1891. |
977.8132Buc 1889-1891 |
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MO - Buchanan County |
St. Joseph, Missouri death notices from the Catholic tribune. |
Cox, Kenneth D. |
977.8132 Dea 1916-1921; 977.8132 Dea 1921-1925; 977.8132 Dea 1925-1928 |
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MO - Holt County |
1876 Holt County, Missouri, special census. |
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977.8115 Nor 1876 |
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MO - Worth County |
1876 special census, Worth County, Missouri: Fletchall, Smith, Union
Townships. |
977.8825 Nor 1876 |
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MS - GEN |
Mississippi marriage records thru 1900 |
Wiltshire, Betty Couch |
929.3 Wil Ha - He Males; 929.3 Wil I - J Males |
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MS - Perry County |
Military history of Perry County, Mississippi: American Revolution to
World War II |
McSwain, Robert J. |
976.2175 McS |
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NC - Perquimans County |
Perquimans County Historical Society year book. |
Perquimans County Historical Society |
975.6144 Per 1971; 975.6144 Per 1962-1965; 975.6144 Per 1965-1969;
975.6144 Per 1972-1974 |
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NM - Bernalillo County |
Register of city hotels, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Henry, Howard W. |
978.961 Gen 1893; 978.961 Gen 1896 |
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NM - Colfax County |
The national historic Saint James Hotel, Cimarron, New Mexico: customer
ledger |
St. James Hotel (Cimarron, N.M.) |
978.922 Hen v. 1 1871-1875; 978.922 Hen v. 2 1875-1890; 978.922 Hen v. 3
1887-1902 |
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NM - GEN |
1885 territorial census for the territory of New Mexico |
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310 Tho v. 1; 310 Tho v. 2; 310 Tho v. 3 |
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NM - GEN |
Fort Bascom: Soldiers, Comancheros, and Indians in the Canadian River
Valley |
Blackshear, James Bailey |
978.9 Bla |
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NM - GEN |
National news from the telegraph lines: tidbits of news stories in the
Albuquerque Daily Citizen, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
1892,1893,1894,1895,1896 |
Henry, Howard W. |
070.44 Hen 1892-1896 |
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NM - GEN |
New Mexico vital statistics index of the Albuquerque Daily Citizen
Newspaper: being the births, marriages, divorces, and deaths for the
years 1888-1896, inclusive |
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929.31 Hen 1888-1896 |
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NM - GEN |
Pre-1895 surname index of various newspaper microfilm holdings at the
Special Collections Library: the Acorn, the Albuquerque Advance, the
Albuquerque Weekly Review, the Evening Review, the Gallup Gleaner, New
Mexico Weekly Press, the Rio Abajo Weekly Press |
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070.44 Hen Pre-1895 |
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NM -Colfax County |
Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Colfax County, New Mexico,
1867-1918 |
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978.922 Hen 1867-1918 |
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TN - GEN |
Legacies of our great grand mothers: early Tennessee women |
Daughters of the American Revolution Tennessee Society |
973.3 Ten v. 1 |
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TN - GEN |
973.3 Ten v. 2 |
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TX - Bexar County |
San Antonio and its beginnings: comprising the four numbers of the San
Antonio series with appendix |
Chabot, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles) |
976.435 Cha 1691-1731 |
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TX - Brewster County |
Big Bend country: a history of Big Bend National Park |
Maxwell, Ross A. |
976.4932 Max |
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TX - Collin County |
Texas takes |
Summers, L. C. (Luther Compton) |
976l4556 Smi |
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TX - Coryell County |
Police record A: Coryell County, Texas, founded March 15, 1854 |
Henry, Howard W. |
976.4515 Hen v. 1; 976.4515 Hen v. 2 |
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TX - Dallas County |
Sketches of a growing town: episodes and people of Dallas from early
days to recent times |
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976.42811 Pay |
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TX - El Paso County |
United States Army Training Center, Air Defense, Fort Bliss, Texas. |
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976.496 USA |
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TX - GEN |
Riding Lucifer's Line: Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border |
Alexander, Bob |
347.016 Ale |
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TX - GEN |
Crusade for conformity: the Ku Klux Klan in Texas, 1920-1930. |
Alexander, Charles C. |
976.4062 Ale 1920-1930 |
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TX - GEN |
Black Texans: a history of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 |
Barr, Alwyn. |
305.896 Bar 1528-1995 |
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TX - GEN |
Stephen F. Austin, empresario of Texas |
Cantrell, Gregg |
929.2 Can |
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TX - GEN |
Texas Lions, 1917-67: a history of 50 years of Lionism |
Hyer, Julien C. (Julien Capers) |
369.5 Hye 1917-1967 |
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TX - GEN |
Cotton and conquest: how the plantation system acquired Texas |
Kennedy, Roger G. |
306.3 Ken |
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TX - GEN |
Texas after Spindletop: the saga of Texas, 1901-1965 |
McKay, Seth Shepard |
976.4062 McK |
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TX - GEN |
Defender of America's Gulf Coast: a history of Ellington Field, Texas,
1917-2007 |
Morrow, Kathryn Black. |
355.009 Mor 1917-2007 |
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TX - GEN |
The Texas Army: a history of the 36th division in the Italian campaign |
Wagner, Robert L. |
940.53 Wag |
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TX - Montgomery County |
Tiger boogie: Conroe Tiger football: a town, a team, a love story |
Taylor, Kevin |
976.4153 Tay |
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TX - Robertson County |
A history of the Grace United Methodist Church of Bremond, Texas: and
reminiscences, 1868-1978 |
Turner, James L. |
976.4239 Tur 1868-1978 |
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TX - Tarrant County |
Fort Worth: a sesquicentennial celebration |
Pellecchia, Michael |
976.4531 Pel |
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TX - Tarrant County |
Fort Worth: outpost, cowtown, boomtown |
Rich, Harold |
976.4531 Ric |
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TX - Wilbarger County |
Wilbarger County |
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976.4746 Wil |
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VA - Augusta County |
Second marriage record of Augusta County, Va., 1813-1850. |
Augusta County (Va.) |
975.5916 DAR 1813-1850 |
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VA - Augusta County |
Naturalization records, Augusta County, Virginia, 1753-1902 |
Bushman, Katherine Gentry |
975.5916 Bus 1753-1902 |
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VA - Augusta County |
The registers of free blacks, 1810-1864 Augusta County, Virginia and
Staunton, Virginia |
975.5916 Bus 1810-1864 |
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VA - Augusta County |
Mills of Augusta County |
Downs, Janet Baugher |
975.5916 Dow |
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VA - Augusta County |
St. John's Church register: German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta
County, Virginia: (1748) 1786-1872 |
Joyner, Peggy S. |
975.5916 Joy 1748, 1786-1872 |
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VA - GEN |
Gibraltar of the Shenandoah: Civil War sites and stories of Staunton,
Waynesboro, and Augusta County, Virginia |
Moore, Robert H. |
975.59 Moo |
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VA - GEN |
Great Valley patriots: western Virginia in the struggle for liberty: a
Bicentennial project sponsored by Augusta County Historical Society,
Staunton, Virginia |
Wilson, Howard McKnight |
973.3 Wil |
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VA - Stauton County |
Our century together: 100 years of photos, memories and News leader
front pages |
News leader (Staunton, Va.) |
975.5911 New |
December 31, 2016
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Title |
Author |
Call Number |
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FH - Davis Family |
Finding fathers: Lost. Found. Remembered: a family history |
Davis, Clyde |
929.2 Dav |
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FH - Davis Family |
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929.2 Dav ADDENDUM |
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FH - Erwin Family |
Carolina pioneers and their descendants |
Miller, Annie Elizabeth |
929.2 Mil |
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FH - Hochstetler Family |
Hochstetler |
Showalter, John R. (John Roland) |
929.2 Sho v. 1 |
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FH - King Family |
King family history. |
Hartzler, H. Harold (Harrod Harold) |
929.2 Har v. 1 |
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FH - King Family |
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929.2 Har v. 2 |
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FH - Kohl (Cole) Family |
Kohl (Cole) family history: with related
families Sheeler, Roth, Sweigart, Soulliard, Beam, and Messner |
Soulliard, Sue Kohl |
929.2 Sou |
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FH - Landis Family |
A combined LandisLandes genealogy report of the
descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz: featuring new data from
Dr. Werner Baumann, a Swiss historian and expert on early Hirzel Farm
families, their hofs where LandisLandes families lived, he provided
information for up to eight generations of LandisLandes descendants |
Wenger, Samuel E. (Samuel Esbenshade) |
929.2 Wen |
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FH - Palmer Family |
A world turned upside down: the Palmers of
South Santee, 1818-1881 |
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929.2 Tow 1818-1881 |
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FH - Wicker Family |
Our Wicker family: descendants of Matthias
Wicker, immigrant from Germany to South Carolina, 1752 |
Wicker, Eleanor Clyburn |
929.2 Wic |
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FH - Zook Family |
Revised ZugZuckZouckZook genealogy |
Zook, Harry D. |
929.2 Zoo |
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Foreign - Russia |
Swiss Russian Mennonite families before 1874
from the Michelsdorf, Michalin, Eduardsdorf, Horodyszcze, Waldheim,
Zahoriz, and Kutusovka congregations |
Krehbiel, James Woodrow |
929.3 Kre |
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Foreign -Switzerland |
Anabaptist families from Langnau, Switzerland,
1749-1875: an abstract of Anabaptist families living in the Bishopric of
Basel who were entered in the Heimat Register of Langnau (Canton Bern),
Switzerland, including family data representing the years 1749 to 1875 |
Peden, Monty C. |
929.2 Ped 1749-1875 |
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General |
The Old West |
Time-Life Books |
978 Tim v.19; 978 Tim v.3; 978 Tim v.4; 978 Tim
v.7 |
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Per - AR |
The Carroll County Historical Society
quarterly. |
Carroll County Historical Society (AR) |
Per AR Car v. 61 |
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Per - General |
The New England historical and genealogical
register. |
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Per GEN New v. 170 |
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Per - LA |
New Orleans genesis. |
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Per LA New 54 |
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Per - MA |
The Berkshire genealogist. |
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Per MA Ber v. 37 |
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Per - NC |
Eswau Huppeday. |
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Per NC Esw v. 36 |
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Per - SC |
The South Carolina magazine of ancestral
research. |
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Per SC Sou v. 44 |
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Per - TX |
České stopy = Czech footprints: quarterly
publication of the Texas Czech Genealogical Society. |
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Per TX Ces v. 16 |
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CT - Hartford County |
Connecticut colonists: Windsor 1635-1703 |
Holbrook, Jay Mack |
974.62 Hol 1635-1703 |
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CT - Windham County |
History of Windham County, Connecticut |
Larned, Ellen D. (Ellen Douglas) |
974.645 Lar v. 2 1760-1880 |
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CT - Windham County |
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974.645 Lar v.1 1600-1760 |
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GA - Barrow County |
Winder in the news: newspaper accounts of
Winder, Georgia, 1893-1915 |
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975.8195 Pos 1893-1915 |
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GA - Jackson County |
Jackson County, Georgia newspaper clippings:
Jackson Herald |
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975.8145 Pos|v. 4 1891-1895 |
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OH - Tuscarawas County |
A brief history of Tuscarawas County, Ohio |
Richardson, Julius Miller |
377.166 Ric |
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OH - Tuscarawas County |
Index to Tuscarawas County, Ohio Common Pleas
journal |
Libert, Ray |
977.166 Lib v. 3, 1826-1831; 977.166 Lib v. 4,
1831-1837 |
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OH - Tuscarawas County |
Tuscarawas County, Ohio marriages. |
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977.166 Tus v. 1 (Bks. 1-2-3), 1808-1844 |
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PA - General |
Palatine origins of some Pennsylvania pioneers |
Burgert, Annette K. |
929.2 Bur |
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PA - General |
Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania:
some early colonial German immigrants |
Burgert, Annette K. |
943 Bur |
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PA - Lancaster County |
A new index, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
before the federal census |
Hawbaker, Gary T. |
974.815 Haw v. 1-2, 1780 |
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PA - Lancaster County |
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974.815 Haw v. 3, 1750; 974.815 Haw v. 4,
1718-1726 |
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SC - Charleston County |
Long Island South: stories of Sullivans Island
and the Isle of Palms, two of South Carolina's barrier beaches |
Wannamaker, W. W. |
975.791 Wan |
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SC - General |
Charleston blockade: the journals of John B.
Marchand, U.S. Navy, 1861-1862 |
Marchand, John B. (John Bonnett) |
808.883 Sym 1861-1862 |
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SC - Kershaw County |
A history of Kershaw County, South Carolina |
Inabinet, Joan A. |
975.761 Ina |
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SC - Lancaster County |
Confederate records, Lancaster District, South
Carolina: gleaned from South Carolina Department of Archives and History
and the Lancaster ledger |
Jeffcoat, Frances Reeves |
975.745 Jef |
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SC - Laurens County |
The scrapbook: a compilation of historical
facts about places and events of Laurens County, South Carolina. |
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975.731 Lau |
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TN - General |
The Swiss presence in the history of Tennessee |
Page, H. Dwight |
949.4 Pag |
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TN - Haywood County |
County court minutes, 1826-30 |
Tennessee, County Court (Haywood County) |
976.8223 WPA 1826-1830 |
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TX - General |
Guide and index to Texas Confederate pension
application and payment records, 1899-1979 |
Black, John Anthony, |
973.7 Bla v. 1, A - D; 973.7 Bla v. 2, E - M;
973.7 Bla v. 3, N - Z |
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