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Evarts Ambrose Graham - Published in 1957 |
Author |
Ethsn S.H. Shepley, Joseph C. Hinsey, Alfred Blalock, Frank B Berry, Sir Russell C. Brocks, William Scarlett |
Publisher |
Washington University School of Medicine |
City |
Saint Louis |
County |
Saint Louis MO |
State |
MO |
Price |
$10.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: 50 pages; A series of addresses made by prominent coworkers of Graham at his memorial service. Includes, also, an extensive list of awards and publications by Graham. |
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Excelsior Springs- America's Haven of Health
A History of the Mineral Water Springs and Wells - Published in 1968 |
Author |
compiled by Sam C. Sherwood |
Publisher |
Excelsior Springs Historical Museum |
City |
Excelsior Springs |
County |
MO |
State |
MO |
Price |
$10.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: Short biographies of Anthony W. Wyman and J. V. D. Flack DD.
Excelsior Then Changed to Siloam MANY PHOTOS Siloam Gardens Empire Spring - then later Regent Spring Excelsior Mineral Water Company Saratoga Springs Superior Spring Sulpho Saline Seltzer Salt Soda Lithium Magnesium Spring Salt Syulphur Spring Excelsior Springs Lithia Fowlers Magniffero Spring Crystal Lithium Imperial Lithia Water The Excelsior Spring White Sulphur Spring Hiawatha Natrona Soda Jones Soda Peerless Water Co. "Hall of Waters" |
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Except the Corn Die - Published in 1975 |
Author |
Robert J. Koenig |
Publisher |
Robert J. Koenig |
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$12.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Another good source of information about the tragedies and triumphs of the Saxon iLutheran mmigrants of Perry County is Except the Corn Die, a 474-page novel by Robert J. Koenig.
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Excerpts from The Claypoole Family in America
Vol. II - Published in 1971 |
Author |
Compiled by Evelyn Claypool Bracken |
Publisher |
unk |
City |
Indiana |
County |
PA |
State |
PA |
Price |
$10.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: unpaginated paperbound |
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Fairview Remembered: Oral Histories of the Fairview Vicinity - A Contribution to the Celebration of the Bicentennial of The Town of Greenburgh 1788-1988 - Published in 1988 |
Author |
Peggy Gotthelf and Richard Maurice Moss |
Publisher |
Greenburg Preservation Commission |
City |
Fairview |
County |
Westchester County New York |
State |
New York |
Price |
$15.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: "In memory of our Senior Citizens lies the history of our Town, FAIRVIEW, a section of the Town of Greenburgh, was not well represented in the library's local history collections. " This booklet contains a map of the Fairview area and oral histories by some of the senior citizens of the area.
Contents Foreward - The Site of Greenburgh William Roe David Sam Mebane Ralph Edwards William Schmidt Josephine Wardlaw and John Stroud Philip M. Jenkins The Schools of Fairview-Greenburgh Mae Virginia Gray Elizabeth Schmidt Phillis W. Perry Conclusion
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Family Gathering - A Kaelson Family Genealogy Cookbook - Published in 1978 |
Author |
Wells, Kaelson, Shook |
Publisher |
private |
City |
Woodland Park |
County |
Colorado |
State |
Colorado |
Price |
$10.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: Short genealogical section Recipes by extended family members MANY interesting family stories
unpaginated good condition |
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Flight to Destiny-Diary of Oliver L. Parks, Founder of Parks Air College on Trip to Rome 1946 - Published in 1946 |
Author |
Oliver L. Parks |
Publisher |
Air World Education |
City |
St. Louis |
County |
Missouri |
State |
Missouri |
Price |
$5.00 (plus $2.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: I recently bought a copy of the above booklet which is the diary of Oliver L. Parks, the founder of Parks Air College. This booklet documents his trip to Rome as a member of the party accompanying John Cardinal Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis, to the Papal Consistory held in Rome, Italy, February 12-19, 1946.
Oliver L. Parks was born June 1899, and he was the son of Alvan and Sarah Parks. He is enumerated in the 1900 Census in Minonk, Woodford Cty, IL, and in 1930 he is enumerated with his wife Margaret in University City, MO.
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Fox Chapel - A History of an Area and Its People - Published in 1987 |
Author |
Frances C. Hardie |
Publisher |
Financial Press Corporation |
City |
Fox Chapel |
County |
Pennsylvania |
State |
Pennsylvania |
Price |
$20.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Beautiful black/white photos plus history.
Contents Early History Guyasuta Rags to Riches and Back: George Croghan The Wilderness is Settled
A Farming Community
A Suburban Community
Change and Continuity |
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Genealogy of James Barefoot, Sr. and Mary Sleek (Slick) - Published in 1992 |
Author |
Kimberley Wentz |
Publisher |
Private |
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$30.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: The Barefoot book is a genealogy of James Barefoot, Sr, and Mary Sleek (Slick). It is 347 pages with individual and family pictures, along with the family trees, and interesting stories.
Contents Ross History Barefoot History William Sleek James Barefoot, Jr. and Mary Sleek Rebecca Barefoot and John W. Moore Elizabeth Barefoot and Solomon Nunamaker Hammer Sara Bertha Barefoot and Frederick Rininger William S. Barefoot and Dianne Heck Isabella Barefoot and James Taylor James Barefoot Jr. and Sarah Mickey Mary Jane Barefoot and Alexander Vale Stanton Margaret Barefoot and John Paul Bowers Samuel Barefoot and Ann Marie Horne Job Barefoot and Elizabeth Yingling George Barefoot and Jane Hoover Charlotte Barefoot
Book includes an index |
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Genealogy of Some Old Families of Concord, Massachusetts and Their Descendants in Part to the Present Generation - Published in 1995 |
Author |
Charles Edward Potter |
Publisher |
Heritage Books reprint of 1887 original |
City |
Concord |
County |
Massachusetts |
State |
Massachusetts |
Price |
$20.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Index of Biographies
Ball,Barrett,Brooks,Brown,Bulkeley,Buttrick,Churchill,Crosby,Conant,Dana, Daniels, Davis, Day, Everett, Farrar, Fletcher, Foster, Frothingham, Greene, Gowing, Hall, Hosmer, Hubbard, Humphrey, Hunt, Jones, Lewis, Martin, Matsell Miles, Minott, Nourse, Pierce, Potter, Prescott, Russell, Sawyer, Sever, Spalding, Swain, Taylor, True, White, Whitney, Willard, Wood, Wyman. |
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Genealogy of the Baskerville Family - Published in 1912 |
Author |
Patrick Hamilton Baskerville signed by author |
Publisher |
Wm. Ellis Jones' Sons, Inc. |
City |
Richmond |
County |
Virginia |
State |
Virginia |
Price |
$25.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: This 1912 book contains an index and genealogy of the following Allied families: Baskerville, Barber-Dennett, Norvell, Minge, Harrison, Eaton, Embry, Coleman, Gordon, Murray, Bolling, Kennon Worsham, Rolfe. |
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Genealogy of the Stokes Family
Descended from Thomas and Mary Stokes who settled in Burlington Cty, NJ - Published in Reprint of the 1903 |
Author |
George Haines, Charles Stokes, and compiler Richard Haines of Medford, NJ |
Publisher |
New England Historic Genealogical Society |
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Burlington County New Jersey |
State |
New Jersey |
Price |
$30.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: The reprint of this historic book is based on the notes of the following: George Haines, MD of Medford, NJ Hon. Charles Stokes of Rancocas, NJ Rebecca Evans of Haddonfield, NJ Charles Engle Howard Parry Franklin T. Haines N. Newlin Stokes Isaac W. Stokes Mary C. Tash Alice R. Mulford George P. Stokes Sarah N. Haines James W. Deacon Rebecca S. Stackhouse Eva Thomas John Kirkbride Sarah Williams Phebe Stokes Amanda M. Leeds William Worth Stokes A. M. Stackhouse from Asa Matlacks's records Clayton Conrow Henry J. Irick of Vincentown, NJ
This book is a treasure trove of information.
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Grace Church, Kirkwood, MO
Its Story - Published in 1959 - First Edition w/ dust jacket |
Author |
Shirley and Adele Seifert |
Publisher |
Messenger Printing and Publishing Co. |
City |
Kirkwood |
County |
Missouri |
State |
Missouri |
Price |
$15.00 (plus $4.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: History of Grace Church in Kirkwood, MO. Some surnames in book are the following: Bodley, Hiram Leffingwell, Richard S. Elliott, Owen Collins, Abram S. Mitchell, Thomas Walsh, James P. Kirkwood, Gertrude and Henry Hough, Mary Mitchell, Katherine Howard Hensley, Mrs. William T. Essex, Samuel A. Bowen, Katharine Gratz Randolph, H. Clay Hart, Wilgus, Antoine Bierworth, J. H. Hanna, Bushnell, Woodward, Bailey, Rev. Frosh, and more.
There are lists of Rectors including Dunlop, Scheetz, Green, Potter, Wilkins, Bloy, Kevin, Ruggles, Kean, Doubleday, Steidemann that have short biographical sketches and photos. |
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Great Expectations - The Story of Benicia, California - Published in 1976 |
Author |
Richard Dillon |
Publisher |
Benicia Heritage Book, Inc. |
City |
Benicia |
County |
Solano County California |
State |
California |
Price |
$42.50 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Contents A Place Called Suscol A Commodious Bay Gold Rush Port Yankee Presidio Political Skirmishes Athens in the Tules Good Old Days Two World Wars Color Plates Index
Beautiful black/white photos. |
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Happy Days are Here Again - Published in 1933 |
Author |
Jack Ryan and H. W. Lanigan |
Publisher |
Con P. Curran |
City |
St. Louis |
County |
MO |
State |
MO |
Price |
$25.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: Jack Ryan, the Big Joker, and H. W. Lanigan, the Ace of Sports, reminisce of good old St. Louis of the gay '90's and early 1900's. |
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Henry Hostetler Heritage and Story 1868-1981 - Published in 1981 |
Author |
Dorothy Hostetler Raber and Esther Hostetler Stutzman |
Publisher |
Berlin Printing |
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State |
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Price |
$30.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Table of Contents Forward - Dorothy Hostetler Raber Chart - Drawn by George Hostetler Massacre- Copied from Harvey Hostetler History Katie Helmuth Stories Junior Hostetler Story Violet Troyer Story Beaulah Mast Miller Story Fannie Hostetler Story Brownsville, Texas Story by John Helmuth Orris Stutzman Story Sol Hostetler Story Dorothy Raber Story Esther Stutzman Story Pauline Hostetler Stutzman Tillie John Story Pictures of the Hostetler families Songs Index Experiences in World War II - Freeman Hostetler Henry Stutzman and Elsie Stutzman Yoder- Story and Poem Erma Hostetler Stutzman - About the Compiling of this Book Esther Hostetler Stutman - To the Readers of the Hostetler History In Memory of Deborah Louis Stutzman - Paul A. Stutzman
Detailed Family History Black/White Photos Index Surnames: MAST HOSTETLER GRABILL MILLER LENEHAN STUTZMAN WEAVER HERSHBERGER SWARTZENTRUBER TROYER HELMUTH GINGERICH SHAFFER KANDEL |
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Heritage of the Bevo Area - Book Three - Published in 1989 |
Author |
Bevo Historical Society |
Publisher |
Bevo Historical Society |
City |
St. Louis |
County |
Missouri |
State |
Missouri |
Price |
$20.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: Memories and photos of Bevo area merchants and residents from 1900-1970. Table of Contents Brinkman Realty Fischer's Shoe Store Francis Realty Lost: One Boyhood Down by the Gravois St. John's Lutheran Church Biehler Family Whiting Family Ehrhard Family Reichert Family Husgen Family Grant State Bank Gravois Underpass Parkmoor World War II Gravois Post Office Those Were the Days What's in a Street Name? Gardenville School Fire Department
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Herrin, Illinois - 75 Years - Published in 1975 |
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Publisher |
Optic Arts printed by Print Mart of Mitchell, IL |
City |
Herrin |
County |
Illinois |
State |
Illinois |
Price |
$10.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: This booklet was published to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Herrin, Illinois in 1975. It contains some historical photos and articles courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce.
Some articles are the following: Mining by Julia Bruce Our Lady of Mt. Carmel by Father Bernard Mongon A Man with a Plan - Joseph Helleny Sphinx The Mail Comerio's Herrin Hospital Methodism The History of Herrin Christopher Industries Banking by Julia Bruce We Have the Old and the New since 1902 - R. A. Karr Drug Store The Boy Scouts The Baptist Church The Store and Herrin Post Office by Julia Mitchell Etherton Loyalty Day Parade Finance America by Lou Alegnani The Girls Scouts Zwick's A. J. Will's Coca Cola Plant Schools and more |
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Historic Bardstown and My Old Kentucky
Souvenir Edition - Published in Unknown |
Author |
Printed and published for J. Dan Talbott, Bardstown, KY |
Publisher |
Standard Printing Co of Louisville, KY |
City |
Bardstown |
County |
Kentucky |
State |
Kentucky |
Price |
$10.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: This booklet provides many historic photos and information about Bardstown. Some of its contents are listed below: St. Joseph's Church and its paintings Short histories of the churches and educational institutions Good Roads The Old Kentucky Home John Fitch Nazareth and the Sisters of Charity Gethsemani and the Trappists |
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Historical Saint Charles, Missouri - Published in 1967 |
Author |
Edna McElhiney Olson |
Publisher |
privately published |
City |
St, Charles |
County |
MO |
State |
MO |
Price |
$25.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Beautifully illustrated history of St. Charles, MO with photos of many historical buildings including those that no longer exist.
108 pages excellent condition |
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Historical Sketches of Pend Oreille County as Related by Some of its Pioneers - Published in 1979 |
Author |
Compiled by M. Claire Howe |
Publisher |
2nd Print, Miner Print |
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County |
Pend Oreille Washington |
State |
Washington |
Price |
$20.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: Some people and places in this 88 page booklet are the following: Zigler homestead Joseph Fea Edgar Vawter (Band) Hohneck Mining George Harvey - miner George Kubota Elmer Hoage - prospector Napoleon LeClerc George Tiger - Ione |
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History of Carondelet - Published in 1991 |
Author |
Nini Harris |
Publisher |
The Patrice Press |
City |
St. Louis |
County |
Missouri |
State |
Missouri |
Price |
$20.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: This book was sponsored by Southern Commercial Bank to encourage appreciation o9f the unique history and heritage of its Carondelet neighborhood.
Table of Contents Creole Outpost Early American Days Law and Order French Sisters Arrive St. Louis Satellite Season of Fear Antebellum Suburbia Civil War An Uneasy Peace Revolution in Education Romanesque Carondelet The Better Things in Life Over There Booming Twenties Depression World War II When the Boys Came Home Restoring Our Past A Century of Character
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History of Centre & Clinton Counties, PA - Published in 1975 reprint of the 1883 original with INDEX |
Author |
John Blair Linn |
Publisher |
Unigraphic Inc. |
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County |
Centre and Clinton Pennsylvania |
State |
Pennsylvania |
Price |
$50.00 (plus $8.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: This book is a genealogist's dream book. It is full of illustration and information about people and places in Centre and Clinton Counties in Pennsylvania. There are 261 biographies. Many have photos.
The book has a subject and surname index. There are 672 pages of info plus another 200 plus pages with the indices.
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History of Des Peres School and Susan E. Blow's Kindergarten - Published in 1989 |
Author |
Carondelet Historic Society |
Publisher |
Carondelet Historic Society |
City |
St. Louis |
County |
Missouri |
State |
Missouri |
Price |
$5.00 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) |
Notes: This is the history of the Des Peres School and the kindergarten of Susan Blow.
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History of Emmet County, Iowa Volume III
Families in the County prior to 1946 - Published in 1976 |
Author |
Emmet County Historical Society |
Publisher |
Inter Collegiate Press |
City |
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County |
Emmet County Iowa |
State |
Iowa |
Price |
$40.00 (plus $5.00 postage and handling) |
Notes: I bought this book because it has 400 pages of family biographies in it with an index. This book would be a treasure trove of information for anyone with ties to Emmet County, Iowa.
Table of Contents Historic Tour of Emmet County Cities, Towns and Settlements Rural Life Churches Schools Organizations Recreation Picture Gallery BIOGRAPHIES p. 60-456 Memorial Index
Some surnames in this volume: Aalborg, Assby, Albee, Alexander, Allen, Amdahl, Anderson, Andre, Andreasen, Andrews, AnAnfinson, Aveny, Ayers, Baker, Bale, Balmer, Bammer, Barbas, Barnes, Bassett, Bauman, Beatrom, Beatty, Beauman, Behrends, Bemis, Calham, Campbell, Carey, Carlson, Case, Cayler, Chambers, Christensen, Clark, Cummins, Dahle, Dahna, Danielson, Davis, Demoney, Dickenson, Doolittle, Doughty, Dykdahl, Eastman, and many, many more.
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