O R D E R D E S K 1-800-361-5168 ( 9-5 EST Tue. to Sat. ) |
 |
|
O R D E R D E S K 1-800-361-5168 ( 9-5 EST Tue. to Sat. ) |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Books, Maps & Other Resources  United States of America Genealogy & History USA Books, Maps, & Resources | USA Flags Global Gazette Articles - USA | Useful USA Links Searchable Online USA Data 
BOOK - Guide to United States Census, 1790-1930 By Shirley Gage Hodges.
Guide to the United States Census, 1790-1930 explains what the United States census records are, what information they contain and how to use each census. Each individual year of the Federal Census between 1790 and 1930 (census were compiled every 10 years) is explained in detail. This guide is designed to help the census novice and intermediate researcher come to grips with this valuable genealogical research tool. Experts may also find this guide useful.More information
BOOKS - The Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier 1812-1814 [War of 1812] By Ernest Alexander Cruikshank. The correspondence and papers that are included in this book provide the reader/researcher with accounts covering a wide spectrum -- "Most Secret and Confidential" military letters; returns of killed, wounded and missing; lists of civilian damages; lists of "persons plundered"; administrative correspondence; and other topics relating to the war, both military and civilian. Each volume includes a comprehensive index. Volumes 1& 2 are bound into a single book because they are sequentially page numbered with a single index covering both volumes. Volumes 3 through 9 are all individually bound, each with its own index. More information
Or buy individual volumes:
BOOK - True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars. By C. Alice Baker. This thoughtfully written book provides the reader with the gripping history of Indian attacks in Maine; New Hampshire; and Massachusetts. Events leading up to the attacks and the attacks themselves are described in considerable detail with an emphasis on how those engagements affected specific people, especially those who were captured and removed to Canada.
More information
BOOK - The Scotch-Irish. Two Volumes in One
By Charles A. Hanna. This is the basic sourcebook on the Scotch-Irish in America, a massive compilation of source records pertaining to the Scots who settled in the north of Ireland and their descendants in America, primarily east of the Mississippi. The Scotch-Irish left Ulster as a result of neo-mercantilist British economic policy in the region, requirements that they pay 10% of their income to the Anglican Church, ongoing friction with their Catholic Irish neighbors, and greater economic opportunity in the New World. More information
BOOK - Finding Your Chicago Ancestors, A Beginner's Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County . By Grace Dumelle. No matter where you live, if you have Chicago ancestors, and want to know anything about them, this step-by-step guide written especially for beginners is for you and your search. Using a unique approach of helping you answer one type of question per chapter so you don't have to wade through a lot of preliminaries to launch or continue your genealogy work, DuMelle not only shares her finely-honed expertise on the basics, but slips in dozens of unusual and "back-door" tips for tracking down the toughest family details and mysteries. More Information. BOOK - American Migrations 1765-1799. by: Peter Wilson Coldham. The lives, times, and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown before, during and after the Revolutionary War, as related in their own words and through their correspondence More information BOOK - An Annotated Roll of Butler's Rangers 1777- 1784 With Documentary Sources. Compiled and Arranged by Lieutenant Colonel William A. Smy, OMM, CD, UE. The Corps of Rangers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was raised in 1777 and served until the general reduction of the British Army in North America in 1784. Everyone with an interest in the American Revolutionary War, and/or United Empire Loyalists who later settled in Canada must have this book! More information BOOK - The Flockey, The Defeat Of The Tory Uprising In The Schoharie Valley By: Gavin K. Watt. While the campaign of 1777 was underway, a secret network of Mohawk region Tories made an attempt to seize control of the Schoharie Valley. More Information BOOK - Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley, The St. Leger Expedition of 1777 By: Gavin K. Watt with research assistance from James F Morrison. In the summer of 1777, General Burgoyne mounted a expedition from Canada into New York State. Similtaneously Brigadier Barry St. Leger led a supporting flank attack from Lake Ontario., into the Mohawk Valley More Information BOOK - The British at the Gates, The New Orleans Campaign in the War of 1812. By: Robin Reilly. Detailed and impressive... he places the campaign in the context of the war and the larger world scene against which it tookplace.. More Information BOOK - Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812 By Donald R. Hickey. Foreword by Donald E. Graves. This path-breaking book by America's leading authority on the War of 1812 seeks to separate fact from fiction and myth from reality. Misconceptions of America's second war with Great Britain abound, and Don Hickey spares no effort to set the record straight. Few issues escape his reach. He examines the role of Britons, Canadians and Americans; Indians, blacks and women; soldiers, sailors and marines. His work embraces military and naval history, political and diplomatic history, and economic and financial history. More Information BOOK - Fix Bayonets! A Royal Welch Fusilier at War, 1796-1815 By Donald E. Graves. This long-anticipated major new book from Donald E. Graves describes the military exploits of Thomas Pearson. We follow his remarkable career through wars and battles major and minor, including Egypt, Holland, Copenhagen, the Peninsular War and the War of 1812. Graves, "master of the battlefield narrative,"includes the most detailed account of the Battle of Albuera yet published. Fix Bayonets! will be of interest to Canadian and American readers because it contains detailed accounts of War of 1812 battles at Chrysler's Farm, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie, as well as other engagements that Thomas Pearson fought in. More Information BOOK - Sons of the Mountains: The Highland Regiments in the French and Indian War, 1756-1767, Vol. 1 and 2 By Ian Macpherson McCulloch. Detailed essays on 18th-century uniforms, Highland weapons, specialist officers, and men (including pipers), as well as a comprehensive biographical index of all regimental officers (over 350 entries), who served in the three regiments--the 42nd (Black Watch), 77th (Montgomery's) and 78th (Fraser's) Highlanders--make this book the most complete and informative work on the history of the early Highland regiments of the British Army in North America during the French and Indian War to date. More Information
BOOK - United Empire Loyalists, A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada (Ontario). By Brenda Dougall Merriman. There has long been a need for descendants to have a general guide to assist the tracing of Loyalist ancestors, not only for the beginner, but also for those who encounter stumbling blocks on their way. Brenda Dougall Merriman accomplishes this in spades. Merriman defines what a Loyalist is, then goes on to discuss the necessary sources and background information that is available to trace a specific Loyalist in Upper Canada (Ontario). An essential guide for everyone researching Loyalist heritage. ISBN 1-897210-84-1 More information
BOOK - The History and Master Roll of the The King's Royal Regiment of New York, Revised and Expanded Edition. By Gavin Watt. Gavin Watt has significantly revisited his original book that was published under the title The King's Royal Regiment of New York in 1984. This new volume [2006] provides much new content, including corrections, additions and newly discovered sources that have come to light during the 22 years of research since his earlier book. The history of the regiment, and of the men of The King's Royal Regiment has great significance to those with an interest in the American Revolutionary War and the subsequent resettlement of United Empire Loyalists and others, many of whom migrated to Canada. More information ISBN 1-897210-83-3 More information
BOOK - Pioneer Life On The Bay Of Quinte This 1032 page tome is invaluable to those who are researcing Loyalist and other ancestry in the Bay of Quinte and south east central Ontario region. Originally published in 1904, this edition contains a extensive new index by R. Arles Flint and a new introduction by Brian Tackaberry. 309 family histories and genealogies of early Loyalist, British and American families who settled in the region. ISBN 1-894378-33-4 More information
BOOK - Loyalists in Arms 1775 - 1783 By: W. O. Raymond. This book contains a short History of the British Regiments that unsuccessfully attempted to contain the American revolution, with the Roll of their Officers. Loyalists in Arms 1775 - 1783 is an essential reference for those interested in those who fought on the side of the Crown in the American Revolutionary War. To see a list of which regiments are covered in this book, click on "More Information". ISBN 1-897210-76-0 More information
BOOK - The Romance of The Palatine Millers, A Tale of Palatine Irish-Americans and United Empire Loyalists. By Rev. Bowman Tucker More than a family history book, The Romance of The Palatine Millers, begins with an historical overview of the Palatines in Europe, continues with the story of their emigration overseas, eventual settlement in Canada, and their American cousins.
ISBN 1-897210-76-0 More information
BOOK - To Their Heirs Forever, United Empire Loyalists, Camden Valley, New York, to Upper Canada (Ontario) By Eula C. Lapp. To Their Heirs Forever is the story of families who migrated from Europe to England in the 1700's, then to Ireland, finally settling in the Camden Valley, Charlotte County, of present day New York State. This story focuses on those families that were forced to seek a new life in Canada after the American Revolutionary War. ISBN (to be added here) More information
BOOK - Voyage Of A Different Kind - The Associated Loyalists of Kingston and Adolphustown (Ontario). by Larry Turner. From the City of New York to the shores of Lake Ontario: Following a path of its own choosing, a small but significant group of Loyalist refugees opted for settlement in the western territory of the old Province of Quebec (present day Kingston and Adolphustown, Ontario) after the American Revolutionary War. ISBN 1-894378-08-3 More information
BOOK - Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia. Compiled by Marion Gilroy under the direction of D. C. Harvey, Archivist (originally published 1937)
The list of United Empire Loyalists who appear in this book, was compiled from the land papers in the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and checked with the land papers in the Department of Lands and Forests of the province. The general purpose of this publication was to collect in as compact a form as possible all the information that has survived on Loyalist settlements in Nova Scotia and to make this accessible to the descendants who are interested. ISBN 1-897210-95-7 More information
BOOK - The Old United Empire Loyalists List, Originally Published as The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada 1784-1884 By The Centennial Committee, United Empire Loyalists. This book was originally compiled in 1885 for the "Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada". It contains the names of, and information about the thousands of United Empire Loyalist settlers, and others who left the American colonies during and after the Revolutionary War and settled, first, in 1783, in what is now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and then, in 1784, in Upper Canada, or what is now the Province of Ontario.ISBN 1-897210-69-8 More information
BOOK - The British Campaign of 1777, The St. Leger Expedition, The Forces of Crown and Congress SECOND EDITIONBy: Gavin Watt & James F. Morrison. The authors have produced a revised edition of their indispensible study of the Crown forces and native allies of St. Leger's expedition of 1777 and forces of Congress and the natives who opposed them. Filled with names of those who participated and detailed end notes and bibliographic information. ISBN 1-894378-69-5 More information
BOOK - 7th Town Ameliasburgh Township, Past & Present by: Seventh Town Historical Society, This revised edition contains a facsimile reprint of every page of the original book plus new material. Ameliasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Ontario was a major settlement destination for Loyalists expelled after the American Revolution. The index is a windfall for family historians because it guides readers to over six thousand names linked to many thousands of valuable references.ISBN 1-894378-30-X More information
BOOK or CD ROM - The Ketcheson Family. By The Ketcheson Family Book Committee. Though this is one family's history/genealogy, the direct and collateral family lines are dominated by Loyalists and their descendants. The Ketcheson Family history is a genealogical study of twelve generations of the descendants of William and Sally Ayr Ketcheson. Thier son William Ketcheson, born in Yorkshire, England, was destined to become the progenitor of the widespread family largely responsible for a considerable share of the development of what later became the province of Ontario in the Dominion of Canada.ISBN 1-894378-62-8 More information
BOOK - The Book of Names, Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley. By: Lou D. MacWethy. Palatines migrated across the continent with primary migration trails including to Canada and to the American west after the American Revolution. This long respected work was the earliest to to provide a published list of more than 20,000 names and genealogical information about the early Palatines of New York State, the original settlers of the Mohawk Valley. ISBN 1-897210-73-6 More information
BOOK - The Queen's Rangers
By George H. Locke and Margaret Ray. The author discusses the history of the Queen's Rangers from the American Revolution until the mid-ninteenth century. A reprint of a paper presented by George H. Locke at the June, 1923 meeting of the Ontario Historical Society at Kingston. Includes several biographies plus an appendix item containing a list of members of the Queen's Rangers who were present at the Surrender of Yorktown in 1781. ISBN 1-897210-77-9 More information
BOOK - The Settlement of the United Empire Loyalists on the Upper St. Lawrence and Bay of Quinte In 1784, A Documentary Record. By Brig. General E. A. Cruikshank (originally published 1934). The Settlement of the United Empire Loyalists on the Upper St. Lawrence and Bay of Quinte In 1784, A Documentary Record is comprised of a collection of letters and journal entries of the people who were most closely involved with planning and accomplishing Loyalist settlement along the St. Lawrence River and the Bay of Quinte area between May 1783 and November of 1784.ISBN: 978-1-897466-03-4 More information
BOOK - The Hessians And The Other German Auxiliaries Of Great Britain In The Revolutionary War. By Edward J. Lowell. The history of the German auxiliaries, who fought for Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, has not received from American writers the amount of attention which its importance would seem to deserve. Much of the original source material used by the author in 1884 was lost due to bombing during the Second World War. This circumstance heightens the the importance of this early work.ISBN 1-894378-83-0 More information
|
|
 |
