In the Shadow of Men
How has it come to pass that when retelling the story of one of the most iconic events in early colonial American history, the women involved have almost disappeared into the shadow of men?
Portable Genealogist: Getting Started with Civil War Veteran Records
Our military expert will show you how to use the 1890 Veterans Schedules and the 1910 and 1930 U.S. Censuses to determine on which side your ancestor fought. Then examine records for the U.S. Army, Confederate Army, and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by using the Compiled Military Service Records (CMSRs) and the National Park Service’s Soldiers and Sailors Database.
Made in America - The Pilgrim Story and How It Grew
A compilation of essays about the Pilgrims and their story after arriving in America, this book is written by noted Pilgrim Historian James W. Baker. For those looking for realism about the Pilgrims who arrived on America's shore in 1620, this will be a go-to book for years to come. The book is hardcover and has 453 pages.
by James W. Baker
Ancestral Lines: 232 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Author: Carl Boyer, 3rd
Published: January 2015
This new book is the result of fifteen more years of research since publication of the third edition in 1998. The 232 families treated, from the northeast and western Europe, include the surnames Abell, Allsop, Andrews, Anthony, Avery, Babcock, Ballard, Bassett, Battin, Baulstone, Bezer, Borden, Boyer, Browne, Buffington, Cadman, Carpenter, Chase, Chickering, and many more. Includes bibliography and indexes of names, places, and ships.
Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina: 180 Families including Campbell, Plummer, Kyle, Lowell and McNeill, with Medieval and Royal Descents
Carl Boyer, 3rd
6 x 9 hardcover, 706 pp.
Published: September 2015
This new book covers fifty early "North of Boston" families (Dole, Littlefield, Noyes, etc.) and about seventy-five English families in the ancestry of Percival Lowell, prolific immigrant forebear of Judge John Lowell and many other New Englanders.
Ancestors and Descendants of William Joseph Finn
Vibrant threads of ambition and persistence run through the five Finn generations detailed in this truly American story. This volume traces the line of descent from Peter Finn (ca. 1800–ca. 1847), a tenant farmer in County Longford, Ireland, through three generations, to the eleven children of William Joseph and Katherine Irene (Mullen) Finn of Canton, Massachusetts. William (1881–1942) was a Canton textile mill owner whose grandfather, James Finn (1825–1871), left Ireland for Massachusetts, alone, in 1841 as a teenage pauper.
Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Alfred Sands and Kate Van Volkenburgh: Enduring Relations
Written by Henry B. Hoff, CG, FASG, with Nancy Sands Maulsby
Published by American Ancestors Newbury Street Press in August 2018
8-1/4 x 10-1/4 hardcover, 184 pages, illustrated
- Winner of the National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence -
Ancestors and Descendants of Lawrence Albert Waite and Hilda Marie Slaiger of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, with Allied Families, Immigrant Ancestors to America, and Royal Lineages
By Judith Waite Freeman with Christopher C. Child and Nancy G. Bernard
Published March 2019
9 x 12 hardcover, 336 pages, illustrated
History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts
American historian and engraver John Warner Barber (1798–1885) was well known for his books on local, state, and national history. This work, organized by county, gives historical background on all the Massachusetts towns that existed at the time of publication in 1839. Barber supplies facts and details of each town’s early settlement, including original Native American place names, and he presents statistics on local industries and agriculture, descriptions of landmark architecture and cultural organizations, and brief biographical sketches of historic residents.