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A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries, Third Edition

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This valuable town-by-town guide provides updated entries for all known burial grounds in Massachusetts with the year of consecration or oldest known burial, year of town incorporation, location and contact information for the cemetery, and a comprehensive index. This new edition also includes all updated American Ancestors MSS call numbers, as well as published sources that have been created per cemetery.

By David Allen Lambert

Published November 2018

6 x 9 paperback, 352 pages

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (4-volume set)

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This important work, originally published 1860–1862, provides a wealth of source material on early New England families. A key resource for the Great Migration Study Project, this four-volume set is a crucial component of the essential genealogical library. Includes an all-new index.

By James Savage  

Foreword by Gary Boyd Roberts

Published July 2016

A British Country House Alphabet: A Historical & Pictorial Journey, Volume 1

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A British Country House Alphabet: A Historical & Pictorial Journey by Curt DiCamillo is a new series of three high-quality hardback volumes that will enchant seasoned country house visitors—and amaze people new to art and architecture—as they read about surprising snippets of history that occurred at, or because of, a country house in England, Scotland, or Wales.

In Search of Mayflower Pilgrim James Chilton of Canterbury

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James Chilton was a complex man with a complex story. He had ties to the Separatist group at Sandwich and to non-conformist communities around Canterbury, Kent. In this new book, Sue Allan has brought together the historical bits and pieces and added significant new information from her own research to achieve a better understanding of who James Chilton was and what influenced him and his wife to make that fateful journey to New England.

15 Generation Pedigree Chart

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Finally we found a chart that allows you to track more than 10 generations on a single paper. We recommend you buy two. Generations 1-9 are on the front, 10-15 are on the back along with plenty of white space to document even more generations of long lines.  Two charts side-by-side would allow you to display the entire 15 generations.  This chart is also folded and hole-punched to fit in a three ring binder.  This chart is shipped folded in quarters. As this item is lightweight, we will adjust all shipping charges before we ship your order to you.

A Guide to Massachusetts Public Records Parishes, Towns, and Counties

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In 1884, Carroll D. Wright was appointed to prepare a report showing the condition of the public records of the parishes, towns, and counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This remarkable book, originally published with the title Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties in 1889, brings together under one cover a town-by-town, church-by-church, and county-by-county listing of all the records existing for each jurisdiction.

Dictionary of American Indian Place and Proper Names in New England

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This dictionary is a key resource for scholars of New England Native American language, history, and culture, as well as genealogists. Experts at American Ancestors have long relied on this book, first published in 1909, to help identify specific locations within New England and to interpret early deeds. Ideal for anyone with an interest in pre-1620 New England.

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