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Portable Genealogist: Getting Started with Civil War Veteran Records

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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.

Portable Genealogist: Editorial Stylesheet

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When presenting your genealogical information, it’s important to be consistent in how you present your research, refer to certain places and people, and implement your overall style. This Portable Genealogist will help guide your writing and aid in decisions relating to capitalization, spelling, abbreviations, punctuation, and the like. Key elements for Register and ahnentafel style are summarized, and a list of common abbreviations is provided.

This four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder. 

Pioneers of Steuben County, New York: Migrations from New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, 1722-1790

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Author: Marian S. Henry

Published: September 2016

Paperback, 200 pages

The first settlers of present-day Steuben County, New York, in the Genesee Country, were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. The family sketches in this work link these early pioneers with their eastern origins—usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey.

The book contains sketches for the following surnames:

Ancestral Lines From New York to Texas: 80 Families in England, France, The Netherlands, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri & The South

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Author: Carl Boyer III

Published: 2016

 Hardcover, 339 pages

Carl Boyer, 3rd

This third volume covers more than fifteen mid-Atlantic and sixty Southern families. Principle surnames include Gilliam and Hamner of Virginia, Van Winkle of New Jersey, and Vermillion of Maryland. 

 

Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York; Volume 11: Rood to Sly

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This item ships separately, directly from the publisher. Please allow an addition 1-3 weeks to receive this title.

Author: Frank Doherty Sr.
Published: 2013

This important series documents the 18th century settlement of the Beekman Patent by Palatines, Dutch and the English from Long Island and New England. The Beekman Patent was a major entry point from New England to New York and the West.

This volume contains 57 surnames, from Rood to Sly and has an index of over 25,000 entries.