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                21 February 2007
             Issue 2007, Number 3
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In this issue:

o  Methodist Church Records
o  New Maps
o  More New Releases
o  Special pricing for libraries/societies
o  Free shipping
o  How to reach us


=== Methodist Church Records =============================

Archive CD Books USA is happy to announce a project in association with the
United Methodist Historical Society to digitize their closed church records.  The
Society maintains a wide selection of Methodist Church records and memorabilia at
the Lovely Lane Museum and Archives in Baltimore, Maryland
(www.LovelyLaneMuseum.com).  The "United Methodist Historical Society Closed
Church Records Series" will include digital versions of the original handwritten
registers using high-resolution greyscale images.

The first two CDs from this series are now available and contain a total of six
registers from the East Baltimore Station Methodist Episcopal Church (formerly
Fells Point) for the period 1801-1908.

For more information, please visit:
   http://
www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0452


=== New Maps =====================================

The following new digitized atlas is now available at www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com.
Individual maps are also available as downloads for $9.95 each or can be ordered
as reprints.


J.H. Stuart, STUART'S ATLAS OF THE STATE OF MAINE (1890), (1890) 2007.
$39.95  http://
www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0500
This 19th-century atlas of Maine includes dozens of hand-painted maps that are
reproduced here in high resolution.  As indicated in the title, the atlas also
contains many informative pages describing the history of Maine and its
educational system, geology, railroads, natural resources, summer resorts, and
manufacturing interests.  It also includes these helpful features which may be of
interest to researchers:
   -  Statistics compiled from the federal censuses of 1880 and 1890.
   -  Gray's New Map of the United States
   -  New Map of the World in Hemispheres with Comparative Views of the Heights
of the Principal Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers of the Globe.
   -  A Classified Directory of Some of the Principal Business Firms and
Professional Men in the State.
Each map can be displayed in high resolution and enlarged to 800% or more on the
screen without loss of clarity (depending on your hardware).  Printouts from this
product include an obtrusive copyright watermark.


=== More New Releases =============================

The following new searchable data CDs are now available at
www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com.  Product descriptions are by Robert Charles Anderson,
FASG, for Archive CD Books USA.


Sidney Perley, THE HISTORY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, (1924, 1926, 1928) 2007.
$24.95  http://
www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0207
Perley has compiled an extremely detailed account of the first ninety years of
the history of Salem, Massachusetts, incorporating the contents of many original
documents. Perley takes note of when each resident first arrived in town, and at
that point inserts a genealogical summary of the family.  Salem was settled in
1626 by fishermen from the West Country of England. These residents were joined
in 1628 by the advance party of the Massachusetts Bay Company, under the
leadership of John Endicott. Although the political center of Massachusetts Bay
moved to Boston with the arrival of John Winthrop in 1630, Salem continued to be
an important part of Massachusetts history, as a major fishing port and as county
seat of Essex County. The third volume includes a lengthy chapter on the
Witchcraft Delusion of 1692, with transcripts of a selection of the court
documents.  In the course of narrating the history of Salem chronologically,
Perley paid special attention to the first appearance of each inhabitant in the
records. When possible, he included a facsimile of that person's signature. He
then appended as a footnote a genealogical account of that person's descendants,
frequently extending for many generations and covering several pages. Many
original records, including especially land records, are transcribed or
abstracted, with an exact citation to the location of each record. An appendix in
the first volume provides a complete transcript of the two earliest surviving
town-wide land grants, one of which provides the number of persons in each
household as of 25 December 1637.

David E. Johnston, A HISTORY OF MIDDLE NEW RIVER SETTLEMENTS AND CONTIGUOUS
TERRITORY, (1906) 2007.
$19.95  http://
www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0270
Johnston traces the exploration and settlement of the New River in southwestern
Virginia, with emphasis on the area that was set off in 1837 as Mercer County,
and is now in southern West Virginia. Several appendices list various county
officials and present biographical sketches of early families.  The author
attempts to identify the earliest settlers at various stages of the settlement
along the New River. As the population density increased, and as more and more
counties were erected in this frontier area, Johnston tells of the creation of
each new county, and lists the original officers in each. Mercer County was set
off in 1837 from Giles County and Tazewell County, Virginia.  At the same time,
he narrates the clashes with the Indians as settlement progressed, and also gave
accounts of local activities in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary
War. Nearly a third of the narrative section of the book treats the Civil War in
Mercer County and vicinity.  The appendices, which comprise nearly a third of the
volume, include lists of county officials, lawyers and other prominent citizens,
lists of Civil War soldiers from the area, and multigenerational biographical
accounts of many of the families that settled early along the Middle New River.

Rev. A.B. Cristy, ed., CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONALISTS 1895: HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF
OUR TWENTY-FIVE CHURCHES AND MISSIONS, (1896) 2007.
$14.95  http://
www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0272
Cristy has collected articles on the history and organization of
Congregationalism in Cleveland in the nineteenth century, followed by accounts of
each of the twenty-five congregations existing in Cleveland and vicinity. The
section on each congregation concludes with a complete list of members.  The
section on each of the twenty-five churches or missions begins with a brief
history of its organization, usually with a list of the founding members. Next
comes a discussion of the various committees and clubs within each church, with a
listing of all officers. When available, there is a photograph of the presiding
minister and of the church building itself.  Each of the twenty-five accounts
concludes with a complete listing of all the members, as of 1 January 1896. These
lists are not just of the head of household, or of the husband and wife. Entire
households are included, along with the residential address.  As a consequence,
these listings constitute a complete census as of 1895 of the Congregational
portion of Cleveland's population.  Although the Congregational Church was an
outgrowth of New England culture, not all of the churches served only that part
of the population that had New England roots. There were Welsh, Polish and
Bohemian congregations as well.


=== Special pricing for libraries/societies ===============

Libraries and membership societies that serve the genealogical community can
receive a discount of at least 33% off from ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com and a FREE on-
site network license.

It is a great way for libraries/societies on a limited budget to serve their
patrons and members.  It is also a great way for you to get access to data CDs
that you may not want to purchase individually.

Please ask a representative from your favorite research library or genealogy
society to visit:
   http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUS
A.com/libraries.htm


=== Free Shipping ===============================

Remember that shipping is FREE for orders of $50.00 or more at
ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com!  (to the U.S. and Canada.  A flat rate of $4.00 applies to
overseas shipments)


=== How to reach us =============================

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