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Archive CD Books USA Newsletter
15 March 2007
Issue 2007, Number 4
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In this issue:
o New genealogical consultant
o Archive CD Books international exhibit
o New downloadable resources
o New U.S. releases
o New Canadian releases
o Special pricing for libraries/societies
o Free shipping
o How to reach us
=== New genealogical consultant =====================
Archive CD Books USA is proud to welcome Barbara Vines Little, CG, as the company's Genealogical Consultant for the mid-Atlantic region. Ms. Little joins Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, who is the Genealogical Consultant for the New England region. In their respective regions, these well-respected professional genealogists provide guidance to the company in the selection of the most rare and scholarly books to digitize. They also write the book summaries which you see in this newsletter and on the web site.
Ms. Little is a certified genealogist and is the immediate past president of the National Genealogical Society (NGS). She is a past president and current Governor of the Virginia Genealogical Society and was the treasurer for the Orange County, Virginia, Historical Society. She has a Masters in Education from the University of Virginia and she has been the editor of several genealogical publications including the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Der Kurier, and the Virginia Genealogical Society's Newsletter.
Archive CD Books USA is honored to bring you the benefit of Ms. Little's considerable insight and experience as we expand our inventory of digitized books through the mid-Atlantic region.
=== Archive CD Books international exhibit ==============
The Archive CD Books Project is a worldwide effort of affiliated companies, each of which digitizes rare genealogy books and maps from its native country.
From May 16-19 of this year, representatives from the Archive CD Books partner companies from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Australia will gather at the National Genealogical Society (NGS) conference in Richmond, Virginia. This is a rare opportunity to see most of the partner companies in one place -- in fact, it has never happened before!
We invite you to stop by booth # 62, 63, 64,67, 68, and 69 at the NGS conference to see our wide international range of products and to chat with the personnel behind the project.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.NGSGenealogy.org
=== New downloadable resources =====================
By popular demand, we continue our effort to make valuable data resources available as downloads so that you can save the cost of shipping. The digital versions of these great books include high-resolution images of every page, are fully searchable, and are now available as a download:
William F. Fox, REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-1865), (1889) 2006
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0221-DL
Charles Edward Banks, THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY AND HOMES OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS WHO CAME TO PLYMOUTH ON THE MAYFLOWER IN 1620, THE FORTUNE IN 1621, AND THE ANNE AND THE LITTLE JAMES IN 1623, (1929) 2007
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0228-DL
The Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society [Howard M. Chapin], THE EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF WARWICK, (1926) 2006
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0231-DL
Samuel Hazard, ANNALS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE DELAWARE, (1850) 2006
$19.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0232-DL
Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF PENDLETON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, (1910) 2006
$21.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0234-DL
Thomas Bridgman, MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD IN BOSTON; CONTAINING EXACT TRANSCRIPTIONS OF INSCRIPTIONS ON THE SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS IN THE KING'S CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND, IN THE CITY OF BOSTON., (1853) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0235-DL
Nathaniel Adams, ANNALS OF PORTSMOUTH, COMPRISING A PERIOD OF TWO HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF A FEW OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE INHABITANTS, (1825) 2006
$12.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0239-DL
Mason A. Green, SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1886, HISTORY OF TOWN AND CITY, INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE QUARTER-MILLENIAL CELEBRATION, (1888) 2006
$19.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0241-DL
Robert C. Winthrop, LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN WINTHROP, GOVERNOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY AT THEIR EMIGRATION TO NEW ENGAND, (1864) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0244-DL
Mary E. Perkins, OLD HOUSES OF THE ANTIENT TOWN OF NORWICH (CT), 1660-1800, WITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PORTRAITS AND GENEALOGIES, (1895) 2007
$19.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0250-DL
George Faber Clark, A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NORTON, BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1669 TO 1859, (1859) 2006
$19.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0253-DL
Charles W. Bardsley, CURIOSITIES OF THE PURITAN NOMENCLATURE, (1880) 2006
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0264-DL
J.C. Flanigan, GWINNETT CHURCHES: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS MINISTERS, (1911) 2006
$19.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0266-DL
Lewis Preston Summers, HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, 1746-1786, WASHINGTON COUNTY, 1777-1870, (1903) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0269-DL
Rev.Edward L. Parker, THE HISTORY OF LONDONDERRY COMPRISING THE TOWNS OF DERRY AND LONDONDERRY, N.H., (1851) 2006
$21.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0273-DL
Edgar W. Hassler, OLD WESTMORELAND: A HISTORY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE REVOLUTION, (1900) 2006
$12.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0275-DL
George S. Porter, INSCRIPTIONS FROM GRAVE STONES IN THE OLD BURYING GROUND, NORWICH TOWN, CONNECTICUT, (1933) 2006
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0276-DL
Ernest Flagg, GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE FOUNDING OF NEW ENGLAND: MY ANCESTORS PART IN THAT UNDERTAKING, (1926) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0303-DL
Charles Henry Pope, THE PIONEERS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, (1908) 2006
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0304-DL
John Osborne Austin, THE GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND; COMPRISING THREE GENERATIONS OF SETTLERS WHO CAME BEFORE 1690 (WITH MANY FAMILIES CARRIED TO THE FOURTH GENERATION), (1887) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0305-DL
Royal R. Hinman, A CATALOGUE OF THE NAMES OF THE EARLY PURITAN SETTLERS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT; WITH THE TIME OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE COUNTRY AND COLONY, THEIR STANDINGS IN SOCIETY, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, CONDITION IN LIFE, WHERE FROM, BUSINESS, &C., (1852) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0309-DL
Frank R. Holmes, compiler, DIRECTORY OF THE ANCESTRAL HEADS OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, 1620-1700, (1923) 2006
$12.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0310-DL
Charles Knowles Bolton, THE REAL FOUNDERS OF NEW ENGLAND: STORIES OF THEIR LIFE ALONG THE COAST, 1602-1628, (1929) 2006
$12.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0311-DL
Samuel G. Drake, RESULT OF SOME RESEARCHES AMONG THE BRITISH ARCHIVES FOR INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE FOUNDERS OF NEW ENGLAND: MADE IN THE YEARS 1858, 1859 AND 1860, (1860) 2006
$12.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0312-DL
John Eliot, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY CONTAINING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, AND OTHER PROMINENT CHARACTERS AMONG THE MAGISTRATES, MINISTERS, LITERARY AND WORTHY MEN, IN NEW-ENGLAND, (1809) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0313-DL
George Madison Bodge, SOLDIERS OF KING PHILIP'S WAR BEING A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THAT WAR WITH A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS OF NEW ENGLAND FROM 1620-1677, (1896) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0315-DL
Stella Pickett Hardy, COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, (1911) 2006
$24.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0316-DL
=== New U.S. data CDs ==============================
The following new searchable data CDs are now available at www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com.
Kegley, F.B., KEGLEY'S VIRGINIA FRONTIER: THE BEGINNING OF THE SOUTHWEST, THE ROANOKE OF COLONIAL DAYS, 1740-1783, (1938) 2007
$14.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0308
Through the extensive use of contemporary documents, Kegley traces the westward course of migration into the interior of Virginia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, providing much detail on the settlement and development of communities in theupper reaches of the James and Roanoke rivers. The author devotes just a few pages to the developments prior to 1740, reproducing letters and official documents relating to the exploration of the Virginia backcountry. The bulk of the book is devoted to the years from 1740 to 1783, with substantial sections on the land grants and settlements from 1740 to 1760, on the activities during the French and Indian War, on further developments from 1760 to 1770, and finally on the organization and early years of Botetourt County.
As the chronological and topographical treatment proceeds, the author sets forth abstracts of thousands of land grants, organized by time period and by section of the watershed. These basic records are supplemented by militia lists, business records and many other documents. The text is supported by many maps drawn especially for this volume, some showing the distribution of settlements along the various watercourses, and others platting out groups of land grants at some of the early settlements. Many photographs of surviving early buildings are also included.
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James Moore Brown, THE CAPTIVES OF ABB'S VALLEY, A LEGEND OF FRONTIER LIFE, (1854) 2007
$9.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=US0267
Unlike other areas Southwest Virginia and most of West Virginia continued to face the threat of Indian attacks from the end of the French and Indian War until General Wayne defeated the Indians in 1794. The Captives of Abb's Valley details the experiences of one family during this period. Written in 1854 by the son of one of the captives, the story of Mary Moore's early life, capture and later return provides the reader with details of early pioneer life as well as its dangers. Both Mary and her brother James and their companion in captivity Martha Evans survived and left numerous descendants who intermarried with the Brown, Crow, Hummer, Morrison and Taylor families, among others..Mary Moore's father, Captain James Moore, a second generation Scotch-Irish Presbyterian who married Mary Poage and whose siblings married into the Coalter, Harrison, McPheeter, Paxton, Steele, Walker and Wallace families came from the New Providence Church area of Augusta County.
The story spans the period from their settlement in 1771/2 in Abbs Valley, a long narrow valley, pressing against the ridge of mountains that divides Virginia and West Virginia in present day Tazewell County to the death of Mary Moore in Rockbridge County in 1824. Written in the style of the period with a strong focus on the merits of religious faith, the story also details the everyday life of the participants and provides a picture of what life was like for other families on the frontier. The detailed descriptions of clothing, the raising of livestock, the scarcity of cutlery, the booty collected by the Indians and their treatment of their captives are drawn from the experiences of the individuals involved many of whom the author knew personally.
=== New Canadian data CDs ==========================
The following new searchable data CDs have been released from our sister company, Archive CD Books Canada, and are now available at www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com.
NEW BRUNSWICK IN THE 1940'S
$15.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0078
On this CD we are giving you complete copies of two useful books from the 1940's. The first is the Telephone directory for Western New Brunswick for July 1947, one of the few available resources for finding people living in the area between one and two generations ago. The other is "An Historical Guide to New Brunswick" and was published as an incentive to tourist travel in 1942. This guide was provided by the New Brunswick Government Bureau of Information and Tourist Travel, in 1942, for the potential tourist so he would know where to go and what to look for when he got there. Liberally illustrated with maps, and photographs of the spots of interest, today it provides us with a, not too strenuous, history of New Brunswick, indexed by the places where the events which shaped the province took place.
CANADA - APRIL THROUGH AUGUST, 1916
$19.49 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0202
This is a magazine style news publication which styles itself as "An illustrated weekly journal for all interested in the Dominion." As you might expect it contains articles about the events in the news both at a national and at a provincial level, including, for instance, the "Investment Supplement." From a purely genealogical perspective perhaps the most interesting portions of each issue are the lists of casualties and commissions. Of course the predominance of the reporting concerns "Officers" but most of the issues also devote space to "NCO's and Men." Each issue also contains a section reporting births, marriages and deaths in Canada, and a "Purely Personal" section which is packed with snippets reporting the events in the lives of Canadians, both enlisted and civilian.
NOVA SCOTIA'S PART IN THE GREAT WAR - 1920, BY M. S. HUNT, (1920) 2007
$19.49 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0204
Published two years after the end of the Great War, in 1920, this book was intended to record all the activities of Nova Scotians in support of the allies victory. While the Compiler and editor's name, Capt. M. S. Hunt appears in the by-line, this book was in fact the joint work of many individuals, their names being credited in the Preface as well as being printed in their individual contributions. Interesting differences between this book of "honour" and other similar works published as records of the same war is that this one not only commemorates the actions and individuals of the military organizations but also those of the auxiliary and civilian efforts. The records of nursing staff, both those who went to Europe and those who served here in Canada, are particularly valuable because of their relative scarcity. While it was recognized by the editor that the aim to report every war effort contribution would never be possible, this book does make a splendid effort.
John Hawkes, HISTORY OF SASKATCHEWAN AND ITS PEOPLE - COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES, (1924) 2007
$29.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0222-C
Written by John Hawkes and first published in 1924, this work of over 2000 pages was originally bound as three volumes, but organized into two subject areas. The whole of vol. 1 and a good part of vol. 2 contains the “story” of Saskatchewan while the remainder of vol. 2 and the whole of vol. 3 is packed with the biographies of about 660 prominent Saskatchewans, and more than 50 photographic portraits. The “story” section is also illustrated with over 235 photographs of subjects such as early dwellings and settlements, people, natural history, and many fascinating early photographs of native people and their ceremonies. Here you can find the whole story of Saskatchewan. The early story of this province is inescapably intertwined with that of the other administration districts initially named the North-West Territories. This vast tract included all the lands between the Ontario border and the Province of British Columbia and up to the pole (except Alaska).
Sir Andrew MacPhail, HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, 1914-19, MEDICAL SERVICES, (1925) 2007
$23.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0224
By Sir Andrew MacPhail, Kt., O.B.E., M.D., C.M., LL.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., professor of the History of medicine, McGill University. First published 1925.
While standing alone in its own right as a revealing history of this specialized and fascinating aspect of the Great War conflict, this book was also written to become a component of the comprehensive “History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War” being written and produced under the direction and supervision of Col. A. Fortescue Duguid in his position as the Director of the Historical Section, General Staff. The author includes plenty of statistical analysis of the medical consequences of sending over 400,000 Canadians to fight a war in Europe as well as records of the key staff running hospitals and other important medical services. Also not forgotten are the men and women who actually brought medicine to the battlefield. Sir Andrew provides a full listing of all the awards received and of all those who gave their lives in the medical service.
Rev. D. J. Rankin, A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ANTIGONISH, NOVA SCOTIA, 1929
$29.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0237
In the spirit of "Truth in Advertising," a better title might have been "A History of the People of Antigonish." Fully two thirds of this very rare book are devoted to biographical descriptions of the early and well know families of this ancient Nova Scotia region. Not to say that the historical content is trivial. The Rev. D. J. Rankin, the author of record, credits J. W. MacDonald, esq., M.D., Mr. William Cameron (teacher,) and Rev. Ronald MacGillivray with providing virtually all of the historical content which would seem to mean that this content is the product of well respected, specialist, scholars and so far more valuable than the results of one man's gleanings. The Rev. Rankin also provides a bibliography of (and numerous credits to) the sources of the copious genealogical information in this book. The biographies are arranged by family groups and indexed by the root family name.
Geoffrey Gilbert, THE GILBERT FAMILY HISTORY COLLECTION - COMPLETE IN 8 VOLUMES
$29.95 http://www.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/find_acdb.mvc?refid=NEWS&p=CA0238-S
This is a family history "compiled and edited" by Geoffrey Gilbert, and privately published by him in the 1950's. Mr. Gilbert adopted a somewhat unusual format for organizing his history by combining elements of both the "Ancestors" and "Descendants" methodologies and then focusing the histories on his Great Great Grandparents, identifying both their ancestors and their descendants. By selecting this particular generation as his focus he allows himself to concentrate his history on the family's story within North America specifically ignoring the histories of those in Britain where most of the families previously originated from. Each volume also contains an Ancestors chart, some extremely detailed, while some contain sketch maps to help with the family settlement locations.
=== 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.ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com/libraries.htm
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