Genealogical Society of Kendall County, Texas
 
 
The following holdings were cataloged in SEPTEMBER 2024. The offerings are listed first by those books which were gifts from Children from the Estate of Frances Lipe, including Russell & Robin Lipe and Virginia Like Alford. Then by other gifts. Then by other acquisitions.
 
LIPE GIFTS:
  • Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arunddel County, Maryland. Vol 1-3.Contains genealogical information for 22 families, including: Burgess, Gaither, Gassaway, Hammond, Ijams, Warfield, Beale, Dorsey, Edwards, Howard, Stockett, Waters, Wells, Yate, Cockey, Harwood, Ridgelys (Robert, Henry and William lines), Todds (Thomas and Captain Thomas lines). Each volume is indexed. Author: Harry Wright Newman.  
  • Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759. Provides comprehensive genealogical data on the hundreds of families and thousands of individuals who settled in the parent county during its first hundred years. Parish registers, administration bonds and accounts, wills, and inventories were abstracted and used as the nucleus for each family group, while court records and deeds were combed for supplementary data. In addition, family histories have been constructed from a series of family groups starting with the earliest known progenitor. Author: Robert W. Barnes.
  • The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from wills, deeds and church records. "This work contains genealogical and biographical sketches of the founders and founding families of Anne Arundel and Howard counties and is interspersed with sketches of early homesteads, settlements, and historic landmarks." Author: J. D. Warfield.  
  • Origin and History of Howard County Maryland. An authentic account of one of Maryland's oldest influential counties by an author whose ancestors were active in its affairs since 1650. The coats-of-arms of 29 prominent families are shown in full color; genealogies of 54 families are presented, and photographs of over a score of historic residences are reproduced. Author: Charles Francis Stein, Jr.    
  • The Indians of Texas From Prehistoric to Modern Times. Twelfth paperback printing. A comprehensive book covering the history, culture and mythology of Native American tribes in the region. Author: W. W. Newcomb, Jr.   
  • Quakers in the Colonial Northeast. Traces the Quaker experience in New England and New York from the Arrival of the first English Quaker missionaries in 1646 to 1790. Author: Arthur J. Worrall.
  • The " Mary and John": A Story of the Founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1630. Dorchester was initially known as Savin Hill, then  Mattapanock, and then renamed Dorchester. The origins of many prominent New England families including: Allen, Bradford, Clap, Deane, Ellsworth, Ford, Griswold, Holcomb, Ingersol, Jones, Kuhns, Loomis, Moore, Newberry, Osborne, Phelps, Quarterman, Robinson, Strong, Trescott, Upsall, Vincent, and White. Fourth printing. Author: Maude Pinney Kuhns
  • Settlers by the Long Grey Trail Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, Virginia, and Their Descendants, of the Family of Harrison and Allied Lines. A Contribution to the History and Genealogy of Colonial Families of Rockingahm County, Virginia. Author J. Houston Harrison.
  • The Descendants of Richard Beckley of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Descendants lived in Connecticut, New York, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, California, and elsewhere. Author: Caroleen Beckley Sheppard.
  • The Worthington Families of the Seventeenth Century Volume 1 - Origins in Lancashire by members of The Worthington 17th-Century Project. This volume covers the lines in Lancashire but also elsewhere in the world where their ancestry has been traced back to Lancashire; three in Lincolnshire, one in Warwickshire, one in Middlesex and one in Maryland, America. Volume 2 covers remaining lines. Author: Philip M. Worthington and the Worthington 17th-Century Project.    
  • The Worthington Families of Medieval England. The Worthingtons were prominent from 1200 to 1600, and this well-researched reference work is the result of 30 years' research. Author: Phililp Michael Worthington.
  • A Genealogical Sketch of the Worthington and Plaskitt Families. Original 1886 1st Printing. 20pp staplebound booklet. Author: Joshua Plaskitt.
  • The Hammond-Harwood House Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908. Describes the background and significance of more than one hundred maps of Maryland and shows how they trace the history of the state. Author: Edward C. Papenfuse and Joseph M. Coale III.
  • The Lipe-Jackson Families, Red River County, Texas. Author: Wilbur B. Smith and Ida Jackson Smith.
  • Early Families of Southern Maryland. Vol 2. A genealogy of some families who settled in Maryland in the 17th century with some lines followed to around 1800. Included are Catholic, Protestant and Quaker records of births, deaths. This volume traces the Lawrence, Skinner, Letchworth, Mariarte, Childs, Nuthall, Cowman, and Gover families, with a short section on Stephen West's family. These families are followed from the first records found for them in Maryland up to 1800. Chapters on the Plummer and Boarman families covered in Vol. 1 have been revised and expanded. Includes corrections of material from Vol. 1. Author: Elise Greenup Jourdan.
  • Maryland Genealogies A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine In Two Volumes With an Introduction by Robert Barnes. Excerpted and reprinted. Indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak. Contains all the family history articles, nearly 100,  published in the Maryland Historical Magazine from its inception through 1976. Author: Maryland Historical Magazine.
  • St Anne's Annapolis History and Times. St. Anne's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Church Circle, Annapolis. The first church in Annapolis, it was founded in 1692 to serve as the parish church for the newly created Middle Neck Parish, one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. It is an active church to this day. Author: William K. Paynter.
  • Quakerism on the Eastern Shore: An exceedingly-scarce history of Quakers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, a hotbed of the religion since the 17th century. Author: Kenneth Carroll.
  • The Mapping of Maryland, 1590-1914: An Overview. Author: Maryland Historical Society.
  • Maryland Oaths of Fidelity: Contains name of those who took an Oath of Fidelity. Arranged alphabetically within the counties of Anne Arundel, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Montgomery, Prince George, Queen Anne, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Baltimore, Montgomery, Dorchester, Caroline, and Calvert. Author: Bettie Carothers (compiled by).
  • Tidewater Maryland: Its History, its Tradition, Its romantic Plantation Mansions, and the Celebrated Personages who give it Glamour. An essential Chesapeake and Eastern Shore history. Covers the tributaries of the Bay and early 20th-century descriptions of the early settlers, the towns, and plantations along the bay. Author: Paul Wilstach.
  • Our Harford Heritage: A History of Harford County, Maryland. Third printing, revised edition. Covers some of the historical events in Harford County, the foundations of Harford's government and development of its political, educational, social, and religious institutions. Includes the early life of its people. Author: C. Milton Wright.
  • Maryland Rent Rolls : Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724. A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. Reprinted with a new index. Rent Rolls were the private records the Proprietors of Maryland tracked during the Colonial Period to keep account of land grants and landowners from whom quit rent was Author: Maryland Historical Magazine.
  • History of Harford County, Maryland; From 1608 (The Year of Smith's Expedition) to the Close of the War of 1812. Recognized as the best history of Harford County ever published, this work's genealogical importance is based on its numerous biographical sketches of the county's leading citizens, as well as lists of non-associators and non-enrollers, soldiers, and government functionaries. Reprinted. Author: Walter Wilkes Preston.
  • The Flowering Of The Maryland Palatinate; : An Intimate And Objective History Of The Province Of Maryland To The Overthrow Of Proprietary Rule In 1654, with accounts of Lord Baltimore's settlement at Avalon. Reprinted. Author: Harry Wright Newman.
  • Revolutionary Patriots of Harford County, Maryland, 1775-1783. More than 3,600 men named in this book rendered active service in the cause of American independence between 1775 and 1783, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman, or minuteman in the armed forces of the Continental Congress. Reprinted. Author: Henry C. Peden, Jr.
  • Maryland Revolutionary Records. Data Obtained from 3,050 Pension Claims and Bounty Land Applications, Including 1,000 Marriages of Maryland Soldiers and a List of 1,200 Proved Services of Soldiers and Patriots of other states. Author: Harry Wright Newman.
  • Eneas Africanus. Author: Harry Stillwell Edwards.
  • Pierce's Register: Register of the Certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to Officers and Soldier of the Continental Army Under Act of July 4, 1783. Excerpted from the Seventeenth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution October 11, 1913 to October 11, 1914. Reprinted. Author: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  • Tongues of the Monte: Stories of fairies, magicians, and restless spirits, a heritage of Indian and Spanish cultures, the folklore of the Southwest and Northern Mexico. Author: J. Frank Dobie.
  • Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest. Revised and Enlarge in Both Knowledge and Wisdom. Author: J. Frank Dobie.
  • Sonora Sketch Book. First Edition. Tales of the northwestern border State of Sonora, Mexico. Author: John W. Hilton.
  • A Treasury Of Mexican Folkways ~ The Customs, Myths, Folklore, Traditions, Beliefs, Fiestas, Dances, Songs of the Mexican People. Illustrated with 10 Color Plates, 100 Drawings by Carlos Merida and 170 Photographs. Third Printing. Author: Frances Foor.
  • Magna Charta Barons and Their Descendants, with the Story of the Great Charter of King John: Sketches of the Celebrated Twenty-five Sureties for its Observance, and their Lineal Descents from them of the members of the Baronial Order of Runnemede. Reprinted from the 1915 Edition. Author: Charles H. Browning.
  • A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances. Revised from the 1901 edition. Author: Charles Wareing Bardsley.
  • Consolidated Bibliography of County Histories in Fifty States In 1961. Consolidated 1935-1961. Revised from the 1961 edition. Author: Clarence Stewart Peterson.
  • A Bibliography of American County Histories. Author: P. William Filby.
  • Surname Index to Sixty-five Volumes of Colonial and Revolutionary Pedigrees. "The surnames listed alphabetically ... are those of all the families to be found in the 27 volumes of Colonial Families of America, the 20 volumes of Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America, and a dozen-and-a-half individual volumes." Author: George Rodney Crowther.
  • Loyal Traitors : A Story of Friendship for the Filipinos. First Edition. "Set against the backdrop of the Philippine-American War, this gripping tale of friendship and loyalty follows the lives of two young men from very different backgrounds as they struggle to survive and succeed in the face of adversity. As the war rages on around them, they are forced to make difficult choices and navigate complex relationships that test their resolve and challenge their beliefs." Takes place about the time of the The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, or Tagalog Insurgency, which followed the conclusion of the Spanish–American War in December 1898 when the United States annexed the Philippine Islands under the Treaty of Paris. Author: Raymond L. Bridgman.
  • Francis the First. First Edition. Francis I was the King of France (1515–47), first of five monarchs from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois to rule France ascending to the thrown in 1515. Author: Francis Hackett.
  • The Bassett Family: Lynn, Mass. to Salem County, N.J. 1624-1964.  Vol 3. No. 1 of the Salem County Historical Society Publications. Author: Catherine Soleman Chandler.
  • Joseph Bassett, Englishman and American. First Edition. Joseph and Emma Bassett immigrated to America in 1872. This is their story, English connections, family, farming, ans water company work is recorded with photographs and maps. Author: Barbara Metzger Anderson.
  • Glamorous Days. First Edition. A book of Texas stories, Author: Frank H. Bushick.
  • The Lippincotts in England and America: Edited from the Genealogical Papers of the Late James S. Lippincott. Author: Editor Unknown.
  • The Tabor Story. Author: Edgar C. McMechen.
  • History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony. A reprint of the 1876 edition, with an added index by William Patterson. Fenwick's Colony, also known as the "Fifth Tenth", originally called New Salem, occupied much of the present-day counties of Salem and Cumberland, New Jersey. Author: Thomas Shourds.
  • Moorestown and Her Neighbors: Historical Sketches. Third edition. Tricentennial Issue. Inside the front and back covers is a map of Moorestown from 1876. Also included is a larger map showing Moorestown as laid out in years 1681-1686. Author: George DeCou.
  • An Index to the Cushing and Sheppard History of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland South Jersey Towns: History and Legend. Covers the 8 counties of South Jersey: Cape May, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, and Ocean. Fifth Printing. Author: William McMahon. Counties New Jersey. First edition. Author: Donald A. Sinclair.
  • More Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey. Sixth printing. Author: Henry Charlton Beck.
  •  History of Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington County, N. J. from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Comprising the Genealogy of Many of Its Inhabitants, Together with Short Biographies of Eminent Characters, and Most Events Worthy of Remembrance. Re-issued from the 1879 edition. Author: Leah Blackman.
  • John Davis, His Wife, Dorothea (Gotherson) Davis, Early Salem County, N.J. Quakers, And Some of Their Descendants (including Samuel Morgan and John Brick lines), Royal and Magna Carta Ancestors. Indexed. Vol. 4 No. 1. Author: Catherine Soleman Chandler and Elmer Garfield Van Name.
  • Revolutionary Census of New Jersey : An Index, Based on Rateables, Of the Inhabitants of New Jersey During the Period of the American Revolution. Revised edition of the 1972 edition. Author: Kenn Stryker-Rodda.
  • Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society (Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. XV). Author: Don C. Skemer and Robert C. Morris (compiled by).
  • Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory. From Advertisements in German Newspapers Published in Philadelphia and Germantown, 1743-1800. A verbatim rendering of the original typescript, to which were added an index of names. Material confined to five principal German newspapers. Author: Thomas L. Hocker.
  • The Quakers: A Brief Account of Their Influence on Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania History Studies: No. 2. Who are the Quakers. William Penn's "Holy Experiment". Quakers in Government. Quaker Life in Pennsylvania. Friends in Twentieth Century Pennsylvania. Author: William Wistar Comfort.
  •  Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia 1682-1763. Author: Frederick B. Tolles.
  •  Genealogies of Connecticut Families from The New England Historical Register - Vol I (Adams - Gates), Vol II (Geer - Owen), Vol III (Painter - Wyllys). These 3 volumes are excerpted and reprinted with added Table of Contents and Index. Author: Genealogy Publishing Co.
  •   Hartford, Connecticut Land Records: 1639-1688 and Births, Marriages and Deaths 1644-1730. Vol I & Vol II, both from the Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society Volume XIV. Author: Albert C. Bates, editor.
  •  The River Towns of Connecticut: A Study of Wethersfield, Hartford, and Windsor. Seventh Series VII-VIII-IX. A facsimile reprint of the 1889 book. Author: Charles M. Andrews.
  • The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, and Ellington. 1635-1891.  Vol. 1. The History.  A facsimile of the 1892 edition. Author: Henry R. Stiles.
  • History of the First Church in Hartford, 1633-1883. Includes a map of Hartford in 1640, which appears to show the plat and land owners. Author: George Leon Walker.
  •  Moorestown Old and New. Including Chester Township. Bicentennial Edition. This volume evolved from Moorestown, Old and New, A Local Sketch (published in 1886) and Chester Township, chapter 23 of the History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (published in 1883). Includes maps of both Moorestown Township and Chester Township. Author: James C. Purdy and Clayton Lippincott.
  • Notes on Old Gloucester County New Jersey. A two-book set, each of which has two volumes. Author: Frank H. Stewart.
  • History of the Counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Citizens. Reprinted from the 1883 edition. Author: Thomas Cushing and Charles E. Sheppard.
  • History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County, New Jersey: And of the Currency of this and Adjoining Colonies. Reprinted from the 1869 edition. Author: Lucius Q. C. Elmer.
  • Old Times in Old Monmouth. Historical Reminiscences of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Being a Series of Historical Sketches relating to Old Monmouth County (now Monmouth and Ocean). To Which is Appended the History and the Centennial of The Battle of Monmouth, originally published in the Monmouth Democrat, Freehold, New Jersey. Author: Edwin Salter and George C. Beekman.
  • Hell and Beyond - A Diary of War and Captivity. Second printing. Includes a large map of Japanese prisoner of war camps during World War I, 1941 - 1945. Author: Frances Worthington Lipe and Josiah Wistar Worthington.
OTHER GIFTS:
  • Pointe Coupee's Patriots: 1777 Pointe Coupee Militia: Louisiana's Forgotten Soldiers of the American Revolution. Published in commemoration of the 240th Anniversary of the American Revolutionary War. This book gives some detail to the French Creole soldiers and officers who were on the 1777 roster and who fought in the war. Author: Randy Paul Decuir. A gift from Martha Boye.
  • United Methodist Church of Crystal City, Texas,1957 photo album. The church was located in Zavala County.  Author: Unknown   A gift from Susan Carr.
  • Family History Logbook: A Timeline Journal from 1900 to 2000, with Year-by-Year Historical Milestones to Record Your Family's Most Important Experiences. Author: Reinhard Klein
OTHER ACQUISITION:
  • Foot Prints of the Abshier Family in America. Author: Thelma Abshier Cessna.
  • Assessor's Guide Book: Three volumes.  All are for land transactions within Kendall County. Dates or era unknown. Information includes Owner's Name, Abstract Nbr, Certif. Nbr, Survey Nbr, Original Grantee, Nbr of Acres, Value, City or Town, Lot, and Remarks. Author: Unknown.
  • A History of Richland County: Volume One 1732-1805. Dealing with Columbia and Richland County, South Carolina. Reproduced from a 1932 edition which includes new material. Author: Edwin L. Green.
  • Catalogue of: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty - Land - Warrant Application Files. Publication Number M804. Includes American Revolutionary War Service Records and General Index. Available Through The National Archives Microfilm Rental Program. Author: The National Archives.
  • Immigrant & Passenger Arrivals: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. 2nd Edition with 5 new ports of entry: Detroit, MI, Galveston, TX, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, and St. Albans, Vt. Three new indexes: by port, by title, by holdings of each regional archives. Author: The National Archives.
  • A history and genealogy of the families of Howland, Brown, Follett, Van Dyke, Lamb, Spaulding, and Davidson, with related lines of Treat, Botsford, Parker, Burwell, Clark, Andrews, Symmonds, Burnaman, Ashbaugh, and Smith from Holland, England, Scotland, and France to Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas from "the Mayflower" pilgrims in 1620 to the 1980s.  Volume 2   Author: Dorothy Davidson Symmonds
  • Citizens Legal Manual Probate. Second Edition  Author: Mathew Valencic
  • Bartholomew's Historical Map of London - Color Pictorial Map / Poster - English History Sites, Features, Families, Guildhall Records and Flags.  Author: John Bartholomew
 
The following holdings were cataloged in JUNE 2024:
  • German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Second edition. Includes 100 maps of German States, kingdoms, duchies, and principalities. Outlines population charts, timelines of emigration (where they left from and where they were going), etc. Author: Wendy K. Uncapher and Linda M. Herrick. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIX, Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Volume 1. Editor: William Henry Egle. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. VII. Papers Relating to Provincial Affairs in Pennsylvania 1682-1750. Editors: John Blair Linn and William Henry Egle. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol X, Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Line, 1775-1783, Volume I. Editors: William Henry Egle and John Blair Linn
  • . A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. IV, Papers Relating to What is Known as the Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania. 1794. Editors: John Blair Linn and William Henry Egle. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. Author: W. W. H. Davis. A gift from Gloria Goslin.
  • The Heritage Lands of the 711 Ranch: Comal County, Texas. A signed first edition. Author: Paula H. Rieker. A gift from Kaye Wykoff.
  • The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family, 1540-1935. Tracing the more than 700 descendants of Jacob Holtzclaw, beginning in Germany and following those who are living in the United States at the time the book was published. Author: B. C. Holtzclaw. A gift from Allan Newsom.
  • The Citizen-Soldier. First edition paperback reproduction. The original book was titled The Citizen-Soldier: or Memoirs of a Volunteer. Pertaining to events and observations from the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864. during the American Civil War. Author: John Beatty. A gift from Jan Carr.
  • Finding Davy Crockett: Family Stories and Genealogy. A first edition signed by both authors. This book includes family stores about both David "Davy" Crockett and James P. Crockett III, also known as "Highpockets". It also contains genealogy search techniques. Authors: Mark Standley and Connie Fluegel. A gift from Mark Standley and Connie Fluegel.
  • Our Museum of Us: Curating Your Family's Stuff into a Digital Future. Author: Mark Standley. A gift from Mark Standley and Connie Fluegel.
  • Historic Matagorda County, Volume II. A 1986 sesquicentennial project of the Matagorda County Historical Commission, the Matagorda County Historical Society, the Palacios Area Historical Association, and the Matagorda County Genealogical Society. Author: Matagorda County Historical Commission.
  • A History of Blanco County. A photocopied reproduction of the 1965 printed book. Author: John W. Speer
  • Chambers County, Texas in the War Between the States. Author: Kevin Ladd.
  • The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. This book follows the Third Texas Cavalry, recruited from 26 counties in Texas, to fight for the Confederate cause in many states, from the Great Plains to the Appalachian Mountains, including Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, the Mississippi region, and Georgia. Author: Douglas Hale.
  • The Alsace Emigration Book, Volume 1 and Volume 2. These two volumes list emigrants who migrated from and through Alsace, some beginning in Germany, Switzerland, and other countries to America, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compiled by Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler.
  • Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma, revised edition. "Contains lists of public records through 1920 for the county offices of Assessor, Board of County Commissioners, County Clerk, Election Board, Sheriff, Superintendent of Schools, and Treasurer in all 77 counties throughout Oklahoma. Municipal records of historic significance and of cities and towns with populations over five thousand are also included. Contains listings of public records stored in historical societies, museums, public libraries and special collections.". Author: Bradford Koplowitz.
  • Ohio Valley Genealogies: Relating Chiefly to Families in Harrison, Belmont, and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette Counties Pennsylvania.  (Note: "The Ohio Valley refers to a good portion of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, extreme southwestern Pennsylvania, extreme northwestern West Virginia, and down to the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,”  per Ben Gelber, a meteorologist with WCMH-TV NBC4). Author: Charles A. Hanna
  • Clarke County, Alabama, Records 1814-1885. Author: Marilyn Davis Barefield.
  • Old Sparta & Elba Land Office Records & Military Warrants 1822-1860. Old Sparta is a region in Conecuh County, Alabama. Elba is a city in and the county seat of Coffee County, Alabama. Author: Marilyn Davis Hahn.
  • List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691. Originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849). this pertains to the regulation requiring respectable membership in some Congregational church in order to vole or hold public office. Author: Lucius R. Paige.
  • Hickman County, KY. Circuit Court Records, Volume One. Transcribed by Laura Willis.
  • Genealogy of the Kings of France. Author: Armel de Wismes.
  • Guide to Manuscript Collections. Part of the North Carolina Historical Records Survey. Similar surveys were called for by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935-1936. By 1940, such projects became the purview of individual states. This guide lists 815 personal and other collections, comprising letters, diaries, account books, and other archival materials. Editor: Margaret S. Eliot.
  • Bay Area Genealogical Society Journal, September 2015 Issue. Pertaining to Harris County and Galveston County, Texas. Author: Bay Area Genealogical Society.
  • 1830 Citizens of Texas: A Genealogy of Anglo-American and Mexican Citizens Taken from Census and Other Records. GSKC Library has both a 1983 and a 1999 version of this book. Author: Clifford E. White. A gift from Suanne Pyle.
  • 1830 Citizens of Texas: A Genealogy of Anglo-American and Mexican Citizens Taken from Census and Other Records. GSKC Library has both a 1983 and a 1999 version of this book. Author: William Thorndale. A gift from Jean Gibbons.
  • Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy. Author: Drew Smith.
  • Our Heritage: Includes up to Volume 65, Number 1 & 2 (Fall and Winter 2023-2024). Author: San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society.
  • he Craveys. A signed edition by Gladys Cravey Graves. Includes a family lineage and many photos. Pencil notations within the book from previous researchers. The beginning of the book explains various surname spellings, such as McCreavey, McCravey, McCreevey, and Cravey. Author: Glady Cravey Graves. A gift from Ivy Hooks.
  • The German Texas Frontier in 1853: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Newspaper Accounts of the Environment, Gold and Indians. Number 1 in the Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell Series. Author: Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham. A gift from Kim Roffman.
  • Wyoming's Outlaw Days, part of the Wyoming Frontier Series. Author: Richard Patterson, A gift from Jack Gatewood.
  • The Boys from Brenham: The Original Letters of Virginius E. Pettey, Co. E, 6th Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. With comments by his great-nephew, Thomas S. Terrell. (Second Edition). Letters written to Kerrville, Texas relatives. Author: Thomas S. Terrell. A gift from Camp 1938, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
  • Texas Rangers in the Mexican-American War. Author: William Nelson Fox. A gift from Jan Carr.
  • The Newsom Cemetery History and Records, pertaining to the Newsom Cemetery in Mason County, Texas. Compiled by Caroline Latham Bode. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The McGuire Family in Virginia: with Notices of its Irish Ancestry and some connected Virginia Families. Compiled by William G. Standard. A gift from Gloria Gosslin.
  • North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee 1778-1791. An estimate of the lands granted by the State of North Carolina within the Western Territory ceded by the state to the United States of America, which became the state of Tennessee. Compiled by Mrs. Leister E. Presley. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book Vol. 3 1819-1825. Compiled by Mrs. Felix Burnard and Mrs. Will Duke. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book Vol. 4 1825 – 1830. Compiled by Mrs. Felix Burnard and Mrs. Will Duke. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book Vol. 5 1831-1934. Compiled by Mrs. Felix Burnard and Mrs. Will Duke. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Cemetery Inscriptions in the Smoky Mountain Area, Sevier County, Tennessee. Compiled by Donald B. Reagan. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Will Records of Jasper County, Missouri 1842-1890. Author: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Marriage Records of Barry County, Missouri 1837-1854. Author: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Livingston County, Kentucky Tax Lists 1800-1801-1802. Author: Don Simmons. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Records of Boone County, Illinois: Containing a list of early citizens, record of old people, patron's directory, and prominent citizens of the middle period. Author: Mrs. Harlin B. Taylor. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Gallatin County, Illinois, Cemeteries, Includes a map of Gallatin County, Cemeteries by township and section, cemeteries which have disappeared, surname index, and a supplement of first land grant entries. Compiled by Glen Miner. A gift rom Nora Ripps.
  • Gallatin County, Territory of Illinois and Gallatin County, Illinois Marriage Licenses, Returns and Bonds 1813-1821. Author: Mary Afton Anderson. A gift from Nora Ripps.
 
The following holdings were cataloged in MAY 2024:
  • Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Compiled under orders of His Excellency Theodore F. Randolph, Governor, by William Stryker, Adjutant General, With added digest and revision. For the use of The Society of The Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey (1911). Author: William S. Stryker. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Roarks (O'Roarke) of Ireland. A Short History of the Roarks in Ireland and Pedigree of the Nathan Roark family in America. Limited second edition (1959) signed by the author. Author's obituary (26 Oct 1961) pasted on to the title page of the book. Author: Morris Roark. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Gallatin County: Gateway to Illinois. First edition signed by the author. Author: Lucille Lawlor. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois.1887.  From the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with Sundry and Interesting Biographical Sketches, Notes, Reminiscences, Etc, Etc..Author: Unknown. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Virginia Militia In The Revolutionary War: McAlllister's Data, Author: J. T. McAllister. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century Comprising its Settlement, as The Watauga Association, from 1769 to 1777; A Part of North-Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; The State of Franklin, from 1784 to 1788; A Part of North-Carolina, from 1788 to 1790; The Territory of the U. States, South of the Ohio, from 1790 to 1796; The State of Tennessee, from 1796 to 1800. Author: J. G. Ramsey. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • 1874-1974 Crockett County Courthouse, A Souvenir Booklet. Pertaining to Crockett County, Tennessee. Author: Crockett County Historical Society. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Register of The New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America: Organized Mary 9,1892. Incorporated April 7, 1892. Author: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Known Military Dead During The American Revolutionary War 1775-1783  "...an alphabetically arranged listing of upwards of 10,000 names, with rank, date of death, and state of birth or service or place where buried. Also includes a bibliography of published Revolutionary War records." Author: Clarence Stewart Peterson. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700. Author: Frank R. Holmes. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • First Ownership of Ohio Lands, Author: Albion Morris Dyer. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Life in the Powell-Cyclone Community of McDonald County, Missouri. A Research Study presented to the McDonald County Historical Society. Author: J. E. Cowan. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The History of Roane County, Tennessee 1801-1870. Reprinted in 1975 from the 1927 volume, with a new index. Author: Emma Middleton Wells. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Cemeteries of Gallatin County, Illinois & A History of the County. Volume 2. Author: Glen Miner. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Pope County, Illinois Marriages 1816-1839. Author: Janet Schonert. A gift from Nora Ripps,
  • Winnebago County, Illinois Cemetery Inscriptions. Vol. 1. Compiled by Hazel M. Hyde and Taylor Decker. A gift from Nora Ripps.
The following holdings were cataloged in MARCH 2024:
  • Founding Families: Conrad Adam & Adelbertha Bergmann who settled on Dec. 31, 1862 or before in the area encompassed by Kendall County, Tx. VOLUME 2.
  • Founding Families: Christian Kaiser who settled on Dec. 31, 1862 or before in the area encompassed by Kendall County, Tx. VOLUME 2.
  • Founding Families: Johann Carl "Charles" Bonnet & Anna Elisa Klemm who lived in Kendall County, Texas in 1862 or earlier. VOLUME 2.
  • Cattle Cotton Corn: A History of Central Texas Middle-Class Ranches, 1880-1930. Drawing from oral histories and family records, illustrating the lived experiences of four small Central Texas family ranches for the families Caulfield, Cavitt, Young, and Foote. A gift from Deb Liberatore.
  • Hopkins County Heritage /Vol. 40 – December 2023. Author: Hopkins County Genealogical Society.
  • Bexar County, Texas: Remembering WWI - Our Regular Divisions - Honored and Respected by All. A Genealogical Collection. Edited by Larry W. Luckett. Excerpt "This new book is an anthology of family memories and events from 100 years ago, with 40 articles by members of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society; includes articles to guide further individual genealogy research.".
  • STIRPES: Texas State Genealogical Society Quarterly: Vol.62 December 2023.
  • Along Country Roads II...in the Texas Hill Country. Signed by the author. Author: Bettie Edmonds.
  • Footprints Quarterly Journal Volume 66 November 2023 by the Fort Work Genealogical Society.
  • Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia; A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, during the Seventeenth Century, including abstracts of the county records. Author: John Bennett Boddie. A gift from: Gloria Gosslin.  This is a later reprint which has broader coverage than previous editions.
  • Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia 1610-11. Author: Compiled by Vina Chandler Price. A gift from Gloria Gosslin.
  • New York Marriage Bonds 1753-1783. Author: Compiled by Dr. Kenneth Scott. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Saints and Strangers: Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers & Their Families, with Their Friends & Foes; & an Account of Their Posthumous Wanderings in Limbo, Their Final Resurrection & Rise to Glory, & the Strange Pilgrimages of Plymouth Rock. Author: George F. Willison. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Karl Von Schwope (1816-1889) His Wife Helene Nagel (1822-1884); Gottlieb Johannes Schwope (1854-1935) His Wife Anna Stephan (1861-1905)  And Their Families of Kendall County, Texas. Includes photographs, original correspondence, etc. A gift from Janelle Holmes.
  • The Gottlieb Stephan Family of Kendall County, Texas and Allied Families of Meckel and Pfeiffer. Includes, maps, photographs, and correspondence. Within the binder are two companion paperbacks, which are The German Texans (1987) and Kendall County Map Index for First Land Owners and Index of Kendall County Citizens in 1870. A gift from Janell Holmes.
  • The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Family Histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church Members Residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil County, Md. 1638-1693. Author: Peter Stebbins Craig, J.D. A gift from Nora Ripps
  • The Book of Names: Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley. Mohawk Valley is the region in New York surrounding Schenectady, Utica, and Rome. Author: Lou D. MacWethy (compiled by). A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Massachusetts Magazine: Marriage and Death Notices 1789-1796. Author: Cj Stevens. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • John and Esther Houston Montgomery 1719-1973. Author: Beulah Henry Anderson et al. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Genealogies of Kentucky Families From the Filson Club History Quarterly. Contains all the family history articles published to date in the Filson Club History Quarterly and is one of three volumes published. Author; The Filson Club. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • 58th Virginia Infantry.1st Edition (#778 or 1,000), signed by the author. Dedicated to the men who served in Virginia Units during the War Between the States. Author: Robert J. Driver, Jr. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • Kansas Territorial Settlers of 1860 Who Were Born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. A compilation with Historical Annotations end Editorial Comments. Includes maps of Kansas and Eastern Colorado showing the area included in the Kansas Territory. Author: Clara Hamlett Robertson. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope, and Hardin Counties, Illinois. Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens. Also biographies of the Presidents of the United States. This is a reproduction of the 1893 book. Author: Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Rohrbough Family 1735-1962. A factual record of the family, descending from John Rohrbough (1735-1821) for the period 1735 to 1962. Author: Fred Ware Rohrbough. A gift from Nora Ripps
  • The Porter Cousins and their Ancestors: William Porter, Isaac Sheldon, Amos Richardson. Author: Billie Porter Garner. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • The Southside. Focus on Greene County, Tennessee, between the Nolachukey River and the North Carolina state line, and extending from Washington County into Cocke County. Author: Goldene Fillers Burgner. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • A Memorial to the Melugin Family of America. Author Douthitt Melugin McKay. A gift from Nora Ripps.
  • History of the Old Cheraws. Containing an Account of the Aborigines of the Pedee. The First White Settlements, Their Subsequent Progress, Civil Changes, the Struggle of the Revolution, and Growth of the Country Afterward. Extending from About A.D. 1730 to 1810. With Notices of Families and Sketches of Individuals. Reprint of the enlarged edition of 1925 with addenda by John J. Dargan.This concerns Indian tribes living in the Cheraws Precinct include the Cheraw, Woccon, (an extinct tribe) and Catawba tribes. Additional tribes living in the area known as the Peedee include the Cherokee, Tuscarora, Yamassee, (Creek) and Muscogee, (Lower Creek Muscogee) tribes. Author: Alexander Gregg. A gift from Nora Ripps.
The following holdings were cataloged in FEBRUARY 2024:   None.
 
The following holdings were cataloged in JANUARY 2024:
  • The Worthington / Lipe Family. Our Earliest Ancestors in America. The Progenitors of our Family Lines Who Emigrated to Original Settlements in The New World Before 1700 AD. A Collection of Our Family History. With Lipe Family History added by Uncle George Russell Lipe, Author: Frances Worthington Lipe.  Donation from the Patrick Heath Public Library of Boerne, Texas
  • 19th Annual Hill Country Family History Seminar presented by The Genealogical Society of Kendall County, Texas
  • Keys to the Past Volume XLII No. 2 Fall/Winter 2023. Author: Compiled by the Genealogy Society of Kendall County, Texas
  • Hopkins County Heritage Volume 40 No.3 September 2023. Compiled by the Hoplins County Genealogical Society, Sulphur Springs, Texas
  • The Ranch That Was Us. A matriarchal saga of growing up on the ranch of Adolf Stieler, Stieler Hill, the Home Ranch. A history of the Texas Hill Country, including Comfort, Kerr County, and Gillespie County. Includes anecdotes and memoirs of Hondo and Shatzie .Crouch. Author: Becky Crouch Patterson. Donated by: Deneise Bormann
  • Comanches, Captives, and Germans. Wilhelm Friedrich's Drawings from the Texas Frontier. Author: Daniel J.Gelo, C. B. "Hoppy" Hopkins, Christopher J. Wickham, and Bryden E. Moon Jr. The 2023 winner of the Ed Mergele Book Award.