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3102) Holy Ghost United Church of Christ of St. Louis, Missouri: baptism and marriage records, 1833-1843
Author
Publisher
Closson Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
ii, 290 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
viii, 471 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Used as a French base of operations and later by the British during the Battle of New Orleans, Ship Island served as a Federal prison under the command of Union Major-General Benjamin F. Butler during the Civil War. This volume traces the history of Ship Island which lies about 12 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ericson Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
ii, 446 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Alphabetical listing of veterans of the Civil War and/ or their widows from Hill County, Texas, supplemented with additional personal information from various sources. Includes those who drew pensions or Confederate Land Grants, giving dates of birth and death, place of interment, name of spouse and date of marriage, where known and service.
Author
Publisher
Ericson Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Alphabetical listing of veterans of the Civil War and/ or their widows from Henderson County, Texas, supplemented with additional personal information from various sources. Includes those who drew pensions or Confederate Land Grants, giving dates of birth and death, place of interment, name of spouse and date of marriage, where known and service.
Author
Publisher
Willow Bend Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
ix, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
This is the story of iron manufacturing in Stafford County, Virginia in the mid 1700's. The CD-ROM (in pocket) gives a vivid illustration of life at a colonial iron works, the ledger also provides family researchers with a wealth of genealogical information.
Author
Publisher
Great Smoky Mountains Assocation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
704 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From solitary, unmarked burials atop hills to church graveyards crowded with over a hundred monuments, the cemeteries of the Great Smoky Mountains are enduring historic treasures. The more than 150 cemeteries distributed throughout Great Smoky Mountains National Park reveal the cultural history of the area from a special perspective. Each of the thousands of diverse monuments located within the cemeteries offers insights into the hardships, attitudes,...
3115) Tales and tombstones of Sunset Cemetery: tracing lives and memorial customs in a Southern graveyard
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book relates the stories of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
376 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a driver's license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits. Yet as Donald Trump and his fellow 'birthers' reminded us when they claimed that Barack Obama wasn't an American citizen, it plays a central role in determining identity and citizenship. Here, award-winning historian Susan J. Pearson...
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