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The Appalachian Frontier
John Anthony Caruso's The Appalachian Frontier, first published in 1959, captures the drama and sweep of a nation at the beginning of its westward expansion. Bringing to life the region's history from its earliest seventeenth-century scouting parties to the admission of Tennessee to the Union in 1796, Caruso describes the exchange of ideas, values, and cultural traits that marked Appalachia as a unique frontier. Looking at the rich and mountainous land between the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers, The Appalachian Frontier follows the story of the Long Hunters in Kentucky; the struggles of the Regulators in North Carolina; the founding of the Watauga, Transylvania, Franklin, and Cumberland settlemen...
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The Missing Ancestor
How to find your missing ancestor? Even thou this book is mainly about the search for a single individual, Jonathan Watson, it provides guidelines for other researchers who are searching for their missing ancestors. These guidelines include: a^(tm) Not depending upon family sources, early census records, and public family trees as a reliable source of information. . Starting with known clues that lead to other clues, such as religion, migration pattern, military, and DNA clues. a^(tm) Analyzing middle names and the same given name that is passed down through generations. . Using chronological list of events to determine accuracy of data. a^(tm) Formulating theories from facts and not hearsay. For historical purposes, the author has included facts and theories about additional Watson families who lived in Washington and Sullivan County during the late 1700s and early 1800s. He has also included theories about lifestyles and hardships during this period.
Zirkle Family History
Lodowick and Maria Eva Zirkle came from Germany in 1725 and located in Pennsylvania. Mr. Zirkle died in 1746 and is buried in a cemetery in Philadelphia. In 1755, Maria Eva Zirkle, two daughters and five sons moved to Virginia to a place called "The Forest" now Forestville, Shendoah County, Virginia.
Cline-Kline Family
George Klein, Sr. was born in Zweibruken, Basvaria in southern Germany, October 9, 1715 and came to America in 1738.
Generations Past
This book "is a selected list of books in the collections of the Library of Congress compiled primarily for researchers of Afro-American lineages. Included in this bibliography are guidebooks, bibliographies, genealogies, collective biographies, United States local histories, directories, and other works pertaining specifically to Afro-Americans. Emphasis is on books that contain information about lesser-known individuals of the nineteenth century and earlier, although Afro-American business and city directories published through 1959 are listed"--Introd.
John H. Garber & Barbara Miller of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
Johannes Garber Sr. (ca. 1732-1787) married Barbara Miller, daughter of Michael Miller and Susanna Agness Berchtol, ca. 1752. They lived in York County, Pennsylvania and then moved to Frederick County, Maryland in 1768. In 1775 they moved to Flat Rock, Virginia. Early descendants lived in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and later spread throughout the U.S.
