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This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.
Philip Paul (b.1657), a Quaker, and his family immigrated in 1685 from England to Virginia, settling in 1686 in Gloucester County, New Jersey, where he died after May 1728. Descendants lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Oregon and elsewhere.
Samuel Clark (b.1799) married Catherine Smalle, and moved from Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania to Monroe County, Ohio before 1850. In 1855 they moved to Proctor, Wetzel County, West Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Maryland, California and elsewhere.
John Boyd (ca. 1735-1800) was born in England and immigrated to America, becoming one of the earliest settlers of Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He married Sarah Gryfyth (or Griffith), a native of Wales, ca. 1754. They had seven children. Descendants live throughout the United States.
Paul Evans, a New Yorker has had a long and varied musical career. As a songwriter, Paul has written hits for himself as well as for Bobby Vinton – the 1962 classic, 'Roses Are Red, My Love', the Kalin Twins 'When' in 1957, and Elvis Presley 'The Next Step is Love' and 'I Gotta Know' and more. His songs have been featured in movies – Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and John Waters' Pecker, television shows (Scrubs) and TV ads. He also wrote an off-off Broadway show, Cloverleaf Crisis, and the theme for the original network television show, CBS This Morning. Paul has spent a great deal of his life as a recording artist. From his 1959 and 60's hits: 'Seven Little Girls Sitting in The Back Seat', 'Midnight Special' and 'Happy Go Lucky Me' to his 1979 hit: 'Hello, This Is Joannie', #6 on the UK pop charts and Top 40 on Billboard's Country charts. This book describes his journey from getting his start in the music business, becoming part of the Brill's song-writing community and the sixty-three music-filled years that followed.
Christoph Rintelmann and his family immigrated in 1754 from Germany to Philadelphia, and settled near present-day Salisbury, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, California, Oregon and elsewhere.
Presents an historical analysis of the Salem witch trials, examining the factors that may have led to the mass hysteria, including a possible occurrence of ergot poisoning, a frontier war in Maine, and local political rivalries.