Download Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia 42nd Infantry by John C. Rigdon PDF

By John C. Rigdon

The Georgia forty second Infantry Regiment was once assembled at Camp McDonald, Georgia, in March, 1862, with males from Gwinnett, De Kalb, Newton, Walton, Fulton, and Calhoun counties. The regiment moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi the place it used to be hooked up to common Barton's Brigade within the division of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It fought at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill, and on July four, 1863, used to be captured at Vicksburg. Exchanged and brigaded below basic Stovall, the forty second persevered the struggle in quite a few battles from Missionary Ridge to Bentonville. In December, 1863, it contained 444 males and 394 palms, and in November, 1864, there have been 345 current for accountability. The regiment surrendered with the military of Tennessee with five officials and 126 men.
A firsthand account, “History of the forty second Infantry Regiment,” was once written via Capt. W. L. Calhoun of corporation K.
Companies Of The GA forty second Infantry Regiment
Company A - Gwinnett County
Company B - Gwinnett County
Company C - Milton County
Company D - Dekalb County
Company E - Newton County
Company F - Newton County
Company G - Walton County
Company H - Walton County
Company I - Fulton County
Company okay - Fulton County

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Download Days of Vintage, Years of Vision by Midge Sherwood PDF

By Midge Sherwood

The three-volume sequence, Days of classic, Years of imaginative and prescient, is the 1st documented California background written as a kinfolk narrative. The sequence chronicles the pioneer period of Senator Benjamin D. Wilson, the constitution mayor of la and California statesman for whom Mr. Wilson is called, and his sons-in-law, George Smith Patton, Sr., a kingdom political chief, and James De Barth Shorb, whose ranch is now the positioning of the Huntington Library, paintings Galleries and Botanical Gardens. those 3 males helped identify Southern California as “a global advertisement middle” via their visionary and tireless efforts.

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Download The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas by Allison Dolan,Family Tree Magazine Editors PDF

By Allison Dolan,Family Tree Magazine Editors

Journey Into the Past!

Envision your ancestors' world--as your ancestors knew it--through hundreds of thousands of gorgeous full-color reproductions of beneficial eighteenth and 19th century maps. The maps illustrate the old limitations of every of the U.S. states as they improved from territories to statehood and exhibit the transferring of county limitations and names inside states over the years.

Inside you are going to find:

  • Full-color historic maps of the U.S. from every one decade of the 19th century.
  • Detailed, full-color historic maps of all 50 U.S. states.
  • Time strains of important occasions in every one state's history.
  • Charming nineteenth-century panoramic maps of key cities.
  • Special-interest maps, which offer exciting peeks into American society from ordinary kinfolk sizes to taxation according to capita to local industries.

This booklet is ideal for relatives historians gaining knowledge of their American roots. The maps can assist: positioned examine in geographical context; determine jurisdictions that most likely carry your ancestors' documents; notice the capability destinations of "missing" documents; tune and visualize migrations; and comprehend the evolution of nationwide, kingdom and county borders. The maps additionally offer nice old context for college kids, academics, homeschooling mom and dad and somebody with an curiosity in U.S. background. deliver American heritage to lifestyles with this final choice of classic maps.

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Download Narrative Biographies of the Anderson Family Genealogy: by Marc Thompson PDF

By Marc Thompson

Narrative Biographies of the Anderson kinfolk family tree together with Anderson, Keefer, Gaugler, Livezey, Bortner, Kelly, Bucher, Kent, Arnold (2), Emerich, Shaffer, Mantz, Culin, Herrold, Felty, Ney, Zink, St Clair, Swartz, Epley, Heilman et al of Bohemia; Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, reduce Saxony & Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; Schaffhausen, Jura and Zurich, Switzerland; and Berks, Lancaster, Montgomery, Northumberland, Philadelphia, Snyder and Union Counties, PA

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Download Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 60th Infantry by John C. Rigdon PDF

By John C. Rigdon

The Alabama sixtieth Infantry regiment used to be shaped by means of consolidating 4 businesses of the 1st battalion of Hilliard's Legion with six businesses of the 3rd battalion. the 1st battalion, seven businesses, went out with Jack Thorington of Montgomery as lieutenant colonel, and John H. Holt of Montgomery as significant; and the 3rd battalion, six businesses, went out with John W. A. Sanford of Montgomery as lieutenant colonel, and Hatch prepare dinner of Georgia as significant.
Within the Legion, the first Infantry Battalion was once equipped with 7 businesses at Montgomery, 25 June 1862. 4 businesses consolidated with the third Infantry Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, they usually have been precise the sixtieth Infantry Regiment at Charleston, TN, on 25 November 1863. the rest three businesses turned the twenty third Sharp-shooters Battalion. the sphere officials have been Lt. Col. Jack Thorington and significant (then Lt. Col.) John H. Holt.
Upon the dissolution of Hilliard's Legion in November 1863, Co. "A" of the first Battalion turned Co. "F"; Co. "B" grew to become Co. "H"; Co. "C" grew to become Co. "K"; and Co. "D" grew to become Co. "I", the entire sixtieth Alabama Infantry; Co. "E", "F", and "G" grew to become Co. "E", "F", and "G", respectively, all the 23 AL Sharpshooters Battalion.
Companies Of The Al sixtieth Infantry Regiment
Company A Pike County Alabama
Company B, ‘Rebecca Williams Rifles’ Coosa County
Company C Montgomery County
Company D, Columbus Georgia
Company E Henry County ‘The Henry Guards’
Company F Montgomery County
Company G Pike County
Company H Butler County
Company I Lowndes County
Company okay Chambers County

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Download The Family History Web Directory : The Genealogical Websites by Jonathan Scott PDF

By Jonathan Scott

Jonathan Scott's kinfolk background internet listing is an information-packed reference advisor that distils the easiest of the net into one easy-to-use structure. Themed sections hide assorted issues, from 'getting begun' to express occupations, and there's an index reproducing the entire web pages in A-Z order. His instruction manual is an important resource for much less skilled researchers, and a convenient aide-memoire for extra professional campaigners.

Web addresses are indexed through subject, then so as of significance and usability. a unprecedented variety of web sites that may curiosity relatives historians is integrated – from files of births and deaths, tax, crime and faith, to army files and files of labor and occupations. additionally featured are websites that provide information regarding files, blogs and boards, social networking and sharing research.

The net will be an overpowering position for the genealogist. Jonathan Scott's ebook offers readers with on-line shortcuts, guidance for buying the simplest from recognized web content, plus the main points of every kind of lesser-known and hard-to-find sources.

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Download Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia 34th Infantry by John C. Rigdon PDF

By John C. Rigdon

The Georgia thirty fourth Infantry Regiment used to be shaped within the spring of 1862 and used to be comprised mostly of farmers who had initially noticeable their responsibility to be that of delivering troops in Virginia with food.

The regiment was once despatched to Chattanooga on June twenty sixth 1862 based on significant basic Edmund Kirby Smith's request for extra troops from Georgia. Brigadier normal Henry Heth were ordered to Chattanooga to imagine command of the Georgia regiments. as well as the thirty fourth, the “Georgia Brigade” used to be composed of the thirty sixth, thirty ninth, fortieth, forty second, forty third, and 52nd Infantry Regiments less than the command of Colonel E. P. Watkins.

The thirty fourth fought in the course of the warfare with the military of Tennessee, surrendering in North Carolina.
Company A – Whitfield County – Fitzgerald Rifles
Company B – Cherokee County
Company C – Coweta and Troup Counties
Company D – Chatooga County
Company E – Jackson County – Jackson Farmers
Company F – Dade County
Company G – Franklin County
Company H – Banks County
Company I – Franklin County – Franklin Greys
Company ok – Carroll and Heard Counties

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Download Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook by Kjell Andersson,Per Clemensson PDF

By Kjell Andersson,Per Clemensson

Get a begin in your Swedish relations historical past together with your Swedish Roots, a step by step guide to assist advisor you in gaining knowledge of your Swedish ancestors. First, examine common information regarding Sweden, Swedish naming practices, and the Swedish language. those fundamentals might help you examine names of ancestors and seek via Swedish documents with better ease. subsequent, study what Swedish documents can be found, the place to discover them, and the way to exploit them. Swedish church documents could be essentially the most price to you, as they're very entire and good preserved. ultimately, keep on with pattern instances on specific Swedish households to profit invaluable learn steps to your circle of relatives heritage. As you know about your Swedish ancestry, you'll event the profitable emotions that come from looking for and getting to know your ancestors.

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Download Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors: A National Archives Guide by Guy Grannum PDF

By Guy Grannum

This ebook is perfect for a person who reaserching their Caribbean kinfolk heritage The nationwide records and past. The nationwide records holds documents for lots of those who lived in British West Indian colonies resembling emigrants, plantation proprietors, slaves, squaddies, sailors and transported criminals. The records additionally carry the colonial workplace files for the British West Indies. This comprises nation correspondence to and from the colonies and passenger lists. Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors additionally shows readers how you can use relatives historical past assets and family tree web content and indexes past The nationwide Archives.

Fully up to date and revised, this new version covers contemporary advancements in Caribbean data, together with info of newly published details and data which are now on hand on-line. This publication outlines the first examine resources for these tracing their Caribbean ancestry and describes information of entry to files, additional analyzing, necessary web pages and the way to discover and thoroughly seek relations heritage sources.

As Britain doesn't carry in the community created documents of its dependencies similar to church files, this publication doubles as a gateway to the neighborhood heritage resources during the Caribbean that stay in every one country's documents and check in place of work. This ebook may be of use to somebody studying relations heritage in British Caribbean nations of Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands in addition to Guyana, Belize and Bermuda.

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