The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 50, 1896 . New England Historic Genealogical Society. (1896) reprint, index, illus., 612 pp.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1896 (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1896)

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No other official record or group of records is as historically significant as the 1790 census of the United States. The taking of this census marked the inauguration of a process that continues right up to our own day--the enumeration at ten-year intervals of the entire American population. In its very continuity the census is a mirror image of the evolution of the American republic, and the census of 1790, the first official enumeration of all heads of household residing in the infant republic, is the true starting point of this process, the place where we can point a finger and say with confidence, "This is where it started! From here on we deal with facts!" The equivalent of England's Domesday Book, the 1790 census is an authentic chronicle of the American people during the period immediately following the Revolution and at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. It is certain that no other set of records in the government archives contains as much information about ordinary citizens at this momentous period in history. 
The original 1790 enumerations covered the present states of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. Unfortunately, not all the schedules have survived, the returns for the states of Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia having been lost or destroyed, possibly when the British burned the Capitol at Washington during the War of 1812, though there seems to be no proof for this. For Virginia, taxpayer lists made in the years 1782-1785 have been reconstructed as replacements for the original returns. 
In response to repeated requests from genealogists, historians, and patriotic societies, the surviving census records were published by the Bureau of the Census in 1907 and 1908. The twelve states whose records were then extant are each covered by a single volume. The twelve published volumes contain the names of the heads of about 400,000 families, with information concerning their place of residence, the size of their families, and the approximate ages of the male family members. The families, averaging six people each, comprised about 2,400,000 individuals, or approximately 75% of the total population of the United States at the time. 
In each of the published census volumes the schedules are arranged by county and in some cases by minor subdivisions of counties, thus enabling the researcher to narrow his field of research to a particular judicial district. Each volume is separately indexed, so the researcher has only a single alphabet to consult for each state. Heads of families, arranged in alphabetical order under each county and district, are listed with the following information after each name: Number of free white males of sixteen years and upward; number of free white males under sixteen years; number of free white females; number of all other free persons; number of slaves. Anyone who orders all twelve volumes of the 1790 Census is entitled to a 10% (ten percent) discount.

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 Virginia: Records of the State Enumerations 1782 to 1785

History

United States, Census Bureau

United State Bureau of the Census

Americas

Part A of this important sourcebook contains the names of 3,814 invalid pensioners, arranged alphabetically under each state or territory, with their rank and annual stipend. Part B contains the names of 2,086 additional pensioners with their rank and annual stipend, and the starting date of the pension. It further includes a list of widows and orphans.

The Pension List of 1820: U.S. War Department

Ancestral roots of sixty colonists who came to New England between 1623 and 1650: The lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants

Reference

Weis, Frederick Lewis. With Additions And Corrections By Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.

Genealogy

This standard reference work contains abstracts of approximately 150,000 Kentucky land grants for the entire period 1782-1924, and it is usually the first book any searcher for Kentucky ancestors uses. Arranged alphabetically according to the type of grant, it provides the full name of the grantee, number of acres, date of survey, name of county, watercourse, and the volume and page number of the original entry. Out of print for many years, the book is now in great demand.

The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankport, Kentucky 1782-1924

Jillson, Willard Rouse

Review Volume 4 is now in two partsPart 1 9780806319933Part 2 9780806319940Still 125.00 MSRP --Genealogical Publishing Co.

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 4: Ohio Monthly Meetings

William Wade Hinshaw

These bonds for Franklin County, Virginia, which commence shortly after the county's formation, are arranged in a single alphabet by the surname of the male. Data furnished with each entry includes the full name of the bride-to-be, the exact date of the marriagebond, and the names of the parents and sureties. Approximately 9,500 brides and grooms are identified.

Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia, 1786-1858. ( Reprinted With a New Index of Brides, Parents, and Sureties)

Wingfield, Marshall

Wills and where to find them

Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherley

Reprint of v. 3 of the 1905 ed. published by Lewis Pub. Co., New York under title: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time.

A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Biographies & Memoirs

Davis, William W. H.

Historical

Probate and Orphans Court records of Snyder County, Pennsylvania, 1772-1855

Charles A. compiler Fisher

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