Download or read book The Salem Book written by Salem Historical Committee (Salem, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Their Own Voices written by Winston Adler and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the 1840s and continuing until his death, Dr. Asa Fitch (1809-1878) of Salem, NY, interviewed elderly neighbors, questioning them about the time of first European settlement, the Revolutionary War, and the first decades of the 19th century. Fitch was more than just a medical doctor. By the 1850s, he ranked as a world-famed entomologist, with important discoveries about insect life to his credit. He turned his precise, scientific mindset to good account in his oral history work. He seems to have functioned almost like a human tape recorder, transcribing and preserving vivid, colloquial statements from a wide range of individuals---most not fully literate people (that is, people who could read their Bible and sign their names but not write fluent accounts of the incidents of their lives.) Jeanne Winston Adler's excerpts from Fitch's manuscript ("Notes for a History of Washington County, NY," NY Genealogical & Biographical Soc., NYC; and elsewhere on microfilm) present the liveliest "voices" collected by the 19th-century scholar. Some portions of Adler's "Their Own Voices" (first published in 1983) were re-published in her "In the Path of War: Children of the American Revolution Tell Their Stories" (Cobblestone Publishing, 1998). A facsimile reprint of the 1983 book, containing all material originally excerpted from Fitch, is now offered here.
Download or read book History of Washington County N Y written by James Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mysterious Black Migration 1800 1820 written by L. Lloyd Stewart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story that unfolds in this work manifests the pursuit of one of the many historical mysteries that plague the early history of people of African descent in New York State - a mass migration of thousands of African descendants to Washington County, New York at the turn of the 19th century. The impact of this de-valued history and its absence from the historical record has distorted the recollection and remembrance of people of African descent in New York, whose ancestors were trapped in the confinement of enslavement and second-class citizenship. This unrecorded migration transpired while New York was beginning to alter its highly profitable economic system from an enslavement-based economy to a more capitalist system of production. They journeyed to Washington County, families and expectations in tow under the suggestion of a rumor of opportunity and anticipation that a better life was possible for them at the end of this arduous journey. Newly disposed of the day to day dehumanizing nature of enslavement, they struggled to find a more sustainable, prosperous and humane way of life. The correlation between my family, the Van Vrankens and the thousands of other individuals of African descent who migrated to Washington County during this period, is the personal, festering wound of omission that is still not healed or resolved. This work is a continuing byproduct of genealogical research begun by the author in 2000. It represents the second in a series of books relating to his families experiences in early New York. The first Book A Far Cry From Freedom: Gradual Abolition (1799-1827) New York States Crime Against Humanity, was published in 2006.
Download or read book White Captives written by June Namias and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Captives offers a new perspective of Indian-white coexistence on the American frontier through analysis of historical, anthropological, political, and literary materials. --> Namias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians are commentaries on the uncertain boundaries of gender, race, and culture during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. She compares the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers and examines the narratives of captives Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield.
Download or read book The Salem Book written by Salem Historical Committee (Salem, N.Y.) and published by Salem, N.Y., The Salem review-Press. This book was released on 1896 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities History and Biography of America written by John Ward Dean and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities History and Biography of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes and Queries written by William Henry Egle and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Washington County written by Alfred Creigh and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 1995 Genealogy Annual written by Thomas Jay Kemp and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections. FAMILY HISTORIES-cites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-includes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world. GENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-consists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county. The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.
Download or read book Ancestral Roots and Descendants of Charles Robert Looney and Lavanchie Margaret Cool and the Families of Ackley Bradford Burbank Cool Crow Dwight Fitch Flint Goodwin Granger Hoar Kuhl Looney Mason Partridge Peck Wark and Whiting written by Richard Coleman Witters and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Coleman Witters was born in Valparaiso, Indiana, and now lives in Cary, North Carolina, where he is retired from the insurance industry. He received degrees from the College for Financial Planning, earning the designation of Certifi ed Financial Planner (CFP) and the School of Paralegal Studies. Richard served in the U.S. Army for seven years and is married to Maria J. Brancaleone who has blessed him with two wonderful daughters, Michelle and Cherise, and six grandchildren. This manuscript relates to the ancestors of Richard Coleman Witters on the maternal side of his family. Included are family names such as Ackley, Adams, Bradford, Burbank, Cool, Crow, Dwight, Flint, Goodwin, Granger, Hoare, Kuhl, Mason, Partridge, Peck, Wark, and Whitingall arriving to America prior to 1700 and found in several early American history books, genealogical societies, and town records. In addition to names of individuals and dates of births, marriages, and deaths, you will fi nd a taste of history of early America, accomplishments of certain individuals, and the roles played in shaping our educational , religion, and governmental systems. You will read about the thought process of passengers coming to America considering what to take and what to leave behind. You will read about the religion turmoil in England that caused the great migration to America. This book was not intended to be a complete history of early America; it merely touches on points that, with hope, the reader will be inspired to learn more about our history and perhaps research his or her own family history.
Download or read book Book Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association written by New York State Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fort Edward Book Containing Some Historical Sketches with Illustrations and Family Records written by Robert O. Bascom and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. TAXATION AND ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXPAYERS IN THE EARLY DAYS.--SUPERVISORS' UNIQUE RECORDS. The earliest assessment roll preserved in the town clerk's office is for the year 1820, by which roll it appears that there was at that time in this town, 161 resident taxpayers and eight non-resident taxpayers. Forty-six of the resident taxpayers were assessed for personal property. William Finn was the largest land-owner in town at that time. He was assessed for 4738 acres of land and his personal assessment was for $3,000. The land throughout the town was assessed at the uniform rate of $1.00 per acre, and Mr. Finn was therefore assessed for $7,738, upon which assessment he paid a tax of $30.56. He was not only the largest landowner, but he was also the largest taxpayer in town. In 1826 the town raised for the support of the poor, $150; for town expenses, $199.85; for the support of common schools, $95.04; for county tax, $352.22, and for the collector's fee on school tax, $4.75, making a total levy in town of $801.86. The next year the levy was something less, being only $743.22. In 1830 the aggregate valuation of the resident taxpayers was $177,630. This valuation was reduced four per cent, by the Board of Supervisors, and Ira Parmely, Supervisors' clerk, certified that "there is to be levied in Fort Edward this year (1830) for town expenses, $133.13; for the support of common schools, $101.58; for county tax, $622.40; for collector's fees on school tax, $5.08, a total of $862.19." In 1831 the total assessed acreage was 15,733. The valuation of the real estate was $163,482; the personal assessment was $16,409; the aggregate valuation $179,891; and the total tax was $515.92. In 1832 the aggregate...
Download or read book Proceedings written by New York State Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record written by Richard Henry Greene and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
