Search Results: Genealogy from Books About The South

Privately Published, 1927. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. G/1st ed. This is a history of Christ Church Parish Church in Pensacola Florida from its beginning to the early twentieth century. Firm in a stapled paperback binding. The covers are the consistancy of construction paper and have some fading along the spine and the top of the rear cover, the title has faded on the front cover and there is spotting on the cover. 75 pages, with a surprising amount of early photos, notes, list of memorial items donated by parishsioners, list of orgainizations associated with the church, list of rectors.. First front free endpaper is stamped Christ Church School, and it appeaars something was glued to edge of page. The pages are on higher quality paper, and has no writing, marking or foxing. Many members named during this 100 year period. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for protection and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASP

Moultrie GA: Moultrie McNeill Chapter Nno. 661 United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1980. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VG/1st ed. A solid copy. There are 2 small areas that are discolored on the front cover. Other than that, it's in great condition. Very firmly stapled at the spine, with an extra set of staples. No marking or stains to the interior pages. 46pp., sources of information used, 2 Muster Rolls(Company H 59th Regiment Georgia Infantry and Company C 11th Regiment Georgia State Guards Cavalry), HIstory of Confederate Fighting Units in Colquitt County, location of cemeteries in Colquitt County. The book is housed in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBAS

Privately Printed, 1963. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed. A first edition of this publication, originally printed for famiily and friends. This copy has a short inscription to the previous owner, and is numbered #297 on the front free endpaper. The name Mary Taylor is written on the top edge of the pages in red ink. The book is clean and is firmly attached to the cover. There's a white strip of paper glued to the spine with the name of the book in typed letters down the cover. The interior of the book is clean and has no writing or marking. One hundred and seventy pages; several pages are blank, to be used to fill in family information. Scarce in first edition. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASF

Savannah Georga: Oglethorpe Pr, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/Reprint. A great copy with no flaws. No markings, no soiling, tight binding, Jacket has no nicks or tears and has great even color with price intact, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. The town's histories listed are : Old and New Ebenezer, Frederica, Sunbury, Fort Morris, and Hardwick. 263pp., maps, notes, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. The King Family owned the Roswell Manufacturing Company, which manufactured cloth for the Confederacy. The book covers correspondence between family members during the war as well as correspondence about the family business. First hand accounts of refugees fleeing Northern Advances on Atlanta and Union occupantion. Book is as new, tight, clean and unmarked. 138 paes with bibliography and index. Chapter notes, B&W photos, family genealogy charts. Dust Jacket as new; no soiling or tears. Covered with mylar sleeve always.

Norman OK: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/1sted. Well, he is your Huckleberry. This book is clean, tight and bright. No nicks or tears to jacket, no stains or marking in the interior. Jacket covered with a mylar sleeve. 338 pp., illustrations,(there's even a of photo of "Big Nose Kate") maps, charts, appendix of John Henry Holliday's genealogy, notes, bibliography, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Elberton County Historical Society: Elbert County Historical Society, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. VG+/1st ed. A clean and unmarked copy. Paper covers are clean and unmarked, no teeth missing on spiral binding. 109 pages of gravestone and plot locations. Six additional pages for family and church cemeteries for the black families of Elbert County. There is a large map housed in the back of the book which has the location of all the Cemeteries in Elbert County, with the coordinates in red. The last page is a Map Tap with infromation on how to match a cemetery's map Number with its name in the Cemetery Index. Well put together and very useful for the family genealogist or historian. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. BOXA

BookBaby, 2020. Hardcover. Fine. Fine/2020. No wear at all, and has never been read. 348pp., 34 families discussed, a few black and white photos, notes. Part of the Environmental Influences on Life and Labor in McIntosh County Georgia Series. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed and I can put it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

Washington, GA: Self Published, 1959. Soft cover. Very Good. VG/1st ed. A solid copy of a scarce publication(self published, probably not many produced). 81 pages, divided into several sections: Wills, Originals 1787 - 1815, Wills, book 11(200 wills altogether), Settlements of Estates by Administrators and Executors, Some Original Marriage Bonds, Divisions, Real Estate Inheritances, Deeds of Gift, Deed Books, Superior Court, Original Documents - (loose papers) Partitions of Estates, Equity Court Cases, Chancery Court Records. The front cover has the previous owner's name at the very top of the cover. The cloth binding is faded. However there is another front cover located under the first cover, in excellent shape, but unfortunately the previous owner felt compelled to writer her name again at the top of the cover. All pages are clean and white but 2 paragraphs (separate pages) have large parenthesis on both sides in the margins. No other writing or markings. The book will come to… Read More

Atlanta Georgia: Georgia Historical Commission, 1968. First Edition . Paperback, Trade. Very Good. VG/1st ed. Large paperback, first edition, the page edge of cover has some light fading, front and back, two small coffee stains on the front cover. Interior clean, no foxing, unmarked "mellowed" white pages. 44 pages, with photos, diagrams, list of artifacts found, footnotes. This copy belonged to historian Virginia Wood, though not signed, she wrote her last name at the top of the front cover. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BOXB

Knoxville Tennessee: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/First Edition. A nice copy of a hard to come by book. This copy is clean, tightly bound, with a little rubbing to each corner. There is an Christmas inscription to the previous owner on the front free end paper, no other markings. Bright silver lettering on front and spine. 240pp., genealogy information on the families: Patterson, Hebbard, and Steadwell in McIntosh County Georgia. This copy comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBC

Athens Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1968. First Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine. NF/0/1st ed.(University of Georgia Monographs #16) The primary emphasis of this study is upon the attempts made by the opposing medical departments in the East to organize effective field ambulance systems during the period of "the improvised war" from First through the Second Manassas. Book Condition is Near Fine; clean with a few very light spots at the bottom of the front cover. Otherwise, tight and square, clean and unmarked. 116pp. Notes, epilogue, and index. Nice sturdy copy. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage BASE.

Atlanta, Georgia: Piedmont Driving Club, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine. F/1st ed. A handsome copy. Clean and tight with square corners, and bright gold letter on spine and front panel. Paper picture on front panel perfect with excellent color. No writing or soiling to interior. 154pp., early documents, history, clubs, organizations, and wonderful b&w photos of each era. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can pop this baby in the mail to you tomorrow.

Winston-Salem, N.C.: Privately Published, 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. F/0/1st ed. Very nice history of the First Presbyterian Church of Winston-Salem, NC. The story of the first three periods covered are 25 years each. The history was written in 1937 by the author for the seventy-fiftth anniversary of the Church in October 1937 and was rewritten in 1961 for the one hunredth anniversary of the church in October 1962. The fourth period telling the story of the next twenty-five years of the 1961 ;by William E. East, Editor of the Twin City Sentinel and an elder in the church. Book is clean and unmarked. Tight and square. Portraits and illustrations. 94pp. First Edition. Also contains a pamphlet: Baptism in a Presbyterian Congregation.

Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG+/1st ed. Revised. Clean tight copy of this uncommon history. The cover has some very mild rubbing on the bottom corners, shelf wear, and there is a small amount of light water damage in the outer margin of the first 20 pages. No marking or writting anywhere in the interior or exterior. 254 pages of lots granted to families in Georgia from 5 new counties created from Fayette, Henry, Monroe , Houston and Dooly Counties (Crisp, Macon, Pulaski, Wilcox, Turner, and Worth). These counties were located in the middle of the state, and were created from ceded lands belonging to the Creek Nation. Tight binding and pages themselves are bright white no writghting or marking. Great color on cloth over boards, with gold letter on front and spine. A solid copy, sent to you in an acid free document bag for storage, boxed for mailing and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/Reprint of 2nd Edition-1977. Tight and clean, this is the only 1977 reprint listed. Beige buckram with gold lettering on front and spine. Covers are without blemish, but do have some very occasional light soiling. Interior is unmarked, with no foxing or soiling and bright pages. Along with genealogical information there an example of the family crest. 644pp. with a 4 page supplement.

Bountiful, Utah: Family Roots Publishing Company, 2009. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None Issued. NF/1st ed. The only flaw in this paperback is the previous owner's stamp at the top of the front free endpaper. Otherwise, there's no witing or marking, and the binding isn't creased. 191 pages, crammed with information about the decade 1861-1869. Mr. Dollarhide lays out this volume by nation wide name list and then by state listings in alphabetical order. Also listed are online Military and civilian record, along with post war veteran lists. Very few of these lists were complied; they are listed here: General and Organizational indexes to pension files 1861-1934, the American Civil War Research Database, 1861-1869 State Consuses, Statewide Militia lists, Confederate Pension Applications, indexes to Statewide Records, etc. Comes to you in an acid free document bag, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BOXA

Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed.

Privately Printed, 1934. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/1st ed./EX-LIBRARY. Two hundred copies of this genealogy was printed in 1934 for family members. This one was owned by the Jacksonville(FL) Library and is stamped WITHDRAWN on the front and rear cover. The booklet is 40 pages long, has never had a checkout pocket and has only one Jacksonville Public Library stamp on the first page and a discreet deconsession number on the dedication page. Clean tight with no soiling or marking to the body of the booklet. Long out of print, very scarce. BASO

Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/1999. A real nice copy; all gilt present on front and spine, binding tight, sharp corners. No marking to interior, clean white pages. 266pp., Text divided in to 3 sections: Georgia Citizens, Georgia Patriots Soldiers, and Georgia Loyalist Soldiers. Lots of genealogy information. Appendices : Post Revolutionary War Lists, Georgia Military Records Book, Federal pensions list, list of Georgia loyalists claims. Housed in a non acid document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC