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Redo of the Children of Samuel Claridge - pictures changed from black & white to color.

“Full-Name Index to The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” is an essential tool for any family historian or genealogist with ancestors who lived in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma during the 1800s and 1900s. “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” is a rich history of an area that would become and eventually did become Sequoyah County. Attention is given to the history of communities, churches, clubs and organizations, businesses, and schools. Probably the most fascinating portion of the book is the vast amount of family stories. The family stories of “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” are written by various authors. Most of these authors were family members who provided deta ...

This book is for all the descendants and future generations of Jacob Felix Mehren and his grandson James Francis Mehren Sr. and covers nineteen generations of the Mehren family lineage along with their spouses' lineages, who had immigrated from Germany and other countries to the United States in hope to achieve a better way of life and or religious freedom.

Personal stories of life on the Five Mile Prairie, located in Spokane, Washington.

This book covers Wilhelm and Augusta Stiehl Bahr who came into the United States from Germany and settled in Nebraska. Some of their children went to Montana and married and settled there. The lineage in the book covers some of the Bahr's, from Germany to Montana, Bartholomaus's from New York to Montana and California, Garlock's from Kansas and Montana, Pelletier's, Trottier's, of Canada, France, and Montana, and many more.

This book is the second book that covers the ancestorial lineage of Alice Holsinger Mehren from her maternal lineage of the Cummings through the decent of her mother Eva Mae Cummings. Eva Cummings ancestors had come over from Ireland or Scotland and migrated into Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and finally into Jasper and Story counties, Iowa. It covers all the Cummings spouse's and some of their known descendants, the Hardin's, Frazier's, West, Brown, etc.

Contents: Hollingshead history Nelson Stoyell Hollingshead history Abram Evans and Elizabeth Evans histories Edward Rawlins to John Rollins history Van Benthuysen Family Keziah Ketura Van Benthuysen James Henry Rollins Hannah Hulme and her father William Hulme histories Abram and Hannah Burdett Rollins Hollingshead Nelson Hulmes Hollingshead Juanita Burdett Hollingshead Creager Abraham Loraine Hollingshead Henry Golden Hollingshead Theodore Hollingshead Kenneth Glenn Hollingshead Inez Elizabeth Hollingshead Davidson Gardea Zeitner Delila Jane Hollingshead Ferrin Effa Hannah Hollingshead Larsen Clarence Hollingshead Bruce “W” Hollingshead Pedigree charts Prepared for ...

The Holsinger family in the United States started by Rudolph Holsinger (Holtzinger) and his wife Magdalena Meyer Holsinger when they emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine, France to Pennsylvania. Rudolph Holsinger was by oral tradition was born in the Black Hills of Germany. I contacted someone who could look into the records, and it was found that Rudolph had stated that he was born in Switzerland, the birth record found for Rudoph Holsinger was found in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Cantons, Bas-Rhin, Switzerland, which are in the Black Forest and at times, the area was a part of the German empire. Basel, Basel-Stadt, Cantons, Bas-Rhin, Switzerland, borders Germany (Baden-Württemberg) and France. He m ...

Back in 1972, international travel was not nearly as common as it is today, especially for young people. But I was chosen to chaperone and speak for a Youth for Christ evangelistic singing team, The Mighty Wind, as they traveled overseas for a few months. We sang and spoke to a couple hundred thousand people of all ages in schools, colleges, churches, open air and in other facilities. This is an account of the highlights and trials of 6 young folks performing and living together under a stressful schedule.