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The LePore family journey begins with my father, Gene Richard LePore’s, side of my family. The son of David Donato LePore and Angeline Mirabella. My father and his siblings are first generation American’s of the LePore’s who immigrated from Ripacandida, Italy in the early 1900’s, settling in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Who would have believed that a young couple living along the red dusty roads of Edgehill, Georgia in the early 1900's could have had such a heritage in these United States of America? Follow along as each of the four main family lines are followed from their earliest arrivals in the new colonies down to this couple that lovingly became known to all as "Ma & Pa." Along the way we find soldiers in the American Revolution, the Indian Wars, and the Civil War. Also we find stories of killings, and hangings, as well as those of miracles and healings and immeasurable faith.

A collection of old-time, turn=of=the-century photos and newspaper articles about pioneer days in Oklahoma, from 1895 to 1920, written by Pearl McConnell Edmonson for various rural Oklahoma newspapers. The book tells the story of her teen and adult journey as a 15-year-old school teacher, assistant school superintendent, county courthouse, and Oklahoma State senate secretary in the early 1900's.at a time when women were supposed to be homemakers, seen but not heard.

Esther "Pearl" McConnell was born in Kansas but moved with her family to Oklahoma in the early Land Rush days. She had a keen interest in writing and desire to improve herself. She was a remarkable women in the early 1900's of Oklahoma statehood, working as a school teacher, assistant school superintendent and as secretary to the Senate Pro Tem in the Oklahoma State Senate. Pearl’s wrote hundreds of articles for Oklahoma newspapers about the early Oklahoma pioneers which give us that rich flavor of the hardships and joys of a little girl and young woman growing up in the Oklahoma Territory in a tumultuous and rowdy time in one of our last frontiers. These stories are a true treasur ...

Henry Martin Bradley was born in Lee, Massachusetts, in 1824 and moved to Ohio in 1835. Despite the danger of wolves, a young Henry helped his family clear their Ohio land and farm in the 1830s. He owned and operated lumber mills in Michigan in the 1860s and 1870s and tells of the rough-and-tumble politics of the time. He prospected for iron ore in Minnesota in the 1880s. Late in life he owned an orange orchard in California and spent his winters there. Bradley died in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918. This 114-page book includes 23 original illustrations, Bradley history and genealogical material, and 21 pages of photographs including 14 carte-de-visite photographs from a privately owne ...

This genealogical booklet is a handy guide into the ancestry of Russell Henry Anderson and Gladys Margaret Krizman. It tracks the origins of the Anderson and Krizman families from their documented European roots, through their settlement in Colorado and Kansas. The guide includes detailed biographical sketches of their direct known ancestors, along with available photographs, documents, autographs, obituaries, and grave site information and photographs. The collection is a valuable family resource of carefully researched information that provides an engaging personal glimpse into the lives of the Anderson and Krizman ancestors.

This is a survey of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War military service of the compiler's Foltz, Siver and related ancestors who are connected to the Herkimer and Montgomery County areas of the Mohawk Valley of New York State. The emphasis is on personal involvement and documentation for their service.

The Legend of Guinea Jim will be another proud addition to all Gibson libraries. It is likely the first time a comprehensive study was done to positively identify the elusive Guinea Jim. Family traditions are analyzed and correlated with existing documentary sources to reveal the Gibson patriarch. The sources range from registers of birth to DNA and will shed light on questions like: • How are we related to Guinea Jim • Who is the Scotch Planter of Land of the Pink Pearl • What is our connection to Guinea, West Africa • Was there ever slavery in the Savannah Sound Gibson family