Geneaology

President Wilson's call to arms was met enthusiastically by about forty young men who attended Coalinga's schools from 1908 to 1917. Considering that the High School graduated its first class of two in 1912 the fact that so many took up arms speaks well of the patriotism of these young men, their families, and of the community as a whole. Their biographies are presented here as augmented by letters published in the Coalinga Oil Record and illustrations.

This is Volume I of "The American History of a POTTER Family" which is the first of ten volumes recording the genealogy and history of my family. This volume is "Chapter 1: *ANTHONY POTTER (ca. 1628 - 1690) Puritan, the First American, and Ipswich Cultivator of Fruit" which covers the years ca. 1285, the earliest birth date of one of my ancestors that has been found, to 1690, the year my 7X Great Grandfather, *ANTHONY POTTER (ca. 1628 - 1690), died in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Volume I is the product of many years of research and details much of early American history about the Puritan Migration (1630 - 1640) from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the settlement of Ipswich, Massa ...

(2016) Reprint of The Pittsburgh Directory for 1819, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, originally published by J. M. Riddle and M. M. Murray. The directory contains "the names, professions, and residence of all the heads of families, and persons in business in the city of Pittsburgh and its suburbs."

(2016) Reprint of the directory "Pittsburgh in the Year 1826", originally published by S. Jones. The publication contains "sketches topographical, historical and statistical; together with a directory of the city, and a view of its various manufactures, population, improvements, etc."

(2016) Reprint of the "Pittsburgh Business Directory for the Year 1837", originally published by Isaac Harris. The publication contains listings of Pittsburgh, Alleghney, Birmingham, Lawrenceville, McKeesport, Sharpsburgh, Smithfield and condensed business listings of Beaver, Bedford, Bellefonte, Bellevernon, Blairsville, Brookville, Brownsville, Butler, Canonsburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Ebensburg, Erie, Franklin, Freedom, Greensburg, Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon, Indiana, Johnstown, Kittanning, Lewistown, McKeesport, Monongahela City, New Brighton, New Castle, Perryopolis, Sharon, Washington, Waynesburg, and others.

(2016) Reprint of the 1864-5 Gopsill's Directory of Reading, Allentown, Easton, Pottsville and Bethlehem, PA. This is a resident and business directory of five towns in Eastern Pennsylvania from Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill Counties. Directory information includes resident / business name, occupation / trade, and street address. Also included are business advertisements from the same areas included in the directory and Philadelphia.

(2016) Reprint of Boyd's 1882-83 Directory of Chambersburg, Carlisle, PA and Hagerstown, MD. Directory information includes resident & business names, trade and street address. Business directories for towns in Cumberland and Franklin County, PA and northern MD: Allen, Altodale, Big Spring, Bloserville, Boiling Springs, Boonsborough, Brown's Mills, Carlisle Springs, Churchtown, Concord, Dickinson, Dillsburg, Fannettsburg, Fayetteville, Greencastle, Hogestown, Jacksonville, Keedysville, Kerrsville, Lees Cross Roads, Loudon, Marion, Mechanicsburg, Mercersburg, Middle Spring, Mont Alto, Mount Holly Springs, New Cumberland, New Kingston, Newville, Oakville, Orrstown, Plainfield, Quincy, Ro ...

(2016) Reprint of Boyd's Directory of Shamokin and Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA for the year 1884-85. The directory lists residents as well as businesses within the cities, providing the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each. Also included are business listings for other nearby towns: Milton, Mt. Carmel, Northumberland, and Watsontown.

(2016) Reprint of the 1886 Farquhar's Directory of Bedford County, PA, the second volume published for this area. This is a resident and business directory of the whole county. The information includes resident / business name, occupation / trade, and area. Bedford and Everett Boroughs are separated from the county listings at the end of the publication. Also included are business advertisements from around the county.

(2016) Reprint of March 1st, 1886 Edition List of Subscribers of the Pennsylvania Telephone Company. This is an early telephone directory covering parts of Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Northumberland, Schuylkill and York Counties, Pennsylvania and parts of western New Jersey for the year 1886. The directory information includes the resident or business name, (if a business) the type of business, and the address. At the time of publication, actual phone numbers were not in use. The directory information is listed alphabetically by name, and grouped according to location. Pennsylvania areas covered: Allentown, Bethlehem, Columbia, Carlis ...