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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 ...

From riding to school in a hack drawn by two horses to scrounging for the good potatoes in a sack of discarded rotten produce in the middle of the Great Depression, Thelma Decker VanDine has lived the stories the rest of us can only read in history textbooks. Her recollections, along with those of her late husband Dean VanDine and her late sister Wilma Decker Rice, make the events of the last 100 years of history pop off the page and come alive in our imaginations.

In the summer of 2017, Christopher Eller began an oral history project with his mother, Candyce Eller. What follows is a record of those conversations, which aim to act as a reference for future generations and show the changes in our family dynamic from the early 20th century to the present. The emphasis of these exchanges is on the events and emotions of those involved, presented in a format that is readable yet engaging, bringing the people of our family’s past to life. Stories are explored from Candyce’s perspective, as she is the central force and “rock” of our family. Much of our family history is documented through photographs, many of which are contained herein to help tell th ...

This is a Family genealogy book covering four ancestral generations of the author, Robert Fisher. It contains information on the following family lines: Black, Blackwell, Brasher, Carmichael, Crook, Fisher, Kimbel, Kirby, Hawkins, Mathis, McCrary, Morphe, Reynolds, Sherrill, and Weier. Source information is documented and provided throughout the text.

The history of the Bob and Elisabeth Saxe Family

This book documents some of the members of one of the oldest family names in Pikeville. Starting with the oldest member of her family that could be documented, Jack Herd, who is the author's 2nd great grandfather, this extended version has more information brings to life this branch of her family tree. Different from her first book, "Descendants of Elihugh Brock of Pikeville, Bledsoe, TN", this installment is set up as a reference guide that includes family member profiles, military information, important documents, and even more photos than the edited edition. This is also the intrigue of a rumored family murder plot and the truth behind a fatal car accident in 1958.

Finding Charlotte is a work many years in the making which takes us on a remarkable journey through oral traditions, church records, legal documents and DNA verification. It accesses archives from the Bahamas, the United States and the United Kingdom to piece together and provide a comprehensive proof of Charlotte Cooper’s identity and the families descended from her. These pages bring new life to Charlotte and her descendants. Part I contains the proof argument identifying Charlotte Cooper and Part II is a narrative spanning six generations of her descendants in the Bahamas and the United States. This work is an example of the Genealogical Proof Standard at work with forewords from Dr. ...

Gilgal Baptist Church Cemetery Obituaries contains 267 obituaries of the 356 known interred at Gilgal Baptist Church Cemetery in Edgefield, South Carolina. Additional information of those interred is also included, making this a very special research resource. Also included is a list of 14 known Revolutionary War Patriots whose descendants are buried at Gilgal with additional source information. A bibliography and full-name index completes this book, which makes cross-referencing close associates and family members possible.