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Many of you will recognize that these are reference books found in many libraries. Some are old standards that may have been updated, some are abstracts from various journals, and others are valuable indexes to original records. You can now cheaply obtain a large collection of book and take very little space on your shelves. Below is a CD for sale. The number, title, original book publication date, and its cost is given first. What follows is the author of title of the original work and when it was published. Last is a very brief description of the contents of each book included on the CD. For detailed reviews of each book individually, search through back issues of any major genealogical periodical. To see all of what GPC offers in CD form, write for your free copy of The Best of Genealogy on CD-ROM: A Complete Catalog of CD-ROM Publications from the Genealogical Publishing Company. It might be your best way to expand your personal library. CD #7504: “Genealogical Records: Early New England Settlers, 1600s-1800s.” $39.99. Alexander Young, Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1623 to 1636 (1846). This is a series of biographies of the original settlers. Ebenezer Weaver Peirce, Peirce's Colonial Lists Civil, Military and Professional Lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies, 1621-1700 (1881). This work lists colonial, county, and town officers and clergymen, physicians, and lawyers who lived between 1621 and 1700 in the Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies. Frederick Lewis Weis, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England (1936). This work contains an annotated, alphabetical list of approximately 2,000 of New England's clergymen as well as a complete list of colonial New England churches. Frank R. Holmes, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700 (1923). This work consists of an alphabetically arranged list of nearly 15,000 heads of families who arrived in New England in the 17th century. Henry Whittemore, Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America (1898-1906). This work was originally published serially in The Spirit of 76 with over 10,000 genealogical notices of 17th-century settlers. Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts (1856). This volume provides biographies and genealogies of early settlers for the two states. Ernest Flagg, Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England (1926). There are 172 sketches of New England families, most settling between 1635 and 1640, primarily in eastern Massachusetts, the Connecticut Valley, Rhode Island and South Carolina. Sebastian V. Talcott, Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families (1883). More than 18,000 individuals from New York and New England families and focus on records from New York from 1727 to 1757. John Farmer, A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, 1620-1675 (1829). A classic very early study of the first settlers to New England. James Savage, ed., The History of New England, Volumes I and II (1853). This is an edited edition of a history written by John Winthrop from 1630 to 1648, one of the earliest sources available. Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775 (1931). This work consists of an alphabetical list of 2,250 immigrants who arrived in New England between 1700 and 1775. Charles Knowles Bolton, Marriage Notices, 1785-1794 (1900). Arranged in alphabetical order and extracted from the Massachusetts Centinel and the Columbian Centinel newspapers. John Osborne Austin, One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families (1893). These genealogies begin with the first member of the family to come to New England and extend into the 19th century. Most of the families detailed here migrated to Rhode Island. Charles Knowles Bolton, The Real Founders of New England Stories of Their Life Along the Coast, 1602-1628 (1929). The author describes the lives of planters, settlers, fishermen, and traders who lived along the New England coast years before the landing of the Mayflower. He includes an extensive look at the Popham Colony of 1608 and valuable appendices which identify hundreds of lesser-known early New Englanders. Samuel G. Drake, Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England (1860). This volume contains lists of names of passengers who were among the earliest emigrants to America. George Madison Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War Official Lists of the Soldiers of Massachusetts Colony Serving in Philip's War, and Sketches of the Principal Officers, Copies of Ancient Documents and Records Relating to the War (1891). This is the first major work on the subject of this little understood war that played a pivotal role in New England's history regarding the native Indians. Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660 (1908). A revision and supplement to the Maine and New Hampshire entries in James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Charles Edward Banks, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers (1929). There are 112 biographical sketches of passengers who sailed on the first four ships to New England. Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 (1930). This work contains the names of 3,600 passengers on the ninety-six ships which brought them to New England between 1620 and 1640. Charles Edward Banks, Topographical Dictionary of 2,885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 (1937). A dictionary entry for nearly 3,000 emigrants that references the printed or manuscript sources. Charles Edward Banks, The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (1930). This is an authoritative list of the 700 passengers who are believed to have come to New England with John Winthrop in 1630.
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