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The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrims Fathers by Charles Edward Banks (New York, 1929; rep. with “additions and corrections” Baltimore, 2001), hardcover, ix + 187 + [3] pp., indexed. $20.00. The biographical sketches of 112 passengers of the first four ships to arrive in Plymouth, Mass.: the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, the Anne and the Little James in 1623. The sketches give the origins, family connections, and latter history of each person by a leading genealogist of the time. The Planters of the Commonwealth by Charles Edward Banks (Boston, 1930; rep. Baltimore, 2001), hardcover, xiii + 231 pp., indexed. $20.00. Banks assembles surviving passenger list from 1620 to 1640, the “Great Migration,” covering 96 ships and is considered the authority for passenger lists of this period. The origins of the passengers, their ship, and residence in America are given. The index the names, ships, and places in England and New England. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 by Charles Edward Banks (Philadelphia, 1937; rep. Baltimore, 2002), hardcover, xxxviii + 295 pp., indexed. $30.00. The Dictionary is a compilation of his earlier efforts to identify the earliest New England immigrants. Banks gives the English origins, ship of arrival, New England residence, and the source of the material. The detailed indexes include sections for the immigrants, wives and children, parishes in England, ships, and towns in New England. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1661-1699 by Peter Wilson Coldham (Baltimore, 1990; rep. 2002), hardcover, vii + 894 pp., indexed. $60.00. This is the sequence to the book covering the earlier period of 1607 to 1660. Coldham, an expert in English emigration records, culled archives in England in state and parliamentary papers; customs, treasury, apprenticeship, estate, county, and town records; port books; and criminal transportation orders. The information is arranged by year. Each entry normally gives name, age, occupation, residence, ship, and destination of about 30,000 people. Coldham’s volumes are the first place to turn when discovering the origins of an immigrant. Our Quaker Ancestors: Finding Them in Quaker Records by Ellen Thomas Berry and David Allen Berry (Baltimore, 1987; rep. 2002), hardcover, 136 pp., $19.95. This guide is designed to help the new researcher to the wealth of genealogical information contained in the Friends’ meeting records. There are discussions of the history of the Quaker movement, migration, types of records created, location of these records, and how to use them. It is the essential guide to finding and using Quaker records. North and South Carolina Marriage Records from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War by William Montgomery Clemens (New York, 1927; rep. Baltimore, 2002), hardcover, x, 295 pp. $25.00. This book records over 7,500 marriages gathered from church, parish, and courthouses presented in a single alphabetical list that includes both men and women. Each entry provides the names, date, and place of the marriage. This is a basic resource to a primary record source valuable for all genealogical research. North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900 by Thornton W. Mitchell (Baltimore, 1987 in 2 vols.; corrected and rev. ed. in 1 vol., 2001), hardcover, xliv, 582 pp. $49.50. Wills are an essential source of records in the South where vital records were not kept. This single source lists over 75,000 testators in alphabetical order. The entry provides the county, date of probate, volume and page of recorded will, and the location of the original. There are histories of the development of the 107 counties, past and present, first will filed and status of records. Genealogical Records: North Carolina Wills, 1665-1990 (Baltimore, 1999), 1 CD-ROM, $29.99. System requirements: CD-ROM drive, Family Archives Viewer 3.02 or higher (for PCs only) or Family Tree Maker Version 3.02 or higher (PC or Mac). The viewer is free upon request. This CD is a compilation of four works published by GPC: North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900 by Thornton W. Mitchell; Abstract of North Carolina Wills, 1663-1760 by J. Bryan Grimes; An Abstract of North Carolina Wills … 1760-1800 by Fred A. Olds; and North Carolina Wills and Inventories by J. Bryan Grimes. Mitchell’s book is detailed in the previous notice. Grimes’ first book is based on wills found in the Office of the Secretary of State. Olds’ book used wills recorded at the county level. Grimes’ last book includes full-text of selected pre-Revolutionary wills and inventories. This is the perfect collection of reference works for North Carolina wills.
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