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New Books for July 2019
Lots of new stuff, mostly in two personal research collections:
| Call Number | Date | Author | Title |
| G-J 033 | 2019 | Jackson, Jerry | Families are Forever: The James David Jackson and Martha Delia Gordon Family |
| G-S 159 | 1930 | Slack, William Samuel Rev. | The Slack Family |
| G-W 128 | 1960 | Woodruff, Audrey Wagner | We Follow the Wagner Trail |
| G-W 129 | 1953 | Beahm, Gertrude | I Remember: Life at our home on Lincoln Avenue above Pasadena, 1892-1904 |
| G-W 130 | Riley, Robert Shean | Draft of Pioneer Families of North Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Volume III, Chapter 16 — The Woolfolk Family | |
| R-410 333 V 02-5 | Blair County Genealogical Society Newsletter | ||
| R-410 372 | Obituaries from the Cresson – Gallitzin Mainliner and Dispatch 1961 | ||
| R-410 373 | 1966 | Adams, Margaret Elizabeth McMullen | Clippings from a Cambria County, Pennsylvania Scrapbook, 1890-1935 |
| VB Wagner | Wagner, Margaret M. | Margaret Mary van De Kerkove Wagner Collection | |
| VB Woodroof | Dorothy Woolfolk Woodroof Collection | ||
| online — link in catalog | 1996 | Main, Gloria L. | Naming Children in Early New England |
| online — link in catalog | Warner, Marguerite Dixon | Marguerite Dixon Warner Photograph Collection | |
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New Books for June 2019
Lots of journals freshly bound and ready to check out!
| Call Number | Date | Author | Title |
| R-210 JO 06 V 46 | 2018 | The Johnson County Kansas Genealogist | |
| R-320 028 V 41-42 | 2016-2018 | Westward into Nebraska | |
| R-180 201 V 45 | 2017-2018 | Branching Out from St. Clair County | |
| R-380 328 V 40-43 | 2015-2018 | Licking Lantern | |
| R-180 234 V 48 | 2018 | Theakiki (The A-KI-KI) | |
| R-180 228 V 43 | 2017 | DeWitt County Genealogical Quarterly | |
| R-380 319 V 56-58 | 2016-2018 | Pickaway Quarterly | |
| R-390 115 V 42 | 2017-2018 | The Tree Tracers | |
| R-210 CR 06 V 47-48 | 2017-2018 | The Seeker | |
| R-210 SG 095 V 28-29 | 2017-2018 | Ark Valley Crossroads | |
| R-500 020 V 48-49 | 2017-2018 | MCGS Reporter | |
| R-440 043 V 60-61 | 2017-2018 | Footprints | |
| R-300 276 V 50-51 | 2017-2018 | St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly | |
| R-210 CK 08 38-39 | Relatively Seeking | ||
| R-280 009 V 48-49 | 2017-2018 | Minnesota Genealogist | |
| R-050 017 V 44-45 | 2016-2017 | San Diego Leaves & Saplings | |
| R-190 213 V 38-39 | 2013-2014 | South Bend Area Genealogical Society Newsletter | |
| R-190 221 V 37 | 2013-2014 | The Tri-State Packet | |
| R-200 091 V 41-43 | 2013-2015 | Des Moines County Genealogical Society Quarterly | |
| R-200 091 V 44-46 | 2016-2018 | Des Moines County Genealogical Society Quarterly | |
| G-M 105 | 1976 | Adams, Beatrice Mitten | A Family Genealogy of Mitten, Mittan, Moore, Smith and Allied Families |
| G-B 168 | 1996 | Beckner, Brenda Cook | Beckners in America: the first 250 years |
| G-B 167 V 01 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-B 167 V 02 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-B 167 V 03 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-B 167 V 04 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-B 167 V 05 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-B 167 V 06 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-B 167 V 07 | 1984 | Boyer, Donald Arthur | American Boyers |
| G-R 072 | 1995 | Brayton, John A. | The Ancestry of General James Robertson “Father of Tennessee” |
| G-D 081 | 1995 | Brown, Harold DeHart | A DeHart Journey |
| G-C 140 V 1 | 1976 | Calhoun, Orval O. | 800 years of Colquhoun, Colhoun, Calhoun, and Cahoon family history in Ireland, Scotland, England, United States of America, Australia, and Canada / |
| G-C 140 V 2 | 1976 | Calhoun, Orval O. | 800 years of Colquhoun, Colhoun, Calhoun, and Cahoon family history in Ireland, Scotland, England, United States of America, Australia, and Canada / |
| G-C 140 V 3 | 1976 | Calhoun, Orval O. | 800 years of Colquhoun, Colhoun, Calhoun, and Cahoon family history in Ireland, Scotland, England, United States of America, Australia, and Canada / |
| G-C 140 V 4 | 1976 | Calhoun, Orval O. | 800 years of Colquhoun, Colhoun, Calhoun, and Cahoon family history in Ireland, Scotland, England, United States of America, Australia, and Canada / |
| G-R 071 | 1893 | Cassel, Daniel Kolb | A genea-biographical history of the Rittenhouse family and all its branches in America… |
| G-D 079 V 2 | Caughron, Edith | The DeMoss Family in America | |
| G-W 127 | 1996 | DeLoach, Carolyn | The Woolfolk tragedy: the murders, the trials, the hanging, and now, finally, the truth! |
| G-D 080 | 1929 | Dow, Robert Piercy | The book of Dow |
| G-H 160 | 1990 | Henthorn, Norma L. | The Henthorn Family, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, with notes on Cresap and Quinn Families |
| G-S 157 | 1939 | Jacobus, Donald Lines | A History of the Seymour Family |
| R-250 140 | 2001 | Keddie, Leslie | Worcester county, Maryland, Land Records Liber T 1798 – 1801 |
| G-U 005 | 1965 | Kellogg, Dale C. | Antecedents and Descendants of Levi Underwood (1831 — 1885) and Related Families |
| R-470 395 | 1955 | Knorr, Catherine Lindsay | Marriage bonds and ministers’ returns of Greensville County, Virginia, 1781-1825 |
| G-G 084 | 1977 | Kraybill, Spencer L. | History of a John Graybill family in America, 1681-1981 |
| G-S 158 | 1981 | Lutz, June Shaull | A Historical Account of the Schneider / Snider / Snyder Family |
| G-A 054 | 2011 | Mason, David Elsworth | Christian Andereck: 300 Years in America |
| G-L 050 | 1906 | McAllister, John Meriwether | Genealogies of the Lewis and kindred families |
| R-210 SG 238 | 2019 | Myers, Barb | Lenox Sanitarium |
| G-C 141 | 1981 | Roloson, Louise Catlin Cleaver | The Catlin genealogy |
| R-230 008 | 2016 | Tucker, Susan | City of Remembering: A History of Genealogy in New Orleans |
| R-210 SG 237 | 2018 | Voorhis, Ronda Corle | Drawing Wichita |
| G-M 106 | Wilkinson, Virginia | The McCord Family: From Skye to Tennessee | |
| R-190 226 V 12 | Young, Christine | Cemetery Inscriptions Spencer County, State of Indiana |
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New Books May 2019
We’re getting a lot of donations, so there’s lots of new stuff on the shelves!
| Call Number | Date | Author | Title |
| G-B 166 | 1977 | Stuart, Pheoba Brugh | The Brugh-Stuart Family & Associated Families |
| G-J 032 | 1902 | Shepard, James | The New Haven and Wallingford (Conn.) Johnsons |
| G-P 073 | 1890 | Lea, J. Henry | Genealogical Gleanings, Contributory to a History of the Family of Penn |
| G-R 070 | 2011 | Oschefski, Lori | Jesse James Rule Familty History |
| G-W 126 | 1985 | Woodruff, Audrey L. | The Woodroof – Woodrough – Woodruff Family |
| R-010 003 V 004 | Ganrud, Pauline Jones | Alabama Records | |
| R-010 003 V 136 | Ganrud, Pauline Jones | Alabama Records | |
| R-010 003 V 147 | Ganrud, Pauline Jones | Alabama Records | |
| R-010 003 V 212 | Ganrud, Pauline Jones | Alabama Records | |
| R-150 036 | 1987 | McCabe, Alice Smythe | Gwinnett County, Georgia Inferior Court Minutes for Ordinary Purposes, 1819-1861 |
| R-150 037 | 1991 | McCabe, Alice Smythe | Gwinnett County, Georgia Deaths 1818-1989 |
| R-190 218 | 1985 | Wolfe, Barbara S. | Rush County, Indiana Marriages 1822-1849 |
| R-210 LB 10 | 1998 | Daley, John | Katy Parsons Employees Memorial Roster |
| R-210 NO 08 1980 | 1980 | Official 1980 Neosho County, Kansas Rural Directory | |
| R-210 SG 178 V2 | Obituaries from Mount Hope Clarion | ||
| R-210 SG 235 | 1982 | Haury, David A. | A People of the City: Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church |
| R-210 SG 236 | 1950-1973 | Engagement and Wedding Announcements from the Wichita Eagle & Beacon | |
| R-300 292 | 1985 | Hutchison, Mozelle | Index to Marriage Book “A” Maries County, Missouri 1868-1881 |
| R-360 010 | 1981 | Varney, Philip | New Mexico’s best ghost towns: a practical guide |
| R-380 351 | 1984 | Phillips, W. Louis | Index to Franklin County, Ohio Guardianships and Estates 1803-1850 |
| R-390 148 | 1990 | McIntosh County OK 1990 Plat Book | |
| R-430 184 V 16 | Waller, Jane Warren | Lincoln County Tennessee Pioneers | |
| R-430 192 | 1990 | Wells, Carol | Davidson County, Tennessee, county court minutes, 1783-1792 |
| R-430 193 | 1988 | Wells, Carol | Pioneers of Dickson County, Tennessee: a genealogical abstract of the earliest minute books, March 1804-January 1807, January 1812-January 1814, July 1816-January 1818 |
| R-440 076 | 1978 | Navarro County [TX] History | |
| R-440 077 V 01 | Coryell County, Texas Families | ||
| R-440 077 V 02 | Coryell County, Texas Families | ||
| R-440 078 | Fairmont Cemetery, San Angelo, Texas | ||
| R-470 371 | 1991 | Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer | Quaker marriage certificates, Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1679-1808 |
| R-470 393 | 2002 | Fuller, Lena French | Woodstock: A 250th Anniversary Commemorative Program and Historical Booklet |
| R-470 394 | 2007 | Adamson, John H. | A pictorial history of Shenandoah County: fifty years through the lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr. |
| R-630 125 | 2019 | Fultz, Melinda | Federally Recognized Tribes of the United States and Canada |
| VF 003 1810 S. Wichita | Place Files | ||
| VF Law | Law, J. L. | J.L. Law Collection |
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New Books April 2019
A TON of books added to the shelves this month! Lots of biographies and genealogies…
| Call Number | Date | Author | Title |
| G-B 164 | 1998 | Bragg, Rick | All over but the shoutin’ |
| G-B 165 | 1956 | Martin, Charles Lee | A sketch of Sam Bass, the bandit; a graphic narrative [of] his various train robberies, his death, and accounts of the deaths of his gang and their history |
| G-C 139 V1 | 1971 | Quist, Mary Lancaster | Ancestors and descendants of Walter Covey, Dutchess County, New York (1750-1834) |
| G-C 139 V2 | 1971 | Quist, Mary Lancaster | Ancestors and descendants of Walter Covey, Dutchess County, New York (1750-1834) |
| G-G 082 | Gaines, Thomas R. | Francis Gaines of Albermarle County, Va. and Elbert County, Georgia | |
| G-G 082 | 2008 | Greene, Bob | When we get to Surf City: a journey through America in pursuit of rock and roll, friendship, and dreams / |
| G-G 083 | 1922 | Jones, Elizabeth E. Boice | Captain John Grout of Watertown and Sudbury, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants. |
| G-H 158 | 1885 | Herrick, Jedediah | Herrick genealogy |
| G-H 159 | 1972 | Dixon, Adelaide | The Hunt Family 1066-1972 |
| G-J 030 | 1988 | Harnehy, A. Lucille | John Jack of Cecil County, Maryland, and Some of His Descendants |
| G-J 031 | 1860 | Jewell, Pliny | The Jewell Register, Containing a List of the Descendants of Thomas Jewell, of Braintree, near Boston, mass. |
| G-L 049 | 1988 | Pritchett, William Lawrence | A Southern Branch of the Lawrence Family |
| G-M 104 | 2004 | McCrillis, Edwin | The Early Life and Adventures of Edwin McCrillis |
| G-O 020 | 1978 | O’Connor, Albert L. | The Ancestors of the Family of Albert L. O’Connor, Jr., and Katharyn M. Crilley of Geistown (Johnstown) Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| G-R 067 | 1995 | Rooney, Andrew A. | My war |
| G-R 068 | 1963 | Ratcliff, Clarence Earl | Richard Ratcliff of Lancashire, England and Talbot county, Maryland and his Ancestors and Descendants 1066-1988 |
| G-R 069 | 1975 | McReynolds, June Ratcliffe | Our Radclyffe heritage: a history of the Radclyffe family in England and Virginia |
| G-S 153 | 1966 | Steele, Selma Neubacher | The house of the singing winds; the life and work of T.C.Steele |
| G-S 154 | 1961 | Sullivan, Hazel | The Sullivan Family: William Dunklin Sullivan Line |
| G-S 155 | 1888 | Spofford, Jeremiah | A Genealogical Record … of Descendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott |
| G-S 156 | 1919 | Sage, Elisha L. | Genealogical record of the descendants of David Sage, |
| G-W 124 | 1976 | Heckel, Jeanne Wagoner | Waggoner, Wagoner, Wagner |
| G-W 125 | 1949 | Sagendorph, Kent | Charles Edward Wilson: American Industrialist |
| R-040 049 | 1960 | Stuck, Charles Albert | The story of Craighead County: a narrative of people and events in northeast Arkansas |
| R-060 128 | 1996 | Alexander, J. B. | The History of Mecklenburg County (NC) 1740-1900 |
| R-060 129 V1 | 1973 | Gwynn, Zae Hargett | Abstracts of The Wills and Estate Records of Granville County North Carolina |
| R-060 129 V2 | 1973 | Gwynn, Zae Hargett | Abstracts of The Wills and Estate Records of Granville County North Carolina |
| R-060 130 | 1972 | Hofmann, Margaret M. | Abstracts: Granville Grantees, Halifax County, North Carolina Public Registry 1749-1763 |
| R-080 022 | 1965 | Rockwell, Wilson | Uncompahgre Country |
| R-150 033 | 1981 | Jackson, Harvey H. | Georgia’s signers and the Declaration of Independence |
| R-150 034 | 1980 | McCabe, Alice Smythe | Gwinnett County, Georgia Families 1818-1968 |
| R-150 035 | 1968 | McIntosh, John | The Official History of Elbert County, Georgia 1790-1935 (with 1935-1939 Supplement) |
| R-180 242 | 1967 | Chatsworth Area Centennial Celebration [IL] | |
| R-180 243 | 1971 | Melvin, Illinois Centennial 1871-1971 | |
| R-180 244 | 1972 | Chrisman [IL] Area Centennial 1872-1972 | |
| R-190 215 | 1962 | Huntington County [IN] Plat Book 1962 | |
| R-190 216 | 1955 | Quaife, M. M. | Fort Wayne in 1790 |
| R-190 217 | 1974 | Rockville’s Sesquicentennial Review 1824-1974] | |
| R-200 084 | 1965 | Keokuk County, Iowa Farm Directory 1965 | |
| R-200 085 | 1972 | Atlas & Directory of Linn County, Iowa | |
| R-200 086 | 1965 | Official County Plat Book and Farm Directory of Iowa and Poweshiek Counties, Iowa | |
| R-210 160 2006 | 2006 | Kansas Geological Society Directory | |
| R-210 161 | 1972 | Rydjord, John | Kansas place-names |
| R-210 HP 10 | 1986 | Anthony High School Roster 1986 | |
| R-210 SG 046 1995 | 2007 | Polk, Chris Paulsen | Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture |
| R-210 SG 165 2017 | 2017 | YP: All Things Local Wichita & Vicinity | |
| R-210 SG 234 | 2008 | Wichita High School North Class of 1958 50th Reunion Directory | |
| R-300 290 | Henry Shaw’s Will Establishing the Missouri Botanical Garden | ||
| R-300 291 | 1883 | The History of Jasper County, Missouri | |
| R-370 110 | 1988 | Martin, Yvonne E. | Marriages and deaths from Steuben County, New York newspapers, 1797-1868 |
| R-410 366 | 1968 | Triennial Atlas & Plat Book of Cambria County, Pennsylvania | |
| R-410 367 | 1982 | Saint John’s Cemetery, Altoona, PA | |
| R-410 368 | 1962 | Cronauer, Marge | Sent Forth to Serve the Needs of Men: Religious Vocations from St. Michael’s Parish, Loretto, Pennsylvania |
| R-410 369 | 1987 | Iscrupe, Shirley | Listing of Inhabitants in 1776 — Bedford County, Pennsylvania |
| R-410 370 | 1992 | Walmer, Margaret B. | Menallen minutes, marriages and miscellany: Quaker records, 1780-1890 |
| R-430 188 | 1993 | Thomas, Jane Kizer | Blount County, Tennessee Deeds 1819-1833 |
| R-430 189 P1 | 2001 | Garrett, Jill K. | Dickson County, Tennessee Cemetery Records |
| R-430 189 P2 | 2001 | Garrett, Jill K. | Dickson County, Tennessee Cemetery Records |
| R-430 190 | 1985 | Whitley, Edythe Rucker | Tennessee Genealogical Records: Records of Early Settlers from State and County Archives |
| R-430 191 | 1984 | Garrett, Jill Knight | Dickson County Handbook |
| R-440 075 | 1963 | Polk Street Methodist Church: 75 Years in Review | |
| R-460 018 | 1942 | Historical Celebrations in Craftsbury Vermont 1889-1941 | |
| R-600 088 | 1983 | Harlow, Alvin F. | When horses pulled boats: a story of early canals |
| R-650 088 | 1976 | Cameron, Viola Root | Emigrants from Scotland to America 1774-1775 |
| online — link in catalog | 1906 | Wallace, Lew | Lew Wallace: an autobiography |
New Books March 2019
Books added to the library in March:
| Call Number | Date | Author | Title |
| G-C 138 | 1997 | Hoffman, Andrew Jay | Inventing Mark Twain: the lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
| G-J 028 | 1981 | Jenkins, Peter | The walk west: A walk across America 2 |
| G-J 029 | 1969 | Ball, Eve | Ma’am Jones of the Pecos |
| G-M 103 | 1985 | McCarthy, James | A Papago traveler: the memories of James McCarthy |
| G-N 025 | 1927 | Norfleet, J. Frank | Norfleet: the amazing experiences of an intrepid Texas rancher with an international swindling ring |
| G-R 066 | 1913 | Robinson, Sallie | Buddie and I |
| R-200 083 | 1925 | Iowa County Farm Directory May 15, 1925 | |
| R-300 289 | 1881 | History of Jackson, Missouri | |
| R-350 082 | 1984 | Brown, Virginia Alleman | Abstracts of partitions and divisions of Morris County estates filed at Morristown, New Jersey, 1785-1907 |
| R-410 363 | 1947 | Blair County’s Postal History and McGraw’s Blair County Place Names | |
| R-410 364 | 1922 | Souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee and History of St. Augustine’s Church | |
| R-410 365 | 1954 | Sesquicentennial Cambria County 1804-1954 |