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The county's Inferior Court, made up of five justices of the peace for the county, tried any civil case except those involving title to land. The Inferior Court had jurisdiction over county business matters, such as care for the poor, building and maintaining the courthouse and jails, building and maintaining roads and bridges, issuing liquor licenses, nominating justices of the peace, performing naturalizations, appointing guardians, authoriz...

Pocket Guide" is a bit of misnomer, for in fact this 7x10-inch publication is one of the most complete and informative books on genealogical research in Ireland ever written. A complete revision of the original "Pocket Guide" written in 1991, this book begins with chapters on the background of Irish genealogy and how to get started in your research, Mitchell describes the nature and uses of all significant record sources in Ireland, including ...

Scotland has had strong economic, social, and military links with the Netherlands since the medieval period, but the main period of Scottish settlement occurred in the 17th century. Scottish scholars were attracted by the universities, while Scottish merchants and craftsmen could be found in towns and cities throughout the Netherlands. Possibly the greatest part of the Scots found in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the...

The links between Scotland and the countries of the Baltic region can be traced back as far as the Middle Ages, however, the main period of Scottish settlement occurred from around 1560 to 1650.This volume marks the fourth in a series. It is based on more than 40 manuscript collections and published works as well as numerous primary and secondary sources found in the British Isles and continental Europe, including the Aberdeen City Archives, t...

The Provincial Land Office of Maryland was responsible for the dispensing of land from 1634 to 1777. Maryland Proprietor's Rent Rolls and Debt Books were the means by which he kept track of the yearly rents he was entitled to. The Debt Books, in particular, consist of a list of persons owning land with the names and rents of each tract that he or she owned. The surviving Debt Books are arranged by county, by year, and then by the name of the p...

Social and economic links between the Netherlands and England have existed since the medieval period. This book attempts to identify English people in the Netherlands, temporarily or permanently, as well as Dutch or Flemish people in England. It also lists people trading between the two countries, as named in domestic and colonial records. Dr. Dobson identifies upwards of 1, 000 Anglo-Dutch links between 1560 and 1860, and for each we are give...

Because of the destruction of the 1926 census for Northern Ireland during World War II, the first census that survives for the city and county of Londonderry, after 1911, is that of 1937. This means that each annual edition of Derry Almanac is the closest census substitute for Derry city between 1912 and 1936. For genealogists, the Derry Almanac and Directory of 1930 names 9, 084 heads of household and family businesses in Derry city. This lis...

The Provincial Land Office of Maryland was responsible for the dispensing of land from 1634 to 1777. Maryland Proprietor's Rent Rolls and Debt Books were the means by which he kept track of the yearly rents he was entitled to. The Debt Books, in particular, consist of a list of persons owning land with the names and rents of each tract that he or she owned. The surviving Debt Books are arranged by county, by year, and then by the name of the p...

This is a skillfully written book that describes the basic rules and grammar of heraldry observed in designing a heraldic device. As it is quite impossible for the genealogist to interpret a blazon or to design a coat of arms without full mastery of heraldic rules and grammar, this book provides all the information necessary for the prosecution of either task. Carefully explaining the unique rules and language of heraldry, and illustrating eac...

The land records featured in this work are invaluable to anyone interested in Eastern Shore genealogy. The land causes, or chancery suits, for dower, division of lands, and ejectment proceedings for the period 1727-1826 give in full the declaration of the plaintiff, the answer of the defendants, the verdict of the jury, and depositions, which in many cases give the dates of birth, marriage, and death of the parties concerned in the suit. Land...

This volume is an expanded and revised version of a book published in 2013 and contains much new data mainly derived from original research in the Regional Archives of Madeira in Funchal. Madeira was significant in transatlantic trade and emigration, as many vessels made it a main port of call prior to crossing the Atlantic or on the return journey. For each emigrant we are given a name, place of residence, date, and a citation. Many of the en...

The Provincial Land Office of Maryland was responsible for the dispensing of land from 1634 to 1777. Maryland Proprietor's Rent Rolls and Debt Books were the means by which he kept track of the yearly rents he was entitled to. The Debt Books, in particular, consist of a list of persons owning land with the names and rents of each tract that he or she owned. The surviving Debt Books are arranged by county, by year, and then by the name of the p...

The Provincial Land Office of Maryland was responsible for the dispensing of land from 1634 to 1777. Maryland Proprietor's Rent Rolls and Debt Books were the means by which he kept track of the yearly rents he was entitled to. The Debt Books, in particular, consist of a list of persons owning land with the names and rents of each tract that he or she owned. The surviving Debt Books are arranged by county, by year, and then by the name of the p...

The product of a 10-year examination of Connecticut vital records, this book identifies the original sources of the millions of early Connecticut vital records abstracted in the Barbour Index. It names hundreds of books, manuscripts, and articles not referenced by Barbour, and points the researcher to thousands of additional sources for early Connecticut births, deaths, and marriages. "Finding Early Connecticut Vital Records" is, in fact, a co...

Joseph Lee Boyle has heretofore faithfully transcribed runaway servant ads placed in the colonial newspapers for the Middle Atlantic colonies of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. With this book he picks up the trail of servants who ran away from a New York master or servants having another connection to New York, included are transcriptions of more than 1, 500 ads for missing persons, referencing more than 3, 000 persons with N...

While this source book may identify a handful of Scots named in Dr. Dobson's "Scots in Jamaica, 1655-1855" [Baltimore, 2011], the individuals found in this much larger book were culled from entirely different sources and, moreover, emigrated primarily from England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles. The compiler identifies each of the more than 2, 000 Euro-Jamaicans in the volume by name, a date, one other point of specifi...

The product of a 10-year examination of Connecticut vital records, this book identifies the original sources of the millions of early Connecticut vital records abstracted in the Barbour Index. It names hundreds of books, manuscripts, and articles not referenced by Barbour, and points the researcher to thousands of additional sources for early Connecticut births, deaths, and marriages. "Finding Early Connecticut Vital Records" is, in fact, a co...

By the early 18th century the Irish were the largest immigrant group to settle in the thirteen colonies. During this period the majority of emigrants to America were Presbyterians from the north or Ireland, though this changed dramatically in the 19th century. The greatest Irish exodus to America occurred between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the conclusions of the potato famine in 1851. During this span, around one million left I...

Captain John Powell claimed Barbados for the Crown of England in 1625, and two years later the first shipload of settlers arrived from England. The island was ideal for the production of tobacco, sugar, and cotton, consequently, entrepreneurs soon arrived from England aiming to produce those crops and market them in England and, to some extent, in Europe. These planters and merchants brought with them skilled artisans, many of whom arrived as ...

During the 16th and 17th centuries, there was significant emigration, both permanent and temporary, from Scotland to the Scandinavian lands of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Some of this was by merchants and craftsmen in search of career opportunities, but most Scots went as soldiers of fortune seeking employment in the armies of Sweden and Norway-Denmark. Following the losing campaigns in 1715 and 1746, numerous Scottish Jacobites sought refuge...