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Early Ontario Settlers Genealogy Book

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    Early  Ontario Settlers
    A Source Book
    Norman K. Crowder
    Hardbound volume totaling 259 pages. Book is in excellent condition. Just what you need for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
    Covering the years 1783 to 1789, this source book contains  official records of the early settlers of Upper Canada, or Ontario--chiefly  population returns, provisioning lists, settlers' location lists, and lists of  immigrant arrivals. The core of the work consists of two provisioning, or  ration, lists for 1784 and 1786, which provide the name of the head of  household, place of settlement, and statistical details of the family. Most of  the settlers named in the records were from the American colonies, and a very  substantial proportion were from New York, especially from the Albany area and  the Mohawk Valley. Includes maps, detailed notes on sources, and an every name  index of 6,000 entries.
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    Ancestral Trails
    2nd Edition
    Softbound  Volume  totaling
    873
    pages in new condition. Per the publisher;
    This is the second edition of the      book that has been called the Bible of British genealogy. Originally      published in 1997 in association with the Society of Genealogists (London),      and now revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field,
    Ancestral Trails
    enables the researcher to form a coherent picture of      past generations by describing virtually every class of record in every      repository and library in Britain. As the subtitle says, it is the
    complete
    guide to British genealogy and family history. To begin with,      the book guides the researcher through the voluminous British archives and      provides a detailed view of the records and published sources available,      analyzing each record and guiding the searcher to finding-aids and indexes.      The early chapters help beginners take their first steps by dealing with      such matters as obtaining information from living relatives, drawing family      trees, and starting research in the records of birth, marriage, and death,      or in census records. Later chapters guide researchers to the records that      are more difficult to find and use, such as wills, parish records, civil and      ecclesiastical court records, poll books, and property records. So the book      is ideal for the beginner and the experienced researcher alike, and will      enable those who are persistent enough to trace their ancestry back to the      Middle Ages.
    One of the aims of the      book--entirely unique to it--is to link sources together to ensure that      researchers can use material found in one source to assist a search in other      sources. Another aim, somewhat more modest but equally essential, is to      bring the reader up-to-date with the many important changes that have      recently taken place in British genealogy.
    Writing in the Foreword to the new edition, John      Titford remarks that "a book like this doesn't maintain its pre-eminence in      the field by resting on its laurels. The subject with which it deals has      become more of a moving target in recent years that it ever was before, and      the author's sure aim and steady hand have been much in evidence as he has      meticulously updated and expanded his original work. An increasing amount of      material of relevance to family historians is being made available in print,      on microform, on CD-ROM, and on the Internet; fresh finding aids appear and      older ones become redundant; record repositories, libraries, family history      societies and other interest groups appear afresh on the scene. . . . None      of this has escaped the notice of the author of
    Ancestral Trails
    , and      this welcome new edition, to which the phrase 'bigger and Better' hardly      does justice, is testimony to the continuing careful attention to detail      which characterised the first edition."
    The scope of Herber's work is so thorough that it's      worth listing the table of contents, where chapter headings alone tell the      tale:
    An introduction to genealogical research
    Personal recollections and memorabilia
    Organization of your research material
    Problems encountered by researchers
    Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths
    Census returns
    Parish registers
    Churchyards and cemeteries
    Directories
    Combining sources of information
    Archives, libraries, and family history societies
    Wills and administrations
    Catholic, Non-Conformist, and Jewish records
    Marriage and divorce
    Maps, land registration, and property records
    Local and social history
    Newspapers and elections
    Parish and town records
    Education
    Records of the Army, Royal Marines, and Royal Air        Force
    Records of shipping and seamen
    Records of trades, professions, and business
    Oaths, taxation, and insurance records
    Records of the civil and ecclesiastical courts
    Records of the criminal courts and criminals
    Peerages, the gentry, famous people, and heraldry
    Tracing migrants and living relatives
    Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Channel        Islands
    Immigration, emigration, and investigation abroad
    National Archives' information leaflets
    County record offices and other archives
    Wills and administrations in the Prerogative Court        of Canterbury
    Web sites for family historians
    "No other publication gives such comprehensive and      up-to-date guidance on tracing British ancestry and researching family      history. Illustrated throughout with more than ninety examples of the major      record types, and with detailed lists of further reading, Ancestral Trails      will be the essential companion and guide for all family historians."
    --Anthony      Camp, former Director, Society of Genealogists