Reviews

Reviews As a convenience to readers, addresses and ordering information for the major genealogical publishers mentioned in reviews are liksted at the end of this section, on pages 433-34. Only a Few Bones: A True Account of the Rolling Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath By John Philip Colletta. Direct Descent, Washington, D.C., 2000. 436 pp., paper, index, illustrations, maps, notes. $18.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Or¬ der from the author at 1245 Walter Street S£, Washington, DC 200031449. Beginning as a boy of fourteen, the author of this book spent thirty years investigating the mysterious death of his great-great-grandfather in a fire with overtones of possible arson and murder on the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta in the post-Civil War reconstruction year of 1873. The result is neither pure fact nor fiction but, rather, a skillful blend of both actual events and easily conceived circumstance. Only a Few Bones be¬ comes a verbal docudrama as it combines documented detail with imagined intentions. The author reveals that his greatest challenge was to reconstruct the so¬ cial, political, economic, cultural, and geographical conditions that pre¬ vailed in and around a place called Rolling Fork Landing, some forty miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On the night of March 14, 1873, his family’s store burned to the ground, consuming the persons sleeping there that night The remains of four were soon found in the ashes. However, it took John Colletta, in our day, to de¬ termine the fate‘of his ancestor, Joseph N. Ring, and thereby to solve the mystery of his disappearance and the cause of the fateful blaze. Bones accomplishes this purpose by moving beyond the recording of his¬ torical facts to telling a vivid story built around the lives of the unfortunate Joseph Ring, his wife, his successful older brother George, and to a lesser ex¬ tent the other victims. < Text technique involves chapter clusters devoted to 1873 dates after the disaster interspersed with flashback sections emphasizing background col¬ lateral material. For example, the first seven chapters offer a supposed ac' 419 420 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine count of brother George’s activities in the ten days after the fire. Then come sections about the missingJoseph Ring’s early life, his family, the contrast to his brother, and such general subjects as the importance of cotton and the Delta itself. Author Colletta invigorates the narrative with twelve hypotheses to ex¬ plain the disaster. Sprinkled through the dramatic word pictures, he poses and then disposes of a dozen possible theories circulating after the calamity. He reviews these potential causes of the mysterious conflagration and rebuts each in turn. These hypotheses range from specific reasons, including the fire set by marauding ex-slaves, to the broader concept of an Act of God. Some are related to the business of arson by disgruntled customers, or rival merchants, or even insurance fraud by the owner, George Ring. Others ar¬ gue that native-born white bigots who hated the Yankees, Catholics, and Jews who came to the Delta in those days, burned the store because German immigrant Ring treated black customers the same as white ones. In the end the author concludes that the fire was accidental, thus echo¬ ing the finding of two official investigations which unearthed no culprits and which absolved any and all persons falsely accused in the tragedy. This surprising book is based on data from three kinds of sources: written records, oral lore, and material culture. It boasts extensive photographs, maps, and genealogical charts, to say nothing of copious reference notes. Despite some florid prose here the there, Only a Few Bones will appeal to fam¬ ily historians because it offers a case study of how to build historical context around an ancestral event. It also demonstrates the valuable role that oral tradition plays in an accurate understanding of the past. John A. Baird Jr. Second Stages in Researching Welsh Ancestry. By John and Sheila Rowlands. Ge¬ nealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999. xiv plus 348 pp., paper, maps, illus¬ trations, index. $21.95 plus shipping. The origins of this book lie in courses on family history which have been run annually as residential summer schools at the University of Wales, Aberystywyth, since 1986. From the outset the thrust was a basic “Family History in Wales” course. The high quality of presentations from this course formed the basis for Welsh Family History: A Guide to Research by the same authors in 1991. The current volume is a continuation of the earlier work. Both vol¬ umes were printed in the United Kingdom by the Federation of Family His¬ tory Societies prior to their appearance in this country. 421 Reviews Some seventeen experts on various aspects of Welsh research have con¬ tributed to Second Stages. Each article includes a bibliography leading to ad¬ ditional information , numerous graphs, tables, and appendixes, The contents include religion and society in nineteenth-century Wales, Catholic in Wales, urban growth and industrialization, lead miners, reading old documents, sources for surname,studies, ordinary people in the records of the great estates, maps, writing an estate and family history, and some families and their descendants. One chapter, contributed by Michael Powell Siddons, focuses on using Peter Bartrum’s Welsh Genealogies. Bartrum compiled two monumental vol¬ umes. The first presents pedigrees from the earliest accepted lines about A.D. 300 to about 1415. The second covers another 100 years, from the gen¬ eration born around 1415 to those bom about 1515. Although this volume was compiled for advanced researchers, beginners might also be induced to plunge into their Welsh family history. The only fault to be found is the lack of an every-name index. There is, however, an index to the many place names mentioned. Jane Adams Clarke, FGSP Some of the Descendants of William Thame: Signer of the Flushing Remonstrance of 1659 Through Fourteen Generations, With Emphasis on the Family and Descen¬ dants of Webster Thom ( 1816-1873 ). By Walter B. Smith II andjefferson M. Moak II. Daniel I. Murphy, Publisher, 1999. 185 pp., cloth, index, illustra¬ tions. $29.95 plus shipping. Order from WillowBend Books. This short book with a long tide is based on the premise that history is composed of more than the achievements of great men and women. The authors argue that the course of history is set by the great mass of humans who live and work together in communities that is to say, obscure descen¬ dants of Colonial American pioneers have participated in many historical events that shaped our nation’s destiny. In this sense, members of the Thorn family shared in the success of America and this is their story. This Thorn family history, readers will soon discover, is not intended to be an exhaustive account of all descendants from William Thome (ca. 1610-ca. 1667). The first Thorn (e) was one of thirty citizens to sign a 1657 document known as the Flushing Remonstrance to protest treatment of — Editor's Note: These volumes are available in many research libraries. The GSP Reading Room has Welsh Family History: A Guide to Research on microfiche and Second States in Re¬ searching Welsh Ancestry in book form. 422 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Quakers by New Netherlands Governor Peter StuyvesanL Although Thome was not of that faith, he believed in freedom of religion for all peo¬ ple. The principles of the Remonstrance were soon part of New York law and became the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. “Assemblers and authors” Walter B. Smith II andJefferson M. Moak II de¬ vote the first two chapters to William Thome and his five children but they focus principally on the family of the later generation, Webster Thom (1816-1873) and his wife Harriet B. Sedore (1820-1880). A predictable sequence of births, marriage, and death dates represent the rhythm of the text. The numerous ancestry entries are presented through a modified version of what genealogists know as the Henry num¬ bering scheme that identifies generation and the place of a person within that generation by a series of single digits. Members of the Thorn family will have the greatest interest in this book. That is only natural. However, its thoroughness and genealogical profes¬ sionalism may attract others who might be thinking about preparing their own family histories. The book also contains enough anecdotes for appeal to the general reader of lineage literature. For example, while there is much real estate news reflecting the fact that transaction of land ownership loomed large in the lives of the earlier generations, the authors season the text with a variety of family experiences. One Thom loved to play the violin, while another died eating green apples. A Thorn earned a Harvard degree, and a fourth married “out of meeting” to be dismissed from his Quaker congregation. A later descendant spent twenty-four years studying the Japanese martial art of JiuJitsu. The Thoms were primarily New York and New Jersey residents for most of their lives. More recent descendants have lived in the Philadelphia area, including Daniel I. Murphy (1927- ) who published this history. Descendants merits praise on most counts. In the opinion of this reviewer, however, format and typography suffer from placement of copious foot¬ notes. Most contemporary publishers place reference notes at the back of a book between the text and the index. Footnotes in this volume appear on virtually every page. In some cases they occupy more space than the main body of this genealogical record. Finally, the illustrations are of indifferent quality and the document reproduction often illegible. That said, congratulations go to all those involved in the preparation of this impressive ancestral account. John A. Baird Jr. 423 Reviews Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania: Some Early Colonial German Immi¬ grants. By Annette K. Burgert, FASG, FGSP. AKB Publications, 1999, 128 pp., cloth, illustrations, index. $22.50 plus $2.50 shipping ($26.50 includ¬ ing sales tax for Pennsylvania residents). Order from the publisher at 691 Weavertown Road, Myerstown, PA 17067-2642. The village of Grossgartach is just across the Neckar River from Heilbronn in Wuerttemberg. Emigration from this area is an interesting study in several respects. A few of the subjects were prelist immigrants, arriving in Pennsylvania before 1727 always the most difficult to locate and identify. Lutheran Church records in Grossgartach begin in 1563; a family native to the village may be traced for many generations. Burgert has identified and traced the families of forty-one immigrants from Grossgartach. One is an ancestor of President Dwight David Eisen¬ hower, and several others are related to his ancestor. The author has in¬ cluded an introduction containing a history of the area and its people, a bib¬ liography, a glossary of words not translated in the text, and three indexes; ship, European village, and every-name. As is true with her previous works, Annette Burgert has used a variety of sources, among them previously published lists indicating European vil¬ lages of origin, notations in Pennsylvania church records with references to villages of birth, family histories, articles published in Germany, and emigra¬ tion notations found in some European church records. She has also con¬ sulted probate and orphans’ court records in this country and additional European church records. Burgert has once again added to our knowledge of these people referred to as the Pennsylvania Germans. — Jane Adams Clarke, FGSP Long-Distance Genealogy: Researching Your Family History From Home, By Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer. Betterway Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000. 246 pp., indexes, paper. $18.99. Ms. Crawford-Oppenheimer easily could have written a “how-to” book in the style that too many others have taken of late filled with “tips” that are such common sense that spending fifteen dollars or more should not be re¬ quired. We can all be thankful that she did not take this approach. The author has written an extremely useful book that unites a recitation on the basics of genealogy for beginners with the perspective of how to accomplish such tasks at a distance. — 424 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine An added bonus for GSP members is that Crawford-Oppenheimer’s an¬ cestry is from Pennsylvania, so her breadth and grasp of state sources is es¬ pecially impressive. Among the many inviting features included in Crawford-Oppenheimer’s book are loads of form letters, some proper caveats about use of the Internet for genealogy, and an examination of the pitfalls of indexes, No book is perfect, of course, and there are a few details to note in LongDistance Genealogy. First, there is at least one typographical error in the Web URLs she gives (regarding an article about the fire that damaged the 1890 U.S. Census). Second, she doesn’t give nearly enough detail about the role of church records in the era before civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths. Overall, though, Crawford-Oppenheimer has put together a book that is helpful to the beginners and, for all intents and purposes, can serve as a textbook for novices since she covers all the mistakes that most genealogists make when starting out. a ■ James M. Beidler Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient and Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research. By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. Better¬ way Books, Cincinnati, 1999. 150 pp., index, illustrations, charts, paper. $16.99. Being organized, according to the author, means being able to find any¬ thing you want within seconds. The very idea is enough to send shivers of fear through any genealogist who has spent even a single year collecting census records, deeds, newspaper clippings, family group sheets, and assorted other pieces of paper about one or more ancestors. Rather than throwing both hands up in despair, one might want to de¬ vote some time to thoroughly digesting this very readable guide to organiz¬ ing genealogical records. Found in these pages are a multitude of sugges¬ tions to help attack the paper problem from an author who claims that while her genealogical materials are organized, the spices in her kitchen are not in alphabetical order! Editor's note: Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer contributes regularly to the Armstrong County Genealogical Club’s quarterly and is the author of “Lost in Pennsylvania? Try the Published Pennsylvania Archives,” which was originally an article in the Pennsylvania Ge¬ nealogical Magazine and has been reprinted as a separate publication by GSP. Reviews 425 Attacking the very essence of the problem, Carmack begins by addressing why we should even want to be organized. Saving time, money, and records are three pertinent reasons. Next comes how a description of creating and maintaining a filing system. Realizing that no one system works for everyone (our minds don’t work alike, after all), possibilities like family group files, surname files, and/or locality files are discussed. Not to be forgotten are possible containers for the files: binders, hanging files, and crates are some of those mentioned. Files of paper atop a desk are not an acceptable choice! As we progress to more advanced topics we learn there are more papers (disguised under the title “forms”) to help us stay organized. There are cross-reference lists for the files already established, as well as a research log and a correspondence log. There are note-taking forms, too, so our notes do not end up written on the backs of envelops or shopping lists. Our papers are not the only things that need to be considered. In the course of doing our research we have probably gathered a library of books, journals, CD-ROMs, and perhaps lecture tapes. These, too, need to be or¬ ganized so they can be located immediately. Before we leave for a research trip to a local library or a more distant repository or a cemetery, we need to organize the materials we take along and our informadon about that facility. — Not to be forgotten is the topic of preserving our materials, which must be part of the organization mindset. We need to take the time to organize our materials for the non-genealogists in our family so they will recognize and preserve the treasures we have found. Whether this means publishing a family history, creating a scrapbook, or donating materials to a research li¬ brary or local society, it requires organization. Quite seriously, there is a lot of very helpful information here. It’s not ex¬ pected that every reader will follow every suggestion, but rather that readers will cull for their use the suggestions and tips that will help them stay organ¬ ized. The forms included in the book may be copied for personal use. The tips gathered from other genealogists may address exactly the problem we find so vexing. Admittedly it may take some time to get to the place where we can find things within seconds, but once we do we can reap enormous benefits. Now, if I can just find the time to attack that four-inch stack of papers sit¬ ting on the corner of my desk! Kay Haviland Freilich, CG 426 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Brief Reviews* Reviewed by John A. Baird Jr. Early Times on the Susquehanna. By Mrs. George A. Perkins. Facsimile Reprint. Heritage Books, Bowie, Md., 1999, orig. publ. 1870. 302 pp., appendix, index, paper. $24.50 plus shipping. First publistished in 1870, this book begins with an account of the Indian Six Nations and their interactions with the early settlers and missionaries in and around the northern Pennsylvania river town of Athens. In the mid1850s, pioneer survivors gathered in Athens and nearby Elmira and Owego, New York, to record these historical facts gathered from family papers, other ancestors, and the personal knowledge of the author. Perkins describes the 1779 Sullivan Expedition, the Indian Treaty at Tioga Point, and the Great Deer Hunt of 1818. She also touches on the post offices and stage coaches of those days. Short chapters entitled “Distin¬ guished Characters” and “Remarkable Events” introduce colorful individu¬ als and dramatic phenomena including an eclipse, a locust plague, and a meteor shower. There is also a list of Civil War soldiers belonging to three Pennsylvania regiments. Modem readers have much to learn and appreciate about the sacrifices made by these early Americans who helped make possible the founding of our nation. Reviewed by jane Adams Clarke, FGSP Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Orphans* Court Records, 1685-1852. By Thomas G. Myers. WillowBend Books, 1999. 647 pp., cloth, index. $44.00 plus ship¬ ping- In Pennsylvania, the Orphans’ Court in each county has jurisdiction to approve the settlement of estates, order the sale of real estate of decedents, appoint guardians of minors and then oversee the settlement of the guard* Editor’s Note Some of the volumes reviewed here are abstracts of original records that can be very helpful in the genealogist's search for an ancestor's records, the reader is cau¬ tioned, however, that the possibility of errors or omissions exists whenever abstracted and/or transcribed records are used. If at all possible, the original or a microfilm copy of the original should be examined. Many of the records included in the “Brief Reviews” sec¬ tion have been microfilmed and are available through the Family History Library System. Reviews 427 ian’s accounts, and partition the real estate of individuals who died without a will. These last two activities tend to provide the greatest genealogical in¬ formation because they generally contain complete information about the heirs and the names and ages of children who were under the age of 21. Mi¬ nors under 14 needed to have a guardian appointed by the Court while those over 14 could chose their guardian. In many cases these “orphans” had a surviving parent, but this parent could not be appointed guardian. This work contains abstracts of entries found in the Orphans’ Court re¬ cords of Bucks County, one of Pennsylvania’s three original jurisdictions. Some papers that were never transcribed into the dockets are included; however, only records containing genealogical informadon were abstracted. Reviewed byJeanne Pontarelli Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland, Land Records, 1734-1753. By June D. Brown. WillowBend Books, 1999. 258 pp., paper, index. $21.50 plus ship¬ ping. Cecil County, Maryland, dates to 1706, when it was created from Baldmore and Kent coundes. With its location along Pennsylvania’s southern border, many of the landowners are Pennsylvania residents. These abstracts cover deeds recorded in Books 5, 6, and 7. The introduction includes a list of additional reference sources. Inhabitants of Frederick County, Maryland. Volume 2: 1749-1800. By Stefanie R. Shaffer. WillowBend Books, 1999. 336 pp., paper, index. $26.00 plus ship¬ ping. Using records from the Maryland State Archives, Stefanie Shaffer has compiled a very necessary book on early inhabitants of Frederick County. To facilitate searching for the original records, she has included accession numbers with each source. Information in this book covers: Land Patents, 1749-1800: If the person to whom the certificate was granted was different than the patentee, the name of the certificate holder has been included, as has certificate numbers for unpatented tracts. Court Papers: Includes appearance papers, notes, and accounts submitted as evidence to the court. One extensive list names individu¬ als who contributed labor and/or building materials to the court- 428 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine house construction project that began in 1785. Information was taken from loose papers at the archives. Clerk’s Account Book: Contains lists of fees and fines received by the court along with amount paid to citizens by the county. Petitions, mostly from 1783 to 1799: Subjects range from land own¬ ership to complainers about the behavior of neighbors, and from mas¬ ter-slave problems to prisoners in the “goal.” A few petitions referring to slaves are dated 1791-92. Baltimore County, Maryland, Deed Abstracts 1659-1750. By Robert Barnes. Fam¬ ily Line Publications, 1996. 287 pp., paper, index. $34.50 plus shipping. Tracing the descent of specific tracts of land has often revealed family re¬ lationships or clues to possible relationships that may not be apparent from other sources. Maryland is one state where many, if not all, tracts of land were given names. The present work was based on and records abstracted by the late Dr. Richard Miller, who completed deeds to about 1745. Barnes has expanded the work to include deeds through 1750. One of the early volumes, Liber IS#K, was quite illegible, so the entries for the “Index to Baltimore County Land Records” at the Maryland State Archives were used to augment miss¬ ing data. Entries in the volume are arranged by name of tract, with a chronological listing of transactions from Baltimore County. Since Carroll and Harford counties were eventually carved out of the original Baltimore County boundaries, some of the tracts covered are in those locations. Also included are a bibliography, source abbreviations, definitions of the many plats, and a list of unidentified tracts. Revolutionary Patriots of Maryland 1775—1783: A Supplement. By Henry C. Peden Jr. WillowBend Books, 2000. 246 pp., paper. $21.00 plus shipping. This sixteenth and final volume in Mr. Peden’s series about Revolution¬ ary War patriots and soldiers of Maryland covers individuals from Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Frederick, and Harford counties who were not included in the earlier works. As with the earlier volumes, it contains infor¬ mation that has been collected to serve as a research tool in locating Mary¬ land’s patriots. Reference is given on those who served in the military, rendered material aid to the army or navy, took an Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, or served as a member of any committee at the town* county, or state level. Entries in- Reviews 429 elude a wealth of genealogical information: place of residence, names of spouses and children, and dates and places of vital events are given when known. The data has been gleaned from court records, church registers, probate records, muster rolls, and pension files. Each entry is documented. Also included is an extensive bibliography for further research. Middlesex County, New Jersey, Deed Abstracts; Book L By Richard S. Hutchinson. Heritage Books, Inc., 2000. 141 pp., paper, index. $27.50 plus shipping. Middlesex, one of New Jersey’s original counties, was formed from East Jersey in 1683. It is located in the north-central part of the state and the county seat is New Brunswick. While the deeds in Book 1 were recorded from about 1790 to about 1795, many of them were executed from as early as the 1720s. Along with the deeds, there are related records including dower releases, creditor’s agree¬ ments, and division of property. Abstracts may contain the names of wives, children, siblings, parents, previous owner(s), and witnesses. Some entries pertain to individuals whose property was confiscated during the American Revolution, Where a seller used a mark as his signature, that information is noted in the index. # Burlington County, New Jerseyt Deed Abstracts: Books A, B, and C. By Richard S. Hutchinson. Heritage Books, Inc., 2000. 135 pp., paper, index. $27.00 plus shipping. Originally part of the area known as West New Jersey, Burlington County was formed in 1694. The introduction of this book includes a brief but com¬ plete county history. The abstracted information was taken primarily from the county clerks’ copies of the recorded deeds maintained at the court house in Mt. Holly. Also abstracted were documents pertaining to release of dower, creditor’s agreements, and division of property among heirs. This county had a large Quaker population, and there are many records of slave manumissions that name both the slave and the owner. While the deeds date from the 1750s to the 1890s, some include genealogical information from the early 1700s. Many of the recorded names differ in spelling from the signatures. The abstracts show how the seller signed the document or how he made a mark. Every readable name on the recorded document is included in the index. 430 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. Volume III: James City County Surrey County. Compiled by Louis Pledge Heath Foley. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000; orig. publ. 1990. vii plus 159 pp., index, illustrations. $21,00 plus shipping. This third volume compiled by Mrs. Foley contains abstracts of land re¬ cords taken from the fourteen volumes of patent books covering the years 1623-1732. James City County is one of Virginia’s original shires; Surrey County was formed from it in 1652. The original records are found in the archives secdon of the Virginia State Library in Richmond. Information in this book consists of a chronological series of abstracts giving the name of the patentee, the land location, acreage, and date of set¬ tlement. It also includes references to family members and owners of adjoin¬ ing properties, and most important perhaps, the names of thousands of settiers brought over as “headlights.” An interesting inclusion is the index to the James City County Civil War map of 1864. Genealogists may be able to link an ancestral name from the 1864 map with one found in the abstracts and show occupancy of the same land for several generations. — Reviewed by Kay Haviland Freilich, CG Land Records of New Castle County, Delaware: Volume I, 1715-1728. By Carol Bryant, Family Line Publications, 1998. 191 pp., index, paper. $16.00 plus shipping. Almost 15 years of land records from the northern county of Delaware are included in this volume, which begins with Liber E of the New Castle re¬ cords. In addition to deeds, the instruments include leases, releases, powers of attorney, appointment, mortgages, and patents. Family relationships are often revealed in the property descriptions. No longer extant are the first 58 pages of Liber E and all of Liber F, cov¬ ering years 1719 to 1722. Revolutionary Patriots of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. By Henry C. Pedenjr. Family Line Publications, 1998, 335 pp., index, paper. $27.00 plus ship¬ ping. Locating names of many Pennsylvania patriots found in the published Pennsylvania Archives is difficult because the volumes are not indexed. This work serves as a finding aid to the Lancaster County soldiers who are listed Reviews 433 in the Second Series, Vol. XIII, one of those lacking an index. Each entry gives rank, company, battalion, and dates and places of service. Any other information contained in the muster rolls is noted. In some cases, places of residence and dates of death are indicated. Approximately 8,000 patriots are listed. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Volume 7. Comp, by Henry C. Peden Jr. and F. Edward Wright Willow Bend Books, 2000. xx plus 328 pp., paper, index, $24.00 plus shipping. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Volume 8. Comp, by Henry C. Peden Jr. and F. Edward Wright. Willow Bend Books, 2000. xxii plus 325 pp., paper, in in in in in index, $24.00 plus shipping. Maryland’s Eastern Shore includes Kent, Cecil, Talbot, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, and Dorchester counties. Early settlement in the area was primar¬ ily British, although residents from New Sweden also found their way into Cecil County. Many of the families traced in these two volumes of a continu¬ ing series are covered through four generations. The compilers used a wide variety of primary source records which are indicated by abbreviations in the text; an explanatory section describes the records. Land Records of New Castle County, Delaware: Volume /, 1715-1728. By Carol Bryant. Family Line Publications, 1998. 191 pp., index, paper. $16.00 plus shipping. Almost 15 years of land records from the northern county of Delaware are included in this volume, which begins with Liber E of the New Castle re¬ cords. In addition to deeds, the instruments include leases, releases, powers of attorney, appointment, mortgages, and patents. Family relationships are often revealed in the property descriptions. No longer extant are the first 58 pages of Liber E and all of Liber F, cov¬ ering years 1719 to 1722. 432 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Recent Reprints/New Editions Genealogy Starter Kit; 2d ed. By William Dollarhide. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998; orig. publ. 1994. vii plus 48 pp., paper, charts, $9.95 plus ship¬ ping. Kinship: It's All Relative, 2d ed. ByJackie Smith Arnold. Genealogical Publish¬ ing Co., 2000; orig. publ. 1990. xi plus 123 pp., paper, index, charts, $9.95 plus shipping. Updated with a new glossary, bibliography, and index. . The Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts By Richard P. Hallowell. Heritage Books, 1987; orig. pub. 1883. vi plus 227 pp., index, appendix. $20.50 plus shipping. Pennsylvania Vital Records from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Clearfield Publish¬ ing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999; orig. pub. 1983. 2,491 pp. in 3 vols,, paper, index. $150.00 plus shipping. Genealogical History of the Town of Reading Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1874. By The Hon. Lilley Eaton. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD., 1994; orig. pub. 1865-1874. 2 vols., 849 pp., index, illustrations, paper. $47.00 plus ship¬ ping. Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylva¬ nia German Churches, 2d ed. Comp, by Donna Irish. Clearfield Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1998; orig. pub. 1982. 817 pp., index, paper. $55.00 plus shipping. Abstracts of mostly Pennsylvania German Reformed records from Phila¬ delphia west to Cumberland County in the eighteenth century, taken pri¬ marily from the William J. Hinke Collection of Franklin and Marshall Col¬ lege, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Reviews 433 The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania: Charter Constitution, By-Laws, Officers, Mem¬ bers, etc Clearfield Co., Baltimore, Md., 1999; orig. pub, 1950. 270 pp., pa¬ per, index. $25.00 plus shipping. . p i The Sunny Side of Genealogy: A Humorous Collection of Anecdotes, Poems, Wills, Epitaphs, and Other Miscellany from Genealogy, By Fonda D, Baselt. Genea¬ logical Publishing Co., 1999; orig. pub. 1986. 102 pp., paper. $9.95 plus shipping, — Publishers’ Information January 2001 ANCESTRY PO Box 990, Urem, UT 84059 Phone Orders: 1-800-262—3787 Fax Orders: 1-801-705-7800 Internet: www.ancestry.com Shipping: $3.50 for first book. BETTERWAY BOOKS F&W PUBLICATIONS 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45207 Phone: 800-289-0963 Betterway publications are available in many bookstores. > CLEARFIELD COMPANY: See Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. FAMILY LINE PUBLICATIONS: See Willow Bend Books. 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