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Books We'd Like to Own (2009-2010)

The people listed below are searching for rare or hard-to-find genealogical resources for purchase or for look ups. Please search the list to see if someone is looking for a resource you have, or know where to find.

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H. Reed

Tue Dec 28 19:34:10 2010
Location: Annapolis, MD USA
My E-mail Address: hjjreed@yahoo.com
I am looking for: Swope Family Book of Remembrances (vol. 1 & 2) by Emily Swope Morse, 1972
I would like to purchase.

Doug Keese

Tue Nov 16 06:44:33 2010
Location: Evansville, Indiana
My E-mail Address: dougkeese@gmail.com
I am looking for: Keese Family History: Southern Branch by William Shelton Keese.
I would like to purchase.

Lisa Carr

Mon Nov 1 00:39:42 2010
Location: Rosemead, CA, U.S.A.
My E-mail Address: catoliver61@hotmail.com
I am looking for: Our Teel Kin by Muriel Teel Cooter
I would like to purchase.

(no name)

Wed Oct 13 11:35:12 2010
Location: Ohio
My E-mail Address: tgthorpe@earthlink.net
I am looking for: "The Pratt Directory" written by Jayne Pratt Lovelace.
I would like to purchase.

Nick Pratt

Sat Sep 18 13:19:28 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan, USA
My E-mail Address: nick@nickpratt.com
I am looking for: Joe Pete, by Florence E. McClinchey, Holt Publishers, 1929
I would like to purchase.

Lana Linn Bain

Tue Sep 14 12:43:20 2010
Location:
My E-mail Address: rlcbain@gotsky.com
I am looking for: The Seven Sanders Brothers by Holden Sanders
I would like to purchase.

Lana Linn Bain

Tue Sep 14 12:42:47 2010
Location:
My E-mail Address: rlcbain@gotsky.com
I am looking for: The Sanders Family: An American Odyssey by Holden Sanders.
I would like to purchase.

Lana Linn Bain

Tue Sep 14 12:44:34 2010
Location:
My E-mail Address: rlcbain@gotsky.com
I am looking for: Daniel Bain, Frontiersman: 1764-1840, a documentary account of his life and line by Lee J. Bain
I would like to purchase.

Joan Vining McGovern

Fri Sep 10 15:38:48 2010
Location: Dalton, Ga USA
My E-mail Address: jvmcgovern@mindspring.com
I am looking for: The VINING family by Dorothea Vining Barnes Beacon Press
I would like to purchase.

Suzanna Quintero Piza

Mon Aug 9 15:10:37 2010
Location: Miami, Florida US
My E-mail Address: tel7700@hotmail.com
I am looking for: The Cronicle of Joshua Piza and his Descendants / by Vida Lindo Guiterman.
I would like to purchase.

Sat Aug 7 14:07:26 2010
Location: houston, tx
My E-mail Address: barbhens@sbcglobal.net
I am looking for: Our Wandering Whitleys by Helen Whitley Strader and Ruth Whitley Benbow.
I would like to purchase.

Sara Fortenberry

Thu Jun 17 06:20:13 2010
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
My E-mail Address: sarahbenson1@comcast.net
I am looking for: Wilkes Family History and Genealogy; Thomas Wilkes (ca.1735-1809) and his descendants by Ivan Ernest Bass
I would like to purchase.

Jaime Bierk

Mon May 17 20:03:46 2010
Location: Saint Louis, MO
My E-mail Address: jaimeinstl@yahoo.com
I am looking for: "Maryland Catholics on the frontier" by Timothy J. O'Rourke.
I would like to purchase.

Walter Phillips

Mon May 3 14:04:29 2010
Location: United States
My E-mail Address: vawr@waltphillips.us
I am looking for: History of the Ninth U.S. Infantry, 1799-1909
I would like to purchase.

Rebecca Rogers

Wed Mar 10 07:53:50 2010
Location: Middletown, IN
My E-mail Address: oharra69@live.com
I am looking for: The book Reiff to Riffe by Fred Riffe published in 1995. This is the first volume. I have his second one.
I would like to purchase.

Saundra Parler

Thu Mar 4 18:27:54 2010
Location: Conway SC
My E-mail Address: parler@sccoast.net
I am looking for: The Cauthen Family History by Maryline Cauthen
I would like to purchase.

BRENDA WILLIAMS

Tue Feb 23 14:03:47 2010
Location: TUTWILER MISSISSIPPI
My E-mail Address: brenda@gator-athletics.com
I am looking for: THE CAUTHEN FAMILY HISTORY
I would like to purchase.

gerry vaughan

Tue Feb 16 20:14:03 2010
Location: patterson,ar.
My E-mail Address: ozzycarel@yahoo.com
I am looking for: a book titled "Claiborne co. Folks"
I would like to purchase.

Thomas Talbott Graham

Wed Feb 10 11:12:04 2010
Location: San Jose, CA, USA
My E-mail Address: n6wlf@yahoo.com
I am looking for: History of the Jones-Alexander-Steel Families by Samuel T. Jones (1826-1915).
I would like to purchase.

Taylor E. Waggoner

Sat Jan 30 21:10:36 2010
Location: Alva, Oklahoma
My E-mail Address: snuggiecat101@gmail.com
I am looking for: "Footprints Across Woods County". I talked to Waynokan Historian and she said when people usually sell their copy they sell it for $75.00. Ever since I was 6 I have been searching for one. I am the family historian.
I would like to purchase.

Len Hott

Tues Jan 26 10:30:13 2010
Location: Denton, Texas
My E- mail Address: dentonlady@gmail.com
I am looking for:"I Remember: A Collection Of The Writings Of Denton Senior Citizens." (published in 1981)
I would like to purchase or at least read and pull out info.

Lorie

Sun Jan 10 15:48:13 2010
Location: USA
My E-mail Address: forstorbeck@worldnet.att.net
I am looking for: "Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents and Their First Two Generations of Descent" by Craig Hart. I am interested to know if anyone owns or has seen the book and would be willing to share their knowledge about it. Does it include source references? Does it contain reliable details of the lines of the President's wives?
I would like a lookup.

Cynthia Dambach

Thu Dec 24 09:58:50 2009
Location: Aurora, CO
My E-mail Address: bdambach@msn.com
I am looking for: Windows to the Past by Neil Cotner
I would like to purchase.

Cornelia Moore

Tue Nov 24 12:44:02 2009
Location: Medford, Oregon, USA
My E-mail Address: fenenga@connpoint.net
I am looking for: Branded as Rebels by Donald Hale. look up for Francis Wyruck or reasonably priced  not signed by author copy.
I would like a look up.

Cornelia Moore

Fri Nov 20 13:09:42 2009
Location: Medford, Oregon, USA
My E-mail Address: fenenga@connpoint.net
I am looking for: I may purchase these, but want to know if they have what I need in them. too many focus on Quantrell, I need to know abt lesser gangs. if you have any of these, I would appreciate a look-up in them for Francis Wyruck aka Frank Wyruck/Wyrick. he is claimed to have headed a gang of bushwackers in the Civil War, but I can only find mention of this so far in The History of Vernon Co. (Missouri) and an unpublished story which a copy of is now at the Kansas or Missouri archives, I've forgot which. maybe both. since I live in a small city with little in the way of a library, I don't have access to these books.

  1. Guerilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri 1862
  2. The Civil War on the Border
  3. Bushwacker Musings
  4. Missouri Prisoners of War
  5. The Robber Bands
  6. Fire and Sword
  7. Bushwackers on the Border
  8. any book of this subject that may refer to Francis and his gang.
thank you, it's much appreciated.
I would like a look up.

jjones

Sat Nov 14 19:46:57 2009
Location: richmond, va
My E-mail Address: joyfully62@comcast.net
I am looking for: From Log Cabin to White House by Mary Taylor Brewer
I would like to purchase.

Cornelia Moore

Thu Nov 12 22:56:50 2009
Location: Medford, Oregon, USA
My E-mail Address: fenenga@connpoint.net
I am looking for: Moffitt/Morfitt genealogy by Gary William Morfitt G.M. Morfitt, 1984 possibly to purchase, but first I need to know if our Moffitt's are in the book.
I would like a look up.

Cornelia Moore

Tue Nov 10 15:37:42 2009
Location: Medford, Oregon, USA
My E-mail Address: fenenga@connpoint.net
I am looking for:Indexes to Seamen's Protection Certificate Applications and Proofs of Citizenship, Ports of New Orleans, LA; New Haven, CT; and Bath, ME
I would like a look up.