http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/index.html Books We Own Lookup Volunteer Project http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/virginia.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/virginia.html Tue, 7 May 2013 20:15:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "Virginians & West Virginians 1607-1870, Vol. 3" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/penn2.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/penn2.html Tue, 7 May 2013 20:15:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "Some Fayette County Pennsylvania Cemeteries" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/oregon.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/oregon.html Tue, 7 May 2013 20:15:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "History of Beaver Creek School, Jackson Co., Oregon" and "Sawdust and Cider, A History of Lorane, Oregon and the Siuslaw Valley" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:55:00 PDT New book available for lookups: Cove Burying Ground 1660-1770 & Bridge Road Cemetery 1754-1886 (located in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sdakota.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sdakota.html Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:25:00 PDT New book available for lookups: "Love and Chaos" - history of the Ness family of Hanson Co., South Dakota http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/virginia.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/virginia.html Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:39:00 PDT New books available for lookups: 1913 Culpeper High School "Rip Rap" Yearbook (Culpeper Co., VA) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:29:00 PDT New books available for lookups: Mayflower families - John Billington http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/norway.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/norway.html Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:23:00 PDT New books available for lookups: Bømlo Bygdebok, Bind I and II, Hordaland fylke, Norway http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/minn.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/minn.html Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:54:00 PDT New yearbooks available for lookups: "WWHIGREAN '54 (Edina-Morningside Minnesota High School) and "Liner--1955, Hamline University" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/colorado.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/colorado.html Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:54:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "Colorado Marriages, 1858-1939" and "Atlas of Colorado Ghost Towns, Volume 1" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:50:00 PDT New books available for lookups: 1923 Indianapolis Directory http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:50:00 PDT New books available for lookups: Mayflower families - John Alden, William Brewster and Francis Eaton http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surs.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surs.html Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:55:00 PST New book available for lookups: "A Family Odyssey: Ancestors and Descendants of Joseph Harrison and Ada Belle (Marsh) Stager". http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:55:00 PST New book available for lookups: Mayflower Families: Peter Brown. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/nj.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/nj.html Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:55:00 PST New book available for lookups: "A Review of the Department of Police, Trenton, NJ" (1899). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:23:00 PST New books available for lookups: Indianapolis telephone directories for 1878 and 1952 (Marion Co., Indiana). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/us_hist.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/us_hist.html Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:22:00 PST New books available for lookups: "I learned to fly for Hitler", "This Man's Navy: From Prairie Fields to Battleship Quarters" and "Would you remember this?: A diary, August 23, 1943 to December 7, 1945". http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/nhamp.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/nhamp.html Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:00:00 PST New books available for lookups: "40 Year History, Dartmouth, Class of 1924". http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/directories.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/directories.html Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:00:00 PST New books available for lookups: "History of the Alpha Delta Pi", a history of the Sorority from 1851-1931. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/us_hist.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/us_hist.html Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:00:00 PST New books available for lookups: "United States Army Headgear 1855-1902", a "Catalog of United States Army Uniforms in the Collection of the Smithsonian Institution". http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/illinois.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/illinois.html Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:00:00 PST New books available for lookups: "Illinois Lives", a "biographical dictionary of prominent Illinoisans". http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:03:00 PST New books available for lookups: Indianapolis telephone directories for 1874, 1886, 1940, 1942 and 1956 (Marion Co., Indiana). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/minn.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/minn.html Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:08:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "1947 Gopher" - yearbook of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sweden.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sweden.html Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:30:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "Nycoping-Oxelosunds Slaktforskarforening, Register over Fodda-Vigda-Doda fran ca 1665 till ca 1860" (located in Sodermanlands Lan, Sweden). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/can_q.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/can_q.html Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:35:00 PDT New books available for lookups: baptism, marriage and burial records for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade parish, 1681-1988 (in Les Chenaux MRC, Quebec, Canada). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/michigan.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/michigan.html Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:12:00 PDT New books available for lookups: "Saginaw County Cemeteries", 11 volumes of records of cemeteries in Saginaw Co., Michigan. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sweden.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sweden.html Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:50:00 PDT New book available for lookups: "Varmlands Kyrkboksregister", church register for Varmlands parish in Sweden. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/ncar.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/ncar.html Fri, 7 Sep 2012 22:05:00 PDT 5 new books related to Wilkes Co., NC are available for lookups: "Early Settlers of Reddies River", "Genealogy of the McNiel Clan", "The Heritage of Wilkes County, Vol. I", "An Index to THE CHRONICLE, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, November 19, 1890 through December 22, 1892", "The Land of Wilkes" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_york.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_york.html Mon, 3 Sep 2012 14:05:00 PDT New book available for lookups: "The Hamiltonian 1947" (Yearbook for Hamilton College in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/california.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/california.html Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:37:00 PDT New book available for lookups: "The Santa Monica Public Library 1890 to 1990" (Los Angeles Co., CA) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/georgia.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/georgia.html Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:07:00 PDT New book available for lookups: "Marriages and Obituaries From the Macon Messenger; 1818-1865" (Bibb Co., GA) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/norway.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/norway.html Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:05:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Hjelmeland: Gardar og Folk, Volume 2" (in Rogaland county, Norway) and "Mo Bygdebok, Vol. 1 Mo sokn and Vol. 2 Skafsaasokn" (in Telemark county, Norway). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sweden.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/sweden.html Thur, 26 Jul 2012 21:12:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "Brunskog Kyrkbocker Fodde 1688-1815" (Brunskog parish is located in the county of Varmland, Sweden) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/guyana.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/guyana.html Sat, 1 Jul 2012 20:00:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "WHO IS WHO in British Guiana 1935 - 1937" (British Guiana is now the nation of Guyana, in South America) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/penn2.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/penn2.html Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:30:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "History of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church of Western Salisbury, Lehigh Co., PA with complete records of all members, baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials" (1911) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_york.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_york.html Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:15:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "Orphan Trains and Their Precious Cargo, The Life's Work of Rev. H. D. Clarke" (orphans from New York City sent west by the Children's Aid Society) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_england.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_england.html Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:40:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Supplement of Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (published in 1991) and "Second Supplement of Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (published in 1995) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/migration.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/migration.html Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:40:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "The Complete Book of Emigrants," 1607-1660 and 1661-1699 (emigrants from England to the American Colonies) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_england.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_england.html Wed, 30 May 2012 20:43:55 EDT New book available for lookups: The Winthrop Fleet of 1630: An Account of the Vessels, the Voyage, the Passengers and their English Homes from Original Authorities." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mayflower.html Wed, 30 May 2012 20:43:55 EDT New book available for lookups: "Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War" - history of New England from the arrival of the Mayflower to about 1680. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surc.html#Cagle http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surc.html#Cagle Wed, 30 May 2012 20:43:55 EDT New book available for lookups: "What in the World Was Happening In the Life of Thelma Sigurdson Cagle? Vol. 2: 1947-1973." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surh.html#Hibbard http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surh.html#Hibbard Sun, 27 May 2012 18:45:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "Genealogy of the Hibbard Family Who are Descendants of Robert Hibbard of Salem, Massachusetts." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surfg.html#Fischer http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surfg.html#Fischer Sun, 27 May 2012 18:45:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "The Life and Times of Conrad Fischer and His Descendants." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surc.html#Chesebrough http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surc.html#Chesebrough Sun, 27 May 2012 18:45:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass." "The founder and first white settler of Stonington, Conn., born 1594, in or near Boston, England, and died 1667, Stonington, Conn. He sailed from Cowes, England, in Good Ship "Arbella" (of Gov. John Winthrop's Massachusetts Bay Colony), March 29, 1630, and arrived in Salem, Mass., New England, America, June 14, 1630." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surb.html#Bent http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surb.html#Bent Sun, 27 May 2012 18:45:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "The Bent Family in America. Being Mainly a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bent Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1638, With Notes Upon the Family in England and Elsewhere." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/wisconsin.html#Price http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/wisconsin.html#Price Mon, 7 May 2012 21:06:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Fifield Wisconsin 1876-2001 125 Years" and "Metropolis of the North: Fifield - Her People and Their History". Both books cover the town of Fifield, Price Co., Wisconsin. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/ri.html#Providence http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/ri.html#Providence Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:06:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Polk's Providence Directory" for 1963 and 1969, and "Polk's Woonsocket Directory" for 1976. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html#Marion http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/indiana.html#Marion Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:06:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Polk's Indianapolis Suburban Directory" for 1983, and "Polk's Green Book: Greater Indianapolis Area" for 1988-89. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html#Suffolk http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html#Suffolk Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:20:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "An Historical Address Delivered at the First Palmer Family Re-Union, Held in Stonington, Conn., August 10 and 11, 1881" by Hon. Richard A. Wheeler (1884). A brief history of Walter Palmer, builder of the first dwelling-house in Charlestown, includes information on his eleven children. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html#Plymouth http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html#Plymouth Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:20:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "King Genealogy. Clement King of Marshfield, Mass., 1668, and His Descendants." Compiler: George Austin Morrison, Jr.. Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers; 1898. Genealogy of the Clement King family, some lines to the sixth generation (the last birth recorded was in 1894). 65 pages includes index. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html#Norfolk http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/mass.html#Norfolk Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:20:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "Images of America; Wrentham (MA)." C. Gordon "Gog" Woodhams and Earle T. Stewart. Arcadia Publishing; 1999. A photo review of people, documents, events and locations in Wrentham, Norfolk County, with photos from the mid-1800s. 128 pages with black and white photos and illustrations; not indexed. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surfg.html#Flowers http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/surfg.html#Flowers Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:25:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Flowers Chronicles." Written by P. B. Flowers, Jr., 1987. "Studies of Captain John Flower II (1595-1657) Mariner of London, Bermuda and Virginia and Some of His Descendants of the American South." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/michigan.html#Oakland http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/michigan.html#Oakland Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:00:00 EDT New books available for lookups: "Ferndale of Yesteryear", by Maurice F. Cole, 1971, and "Old Timers tell it like it was"; pub. by Ferndale Historical Society, 1987; Ferndale, Oakland Co. MI. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/michigan.html#Macomb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/michigan.html#Macomb Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:00:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "1940 Mount Clemens (Macomb Co., MI) Telephone Directory"; including: Center Line; East Detroit; Mount Clemens; Roseville, inc. Fraser; St. Clair Shores; Warren. Published Oct. 1940, Michigan Bell Telephone Co. Especially helpful for locating someone in 1940 census. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_york.html#Cayuga http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/new_york.html#Cayuga Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:00:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "The Township of Fleming, Cayuga Co. NYS- 1823-1973". By Sheila Saft Tucker (Self-published). Includes some Church membership listings; Family Bible records; family trees; some Cemetery listings; photographs. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/penn.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/penn.html Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:45:00 EDT New book available for lookups: "A History of Madison Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania." by W. M. Baillie, Columbia Co. Historical and Genealogical Society, Bloomsburg, PA 2005. Township history from 1769, family histories to 1865, with extensive name index. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/index.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bwo/index.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:30:00 EDT The BWO RSS Feed will alert you to updates to the Books We Own Project, including new books added, and important announcements about the project.