| New Arrivals This feature highlights
items recently added to the collection of St. Louis Public Library, which may be of
interest to genealogists.
This month’s new arrivals are a bonanza for persons certain the
South will rise again. Confederate descendants, enjoy!
1. Bartels, Carolyn. Missouri Amnesty. Independence, MO: Two Trails
Publishing, 1989.
Central HG973.7809778
An alphabetical list of Missouri Confederates who applied for amnesty
from the U. S. government that includes transcribed letters requesting amnesty. The
letters may include type of service to the Confederate government, place of residence
before and after the war, age, disability, and value of personal property or real estate.
2. Bartels, Carolyn. Missouri Confederate Deaths Union Prisons and
Hospitals. Independence, MO: n.p., n.d. Central HG973.77
A list of Missouri Confederates who died in Union prisons or hospitals
and includes name, military rank or notation that the person was a civilian, unit or
residence, date of death, name of the prison or hospital, and where the person was buried.
3. Bartels, Carolyn. Missouri Confederate Pensions. Independence, MO:
n.p., n.d. Central HG973.7478
Confederate pensions were granted by the state of residence at the time
veterans applied. This list includes people listed in the House & Senate Journals for
the state of Missouri in 1913 and later. Information includes name, age, date pension was
approved, post office nearest the person’s residence, certificate number, county, and
in some cases date of death.
4. Brooke, Ted O. & Linda W. Geiger. Index to Georgia’s
Confederate Pension Supplements. Cumming, GA: Brooke & Geiger, 1999. Central
HG929.3758
This book indexes the supplemental pension materials housed in the
Georgia State Archives. The index includes name of pensioner or widow, county of
residence, and record numbers.
5. Eakin, Joanne C. Missouri Confederate Reports. Indepen-dence, MO:
Joanne C. Eakin, 1995. Central HG973.7720977
This book contains transcriptions of casualty reports from the battles
of Cape Girardeau, Carthage, Hartville, Lexington, Marmaduke’s Expedition,
Price’s Expedition, Newtonia, and Wilson’s Creek. Information includes name,
rank, company and regiment, whether killed or wounded, and nature of wound.
6. Eakin, Joanne C. Missouri Prisoners of War: From Gratiot Street &
Myrtle Street Prison, St. Louis, MO & Alton Prison, Alton IL… Independence, MO:
Joanne C. Eakin, 1995. Central HG973.772
This source includes information on Confederate prisoners including
guerrillas, private citizens, and Confederate soldiers held in the prisons named. The
information includes name, rank or occupation, county of residence or military unit, where
captured, date of capture, prison, and remarks. (The Library also owns the microfilm copy
of the ledgers for Gratiot Street & Myrtle Street Prisons.)
7. Eakin, Joanne C. Confederate Records From the United Daughters of the
Confederacy Files. 8 Vols. Independence, MO: Joanne C. Eakin, 1996 – 2001. Central
HG929.3778
The series contains biographical and historical information for more
than 7,500 Missouri Confederate soldiers, gleaned from the records of the UDC. Entries may
include name, regiment, family members, and date of death.
Some Venerated Ancestors
1.American Antiquarian Society. Index of Obituaries in Massachusetts
Centinel and Columbian Centinel 1784 to 1840. 5 Vols. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1961. Central
929.3744
This series includes death notices for more than 120,000 people who died
in Massachusetts between 1784-1840. Many include age, former residences, and name of
parent or spouse.
2.Banks, Charles Edward. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630: An Account of the
Vessels, the Voyage, the Passengers & Their English Homes from Original Authorities.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Central 974.
This history includes a list of passengers travelling with the Winthrop
fleet, their homes in England, and settlements in Massachusetts.
3.Boston Evening Transcript. Genealogy Newspaper Columns, Jan. 6, 1896
– Apr. 30, 1941. Boston: Boston Evening Transcript, 1896 – 1941. Central
Microfilms Department.
This is a series of genealogical query columns that were published in
the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper for 45 years. It is completely indexed in the
American Genealogical-Biographical Index, which describes it as "the greatest single
source of material for genealogical data for the New England area for the period 1600
– 1800."
4.Roberts, Gary Boyd, ed. Genealogies of Mayflower Families: From the
New England Historical & Genealogical Register. 3 Vols. Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc.: 1985. Central 929.374
These indexed volumes consist of reprints of articles published in the
New England Historical & Genealogical Register.
5. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the
Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. 20 Vols. n.p.: General Society of
Mayflower Descendants, 1975-. Central 929.374
The Library currently owns seven volumes of this series and plans to
complete the set.
6. Shurtleff, MD, Nathaniel B., ed. Records of the Governor & Colony
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. 5 Vols. Boston: William White, 1853–1854.
Central 974.4
This series reprints the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from
1628–1686. Among them are oaths and lists of freedmen and many court records.
7. Massachusetts Officers & Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century
Conflicts. Boston?: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1982. Central 929.3744
This title is part of a series that attempts to identify
Massachusetts’ men who participated in various colonial military encounters. The
Library also owns Massachusetts Officers in the French and Indian Wars-1748–1763;
Massachusetts Militia Companies & Officers in the Lexington Alarm; and Massachusetts
Officers & Soldiers, 1702-1722: Queen Anne’s War to Dummer’s War.
8. Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War. 17
Vols. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1896. Central 973.34
These records were compiled from the Massachusetts Archives. The list is
alphabetical and includes the veteran’s name, rank, company and regiment, and length
of service. In some cases it may include a physical description, pay abstracts, discharge,
and other information.
9. Harris, Ruth-Ann and Donald M. Jacobs, eds. The Search for Missing
Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot. 8 Vols. Boston: New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989. Central 974.4
This series abstracts advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot from
1831 – 1920, requesting information on missing relatives. The notices often include
place of birth or emigration, residence in the U.S., occupation, and names of other family
members.
In addition to these items, the St. Louis Public Library owns many other
valuable sources for Massachusetts’s genealogy.
This includes a nearly complete set of Massachusetts’s town records
of births and deaths. Most of the published town record abstracts cover the founding of
the town to approximately 1850.
Some Venerated Ancestors
1.American Antiquarian Society.
Index of Obituaries in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel
1784 to 1840. 5 Vols. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1961. Central 929.3744
This series includes death notices for more than 120,000 people who died in Massachusetts
between 1784-1840. Many include age, former residences, and name of parent or spouse.
2.Banks, Charles Edward.
The Winthrop Fleet of 1630:
An Account of the Vessels, the Voyage, the Passengers & Their English Homes from
Original Authorities. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Central 974. This history includes a
list of passengers travelling with the Winthrop fleet, their homes in England, and
settlements in Massachusetts.
3.Boston Evening Transcript. Genealogy Newspaper Columns, Jan. 6, 1896
– Apr. 30, 1941. Boston: Boston Evening Transcript, 1896 – 1941. Central
Microfilms Department.
This is a series of genealogical query columns that were published in
the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper for 45 years. It is completely indexed in the
American Genealogical-Biographical Index, which describes it as "the greatest single
source of material for genealogical data for the New England area for the period 1600
– 1800."
4.Roberts, Gary Boyd, ed. Genealogies of Mayflower Families: From the
New England Historical & Genealogical Register. 3 Vols. Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc.: 1985. Central 929.374
These indexed volumes consist of reprints of articles published in the
New England Historical & Genealogical Register.
5. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the
Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. 20 Vols. n.p.: General Society of
Mayflower Descendants, 1975-. Central 929.374
The Library currently owns seven volumes of this series and plans to
complete the set.
6. Shurtleff, MD, Nathaniel B., ed. Records of the Governor & Colony
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. 5 Vols. Boston: William White, 1853–1854.
Central 974.4
This series reprints the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from
1628–1686. Among them are oaths and lists of freedmen and many court records.
7. Massachusetts Officers & Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century
Conflicts. Boston?: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1982. Central 929.3744
This title is part of a series that attempts to identify
Massachusetts’ men who participated in various colonial military encounters. The
Library also owns Massachusetts Officers in the French and Indian Wars-1748–1763;
Massachusetts Militia Companies & Officers in the Lexington Alarm; and Massachusetts
Officers & Soldiers, 1702-1722: Queen Anne’s War to Dummer’s War.
8. Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War. 17
Vols. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1896. Central 973.34
These records were compiled from the Massachusetts Archives. The list is
alphabetical and includes the veteran’s name, rank, company and regiment, and length
of service. In some cases it may include a physical description, pay abstracts, discharge,
and other information.
9. Harris, Ruth-Ann and Donald M. Jacobs, eds. The Search for Missing
Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot. 8 Vols. Boston: New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989. Central 974.4
This series abstracts advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot from
1831 – 1920, requesting information on missing relatives. The notices often include
place of birth or emigration, residence in the U.S., occupation, and names of other family
members.
In addition to these items, the St. Louis Public Library owns many other
valuable sources for Massachusetts’s genealogy.
This includes a nearly complete set of Massachusetts’s town records
of births and deaths. Most of the published town record abstracts cover the founding of
the town to approximately 1850. |
