Reference Sources for the Family History of
Marie (BROCKWAY) WITCRAFT
| About These Sources : While the following list is believed to be the most relevant/reliable, new sources, corrections and additions are welcomed.
These should be directed to the author, Terry J. Booth, at email address terryjbooth@sbcglobal.net. |
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| 1. | Anderson, Robert Charles (editor), The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, (New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston MA; 3 vols., 1995. A massive undertaking by the NEHGS, the first three volumes are available to subscribers on the NEHGR website.) | |
| 2. | Barbour, Lucius Barnes - edited by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records., (A massive 50 Volume set of books containing the early vital records for a great many Connecticut towns and families, the life work of Lucius Barnes Barbour, Connecticut Examiner of Public Records from 1911 to 1934. Of special interest for the Brown family are those for Preston (Vol 35) and Stonington (Vol. 43).) | |
| 3. | Booth, LaVerne Pagel; edited by Booth, Terry J [terryjbooth@sbcglobal.net], Frederich Pagel and Descendants Archive, (An archive of vital records, photographs, notes and other materials relating to LaVerne Booth and her relatives, most of whom had some association with Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Calumet Co.'s of Wisconsin.) | |
| 4. | Booth, Terry J., Booth Family Archive of Books, Documents and Other Records, (An archive of materials collected and compiled over many years by members of the Terry J and Carol Witcraft Booth family. Information, inquires and corrections can be sent to terryjbooth@sbcglobal.net.) | |
| 5. | Booth, Terry J., Booth and Witcraft Family Archive of Books, Documents and Other Records, (An archive of materials collected and compiled over many years by members of the Terry J and Carol Witcraft Booth family. Information, inquires and corrections can be sent to terryjbooth@sbcglobal.net.) | |
| 6. | Brockway, Francis E., The Brockway Family. Some Records of Wolston Brockway and his Descendants, (Oswego, NY; Leon L. Brockway's Power Print; Aug. 1890. Generally considered the 'Bible' for all Brockways, but obviously outdated for later generations.) | |
| 7. | Brown, Cyrus Henry, Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown, Sons of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown of Lynn, Mass., 1628-1907., (The Everett Press Company (Boston, 1907) (Reprinted by Guardian Press, Button Falls Road, Edmeston, NY 1997)) | |
| 8. | Brown, Grace Elizabeth (transcribed by), Capen-Randall Bible in the possession of Wallace N Randall of North Bridgewater, Oneida Co., NY, (Published in DAR Bible Records; Vol. 10; Page 65. Record furnished by Gordon Rood as posted on ancestry.com 'Capen' Message Board @ http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UYH.2ACEB/101.1.1.1) | |
| 9. | Church of Later Day Saints - Family History Website, LDS International Genealogical Index, (Record submitted by an LDS member with no source indicated. It should be regarded as requiring further proof. Found at www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true) | |
| 10. | Conroy, Henry S., Family Records in the Possession of Henry S. Conroy, (A variety of statements and other materials gathered from family members, as posted on the ancestry.com website tree, db=conroyh (full URL = http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=conroyh). Site shows address as 2330 Cristina Ave, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA, 85635, email conroyh@earthlink.net.) | |
| 11. | County Clerk and/or State Department of Health, Certificate of Marriage, (Copy of original document filed with appropriate county or state agency. Number and other details of certificate should be noted in the reference line of the citation.) | |
| 12. | County Clerk in County of Birth, Certificate of Birth, (Location of the Birth Certificate to be noted in citation details.) | |
| 13. | County Clerk of the County of Death, Certificate of Death, (County and State where the Death Certificate was issued to be noted in the details.) | |
| 14. | County Clerk or State Department of Health, Certificate of Death, (Issued by an approved governmental department. The County, State and exact location should be indicated in the notes accompanying the source.) | |
| 15. | County Clerk or State Health Department, Certificate of Marriage, (Copy of original document filed with appropriate county or state agency. Number and other details of certificate to be noted in reference line.) | |
| 16. | County Clerks, Van Buren Co MI Marriage Records, (Online records for Van Buren Co. Marriages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/) | |
| 17. | Eberhart, Edith Whitcraft - Researched, Compiled and Published by, A Branch of the Flitcraft, Whitcraft, Witcraft and Allied Families who came to America during the Colonial Period., (Beltsville, Maryland : E.W. Eberhart, 1995; Baltimore [Maryland] : Gateway Press. 176 Pages.) | |
| 18. | Eno, Joel Nelson, John Nile of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants., (NEHGR for April, 1931; Vol. 85, pages 145-159.) | |
| 19. | Flagg, Ernest, Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, (Clearfield Company, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1990) | |
| 20. | Holzschuh, Joan Pagel, Pagel Family Tree_8_08_2008, (A careful genealogy created by Joan Pagel Holzschuh, dau of Lawrence 'Larry' Pagel of Brillion, Calumet Co., WI. The large data file was created largely from family records and information obtained at family gatherings, greatly benefitted by a direct association with many of the Pagel descendants still living in or near Calumet Co. WI.) | |
| 21. | Leach, F. Phelps, Thomas Hungerford of Hartford and New London, Conn., and some of his Descendents With Their English Ancestors, (East Highgate, VT; 1924; Free Press Printing Co., Burlington, VT. A well researched and referenced genealogy with quotations from many wills and other important original sources, with corrections in a second volume 'Additions and Corrections for Thomas Hungerford of Hartford and New London, Conn. and his Descendants In America,' by F. Phelps Leach, published by F. Phelps Leach, East Highgate, Vermont, 1932. This book is available for review on ancestry.com in their 'Family and Local Histories' library.) | |
| 22. | Lee, J[ohn]. N[ewton]., Memoranda of the Lees and Cognate Families--for three hundred years back--gathered chiefly from family sources, (Waukegan, Illinois : Dekay Brothers, 1898; 47 pages. A short but honest and credible book about the descendants of George Lee and Jennette Dinsmore, who were the author's grandparents. Two of George Lee's daughters (Mary and Jane, who were Aunts of the author) married sons of Isaac Lucas (Benjamin and Berridge) and a third (Hannah) married a grandson of Isaac Lucas (John Templeton Lucas son of John Lucas and his first wife Polly Templeton) - the children and grandchildren of each of these marriages are identified and traced. The author, John Newton Lee, was b. 1828, son of William Lee who was brother to Mary 'Polly' Lee, wife of Benjamin Lucas. The short book was compiled from 'family sources', no doubt Bibles given the religious tradition of the family.) | |
| 23. | Office of the County Clerk, Certificate of Birth, (Location of the Birth Certificate to be noted in the details) | |
| 24. | Office of the County Clerk, Certificate of Death, (County and State where the Death Certificate was issued to be noted in the details.) | |
| 25. | Office of the County Clerk, Certificate of Marriage, (Facts of License to be noted in details.) | |
| 26. | Page, Lucius R., List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691, (YNGenealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988) | |
| 27. | Page, Marion Read and Symonds, David R., Some Descendants and Allied Families of William Reed of Batcombe, England; Weymouth, Mass., 1635-1646; Boston, Mass., 1646-1679, (Published in 1992) | |
| 28. | Pagel, Marty, Pagel Family Tree, (His posting is found on the 'Pagels of the World' website @ http://vincent.pagel.free.fr/PAGEL/world.html (visible as of 8/12/2008). Most of the other Pagel families on the page do not appear to be the same line.) | |
| 29. | Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1965, Vols. 1-4) | |
| 30. | Sims, Cathy Sanders. email is sandersc2@cs.com, Descendants of Johann Fuchs [of Wincheringen, Saarbruck, Trier]., (Contains Five generations of Johann Fuchs descendants, Many of whom emigrated to WI, MI and elsewhere in the US in the late 19th century. Website maintained by Marathon County WI, Family Trees by Shelley Green, Johann Fuchs page is @ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wimarath/Fochs.htm. Contains 173 names, plus many unnumbered spouses.) | |
| 31. | Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey, Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey (Settled in York County, PA. 1740), (Quintella Printing Co., Oklahoma City, OK 1984.254 pages including an index. A nicely written genealogy which looks well researched, despite the source documentation for most items not being indicated. There are 35 reference items cited, most being county histories or wills. In her forward she acknowledge Hester Grier McGaughey, who had previously collect numerous records from "court houses, vital statistics, libraries, newspapers, cemeteries, Bibles, from memories of people, . . correspondece". Hester McGaughey never published her work, which Sutton relied and supplemented. Sutton was a state librarian for the Oklahoma chapter of the D.A.R.) | |
| 32. | Temple, Levi Daniel, Some Temple Pedigrees : A Genealogy of the Known Descendents of Abraham Temple, Who Settled in Salem Mass. in 1636., (Boston, David Clapp & Son; 1900) | |
| 33. | Terry J Booth, Booth and Witcraft Family Archive of Books, Documents and Other Records, (An archive of materials collected and compiled over many years by members of the Terry J and Carol Witcraft Booth family. Information, inquires and corrections can be sent to terryjbooth@sbcglobal.net.) | |
| 34. | Thornton, J. Wingate (Esq.), The Gilbert Family, (As published in 2 issues of NEHGR in 1850, Vol. 4 pages 223-232 and 339-349. Contains some history of the English families, and of Thomas Gilbert and his descendants, including brief biographies of Thomas' sons Jonathan and others.) | |
| 35. | Threlfall, John Brooks, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, (John Brooks Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin 1990) | |
| 36. | Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997) | |
| 37. | Towne, William B., Notes and Memoranda Relating to the Persons of the Name of Towne, (Appeared in several issues of the New England Historical and Genealogical Record (NEHGR), part one Vol. 20 page 371 and earlier pages, part two Vol. 21 pages 12-22, part three Vol. 21 second issue. The genealogies of the early Townes, starting with William who m.Joanna Blessing, and in part two.) | |
| 38. | U S Department of Commerce, 1850 Census of the United States, (Available online from Ancestry.com, on CD's or from a variety of other sources. The notes for the parents for many families may contain a transcription of the census listing.) | |
| 39. | U S Department of Commerce, 1920 Census of the United States, (Enumeration date is 1 Jan. Available online from Ancestry.com, on CD's or from a variety of other sources. The notes for the parents for many families may contain a transcription of the census listing.) | |
| 40. | U.S. Department of Commerce, 1900 Census of the United States, (As found on ancestry.com website. Official enumeration date is 1 Jun 1900.) | |
| 41. | U.S. Department of Commerce, 1920 Census of the United States, (As found on ancestry.com website. Official enumeration date is as of 1 Jan 1920.) | |
| 42. | Various Contributors, Ancestry Family Trees on Ancestry.com, (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.) | |
| 43. | Various Staff, Long Prairie Leader / Todd County Argus, (Long Prairie dealt with local news, the Argus with County wide. Prob weeklies. The Leader published a series of biographies in the 1930's and 1940's. Contained obituaries weddings etc. Names include Jonas Booth, Zaval Booth, Justina Booth, Elvira Booth, the Fullers and Taylors, many other relatives and children. Carol Ross graciously provided many of the 100+ year old obituaries.) | |
| 44. | Various, Elm Grove Cemetery Gravestones, (Located in Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut.) | |
| 45. | Various, New England Historical and Genealogical Record, (A quarterly publication of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the first issue published in 1847. Considered an authoritative and well documented source, with all articles carefully reviewed prior to publication by professional genealogists.) | |
| 46. | Virkus, Frederick Adams (Edited by ), Immigrant Ancestors, (Extract from Vol. VII, Compendium of American Genealogy) | |
| 47. | Walker Family (walkers@vaix.net), Phipps Family Genealogy, including Cloyes Family, (Website and materials are maintained by Walker and Phipps Family descendants. Starting URL is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/ClayesFamily.htm - follow arrow bottom of page for later generations. Well researched with massive bibliography (see SOURCES), but specific source citations intentionally lacking.) | |
| 48. | Walker Family (walkers@vaix.net), Phipps Family Genealogy, including the Perry Family, (Website and materials maintained by Walker and Phipps Family descendants. URL is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/index.htm Well researched with massive bibliography (see SOURCES), but specific source citations intentionally lacking.) | |
| 49. | Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, The Englosh Ancestry of Samuel Wilbore of Boston and William Wilbore of Portsmouth RI, (Published in NEHGR in 5 isuues in 1958/59 (Vol. 112 & 113), Apr pages 108-118, Jul pages 184-194, Oct pages 250-257, Jan 1959 pages 55-58, & Apr pages 94-104 . The final article contains a register style pedigree back to Thomas Wilbore b. in Royston, W Riding, Yorkshire England.) | |
| 50. | Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, Town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Families, (Little Compton Historical Society; Little Compton, R; 1967) | |
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