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Genealogy Tidbits - 6th Edition

paperback  104 pages full color, $7.07, published September 2019

All new stories of things I encountered doing genealogy research.

This is a companion to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Editions.

 

Genealogy Tidbits - 5th Edition

paperback  136 pages full color, $8.83, published April 2019

All new stories of things I encountered doing genealogy research.

This is a companion to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Editions.

 

Genealogy Tidbits - 4th Edition

paperback  100 pages full color, $6.85, published March 2019

All new stories of things I encountered doing genealogy research. This is a companion to the 2nd and 3rd Editions.

 

Brush with Greatness - Meeting Famous People

paperback  90 pages full color, $6.30, published October 2018

Brush with Greatness is the history of famous people Barbara and I met over the years.
We talked to them, touched or shook hands, or got their autograph.

 

Genealogy Tidbits - 3rd Edition

paperback  94 pages full color, $6.52, published November 2018

All new stories of things I encountered doing genealogy research. This is a companion to the 2nd Edition.

 

Genealogy Tidbits 2nd Edition

paperback  272 pages, $9.56, published November 2015

This book is a collection of interesting things I’ve found over the years.
There is no special order, just “Tidbit” after “Tidbit” – stories and facts that caught my eye.
A lot of the stories are sad, a few are happy.  But in some way they all reveal a little about how life was back then.

 

The Ward/Hayden Ancestry

hardcover  560 pages, $34.90,  published April 2013

paperback  564 pages, $14.60, published September 2018

The ancestral families of Louis Edgar Ward and Hattie May Hayden.

 

The Sheldon/Muchler Ancestry

hardcover  444 pages, $30.26, published April 2013


paperback 472 pages, $8.70, published August 2018

The ancestral families of Edwin Earl Sheldon and Maude Manora Muchler.

 

Ancestry of Dorothy, Gordon, and Barbara Delamarter

hardcover 502 pages, $32.58     published October 7, 2012

paperback 652 pages, $11.58     published August 30, 2018

The first section of this book contains the Family Tree.   The second section contains Descendant Reports for each of the eight great grandparent families (Delamarter/Delamater, Van Syckel, Montague, Gauss, Bridinger, and Brooks). Two additional Families are included; the Tilly family and the Vliet family.

 

The History of Ward Pharmacy

hardcover
  34 pages, $13.86, published August 2013

paperback  34 pages, $4.42, published August 2013

This is a timeline of events based upon City Directories, Census Records, Vital Records, and George W. Ward's autobiography.

   

The First 80 Years Of My Life
by Charles Wesley Delamarter

hardcover 122 pages, $18.05, published November 2010

Charles Wesley Delamarter wrote his life story in 1974, a year before he died.  This book contains many family photos that relate to his story

 

 

A Lifetime of Rambling
by Gordon Ray Delamarter

hardcover 126 pages, $18.15, published October 2011

Gordon Ray Delamarter has written his life story.  This book contains many family photos that relate to his story.

   

Gregory Robert Ward and Jennifer Lynn (Ward) Somes' Family Tree
by Robert Sheldon Ward

paperback 422 pages, $11.84, published October 2012

This Family Tree book contains just DIRECT ancestors. Each person is a parent, grandparent, or a great-grandparent of Gregory and Jennifer.

    

Oregon Trip Log Book 1920
by Charles Wesley Delamarter

paperback 96 pages, $6.42, published January 2011

In 1920 Charles Wesley Delamarter took a trip to Oregon.  This is his diary from his trip from Cheboygan, Michigan to Lebanon, Oregon and back.

    

Deer Hunting Memories - Al Wagner's 60 Years
by Robert & Barbara Ward

hardcover photobook, 35 pages, $33.45     published October 2012

A celebration of Al Wagner's 60 Deer Seasons at the Hunting Cabin.  Al Wagner led the building of the original Hunting Cabin.  He was involved in many improvements over the years, such as obtaining and installing additional and replacement windows and doors.  Recently he replaced the garage door header and support wood, and replaced the gate posts leading to the clearings.  Al Wagner, his family, and his parents Edward and Lydia Wagner were great friends of George and Mildred Ward.  To use the Hunting Cabin you must be a direct descendant of George and Mildred Ward, OR, you can be Al Wagner.

   

Ward Genealogy 1851
by Andrew Henshaw Ward

hardcover, 266 pages, $21.65, published November 2010

The descendants of William Ward who settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1639  (public domain)

   

The Van Sickle Family in America  
by John W. Van Sickle

hardcover, 241 pages, $21.03

Our Van Sickel ancestor family book  (public domain)

published November 12, 2010

   

Civil War Diary
by George L. Harrington

hardcover, 64 pages, $16.60, published April 2011

Civil War soldier George L. Harrington kept a diary in 1863. This book is a transcript of the diary. It gives us insight on the life of a Union soldier in the 6th Michigan Cavalry, Company L.  He was a member of the same Company as Bob's great grandfather, John Harrison Sheldon.  George died in a Georgia POW camp, a true hero.

    

Account Book 1891-1892
by David Freeman VanSyckel


hardcover, 145 pages, $18.63, published April 2012

paperback, 145 pages, $7.75, published November 2013

David Freeman VanSyckel kept an account book in 1891 and 1892. David, along with his wife Ellen "Augusta" and children Taft, Bird "Birt", Ida Ellen, and Flora Belle lived in Unadilla Township in Livingston County, Michigan. It gives a day-by-day look at life for a farmer. We can see all his harvesting, buying and selling, and what life was like back then.

 

Appalachian Trail Journal

paperback
  260 pages full color, $11.20, published September 2013

This is the diary of Eric T. Somes hiking the entire 2,160 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Eric hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2001.
The hike began on March 16, 2001 and ended 164 days later on August 26, 2001.

 

Ancestry of Kenneth, Martha, and Robert Ward

hardcover  716 pages, $41.40, published October 2012

paperback  716 pages, $17.72, published October 2012

The first section of this book contains the Family Tree. The second section contains Descendant Reports for each of the
eight great grandparent families (Ward, Sheldon, Hayden, Muchler, Chapman, Baggs, VanSlyke, Shoup),
plus two additional families (Estes and Lum).

   

Mourt's Relation 
by Edward Winslow and William Bradford

hardcover, 224 pages, $20.60, published November 2010

Mourt’s Relation is an eyewitness account of the Pilgrims’ first seven months in New England plus additional events through November 1621.  Written between November 1620 and November 1621, it describes the landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims and the settling of Plymouth Colony.  Described are the relations with the Indians, the First Thanksgiving and the arrival of the ship Fortune in November 1621.  Mourt's Relation was published in London in 1622, to paint the new settlement in the brightest possible hues.  (public domain)

   

141st Pennsylvania Regiment 1885  
by David Craft

paperback, 293 pages, $8.77, November 2010

eBook PDF,  293 pages, free

The 141st Pennsylvania Regiment 1862-1865 written in 1885 by David Craft  (public domain)

 

Personal Reminiscences Of The War  
by J.D. Bloodgood

paperback, 346 pages, $9.73    published November 2010

eBook PDF, 346 pages, free

(public domain)

                        
William Ward Genealogy (1925)

Reference Books
(PDF format, all are FREE to view & download)

Descendants of Claude LeMaitre

Descendants of William Ward (1851) Descandants of Andrew Warde Descendants of Van Sickle
History of the Conn Haydens 1888 History of Michigan 1881 History of Harlem NY 1904
History of Schoharie Cty NY 1845 History of Genesee Cty MI 1879 History of Unadilla Twp MI 1880
History of Livingston Cty NY 1876 History of Mundy Twp MI 1879 Cheboygan 1916 City Directory
  Jacob Delamarter's Death History of Gd Blanc Twp MI 1879 Counties of Morgan Monroe and Brown Indiana
History of the 141st PA History of Saginaw Cty MI 1881 Mourts Relation 1622
The Peach Orchard History of Saginaw Cty MI 1892 History of Livingston Cty MI 1880
Photos of the Civil War 1911 History of Worchester MA 1907 History1 of Norfolk Cty MA
The War Diary The Sheldon Magazine History2 of Norfolk Cty MA
The Natl Trib Soldiers Handbook   History of Union CT 1893 Vitals Pelham MA 1850
  Personal Rem. of the War 1861 History of Genesee Cty NY 1890