Canada

During the early exploration and settlement of North America, multitudes of Indian tribes were encountered, having diverse customs and languages. Lack of knowledge of the aborigines and of their languages led to many curious errors on the part of the early explorers and settlers: names were applied to the Indians that had no relation whatever to their aboriginal names; sometimes nicknames were bestowed, owning perhaps to personal characteristics, fancied or real…. Consequently, in the literature relating to the American Indians ….. Thousands of such names are recorded the significance and application of which are to be understood only after much study.

This handbook is an outgrowth of the need for a comprehensive work on the subject of Canadian Indians. Only tribes residing wholly, or in part, in Canada are treated in this publication. Its aim is to give a brief description of every linguistic stock, confederacy, tribe, sub tribe or tribal division, and settlement known to history or even to tradition, as well as the origin and derivation of every name treated whenever such is known, and to records under each every form of the name and every other appellation that could be learned. These synonyms, in alphabetic order, are assembled as cross-references in Appendix III.

Under the tribal description one finds a brief account of the ethnic relations of the tribe, its history, its location at various periods, statistics of population, etc., are included. Accompanying each synonym (the earliest known date always being given) a reference to the authority is noted, and these references form practically a bibliography of the tribe for those who desire to pursue the subject further.

British Canada

This vast work contains the record of claims for losses for more than 1,200 persons who fled to Canada during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War. This work does not contain documents supporting claims for compensation but rather contains the extensive notes of the Commissioners who heard the claims between the years 1783 and 1790. These notes contain a veritable gold mine of genealogical information and quite adequately sum up the position of the claimants. Each document usually gives the claimant’s name, country of origin, reason for emigration, date of migration, place of residence in the American Colonies, occupation, names of family members and friends, location and value of confiscated property, war service rendered, losses sustained, evidence of character, statements of witnesses, notes of deed and wills and highlights of the claimant’s experiences during the war.

French-Canada

The following notaries are included on CD1: Antoine Adhemar (1668-1714); Severin Ameau (1651-1702); Claude Auber (1652-1693); Guillaume Audouart (1647-1663); Francois Badeau (1654-1657); Henry Bancheron (1646-1647); Guillaume Barette (1709-1744); Benigne Basset (1657-1699); Romain Becquet (1663-1682); Laurent Bermen (1647-1649); Jacques Bourdon (1677-1720); Hilaire Bourginie (1685-1690); Jean-Henry Bouron (1750-1760); Pierre Cabazie (1673-1693); Louis Chambalon (1692-1716); Raphael-Lambert Closse (1651-1656); Francois Comparet (1736-1755); Francois Coron (1721-1732); Jacques David (1719-1726); Charles-D. Desmarets (1753-1754); Pierre Duquet (1663-1687); Michel Fillion (1660-1688); Jean-Baptiste Fleuricourt (1676-1702); Thomas Frerot (1669-1678); Rene Gaschet (1711-1743); Nicolas Gatineau (1650-1653); Charles Rene Gaudron de Chevremont (1732-1739); Francois Genaple (1682-1709); Jean Gloria (1663-1664); Rolland Godet (1652-1653); Jacques Gourdeau de Beaulieu (1162-1663); Nicolas-Augustin Guillet de Chaumont (1727-1752); Jean Guitet (1637-1638); Claude Herlin (1659-1663); Etienne Jacob (1680-1726); Joseph Jacob (1726-1748); Etienne Janneau (1691-1743); Jen-Baptiste Janvrin Dufresne (1733-1750); Hilaire-Bernard La Riviere (1701-1725); Jean Lecomte (1668); Claude Lecoustre (1647-1648); Francois Lepailleur (1733-1739); Jean de Lesppinasse (1637); Jean-Claude Louet (1718-1737); Claude Maugue (1674-1696); Nicolas Metru (1678-1700); Abel Michon (1709-1749); Michel Moreau (1681-1698); Nicolas Mouchy (1664-1667); Jean-Baptiste Peuvret de Mesnu (1653-1659); Philippe-P. Pilliamet (1755-1758); Marital Piraude (1639-1645); C.J. Porlier (1733-1744); Jean-Baptiste Pottier (1686-1711); Gilles Rageot (1666-1692); Jos Charles Raimbault (1727-1737); Louis Rouer de Villeray (1653-1656); Pierre Rousselot (1738-1756); Jean de Saint Pere (1648-1657); Simon Sanguinet (1734-1747); Nicolas Senet (1704-1731); Andre Souste (1745-1769); Marien Tailhandier (1688-1731); Jean-Baptiste Tetro (1712-1728); Guillaume Tronquet (1643-1648); Paul Vachon (1658-1693); Barthelemy Verreau (1711-1718).

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British Isles

Nearly 200,000 geographical locations are listed. Features included are: barony, borough, burgh, chapelry, civil-parish, ecclesiastical parish, hamlet, liberty, market town, parish, quoad sacra parish, riding, tithing, townland and townships. Each entry may contain: location, population, distance from nearest rail station, distance from either London or Dublin, soil conditions, natural resources, good manufactured, names of churches, monuments, and historical tidbits. More than 60 full color maps illustrate these volumes.

Nautical Interest

A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine ; .....being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military as Well as Naval Operations of Ships: With Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators. Illustrated with a Variety of Modern Designs of Shipping, etc. Together with Separate View of the Masts, Yards, Sails and Rigging to Which is Annexed A Vocabulary of French-Sea Phrases and Terms of Art, Collected From the Best Authorities. Originally Compiled by William Falconer, Author of the Shipwreck, Etc. Now Modernized and Much Enlarged By William Burney, LL. D. Master of the Naval Academy, Gosport. 

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Dictionary Unabridged. From Keel to Truck; From Stem to Sternpost; From Zenith to Nadir; From Bedplate to Funnel; From Torpedo Boat to Battle Ship . A work of reference for Naval, Revenue, and Merchant Marine Officers, Yachtsmen, Canoeists, U.S. Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels, Builders of Wooden and Iron Steam and Sailing Ships, Admiralty Lawyers, :Underwriters, Naval Cadets and Young Men on board of State Training Vessels, Marine Draughtsman, Builders of Engines and Boilers, and Adapted for the Use of the Rank and File of the United States Naval Reserve. 

More than 5,000 nautical subjects are explained along with 500 beautifully engraved descriptive drawings of all things nautical. A must for any one with a nautical interest or having an ancestor who was a seaman.

John Cary, one of the 18th Century’s foremost cartographers, is well known for his beautifully illustrated and geographically accurate atlases and maps. Here is one of his finest works, taken from the original copy in our archives. It contains 71 full color maps (the original volume has 81 maps but we have eliminated 11 as they did not show any land mass) along with an 85-page index listing more than 21,000 geographical features along with the appropriate county designation and map number. Each map is presented in full color and can easily be printed on your color printer.

Wales

Transactions of the West Wales Historical Society, Volume 1 -14 (complete series) . Devoted to the Genealogy and History of West Wales especially in the area of Carmarthenshire. More than 3,000 pages of material. (Available late January 2000)
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Ireland

Memorial Atlas of Ireland Showing Provinces, Counties, Baronies, Parishes, Etc . In Thirty-three Double Page maps. Compiled and Drawn from Reliable Official Data and the Latest Information. Indexed. Philadelphia, PA, L. J. Richards & Company. 1901   (Available late February 2000)
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The most beautiful and detailed Irish County maps ever printed. Extremely detailed right down to cemeteries, mills and churches. Contains every possible geographical feature. All maps are scanned in full original color. Contains full index of towns etc.

Part I. A Comprehensive Delineation of the Thirty-two Counties. With Beautifully Colored Map of Each, Arranged Alphabetically, Showing over 11,000 Cites, Towns, Villages and Places of Public Interest. By P. W. Joyce, LL.D. Embracing over two hundred Illustrations of the Natural Scenery, Public Buildings, Abbeys, Round Towers and Other Romantic and Historic Places, Reproduced by Eminent Artists from Photographs Especially Taken for this Work.

Part II. The General History, as Told by A. M. Sullivan. And Continued by P. D. Nunan. A Complete and Authentic History of Ireland, from the Earliest Ages. With Graphic Descriptions of the Battles of Clontarf, Strongbow’s Invasion, Death of Roderick O’Connor (Last King of Ireland), Cromwell’s Invasion, Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne; Siege of Limerick, Penal Laws, The Volunteers, The United Irishmen, Catholic Emancipation and Repeal, the Young Irelanders, Fenian Insurrection, Home Rule and Land League Agitations, bringing it down almost to the United Irish League. Embellished with Portraits of the Leading Statesmen, Orators, Poets and Martyrs of the Emerald Isle, Taken From the Original Painting of Haverty, Reynolds, Lesage and Others.

The rather long title explains most of the contents of this fine volume but neglects to mention that there are also more than 400 full color Irish Family Crests (along with mottoes) as well as a small full color map of each of the 32 different Irish counties. This is the most beautiful CD that we have ever produced.  

  Indexes to Irish Wills . Edited by W.P.W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. London, 1909. 5 Volumes (Available late January 2000)
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  Journal of the American Irish Historical Society. 1898-1932 (32 volumes). More than 5,000 pages of historical and genealogical articles published by this Society during its existence. Many obituaries with full biographical notations are included in many volumes along with lists of members along with many photos of the early members (Available late February 2000)
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