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WB1334-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANCESTORS, A Guide to Records of the District of Columbia. Wesley E. Pippenger. A detailed description of public and private records - their content and location. 1997, 8½x11, paper, index, maps, xxiv+105 pp.	$15.00
WB7177-003	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORPHAN’S COURT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1801-1808. Wesley E. Pippenger. (see below for description)	$11.00
The Orphan’s Court of the District of Columbia, as constituted by law in 1801, continued until 1870, when its functions were transferred to one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia holding a special term for probate business. Several separate journals, which now can be found at the District of Columbia Archives, make up a series of minutes for the Orphan’s Court of the City and the County of Washington, District of Columbia. The journals are presented as full transcripts, with spelling, capitalization and punctuation preserved. 1998, 5½x8½, paper, index, iv+94 pp.
WB1251-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE RECORDS, 1801-1852. Wesley E. Pippenger.	$39.50
These probate records include wills, administrations of estates, some appointment of guardians and a few indentures of apprenticeship. This work contains detailed abstracts of 1,260 wills and listings of 3,406 estate records. Data was taken from will books and estate files found in the D.C. Archives and National Archives. Many entries include additional information from newspaper accounts and other sources. (1996), 1998, 6x9, paper, index, map, xxxvi + 526 pp.
WB1552-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INDENTURES OF APPRENTICESHIP, 1801 - 1893. Dorothy S. Provine.	$38.00
This publication contains abstracts of indentures of apprentice recorded in Volumes 1 through 3 (May 1801 - April 1827) and Volumes 5 and 6 November 1835 - August 1893). Volume 4 is missing and therefore is not included. Each abstract gives name, age, sex, and sometimes race of the apprentice; institution or person doing the apprenticing; length of time in service, skill to be taught; master to whom apprenticed; provisions about the formal education of the apprentice; money and/or clothing to be provided. 1998. 387 pp. index..
WB2168-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GUARDIANSHIP INDEX, 1802-1928. Wesley E. Pippenger. The basic source for the information in this publication is a card index compiled several years ago located in the D.C. Archives. It indexes information found in both the D.C. Archives and the National Archives. It provides accesssability to nearly 19,000 entries alphabetical by name of the minor child. 1998. 401 pp. index.	$36.00
WB2167-003	SELECTED FINAL PENSION PAYMENT VOUCHERS 1818-1864: District of Columbia . Alycon Trubey Pierce, CG. (see below for description)	$25.00
In the 1960s the National Archives staff culled out selected "settled accounts" that had genealogical value from the pension payments (these are records not found in the pension application files). These are the records for the District of Columbia pension office, they cover Revolutionary War pensions for the most part but include other wars. They include such information as remarriage of widows, places and length of residence. They contain more than just DC residents. 1998. 235 pp. index.
WB0085-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RUNAWAY AND FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES 1848—1863. Jerry M. Hynson. District of Columbia Department of Corrections Runaway Slave Book 1848-1863 and United States District Court for the District of Columbia Fugitive Slave Cases 1862-1863. (see below for descriptions)	$14.50
The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 created these records in the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. Entries for the section on the Department of Correction records give name of slave, date committed and under whose orders; also date of release and to whom they were released. U.S. District Court records are sworn warrants of arrest and give name and residence of those bringing charges and the name of those they seek. 1999, 5½x8½, paper, index, vi+139 pp.
WB0832-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARRIAGE LICENSES. REGISTER 1: 1811-1858. Wesley E. Pippenger. A system was established in 1812 whereby the District of Columbia courts would record all births, deaths, and marriages in the city. The information presented here is taken from "Marriage Register 1" which contained the names of the bride and groom and the date of license. (1994), 2000, 5½x8½, paper, alphabetical, viii+664 pp.	$47.00
WB1788-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARRIAGE LICENSES. REGISTER 2: 1858-1870. Wesley E. Pippenger. A system was established in 1812 whereby the District of Columbia courts would record all births, deaths, and marriages in the city. The information presented here is taken from "Marriage Register 2" which contained the names of the bride and groom and the date of license. 494 pp. 1996. index.	$32.00
WB1789-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARRIAGE RECORDS 1870-1877. Dorothy S. Provine. The entries in this book were compiled from data found in the volumes entitled Record of Marriages that were created and maintained in the clerk’s office of Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now named District of Columbia Superior Court). (see below for descriptions)	$28.00
The entries show name of the groom and of the bride; the date of marriage or the granting of the marriage license; and the volume and page that contains that entry. In 1993, volumes 1-1052 (1870-1966) and 1-283 (1966-1990) were transferred from the Marriage Bureau, D.C. Superior Court, to the District of Columbia Archives. 1997. 337 pp. index.
WB7574-003	DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARRIAGES AND DEATHS NOTICES (JANUARY 1, 1851 TO DECEMBER 30, 1854). Wesley E. Pippenger. The first issue of this newspaper was published on 31 October 1800, under the title National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser. In 1 January 1813, it’s name was changed to Daily National Intelligencer. This work continues with transcripts of marriage and death notices—the District of Columbia began keeping public death records on 1 January 1855. 1999, 8½x11, paper, index, vi+345 pp.	$39.50
WB1790-003	INDEX TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLS, 1921-1950. Dorothy S. Provine. A continuation of the series published by Genealogical Publishing Co. Lists name, year and box number at the DC Archives. 8½x11, paper, 351 pp.	$37.50
WB7827-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS 1791—1800. Wesley E. Pippenger. Anyone who has ever used the land record ownership for the District of Columbia from the years 1791 through 1901 will find this work a must for their crowded bookshelves. (see below for description)	$25.00
Originally land records were found in Faehtz and Pratt’s “Washington Embryo” and in the United States Senate Federal Land Documents. Wesley Pippenger has extended this work by including those prior works but made them much more “user-friendly” in this extensive and thorough examination of Washington land ownership. Also included in the book are land records for Hamburgh (Jacob Funck of Prince George’s County) and of Carrollsburgh. 1999, 8x½11, paper, index, illus., maps, viii+155 pp.
WB7828-003	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INTERMENTS (INDEX TO DEATHS) JANUARY 1, 1855 TO JULY 31, 1874. Wesley E. Pippenger. An index to the Interment Register covering 1855 to 1874 was abstracted (excludes from June 1861 to June 1862, along with August 1862 to January 1866 due to the Civil War). Wesley Pippenger has used this as a basis for his work but also has used primary source records of cemetery inscriptions and sources from the National Archives. 1999, 8½x11, paper, index, xxxi+409 pp.	$49.00
Georgetown
WB1805-003	THE GEORGETOWN COURIER MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES Georgetown, District of Columbia, November 18, 1865 to May 6, 1876. Wesley E. Pippenger. Predominantly news of deaths, sometimes described in detail. Marriage notices are given a routine format in general. 1998, 8½x11, index, xi+206 pp.	$28.00

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