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BOOKS FOR SALE VITAL RECORDS OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS TO 1850 Abington, Volume 2 (M & D 381pp $40.00 Acton, 311pp, rare $35.00* Amesbury, 600pp $65.00 Amesbury, 600pp $50.00* Andover, 2 Volumes 966pp $100.00 Arlington, 162pp $25.00 Ashburnham, 215pp $30.00 Bedford, 142pp $15.00* Beverly, Volume 1 400pp $40.00 Boxford, 274pp $35.00 Boxborough, 78pp $30.00 Bridgewater, 2 Volumes 847pp $55.00* Bridgewater, Volume 2 (M & D) 588pp $20.00* Brockton, 371pp $30.00* Brookfield, 549pp $45.00 Burlington, 100pp $10.00 Cambridge, 2 Volumes 1742pp $75.00 Carlisle, 100pp $20.00 Carver, 179pp $30.00 Carver, 179pp $20.00* Charlestown, Volume 1 Reprint 919pp $30.00 Chelsea, 558pp $25.00 Cohasset, 237pp $30.00 Danvers, 2 Volumes 915pp $50.00 Douglas, 192pp $25.00 Dover, 107pp $20.00 Dunstable, 238pp $20.00*
Duxbury, 446pp $40.00 East Bridgewater, 406pp $40.00 East Bridgewater, 406pp $30.00* Edgartown, 276pp $25.00* Essex, 87pp $15.00 Foxborough, 249pp $30.00
Gardner, 136pp $30.00 Georgetown, 90pp $25.00 Gloucester, 3 Volumes 1748pp $80.00* Grafton, 377pp $27.00 Granville, 236pp $25.00 Groton, 271pp $25.00* Hamilton, 112pp $15.00 Hanson, 110pp $15.00 Hardwick, 336pp $25.00* Holliston, 358pp $25.00 Holliston, 358pp rebound in black $27.00 Hopkinton, 462pp $40.00 Hubbardston, 226pp $20.00 Hull, 75pp $20.00 Lawrence, 125pp $15.00* Leominster, 369pp $30.00 Lincoln, 179pp $20.00 Lowell, 4 Volumes 1698pp $130.00* Manchester, 296pp $25.00* Marlborough, 404pp $30.00* Medford, 469pp $40.00 Methuen, 345pp $30.00* Middleton, 143pp $15.00 Milford, 378pp $35.00 New Braintree, 163pp $20.00 Newbury, 2 Volumes 1323pp $75.00 Northbridge, 202pp $25.00 Newburyport, Volume 1 (Births) 428pp $30.00 Oakham, 133pp $15.00
Oxford, 315pp $35.00 Pembroke, 465pp $35.00 Petersham, 193pp $10.00*
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Salem, Births, 2 Volumes 989pp $75.00 Saugus, 81pp $20.00 Scituate, 2 Volumes 909pp $65.00 Sharon, 193pp $20.00 Sharon, 193pp $15.00* Shirley, 211pp $15.00 Shrewsbury, 282pp $15.00* Southborough, 187pp $20.00 Stoneham, 191pp $15.00* Sturbridge, 393pp $35.00 Sturbridge, 393pp $27.00* Sutton, 478pp $40.00 Taunton, 3 Volumes 1261pp $100.00 Tyngsborough, 119pp $15.00
Upton, 190pp $15.00* Uxbridge, 420pp (Missing pages replaced with xerox) $35.00 Wakefield. 341pp $25.00 Walpole, 216pp $20.00 Waltham, 298pp $25.00 West Boylston, 153pp $15.00 West Bridgewater, 222pp $25.00 Westford, Missing Cover, Loose pages 325pp $25.00* Westminster, 258pp $25.00 West Newbury, 122pp $15.00 Westport, 296pp $25.00 West Springfield, 2 Volumes, 545pp $100.00 Weymouth, 2 Volumes 734pp $70.00 Weymouth, Volume 2 (M & D) 376pp $35.00 Winchendon, 223pp $25.00Wrentham, Volume 1, 237pp $20.00 SKETCHES OF A CHURCH - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS., by Father Bill Pomerleau, 2001. 144pp - $5.00 CONFEDERATE RESEARCH SOURCES: A GUIDE TO ARCHIVE COLLEC-TIONS, by James C. Neagles, 1997 Ed. 289pp $5.00 31st ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF AGRICULTURE - 1883. 461pp - $5.00 FINDING OUR FATHERS - A GUIDEBOOK TO JEWISH GENEALOGY, by Dan Rottenberg, 1977. 401pp - $5.00 THE FIRST 175 YEARS OF CRANE PAPERMAKING, by Wadsworth R. Pierce, 1977 [Crane's Government Mill manufactures paper for U.S. currency.] 76pp - $20.00 DAM BEAVERS - CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS 196th COMPANY, 1933-37, AND CONSTRUCTION OF YORK LAKE AT SANDISFIELD STATE FOREST, by Bernard A. Drew, 2007. 80pp, new - $16.00 BERKSHIRE FORESTS SHADE THE PAST, by Bernard A. Drew, 2007. Stories you may not have heard about Western Massachusetts parks, state forests and public reservations you may have visited. 224pp, new - $24.00 ANCESTORS OF ROGERS BRUCE JOHNSON, FROM IMMIGRATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES 1620 TO 1996 - VOLUME 2 ADDENDUM (Matthew Aiken Family), 2007. 120pp, new - $10.00 THE GENEALOGIST'S COMPANION AND SOURCEBOOK - A BEYOND-THE-BASICS, HANDS-ON GUIDE TO UNPUZZLING YOUR PAST, by Emily Anne Croom, 1994. 227pp - $10.00 EGREMONT, MASSACHUSETTS 1756-1976, compiled by the Egremont Bicentennial Committee, 1976. 172pp - $10.00 INDEX TO VITAL RECORDS OF DENNIS, MASS. (TO 1819) AND YAR-MOUTH, MASS. (TO 1760) AS PUBLISHED 1899-1934 IN THE MAY-FLOWER DESCENDANT, Volumes 1-34. 34pp - $3.00 BERKSHIRE - 200 YEARS IN PICTURES, pub. by Eagle Pub. Co. 1961. 114pp, cover has slight water damage - $12.00 FIRST STEPS IN GENEALOGY - A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your Family History, by Desmond W. Allen, 1998. 154pp - $5.00 LURE AND LORE OF THE LOCAL CEMETERY (Pittsfield), by Stephen Budrow. 35pp - $2.00
KNOW YOUR CITY (Pittsfield), pub. by League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire, 1969. 46pp -$2.00 THE HEART OF THE BERKSHIRES - PITTSFIELD, WHERE LEGENDS BEGIN, by Phyllis E. Kerle, 2006. An Historical perspective of Pittsfield. 115pp, new, autographed - $8.00 ANCESTORS - A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEAL-OGY, by Jim & Terry Willard, with Jane Wilson, 1997. 212pp plus 2 video (PBS) cassettes. - $15.00 GENEALOGY OF THE BURBANK FAMILY AND THE FAMILIES OF BRAY, WELLCOME, SEDGLEY AND WELCH, by George Burbank Sedgley, 1928. Spine missing and covers loose - 563pp - $35.00 ANCESTORS OF MARGERY RUTH HOWE, FROM IMMIGRATION TO THE PRESENT TIME - 1630-2002, Pedigrees of Abraham Shattuck, Joshua French, Josiah Knight and Martha Mason, 1630-1875,by Rogers Bruce Johnson. (a) Volume III, 2005. 891pp, new - $20.00 (b) Same, Volume IV - $20.00 THE HOOSAC VALLEY - ITS LEGENDS AND ITS HISTORY, by Grace Greylock Niles, 1912. Loose binding, 584pp - $40.00 BILL PRATT, THE SAW-BUCK PHILOSOPHER, by John Sheridan Zelie, 1895. [Williams College and its students in the
1880s.] 156pp - $15.00 THE EDISON ERA, 1876-1892. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC STORY, VOLUME I. A Photo History, 56pp - $8.00 ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, 1924-1946. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC STORY, VOLUME III. A Photo History, 82pp - $6.00 GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA, by Estelle M. Guzik, 1989. 404pp - $5.00 BIBLE RECORDS FROM THE MONMOUTH COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-TION LIBRARY, Volume II, C's only, Compiled by Carol Fisher Megill, 1992. 419pp - $5.00
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 1903, 06, 07, 12-20, 22-24, 30, 38-52, 54-67, 71. (29 of these contain vital records.) 1907 has mouse damage. 46 issues - $40.00 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 1903, 06, 12-15, 17-19, 23, 24, 30, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46-50, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61-63, 65, 66, 71. Any or all - $1.00 each COMPUTER GENEALOGY, by Paul A. Andereck and Richard A. Pence, 1985. Autographed, 220pp - $4.00 U. S. VITAL RECORDS CATALOG, published by Ancestry Magazine, 1985. 66pp - $5.00 A HANDY GUIDE TO RECORD SEARCHING IN THE LARGER CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES, by E. Kay Kirkham, 1974. 137pp - $12.00 JOHN PEET, 1597-1684, OF STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT & HIS DE-SCENDANTS, by Terry Charles Peet, 1986. 503pp - $30.00 THE MAN WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS, by Walter Prichard Eaton (a Berkshire writer). 62pp - $8.00 KNOW YOUR CITY - PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, pub. by League of Women Voters, 1969. 46pp - $2.00 THE GRISWOLD FAMILY - THE FIRST FIVE GENERATIONS IN AMERICA, by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, 1990. 484pp, new - $50.00 KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI DIRECTORY, 1997. Mint condition, 318pp, some listings as early as 1911, hard cover - $20.00 HISTORY OF PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS, (a) 1800-1876, by J.E.A. Smith, 1876. 726pp, binding in bad shape, but the paper is better than average. - $25.00 (b) 1800-1876, by J.E.A. Smith, 1876. Many loose pages, but still usable. - $15.00 (c) 1876-1916, by Edward Boltwood, 1916. 377pp - $35.00 DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL, CAMBRIDGE MASS., ABOUT 1640, by Hezekiah Stone Russell, 1900. 52pp - $15.00 DESCENDANTS OF MOSES ROWLEY (Cape Cod, Mass. about 1715) and DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE WARNER (Wittenburg, Germany, born 1720,by H. S. Russell, 1908. 54pp - $15.00 MISCHIEF IN THE MOUNTAINS, Ed. by Walter R. Hard, Jr. and Janet C. Greene, 1970. Strange tales of Vermont and Ver-monters. 174pp - $3.00
A SCATTERED PEOPLE - AN AMERICAN FAMILY MOVES WEST, by Gerald McFarland, 1985. 280pp, autographed - $5.00 THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BAY COLONY, by Morris Talpalar, 1976. 396pp - $20.00 THE EDUCATION OF A YANKEE - AN AMERICAN MEMOIR, by Judson Hale. 1987. 261pp - $2.00 PATHWAYS OF THE PURITANS, pub. by Commonwealth of Massachu-setts, 1930. 212pp - $15.00
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR, by Francis A. March, 1919. 736pp - $3.00 SHEEPTACULAR PITTSFIELD! SHEAR ART SPUN FROM OUR MERINO HERITAGE. Pub. by the City of Pittsfield, 2004. 80pp - $5.00 SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY AND JOHN, 1630. Volume 2, Descendants' Return to the Ancestral Homes - 1985, by Burton W. Spear, 1986. 135pp - $60.00 GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF BOSTON AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, by William Richard Cutter, 1908. Volume 3, 622pp, poor condition - $10.00 ELLIS'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME, by Edward S. Ellis, 1899. 5 Volumes (Sixth is missing) 1920 pages - $65.00 QUIET CORNER DAYS, by Eve Lewis Perera, 1998. Stories and recipes from Lenox, Mass. 74pp - $5.00 AMERICANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS AND SOME CONNECTICUT & NEW YORK HISTORICAL REFERENCES THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, compiled by Emilie S. Piper, 2005. 16pp, New - $5.00 HOW TO FIND YOUR FAMILY ROOTS, by Timothy Field Beard & Denise Demong, 1977. 1004pp - $8.00 THE COLLAPSE OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC: AN INQUIRY INTO THE FALL OF FRANCE IN 1940, by William L. Shirer [a Lenox resident], 1969. 1082pp - $3.00 THE BERKSHIRE ANTHOLOGY. Selections of Berkshire authors, poets, artists and photographers. 160pp - $5.00 HISTORY AND RHYMES OF THE LOST BATTALION, by L. C. McCollum, 1919. (Battalion commander Lt. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey was a Pittsfield native.) Any World War I buff will love this. 140pp - $10.00 HIGHLIGHTS OF CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURE, by Rudy J. Favretti, 1976. 60pp - $4.00 FALCONER - 1965. Berkshire Community College Yearbook. 100pp + 11p supplement. - $15.00 THE BERKSHIRE COTTAGES - A VANISHING ERA, by Carole Owens, 1984. These "cottages" were gilded age mansions; one had over 100 rooms. 240pp, new - $32.50 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY - A JOURNAL OF MID-ATLANTIC STUDIES. A special issue on the 1897 Latimer Massacre. 140pp - $10.00 GENEALOGIST'S VIRTUAL LIBRARY - FULL-TEXT BOOKS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB, by Thomas Jay Kemp, 2000. 268pp + CD - $15.00 AMERICAN CLOCK MAKING - ITS EARLY HISTORY, WITH AN ILLUS-TRATED CATALOGUE OF CLOCKS MANUFACTURED BY THE TERRY CLOCK CO. OF PITTSFIELD, MASS., by Henry Terry, 1885. 1974 re-print, 94pp - $10.00 IF THEY CLOSE THE DOOR ON YOU, GO IN THE WINDOW: ORIGINS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SHEFFIELD, GREAT BARRING-TON AND STOCKBRIDGE, by Bernard A. Drew, 2004. 128pp, new - $15.00 TRAILS AND TRAMPS IN ALASKA AND NEWFOUNDLAND, by William S. Thomas, 1913. With 147 illus. from original photographs. 1st Ed., 330pp - $50.00 ANNUAL REPORT - TOWN OF HATFIELD (Mass.) FOR THE YEAR 2003. 65pp - $2.00 CONSTITUTION AND CHARTER - STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVI-DENCE PLANTATIONS. 77pp - $5.00 BULLETIN - APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB. Volume XVII, April, 1924, Number 8. Cover title: Appalachia, Volume XV, No. IV. Copy never trimmed after binding, back cover has bottom 40% missing. Has fold out map. 113pp - $30.00 THE ABC'S OF AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, by E. Kay Kirkham, 2nd Ed., 1954. 115pp - $3.00 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF MARLBOROUGH, N. H. FOR THE YEAR ENDING (a) February 15, 1911, 75pp - $4.00 (b) same, January 31, 1918, 84pp - $4.00 REPORTS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY TREASURER AND OTHER OFFICERS OF CHESHIRE COUNTY [N.H.] FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916. 92pp - $4.00 POEMS FROM THE BERKSHIRE HILLS, by George E. Jansen, 1970. 29pp - $5.00 LEMPRIERE'S UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY, CONTAINING A CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES, CHARACTERS, AND LABOURS OF EMINENT PERSONS, OF ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES. by Eleazar Lord, 1825. Volume 1, 783pp. 4 leaves (Boncerf to Bos) missing - paper in good shape - some foxing inside covers and flyleaves. - $50.00 U.S.A. GUIDE TO EXPLORING THE LITCHFIELD [Conn.] HILLS, by Herbert S. Whitman, 1992. 165pp - $5.00 THE TRACE YOUR OWN ROOTS WORKBOOK, by Norman Brown, 1978. 92pp - $3.00 GOOD OLD MODERN - AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, by Russell Lynes. 1st Ed. 1973. 490pp - $50.00 THE TURNPIKES OF NEW ENGLAND, by Frederic J. Wood, 1919. New Ed. by Ronald Dale Karr, 1997. 428pp - $10.00 CONNECTICUT - A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY, Ed. by Roger Parks, 1986. Over 500pp of book lists - $30.00 FOCUS ON FAIRFIELD [Conn.]. Bicentennial Ed, 1976. General info pub. by League of Women Voters. 64pp - $1.00 CRUISE CAPE BRETON - THE YACHTMAN'S GUIDE TO THE BRAS D'OR LAKES, NOVA SCOTIA, by R. D. McKeen, 1974. 210pp - $7.00 WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA [Please note - the later volumes of this series are quite heavy, so shipping cost may be a consideration. Three volume sets will cost about $10.00 to mail, and 2 volume sets - $8.00] 1901-1902 - $70.00 1906-1907 - $30.00 1908-1909 - $65.00 1910-1911 - $75.00 1912-1913 - $40.00 1914-1915 - $50.00 1918-1919 - $40.00 1916-1917 - $25.00 1922-1923 - $45.00 1924-1925 - $45.00 1926-1927 - $20.00 1928-1929 - $25.00 1930-1931 - $25.00 1932-1933 - $40.00 1934-1935 - $20.00 1936-1937 - $20.00 1938-1939 - $20.00 1940-1941 - $20.00 1942-1943 - $35.00 1944-1945 - $20.00 1946-1947 - $30.00 1948-1949 - $20.00 1950-1951 - $20.00 1952-1953 - $30.00 1954-1955 - $30.00 1956-1957 - $20.00* 1958-1959 - $25.00 1960-1961 - $15.00 1962-1963 - $25.00* 1964-1965 - $10.00* 1966-1967 - $15.00* 1968-1969 - $20.00 1972-1973 - $15.00 V2 1974-1975 - $20.00 V1&2 1976-1977 - $15.00 V2 1978-1979 - $15.00 V1&2 1980-1981 - $15.00 V1&2 1982-1983 - $15.00 V1&2 1984-1985 - $25.00 V1&2 1986-1987 - $20.00 V1&2 1988-1989 - $25.00 V1&2 1990-1991 - $30.00 V1&2 1992-1993 - $25.00 V1&2 1994 - $45.00 V1,2,3 1995 - $45.00 V1,2,3 1996 - $40.00 V1,2,3 1997 - $30.00 V1,2,3 1998 - $60.00 V1,2,3 1999 - $45.00 V1,2,3 2000 - $70.00 V1,2,3 WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN WOMEN 1972-1973 - $20.00 1974-1975 - $20.00 1975-1976 - $20.00 1979-1980 - $20.00 1983-1984 - $20.00 1987-1988 - $20.00 1991-1992 - $20.00 1995-1996 - $20.00 1997-1998 - $20.00 PITTSFIELD CITY DIRECTORIES Each about 700 pages. (a) 1969 - $10.00 (b) 1975 - $10.00 (c) 1978* - $5.00 CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS DIRECTORIES [Dalton, Hinsdale, Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Richmond, Stockbridge, West Stockbridge.] (a) 1962, 604pp - $10.00 (b) 1964, 446pp - $10.00 CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS DIRECTORY [Dalton, Lee, Lenox.] 1968, 450pp - $10.00 MAINE MEMORIES, by Elizabeth Coatsworth, 1968. 54 vignettes of life around Damariscotta. 165pp - $9.00 FORMS MANUAL. Samples of all archival forms used by 531 institutions listed in the 1972 directory College and Uni-versity Archives in the U.S. and Canada. (only for the
serious archivist) 236pp - $10.00 AN INDEX TO GENEALOGICAL PERIODICAL LITERATURE, 1960-1977, by Kip Sperry, 1979. 166pp - $15.00 GENEALOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS IN PRINT, by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis, 1985-90. Vols. 1,2,4,5. 2530pp - $35.00 If no one orders the set, individual volumes may be had for $10.00 each. THE CHALLENGE. Templeton High School Yearbook [Baldwinville, Mass.] (a) 1954 - $10.00 (b) 1955 - $10.00 Both for $15.00 COUNTRY SEASONS, by Katharine Huntington Annin. A collec-tion of Mrs. Annin's Berkshire Eagle columns from 1958 to
1971. Absolutely delightful reading with a Berkshire per-spective. Out of print and scarce. 246pp, new - $20.00
FOURTH REPORT OF THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, 1880 - DORCHESTER [Mass.] TOWN RECORDS 328pp - $15.00 HISTORICAL SCRAPBOOK OF NEW SHREWSBURY, NEW JERSEY, Ed. by William A. Barrett, 1964. 64pp - $5.00 DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PERIODICALS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, 2000, 592pp - $40.00 DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL LIBRARIES, AR-CHIVES, and COLLECTIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, 2001, 746pp $40.00 DIRECTORY OF HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANA-DA, Ed. by Mary Bray Wheeler, 14th Ed., 1990. 1108pp - $15.00 RECORDS INVENTORIES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS, published by the Berkshire Historical Commission. These books list all of the records of each town, sorted by type, date and record number. Each book contains a lot of historical information as well. They do not contain indi-vidual vital records.
(a) Dalton (1994) 74pp - $10.00 (b) Hancock (1997) 103pp - $12.50 (c) Lanesborough (1995) 89pp _ $10.00 (d) Lee (1996) 112pp - $15.00 (e) Lenox (1996) 70pp - $10.00 (f) New Ashford (1994) 32pp - $7.50 (g) Richmond (1993) 49pp - $7.50 (h) Stockbridge (1998) 132pp - $15.00 (i) West Stockbridge (1998) 76pp - $10.00 (j) Williamstown (1996) 87pp - $10.00 SIMCOCK CANNON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, by Dewel C. and Dolores W. Lott, 1992. (Simcock, of Va., born 1730/35 and died after 1800; wife Jane Rudd, born ca 1735, dau of John, Jr. and Hannah Russell Rudd.) 411pp + 156pp index - $50.00 GENEALOGIES OF RHODE ISLAND FAMILIES, pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. 2 Vols., 1775pp - $100.00 THE BERKSHIRE PHOTO ALBUM - HISTORIC IMAGES, 1870's-199O's, compiled by Bernard A. Drew, 1999. Over 400 photographs, mostly unpublished, with 128pp of text. Great nostalgia! New - $20.00 HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN DORSET (England), by Sir Frederick Treves, illustrations by Joseph Pennell, 1906. 376pp, cover cracked from spine. - $10.00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS, by Jeane Eddy Westin, 1977. 243pp - $10.00 SHAKING YOUR FAMILY TREE, by Dr. Ralph Crandall, 1986. 256pp - $10.00 COMMEMORATIVE GUIDE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BICENTENNIAL, pub. by Mass. Bicentennial Commission, 1975. 158pp - $10.00 ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE PITTSFIELD SUN, FROM 1800 TO 1905. [this is a partial index] 79pp - $5.00 KNOW YOUR ANCESTORS, by Ethel W. Williams, 1960. 313pp - $5.00 HISTORY OF WEST STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1774-1974 by Edna Bailey Garnett, 1974. 135pp - New - $12.00 TAKING THE HIGH ROAD - A TWO HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF A HILLTOWN: SAVOY, MASSACHUSETTS 1797-1997, by Jane Benedict Phinney, 1997. 167pp, new - $18.00
DIRECTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS PLACE NAMES, CURRENT AND OBSO-LETE, compiled by Charlotte P. Davis, 1987. 128pp, new - $12.00 BERKSHIRE COUNTY LANDMARKS, AN INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTION. Published by the Center for Environmental Studies, Williams College, 1972. 127pp, new - $10.00 RECORDS OF FORT ST. FREDERIC, [Crown Point, N.Y.] 1732-1759. Baptisms, marriages and deaths of militia, civilians and Indians. Excerpted from "Men and Affairs of Fort St. Frederic", by P. G. Roy, 1946. w/index of persons. $10.00 GENEALOGIST'S ADDRESS BOOK, by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 3rd Ed., 1995. 653pp - $10.00 GENERAL STATUTES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND ADDITIONAL LAWS TO THE PRESENT TIME, REDUCED TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, by Charles U. Bell, 1874. 183pp - $10.00 MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT CITY DIRECTORIES (a) 1965, 888pp (b) 1973, 680pp - $5.00 each WILLIAM R. PLUNKETT - IN MEMORIAM. Pub. 1904. Mr. Plunkett was a prominent Pittsfield, Mass. banker. 57pp - $5.00 BIOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE IN MEMORY OF REV. EZRA H. GILLETT, D.D., FORMERLY PASTOR OF HARLEM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, by Rev. J. S. Ramsay, October 24, 1875. 29pp - $5.00 A MEMORIAL SKETCH OF THE REV. GEORGE ALLEN [Worcester, Mass.], by Franklin P. Rice, 1884. 11pp - $5.00 THE ODYSSEY OF OLD BILL, THE BERKSHIRE MOOSE, by Walter Prichard Eaton, plus a History of the William C. Whitney estate and game preserve in Washington, Mass., by Bernard A. Drew, plus a foreword by folksinger Arlo Guthrie, a Washing-ton resident. 32pp, new - $5.00 BERKSHIRE FURTHER OFF THE TRAIL, by Bernard A. Drew, 1992. A collection of published articles on various events in Berk-shire History. 44 stories, 56pp, new - $7.50 HISTORY OF THE MAHAIWE THEATER IN GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSA-CHUSETTS, by Bernard A. Drew, 1989. 48pp, new - $5.00 THE NIGHT RILEY CHASE FELL INTO THE ICY HOUSATONIC RIVER, AND OTHER STORIES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY HISTORY, by Bernard A. Drew, 1994. 35 stories, 48pp, new - $6.50 BERKSHIRE SUPERLATIVES - 1001 FIRSTS AND LASTS, BIGGESTS AND SMALLESTS, TALLESTS AND SHORTESTS, by Bernard A. Drew, 1993. 32pp, new -$5.00 THE GENTLEMAN BURGLAR, by Gerard Chapman. Selected from among Mr. Chapman's "Our Berkshires" columns which original-ly appeared in the Berkshire Eagle. 37 stories, 32pp,
new - $5.00 SPANNING BERKSHIRE WATERWAYS - THE HISTORY OF METAL TRUSS HIGHWAY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND, 1865-1905, by Bernard A. Drew, 1990. 32pp, new - $5.00 THE STORY OF NOTCHVIEW, THE ARTHUR D. BUDD ESTATE IN WIND-SOR, MASSACHUSETTS, by Bernard A. Drew, 1986. 48pp, new - $5.00 PERIODICALS THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW. 15 issues (average 150pp) from January 1981 to October 1986, - $30.00 ANCESTRY, Vols. 15-17 (missing 17-#6) with index 1994-97. 17 issues - $10.00 + $5.00 postage GENEALOGY BULLETIN, 13 miscellaneous issues between #22 and #69 - $5.00 + $4.00 postage THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT, pub. by Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 35 through 48 in custom looseleaf binders, all like new - $150.00 BERKSHIRE MAGAZINE. 47 issues, 1982-1995, - $15.00 + $10.00 postage. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY REGISTER, 1985-2005, 84 issues - $80.00 + $15.00 shipping. HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF MASSACHUSETTS. Jan., 1988; Summer, 1988; Winter 1989. 3 issues - $2.00 THE MAYFLOWER QUARTERLY. Vols. 63-2, 65-1, 65-3, 66-1 - $5.00 each. HERITAGE QUEST MAGAZINE. Issues #1 through #111 (missing #92) - $200.00 + $40.00 for shipping. THE ROSE FAMILY ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER #1-82, missing #s 73 & 76, and THE ROSE FAMILY BULLETIN, #61-150. All for $12.00 + $12.00 shipping INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING: With only a few exceptions, the items listed above are one-of-a-kind. Please be advised that most are surplus copies formerly in the collection of the Berkshire Athenaeum. Some may be well-worn with loose pages and/or covers, and although no longer suitable for library use, they would be fine for a private collection. Those in the worst condition are so noted with an asterisk (*). Please include postage and handling of $3.00 or 10% of the total order, whichever is larger, (unless otherwise indicated in the case of some periodicals.) Any excess will be refunded. All items are subject to prior sale. BERKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY ASSN., P.O. BOX 1437, PITTSFIELD, MA 01202-1437
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