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Children of alcoholics West Virginia Welch Biography Dysfunctional families United States Case studies Dysfunctional families West Virginia Welch Case studies Homeless persons Family relationships New York (State) New York Marriage records National parks and reserves United States Poor West Virginia Welch Biography Registers of births, etc United States VirginiaSummary: This work is essentially a compilation of articles that deal wholly or in part with muster and pay rolls, court order books, pension records, land claims, depositions, petitions, militia lists, orderly books, and service records. The majority of the articles focus on the records of the colonial and Revolutionary War periods, but there also are some that relate to the War of 1812. In the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1982
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 VIRSummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSweeny, Lenora Higginbotham.
Summary: Contains history and lists of the Committee of Safety, Minute men, county militias, and other military units. Includes information on the disbursements to soldiers' wives, widows and orphans; claims for property impressed or taken for public service; and applications for soldiers' pensions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1951
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 SWENorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Names are in alphabetical order.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3773 NORPowell, John W.
Summary: Marriage records from 1777-1877 for Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Arundel Genealogical Society 1991
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3752 POWKennedy, Ruth S.
Summary: Contains marriage records recording from 1836-1884 in Oakland County, Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oakland County Genealogical Society 1989
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2 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3774 MARCall number: R GEN 929.377438 KEN
Perkins, David C.
Summary: Indexes by bride, groom & others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tazewell County Genealogical Society 1982
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4 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377354 Perkins Vol. 1Call number: R GEN 929.377354 Perkins Vol. 2
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Call number: R GEN 929.377354 Perkins Vol. 4
Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
Summary: Crosby, acclaimed author of "The American Plague," explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.196 CRONorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Names are listed alphabetically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2005
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3772 NORYogerst, Joseph R.
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated guide from National Geographic reveals 500 of the best tent, cabin, glamping, and RV campgrounds-including opening dates, booking information, activity recommendations, and more-in all 50 states and Canada"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 YOGVogt, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iberian Press 1984
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3755 VOGSummary: Exposing the white supremacists and Neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville rally and exposing a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the US military, an investigation with ProPublica shows the group's terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017 Charlottesville rally. In the wake of the 2018 deadly anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DOCMicklos, John
Summary: "The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic back-and-forth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest single-day battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bullet-riddled stump of a once-mighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day's battle and the broader history of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 MICGray, Wanda M. Newberry.
Contents: V. [1]. A, 1882-1900 -- v. [2]. B, 1800-1901 -- v. [3]. C, 1901-1908 -- v. [4]. D, 1908-1917 -- v. [5]. E, 1916-1926 -- v. [6]. F, 1926-1936 -- v. [7]. G, 1936-1943 -- v. [8]. H, 191943-1949 -- v. [9]. I, 1949-1958 -- v. [10]. J, 1958-1974.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scott County Historical & Genealogical Society (Arkansas) 1988
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3767 E 1916-1926Call number: R GEN 929.3767 F 1926-1936
Johnson, Clint
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Publisher / Publication Date: John F. Blair 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.55 JOHClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIWhite, Adam.
Summary: "Motown: The Sound of Young America is the definitive, visual history of the Detroit-based independent record company which became a style unto itself, a prolific and hugely successful production line of suave, sassy and sophisticated music through the sixties, seventies and eighties. Featuring extensive, specially commissioned photography of treasures gathered from the archives, this landmark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 WHIO'Donnell, Patrick K.
Summary: "From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces. The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Walls, Jeannette.
Summary: Journalist Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary and their four children lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary painted...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.82 WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WALLS, JEANNETTE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B WALLSFoley, Louise Pledge Heath.
Summary: Information was abstracted from land records and quit rent rolls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Foley 1974
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3 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 FOL VOL 1Call number: R GEN 929.3755 FOL VOL 2
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Phillips, Richard Hayes
Summary: " In this groundbreaking work, Richard Hayes Phillips has collected the names of more than five thousand children kidnapped from Ireland, Scotland, England, and New England, and sold into slavery in Maryland and Virginia, c. 1660-1720. By English law dated 1659, it was lawful for justices of the peace to kidnap children found begging or vagrant and ship them to the plantations as servants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.373 PHILassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The film follows a carnival owner, a labor-recruiter, and workers from a small town in Mexico who join the carnival legally on seasonal visas ... an honest on-the-ground portrait of the financial, emotional, and physical challenges they all face"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Media Distribution 2017