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Family Roots Publishing is excited to announce that Bill Dollarhide’s new American Migration Routes – Parts I and II are now shipping at FamilyRootsPublishing.net. Notice – that the address ends with .net! That’s the new website. It’s under construction, but works great for Continue reading American Migration Routes Parts I & II Are Now Available at FamilyRootsPublishing.net
Family Roots Publishing is excited to announce that Bill Dollarhide’s new American Migration Routes – Parts I and II are now shipping at FamilyRootsPublishing.net. Notice – that the address ends with .net! That’s the new website. It’s under construction, but Continue reading American Migration Routes Parts I & II – Now available at FamilyRootsPublishing.net
Family Roots Publishing recently released the all new American Migration Routes Part I – Indian Paths, Post Roads & Wagon Roads; by William Dollarhide. If I may say so, this book is amazing. We still have a few signed copies Continue reading NEW – American Migration Routes Part I – Indian Paths, Post Roads & Wagon Roads
My new book, American Migration Routes: Part I – Indian Paths, Post Roads & Wagon Roads, includes “Appendix 1 – 1860s Travel Times on the Routes to San Francisco CA.” That page and map are shown below: If you have Continue reading 1860s Travel Times on the Routes to San Francisco CA
by William Dollarhide In April 1860, one year before the Civil War began, my Great-Grandfather, Rev. John Dollarhide, and family, left the town of West Union, Iowa, to embark on a 3-month journey to California. John Dollarhide (photo below) was Continue reading A Journey on the Oregon-California Trail
Canals played a vital role in American migration during 19th century. FRPC has a number of very informative publications dealing with the history of these important transportation modes. We’ve bundled four of them, and are offering them at 30% off Continue reading The Best From American Canals bundle – 30% Off
GPC recently released a new guide from Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. This softbound book is titled American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians. The book provides a synopsis of the original patterns of settlement and migration Continue reading American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians
The following excerpt is from an informative article dealing with Washington County, Maryland, and the Irish immigrants who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, many settling in the area. Disease was not well understood in the early 19th-century, leading Continue reading Many Irish Immigrants Lost Their Lives in the Building of the C&O Canal
Family Roots Publishing has put together a bundle of two recently published Lloyd Bockstruck books – one dealing with Settlements and Migration in America & the other the closely related subject of Names. We’ve discounted the bundle by 10%. The Continue reading Bockstruck’s New Settlements & Migrations book, bundled with his Names volume – 10% Off
The following excerpt is from an article posted at the Tulane University website August 11, 2016. The Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) at Tulane University has made accessible to the public a new online guide to the Steamboat Image Collection. The Continue reading Online Guide to Steamboat Image Collection Posted by Tulane University
The following is from FamilySearch: Apart from a very significant addition to the Italy Napoli Civil Registration (State Archive) 1809-1865 collection, this week is predominantly about new, free US marriages and passenger lists collections. Search marriage records from 11 states, Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections as of October 19, 2015
The following news release is from FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, UT — In a collaboration between the Church History Library and FamilySearch, individuals can now discover and explore more of their pioneer heritage on the newly redesigned Mormon Pioneer Overland Continue reading New Records Reveal Previously Unknown Mormon Pioneers
William Dollarhide and Family Root Publishing have already release two more, brand new Genealogists’ Insta-Guides. Just three weeks ago I reviewed the first publication in this new series: A Genealogists’ Insta-Guide: Colonial Wagon Roads to 1750. Now, two more great Continue reading A Genealogists’ Insta-Guide: American Migration Routes, 1750-1800
For 2012, the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) has republished The Expansion of New England: The Spread of New England Settlement and Institutions to the Mississippi River, 1620-1865. Lois Mathews wrote and originally published this history in 1909. Many Continue reading The Expansion of New England
I don’t know why but, ever since I was a child I have loved maps. If pushed, I could probably psychoanalyze the reason maps interest me so; however, I prefer to stay naive on the issue and simply continue to Continue reading An Atlas of Trails West of the Mississippi River