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The large majority of books in this section are Higginson Book Company facsimile reprints of rare old
general reference work of interest to genealogists and historians, which have long been out-of-print and unavailable to researchers and collectors. We have reprinted these books on acid-free paper, and most of them are hardcovered in Class-A archival-quality bindings to provide you with books that will stand up to years of use and remain on your shelves for decades to come. Softcover books are noted in the book descriptions as "paper," "softcover" or "wrprs." SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING availability: Some of the titles included in this site are selected from the catalogs of other publishers. These are indicated by the use of the prefix "EV" or "DP" in the order number. Unlike Higginson Books, these publishers occasionally allow their books to go out of print, so please order these books early to avoid disappointment. |
General Genealogies-How To Books-Guides and Dictionaries |
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MISC0011- THE HOLMES-PITEZEL CASE:A History of the Greatest Crime of the Century By Det. F.P. Geyer, 502p. 1896. illust. |
$49.95 |
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MISC0007- MAP HISTORY OF MY ARMY-NAVY YEARS 1944-1966 By Rundlette K. Palmer 324 pages, 1996, 2005. Also available in Softcover: $32.00 Buy |
$44.00 |
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MISC0006- A HISTORY BRIEF OF AMERICA YEARS 1492-1986 The Importance of the George Yarmouth Voyage to the Gulf of Maine in the Year of 1605 By Rundlette K. Palmer 246 pages, 1986 2005 |
$36.00 |
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NEG001- “SAVAGE'S DICTIONARY" GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. With genealogical cross-index. By J. Savage. Index comp. by O.P. Dexter. 4 vols., 2541+38p. (1860-1862) 1986. $39.50/vol. or $145.00/set Volume I, A-C; Buy Volume II, D-J; Buy Volume III, K-R; Buy Volume IV, S-Z & Cross-Index Buy The basic genealogical dictionary of New England settlers. For each settler it gives marriage & death dates; birth, marriage & death dates of children; birthdates & names of grandchildren. |
$145.00/SET |
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US0001- PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES By A.M. Burke. 510p., paper. (1908) 1993. Authoritative pedigrees of hundreds of prominent American families, beginning with the subject, showing descent from the earliest known forebear. |
$45.00 |
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GR0003- CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN GENEALOGIES in the Library of the Long Island Historical Society. Edited by E. Toedteberg. 660p. (1935) 1991. |
$67.50 |
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GR0030- GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES OF THE PRESIDENTS By R.B. Henry. 340p. (1935) 1991 |
$38.50 |
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GR0010A- INDEX TO PERSONS in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vols. 1-50. 4 volumes. (1907) 1995. The complete set: $159.00 Volume I, A-G. 493p. $52.00 Buy Volume II, H-R. 470p. $49.00 Buy Volume III, S-Z. 325p. $37.00 Buy Volume IV, Index to Subjects & Places. 419p. $49.00 Buy Comprehensive index to all individuals listed in the important early volumes of the NEHGR. Invaluable not only to those who own copies of the Register,but also to those with New England roots who would like to know which volumes & issues they should seek out. |
$159.00/SET |
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GR0002- INDEX TO GENEALOGIES & PEDIGREES in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vols. 1-50. 11p., paper. Index to family genealogies. |
$4.50 |
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NEG002- NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, GENEALOGICAL & MEMORIAL Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealth & the Founding of a Nation, Volumes I - III. Ed. by Wm. R. Cutter, et al. 1259p. (1916) 2000 |
$126.00 |
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NEG003- NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, GENEALOGICAL & MEMORIAL Volumes IV & V. 874p |
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SW0003- A VIKING ODYSSEY TO THE NEW WORLD from Ancient Sweden to Alabama, via Norway, Normandy, England, Scotland, Va., N.C. & Georgia. By James J. Blue. 183p., paper. (1992) 2000. Also available in hardcover: Price: $37.00 SALE PRICE: $29.60Buy |
$25.00 |
Marriage Records |
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GR0026- AMERICA MARRIAGE RECORDS BEFORE 1699 With supplement from "Genealogical Magazine." By W.M. Clemens. 229p., paper. (1926, 1929, 1930) 1997. |
$24.50 |
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GR0011- MARRIAGE NOTICES FOR THE WHOLE U.S., 1785-94 By C.K. Bolton. 139p., paper. (1900) 1997. Cross references over 5,000 names of bridges & grooms, from all original colonies & Ohio. |
$19.50 |
Immigrants- See also Countries of Origin |
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GR0025- TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF 2885 ENGLISH EMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND, 1620-1650 By Charles E. Banks. 295p., paper. (1937) 1990. Very useful guide to early settlers; they are listed by county of origin in England & gives also their parish & where they settled in colonies. |
$37.00 |
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EM0001- THE SHIPS' LOCATOR A Reference to over 2,000 Ships, Schooners, and Other Vessels of Nineteenth-Century New England and the Atlantic Seaboard, with a Separate Index to more than a Thousand Vessel Masters. By Robert Moseley Jackson, Jr. 348p. 1998. The ultimate ship-finding reference book, containing many never-before referenced vessels. also available in softcover $32.50 Buy |
$44.50 |
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GR0038- THE WINTHROP FLEET of 1630: An Account of the Vessels, the Voyage, the Passengers & their English Homes. By Chas. Edw. Banks. 119p., paper. (1930) 1990 |
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DP0003- PASSAGE IN TIME: The Ships that Brought our Ancestors. By Diane S. Ptak. Paperback. 1993. Includes a history of immigrants' ships, 1700-1940, & extensive bibliography of ship-related texts, libraries, etc. Key finding aid for uncovering descriptions & histories of ships. |
$19.00 |
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GR0019- RESULT OF RESEARCHES AMONG THE BRITISH ARCHIVES for Information Relative to the Founders of New England, made in the Years 1858-60. By S.G. Drake. 143p., paper. (1860) 1990. Lists approx. 2,000 heads of household & their families who traveled to New England, 1631-5. |
$22.50 |
Native American |
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IND001- INDIAN TRIBES OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY & Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. By John R. Swanton. 386p. (Smithsonian Inst.; 1911) 1997. |
$42.00 |
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NA0001- NOTES ON THE IROQUOIS or Contributions to American History, Antiquities, & General Ethnology. By Henry Schoolcraft. 498p. (Erastus Pease & Co.; 1847) 1998. |
$55.00 |
Mayflower |
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GR0001- MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS & THEIR MARRIAGES FOR TWO GENERATIONS AFTER THE LANDING By J.T. Landis. 37p., paper. (1922) 1981. |
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MS0020- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BEGINNINGS: An Outline of the Early History of the Earlier West. By Henry E. Chambers. 389p. (G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1922) 1997 |
$44.00 |
Colonial America |
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SO0001- WARNING OUT IN NEW ENGLAND 1656-`8`7 By Josiah H. Benton. 131p. (W.B. Clarke; 1911) 1995. Fascinating study of the practice of "warning out" of Colonial & post-Revolutionary American settlements, which meant expelling (on paper only, or actually) indigent residents or newcomers. For those studying their Colonial roots, this book sheds light on mysterious-sounding terms frequently appearing in old public records. also available in hardcover Buy |
$17.50 |
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GR0035- COLONIAL CLERGY OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES New York, New Jersey & Penna., 1628-1776. By F.L. Weis. 184p., paper. (1956) 1992 |
$19.00 |
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GR0039- LETTERS OF JAMES MURRAY, LOYALIST Ed. By Nina M. Tiffany with Susan I. Lesley. 324p. (1901) 2001. Includes a section of letters written as a pioneer planter in No. Carolina, and 140 pages on being a Tory in revolutionary Boston and, later, in exile in Canada. |
$42.00 |
Revolutionary War |
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REV001B- THE REVOLUTION ON THE UPPER OHIO, 1775-1777 Ed. by Reuben G. Thwaites & Louise P. Kellogg. 276p. (1908) 1997. Compiled from original documents, this is a history of the principal incidents & the prominent characters of the Revolutionary frontier stretching from Southwestern Virginia to the Upper Allegheny. |
$37.00 |
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GR0101- RECORDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Comp. by W.T.R. Saffell. Index by J.T. McAllister. 555+43p. (1894) 1991. Extremely valuable to Revolutionary War-era researchers. Includes lists & dates of officers & soldiers; POWs; half-pay, commutation & land rights. available in softcover Buy |
$57.00 |
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REV001A- PIERCE'S REGISTER Register of the Certificates Issued by John Pierce, Esq., Paymaster General & Commissioner of Army Accounts for the U.S., to Officer s & Soldiers of the Continental Army Under the Act of July 4, 1783. 566p. (1915) 1987. With about 93,000 names; a complete roster of Continental Army, except militiamen & South Carolinians. |
$55.00 |
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NC1500- KING'S MOUNTAIN & ITS HEROES: History of the Battle of King's Mounty, Oct. 7, 1780, & the Events Which Led to It. By L.C. Draper. 612p. (1881) 1993. This classic contains sketches, notices & biographies of leading figures, with much genealogical data. |
$57.50 |
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GR0080- HISTORIC REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, April 1775 to December 1783 By F.B. Heitman. 698p. (1914, 1932) 1991 Listing of 14,000 Rev. War officers of the Continental Army & militia & state troops. |
$61.00 |
Loyalists |
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DP0004- AMERICAN LOYALIST Origins & Nominal Lists. By Diane S. Ptak. Paperback. 1993 |
$19.00 |
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DP0005- AMERICAN LOYALIST Supplement. By Diane S. Ptak. Paperback. 1995 |
$19.00 |
Magna Carta |
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GR0103- THE MAGNA CHARTA: History & Romance of the Great Charter. By John S. Wurts. 7 parts in 6 volumes. (1939-54) 1990. The set: $225.00 Pts. 1 & 2: Romance of the Charter & Pedigrees of the Barons. 300+23p. $33.50 Buy Pt. 3: Continuing the Pedigrees of the Barons. 319p. $32.50 Buy Pt. 4: Collection of Baronial Pedigrees. 410p. $42.00 Buy Pt. 5: Collection of Baronial Ped., Incl. Additions & Corrections. 412p. $42.50 Buy Pt. 6: Families of Royal Descent. 458p. $45.00 Buy Pt. 7: 462p. $46.50 Buy |
$225.00/SET |
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MC0001- THE MAGNA CARTA BARONS & THEIR AMERICAN DESCENDANTS together with the Pedigrees of the Founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the Sureties for the Enforcement of the Statues of the Magna Carta of King John. By Charles H Browning. 463p. (1898) 1997 |
$49.00 |
Southern US |
SS0010- KEY TO SOUTHERN PEDIGREES Being a Comprehensive Guide to the Colonial Ancestry of Families in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, No. & So. Carolina, Ky., Tenn., W. Va. & Alabama. Ed. by Wm. Crozier. 81p., paper. (1910-1) 1990. |
$16.00 |
Civil War |
CW0024- NORTH'S LAST BOYS Last Living Chapter of the American Civil War,Vol.II. By Jay S. Hoar, 578p. 2007. |
$69.95 |
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CA10001- NEW A Personal Name Index To Orton's Record of Cal. Men in the War of the Rebellion. 1861-67. by J. Carlyle Parker. 153p. 1978/2003 Available in hardcover $28.00 Buy |
$16.00 |
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