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ABOUT OUR GENERAL REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
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
BOOK #                                                                     TITLE
PRICE
BUY
MISC0011-  
THE HOLMES-PITEZEL CASE:A History of the Greatest Crime of the Century
By Det. F.P. Geyer,  502p.  1896.  illust.
$49.95
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
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
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
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
GR0003-  
CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN GENEALOGIES
in the Library of the Long Island Historical Society.
Edited by E. Toedteberg. 660p. (1935) 1991.
$67.50
GR0030-  
GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES OF THE PRESIDENTS
By R.B. Henry. 340p. (1935) 1991
$38.50
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
GR0002-  
INDEX TO GENEALOGIES & PEDIGREES
in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vols. 1-50. 11p., paper.
Index to family genealogies.
$4.50 
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
NEG003-  
NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, GENEALOGICAL & MEMORIAL
Volumes IV & V. 874p
$92.50
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
BOOK #                                                                                                                  
TITLE
PRICE
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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
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
BOOK #                                                                     TITLE
PRICE
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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
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
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
$17.50
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
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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TITLE
PRICE
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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
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
BOOK #                                                                     TITLE
PRICE
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GR0001-  
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS & THEIR MARRIAGES FOR
TWO GENERATIONS AFTER THE LANDING

By J.T. Landis. 37p., paper. (1922) 1981.
$7.50
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
BOOK #                                                                                                                  
TITLE
PRICE
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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
GR0035-  
COLONIAL CLERGY OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES
New York, New Jersey & Penna., 1628-1776.
By F.L. Weis. 184p., paper. (1956) 1992
$19.00
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
BOOK #                                                                     TITLE
PRICE
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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
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
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
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
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
BOOK #                                                                                                                  
TITLE
PRICE
BUY
DP0004-  
AMERICAN LOYALIST
Origins & Nominal Lists.
By Diane S. Ptak. Paperback. 1993
$19.00
DP0005-  
AMERICAN LOYALIST
Supplement.
By Diane S. Ptak. Paperback. 1995
$19.00
Magna Carta
BOOK #                                                                     TITLE
PRICE
BUY
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
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
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
CW0001-  
(CIVIL WAR) CAMP FIRES OF THE CONFEDERACY:
A Volume of Humorous Anecdotes, Reminiscences, Deeds of Heroism,
Thrilling Narratives, Terrible Hardships Endured, Imprisonments, Sea Fights, etc.
Ed. by Ben LaBree. 560p. (1898) 1994.


$59.50


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