British Roots of Maryland Families II Genealogy Book

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British Roots of  Maryland Families II
Robert Barnes
Volume  totaling
345
pages. Book is in excellent  condition. Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
British Roots II is the      culmination of research that was undertaken after the publication in 1999 of      British Roots of Maryland Families, the groundbreaking work that identified      500 individuals and families who seeded the early population of Maryland.      Using the same format as the parent volume, British Roots II discusses the      British origins of an additional 203 Maryland settlers and establishes      connections to 120 settlers in other colonies. Its publication was      necessitated by information that came to light after the publication of the      first volume, important clues that enabled the compiler to extend his      research in Britain and provide genealogical evidence relating to hundreds      more families.
The families included      in this work were chosen because (a) their home parish in Britain was      identified, (b) the families had taken root and left descendants in      Maryland, and (c) most had arrived well before the year 1800. Source      materials on which the family histories are based derive from a combination      of Mr. Barnes's own extensive research over the past thirty years and the      pioneering work on the origins of Maryland families made by earlier      generations of researchers. In addition, Mr. Barnes has profited by the work      made available to him by several distinguished contemporaries.
In general, families are traced back two or more      generations in Britain and are brought forward two or more generations in      Maryland. The specific British sources used by Mr. Barnes include printed      and manuscript genealogies, county histories and heraldic visitations, works      on the peerage and landed gentry, and, most importantly, marriage bonds and      allegations published as part of the Harleian Society Visitation series.      Clues in Maryland source records were discovered in land records, county and      provincial court records, parish registers, probate records, and in printed      and manuscript family histories.
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