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My Family: Lariviere-Morin - Susan Salisbury. An exhaustively researched lineage, covering the Lariviere-Morin family in the United States, Canada and France. Sixteen generations (63,155 individually numbered family members) are listed in order of most recent birth for easy cross-referencing, with dates and locations of births and deaths for each entry. A must for those interested in French-Canadian genealogy, with links to the Salisbury, Bernard, Lizotte, Lajoie, Pelletier and Duval families in the United States, as well as many others too numerous to mention. 1998, 395 pp., illus., fullname index, paper, $30.00 #ZS044

The Lawrence Family Letters, at Willow Bank, Flushing, New York, 1846-1896 - Compiled by John Hooper Tennent IV and Marjorie Beverly Tennent. This collection transcribes some 120 letters exchanged among the children of John Watson Lawrence and Mary King Bowne in the latter half of the 19th century. Three generations of Lawrences (a family line whose American progenitor was a patentee of Flushing, New York) and their descendants are discussed in the course of the letters, which reveal the lives, times and trials of these children--eight daughters and two sons--of a colonial New York family. As they made families of their own, the children spread through New York and to Washington DC, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey and other regions, one even traveling as far away as Denmark. These fascinating letters provide 50 years of history, before and beyond the Civil War era. The Lawrences' lives, travels and adventures provide insight into 19th century American life, as well as describing some of the prominent families of New York, Virginia and West Virginia. Included are references to related families: the Southgates of Scarborough, ME; the Bogerts, Bownes, Carters, Ellimans, Jaggars and Shepards of NY; and the Bedingers, Dandridges and Rusts of VA and WV. Illustrations include a number of family portraits, photos of residences and a map of Flushing in the late 1800s. The text also contains lineage charts showing the three generations of descent cataloged herein; appendices present detailed records of family births, marriages and deaths as recorded by Mary Lawrence Bogert, the principal correspondent. An index contains everyname and place entries for those referenced in these pages. 1996, 270 pp., illus., map, append., index, cloth, $37.00#ZT155

John Leigh of Agawam (Ipswich) MA, 1634-1671, and His Descendants of the Name of Lee - William Lee. This proud, old English family line can be traced back to the settlement of High Legh, Cheshire County, as early as 1154. This thorough genealogical study has been compiled primarily from the records of one Rev. Joseph Lee (1716-1797), as prepared by his grandson Thomas Jones Lee in 1817 and expanded upon by Gen. Samuel Lee. Included in the text is a complete genealogy for John Leigh extending to the 1880s, as well as genealogies for Thomas Leigh of Ipswich, Henry Lee of Manchester, Thomas Lee of Boston, and Thomas Lee of Cambridge. Also included are numerous notes on the Lees of Great Britain and America, and the related Woodis and Woodhouse families. (1888) reprint, 499 pp., append., original fullname plus location indices, paper, $36.00 #L111

Our Maryland Heritage, Book 14: Lewis Families - William Neal Hurley. This work is fourteenth in a series about Maryland families. In this volume, the author is primarily concerned with those members of the Lewis family with origins in Montgomery County, Maryland, and the counties from which it was formed. The first chapter is devoted to exploring the earliest records of Lewis family members in colonial Maryland up to the Revolutionary War, specifically several individuals bearing the Lewis surname but with no direct connection yet discovered to an established family line. Chapter 2 discusses Jonathan Lewis, progenitor of the first identifiable Lewis lineage, and his issue. The following eight chapters are concerned with the descendents of several of Jonathan Lewis' great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. The final chapters focus on information surrounding family members as yet unidentified in the established lines and noted for the benefit of future family research. 1999, 440 pp., fullname index, bibl., paper, $36.00 #H870

Lewis Patriarchs of Early Virginia and Maryland, 3rd Edition - Robert J.C.K. Lewis - The third revision of this work about the early (pre-1700) Lewis families in Virginia and Maryland, including information about the Lewis families that they may descend from in England and Wales, has been reorganized into three sections: First, a list of any Lewis families who came from a place specifically named and used a coat of arms that could be of use in identifying their descendants. Pedigrees of families known to have had branches in Virginia and Maryland, or claimed as ancestors by the descendants of the immigrants, are also included. Second, information on the various Lewis families of Virginia, grouped geographically. Third, information on the various Lewis families of Maryland, grouped geographically. The great number of county records published since the last edition has enabled the author to correct many errors and add vital new information to several families. He has also added many families in an effort to make this Lewis information as complete as possible. 1998, 167 pp., 8.5x11, paper, $27.00 #ZL183

The Descendants of Ebenezer Locke (1674-1723), Son of William Locke of Woburn, Massachusetts - Jerry N. Harrison, Ph.D. This book was written to identify many, not all, of the descendants of Ebenezer Locke. In reading John G. Locke, The Book of the Lockes, it seemed to this author that there were many unfinished lines. After completing the book, he understood why: the descendants of Ebenezer Locke were restless and mobile. They scattered throughout New England, New York and into the Midwest very early in U.S. history. Many of them took advantage of the farmlands outside of New England available after the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

This book concentrates on those lines which the author found interesting. Included are many stories, war records, and the lives of a lot of extraordinary men and women. Excluded are some of the lines covered in The Book of the Lockes and extended coverage of some of the female lines. Many of the blank lines found in the former are completed. This is also an attempt to update this Locke line as close to 1900 as possible.

This book is presented in the Modified Register System format. The everyname index lists women under both their married and maiden names; the maiden names also appear in parentheses under the married name entries. 1997, 393 pp., everyname index, paper, $28.50 #ZH069

Logan: A Directory of the Descendants of Andrew and Lydia Logan of Albany, New York, and Abbeville, South Carolina - Richard K. Logan. This work is a compilation, in alphabetical order, of the known descendants of Andrew Logan, who was born in Ireland c1705, immigrated to America and married Alida Pruyn in New York, in 1734. The book contains details of the approximately 5000 identified descendants and their spouses. Birth, marriage, death, and burial information for most individuals can be found. Each individual has a unique number assigned to them so it is easy to identify different descendants with similar names and/or birth dates. In addition, the parents of each individual are listed when known. 1994, 329 pp., bibl., paper, $28.00 #ZL520

Genealogy of the Lord Family, which removed from Colchester, CT, to Hanover, NH, and then to Norwich, VT - Rev. John M. Lord. A concise, informative genealogy concerned with one of the first families of New England. Thomas Lord, "Ancestor of all the Lords of Connecticut," was a native of the English county of Essex. Reverend Lord has attempted to account for every descendant of Thomas Lord up to the 1880's and wherever possible has included biographical information to supplement his genealogical data. (1903) reprint, 116 pp., new fullname index, paper, $14.50 #L561