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Genealogy and History of the Friday Families from Switzerland, Colonial and Southern America, 1535-2003
"In the mid 1730's the Frydig's/Fridig's left Switzerland ... Two families arrived in South Carolina in 1735 ... This book will document the early settlers in South Carolina and follow [the Friday name] to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and California."--Introduction.
The Rucker Family of South Carolina, 1752-1983
Samuel Rucker (fl. 1752-1765) immigrated (perhaps from Germany) from Rotterdam to land near the Saluda River in the Dutch Fork, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas and elsewhere.
The Humor of the Old South
The humor of the Old South—tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on outdoor sports, profiles of local characters—flourished between 1830 and 1860. The genre's popularity and influence can be traced in the works of major southern writers such as William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, and Harry Crews, as well as in contemporary popular culture focusing on the rural South. This collection of essays includes some of the past twenty five years' best writing on the subject, as well as ten new works bringing fresh insights and original approaches to the subject. A number of the essays focus on well known humorists such as Aug...
Newberry County, South Carolina
The opening chapters of this encyclopedic treatment deal with the Newberry County's formation, early settlers, soldiers, notable citizens, government institutions, and social and economic development, while later chapters are given over to biographies, cemetery inscriptions, family reminiscences and folklore. At the heart of the book is a long section devoted to genealogies of pioneer families of Newberry County.
The Georgia Dutch
This is the first comprehensive history of the German-speaking settlers who emigrated to the Georgia colony from Germany, Alsace, Switzerland, Austria, and adjacent regions. Known collectively as the Georgia Dutch, they were the colony's most enterprising early settlers, and they played a vital role in gaining Britain's toehold in a territory also coveted by Spain and France. The main body of the book is a chronological account of the Georgia Dutch from their earliest arrival in 1733 to their dispersal and absorption into what was, by 1783, an Anglo-American populace. Underscoring the harsh daily life of the common settler, George Fenwick Jones also highlights noteworthy individuals and even...
Shawnee Heritage VII
This is the seventh book in the Shawnee Heritage series. Don has compiled surnames beginning with F through I dating in 1700 to 1750. He will follow soon with Shawnee Heritage VII.
Strangers Within the Realm
Shedding new light on British expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this collection of essays examines how the first British Empire was received and shaped by its subject peoples in Scotland, Ireland, North America, and the Caribbean. An introduction surveys British imperial historiography and provides a context for the volume as a whole. The essays focus on specific ethnic groups -- Native Americans, African-Americans, Scotch-Irish, and Dutch and Germans -- and their relations with the British, as well as on the effects of British expansion in particular regions -- Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the West Indies. A conclusion assesses the impact of the North American colonie...
