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| American Military Biography containing the Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Revolution Who Were Most Distinguished in Achieving our National Independence |
Published for B. Crosby |
This extremely rare 1831 volume was purchased in 1833 in Cincinnati by Louis Ferree Forsythe for $1.50 on his way moving from Pennsylvania to Missouri. This contains Revolutionary War biographies of the following individuals: Ethan Allen, William Alexander, Daniel Boone, John Cadwalader, James Clinton, George Clinton, Thomas Conway, William Davidson, William Richardson Davie, Henry Dearborn, Evan Edwards, Christopher Gadsden, Horatio Gates, Nathaniel Greene, Nathan Hale, Alexander Hamilton, Isaac Hayne, William Heath, John Edgar Howard, Peter, Horry, John James, Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, John Laurens, Charles Lee, Henry Lee, Francis Marion, Hugh Mercer, Daniel Morgan, Thomas Mifflin, Richard Montgomery, William Moultrie, Israel Putnam, Joseph Reed, Philip Schuyler, John Stark, Arthur St. Clair, John Sullivan, Seth Warner, Joseph Warren, Peleg Wadsworth, William Washington, George Washington, Anthony Wayne, Otho H. Williams, Benedict Arnold, John Paul Jones, John Barry, Nicholas Biddle, Edward Preble, Thomas Truxton, Gilbert Motier Marquis de La Fayette, Kosciusko, Count Pulaski, Baron de Kalb, and Frederick William Baron de Steuben. Interesting how many of these people we don't study in American History! |
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| Bell Family in America, The |
Reprint by Clan Bell International |
First published in 1913, The Bell Family in America has been out of print for many years. It has been reprinted by Clan Bell International in order to assist those researching genealogy of the early Bells in America. This small book is an account of the first Bell families in America, including a list by state of each Bell family in the United States, according to the 1790 US Census. |
Clan Bell International
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| Bell Family in Dumfriesshire, The |
Steuart, James |
Published in 1932, this is the definitive record of the Bell family. Only 150 copies were published, so this is a very difficult book to find. Thirty Bell estates and the people who lived on them are elaborated on in this book. There is much about the Carruthers family also in this book, since the two families inter-married and were involved in many of the same historical events. |
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| Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages |
Burke, Sir Bernard, Ulster King of Arms |
Another excellent reference of hard to find information. Originally published in 1883, this 650 page edition was re-published in 1996. Again, the Carruthers Baronies of Mouswald and Holmains are not listed here. Gary John Carruthers has brought to our attention that: from a letter from the Court of the Lord Lyon, Ormond Pursuivant of Arms, "The Carruthers designation was not of a Peerage, but a Feudal Barony". |
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| Burke's General Armory |
Burke, Sir Bernard |
Burke's General Armory is recognized as the definitive reference for Heraldic Arms. It was first published in 1842 and updated periodically since. The Carruthers family is included in four Coats-of-arms: Carruthers of Howmains (Holmains), Carruthers the Steward Depute of Annandale in 1672, Carruthers-Wade of Holmains in 1854, and Mitchell-Carruthers of Scotland in 1876.
Many library systems have this book for your reference. We use this book to define the two main colors on the Arms to put on the family name merchandise that is available through our store.
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| Carmack's Guide to Copyright & Contracts - A Primer for Genealogists, Writers & researchers |
Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo, CG |
Maybe you haven't thought about copyrights and genealogy, but you should. What's original, value added, public domain, registered, fair use, the amount you can quote, published, unpublished, work for hire, ownership, the effect of electronic media, and much more is covered in this short, but very informative work. We're all interested in sharing genealogy, but knowing what is proper, ethical and legal is something we also all need to know. This book is highly recommended. It can be obtained from Genealogical.com, a link to which can be found in this site's Family Resources section, or from the link to Amazon.com on the right.. |
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| Chronicler of the Cavaliers - A Life of the Virginia Novelist Dr. William A. Caruthers |
Davis, Curtis Carroll |
An interesting book. Dr. Caruthers published several books in the 1830's. There is also a good amount of early Caruthers genealogy in Virginia here. |
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| Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland |
Debrett, John |
Originally published in 1802, this edition was published in 1808. It is the definitive book on peerage of Great Britain. It is in 2 volumes. Volume I is England. Volume II is Scotland and Ireland. A terrific addition to anyone's library - if you can find it at a reasonable price. |
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| Directory of British Peerages, A |
Leeson, Francis L. |
A nice little book, succinctly listing British, English, Scots and Irish peerages by both family name and name of the estate, including year made a peer. A good reference. Extinct peerages are not included. You will not find Carruthers in here. From a letter from the Court of the Lord Lyon, Ormond Pursuivant of Arms, "The Carruthers designation was not of a Peerage, but a Feudal Barony". |
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| Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists |
Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo and Nevius, Erin - Editors |
A wonderful resource, by county in the United States, of how you can research and obtain original documents. A must for all serious genealogists. Links, as appropriate, to sites that are relevant to this web sites articles, are provided within this site's web pages. General links to global data bases are provided from the Genealogy section of our Family Resources page. |
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| Genealogy Online |
Crowe, Elizabeth Powell |
An excellent book, highly recommended. Many online addresses are identified to help you with your online search. A number of links to the addresses are added to the Family Resources - Genealogy page of this web site. |
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| Historical Families of Dumfriesshire and the Border Wars, The |
Johnstone, C. L. |
An excellent book. Johnstone originally published this in 1888. It was reprinted in the 1990's. This site has a copy of both versions. In his book, Johnstone specifically gave more prominence to families whose history had not been published before - and that includes the Carruthers. You will find here more stories about Carruthers in early history than anywhere else, except maybe on this web site. Also, the sovereigns of Scotland going back before MacBeth are listed and a descendant chart is provided from Alfred the Great (d. 901). An excellect drawing of Lochmaben Castle in the book, gives one a better understanding of the strength of its defences than just viewing today's ruins. The 200 page paperback book is relatively inexpensive and can be obtained from Genealogical.com, a link to which can be found in this site's Family Resources section. |
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| History of Burgh of Dumfries |
McDowell, William |
Written in 1906, this book has a wealth of information on the area of Scotland in which the Carruthers family lived. Although Carruthers is mentioned very few times in the book, much on the local history and major events affecting the area can be learned from reading this. |
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| History of North Carolina |
Moore, John W. |
Written in 1884, this book references a number of times an earlier book, "Old North State", by Caruthers. This is an excellent resource. We plan to use it on future articles on early North Carolina and the role of the Caruthers family there. |
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| Intelligent Travelers Guide to Historic Scotland, The |
Crowl, Philip A. |
An excellent book, almost a must for one's first trip to Scotland or one just beginning to research Scottish history. The book is divided into two sections. Almost 400 pages of Scottish history are supplemented by a Gazetteer the identifies thousands of possible tourist spots and specifics related to road names for how to find them. This is particularly helpful for getting to the old castles like Caerlaverock and Lochmaben. This book is available for purchase from here. |
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| Jacobite Rebellions, The |
Barthorp, Michael |
This very short book (44 pages) appears to be from the Historic Site Visitor Information. In addition to a succinct description of the Jacobite Rebellions, it contains many pictures of uniforms of the times, weapons used, and pictures of leading figures of the battles. It also contains a very detailed description of events in a timeline form, from 1644 to 1788, describing the religious conflict that sent tens of thousands of immigrants to America and ended up putting Germans, who didn't even speak English, on the British throne. |
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| John Hancock, Merchant King and American Patriot |
Unger, Harlow Giles |
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| Kith-Kin of Samuel Burdine Dunahay and Angel Carothers |
Dunahay, Lowell |
This small book (30 pages plus an index) was published in 1981. It mainly documents the Dunahay family and the descendants of Samuel and Angel. Some Carothers material is contained, but not going further back than Angel's father, Robert Carothers, and his wife Martha McKim. |
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| Lifescapes of Scotland |
Compass Productions |
Beautiful, haunting music that will almost take you to Scotland without leaving your chair. This is not bagpipe music. It is mostly piano and orchestra. Very, very easily listning music.. |
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| Lord Wardens of the Marches of England and Scotland, The |
Pease, Howard |
Another excellent book full of interesting information. Difficult to find, though, as only 500 copies of this 1913 published edition was printed. The book covers customs, laws, courts, offices, payments and families of the Borders, along with a chronilogical list of the Wardens of each of the 6 Marches. |
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| Lowland Lairds |
Fergusson, James |
Nine essays were combined to make up this book. Some were originally published in various magazines while others were written specifically for this book. An excellent description of the economic times through the ages can be found here. Some specific families are reviewed here, not the Carruthers, but Fergusson, Nisbet, Maule, Crauford, Kennedy, Nairne, and others are covered to some extent. |
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| National Archives, The - A Practical Guide for Family Historians |
Colwell, Stella |
This book addresses how to use the National Archives of the United Kingdom. For those of us tracing our family in Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. A caveat though. As they say in the front of this book, "Only a tiny fraction of the records that were originally created centrally are selected for permanent preservation, on the grounds of their lasting historical interest and value". They do hold some private records, too, but the vast majority are records of the government's activities and decisions. At the very minimum, they provide historical context for researchers of family history. Again, appropriate links can be found on this web site's Family Resources - Genealogy page. |
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| Original Scots Colonists of Early America - 1612-1783, The |
Dobson, David |
Dobson has compiled a series of books on immigrants to America. And we thank him for that. However, instead of buying this book, or any of his others, I suggest that you buy a CD from the Genealogical Publishing Company, which contains 16 of Dobson's publications, including this one, and all the supplements to his work. Valuable information here, it's just that the CD provides easier, more comprehensive, and ultimately more inexpensive media. The link highlighted above will take you to this site's Family Resources page on Genealogy, where there is a link to Genealogical.com. |
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| Political and Civil History of the United States of America from 1763 to 1797 |
Pitkin, Timothy |
Another extremely rare find, published in 1828 and first owned by John Henderson Carothers, this 2 volume, 1100 page history by Pitkin, is the definitive history of the United States through the end of Washington's presidency. Excerpts will be added to this web site over time, to round out the political climate affecting the families living through the Revolution. |
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| Protocol Book of Mark Carruthers 1531-1561 |
edited by R. C. Reid |
This 30 year record by the notary Mark Carruthers provides an insightful view of Scotland in the mid-1500's. Various records of transactions involving the Carruthers family can be found here also. |
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| Records of the Carruthers Family |
Carruthers, A. Stanley and Reid, R. C. |
The definitive book on the Carruthers family history in Scotland. Published in 1933 to a subscriber list of only 100 copies, of which only 2 were in the United States. This is a very difficult book to find. It contains genealogical charts of major Carruthers families tracing back to William de Carruthers in 1215 and also narrative chapters on the families. |
No longer available for purchase as an eBook. This book will now be serialized on this web site beginning September, 2008. New chapters will be added each month.
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| Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character, Chiefly in the "Old North State" |
Caruthers, Rev. E. W., D.D. |
Published in 1854, this is an extremely rare book, covering North Carolina incidents leading up to, and during, the Revolutionary War. Often referenced in other books (see The History of North Carolina by John W. Moore, 1884, and reviewed above), E. W. Caruthers collected first hand knowledge from a variety of sources to produce, essentially, the first history book on North Carolina. Excerpts from the book will be added to this web site over time. We were very lucky to obtain this book. |
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| Scotland's best Loved Driving Tours |
Frommers |
A nice, small book. Lots of pictures and maps. This book is best used if you have plenty of time and just want to drive through the Scottish countryside, with a reference book that tells you what you will see along the way. If you know specifically what you want to see on your trip, there are better ways to learn how to get there. |
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| Scottish & Border Battles & Ballads |
Brander, Michael |
A very nice book (available from the Battles of Scotland page on this site). Brander covers the Scottish battles to which memorable songs were written. He includes the words of the songs, also, and sometimes even the sheet music. Battles covered by the book include Largs, Bannockburn, Otterburn, Harlaw, Flodden, Corichie, Reidswire, Alford, Kilsyth, Dunbar, Loudon Hill, Killiecrankie, Sheriffmuir, Prestonpans and Falkirk, along with driving directions of how to get to the battlefields. |
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| Seven Centuries in the Royal Four Towns of Lochmaben |
Fairn, Anne |
Available from the Dumfries and Galloway Family History Research Centre, this book describes the four settlements of Hightae, Smallholm, Heck and Greenhill. This book provides an excellent glimpse of what life was like in this area of Scotland over the last 700 years. Quite a bit concerning the Carruthers estate at Rammerscales can be found in this book, as it was very close geographically to these towns. |
Dumfries and Galloway Family History Research Centre |
| Strongholds of the Border Reivers, The |
Durham, Keith |
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| Studies in the History of the English Feudal Barony |
Painter, Sidney |
This is Book Number 3 of Series 61 of the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Other than the book The First Century of English Feudalism, a study that stops in the year 1166, the field of Baronial History has been largely untouched. Although this book specifically covers English baronial history, much can be learned here concerning Scottish baronial history, for example, obligations, resources, incomes, etc. are all very similar. This history of the utilization of the the baronies by their feudal lords provides great insight into life in the Middle Ages. This book covers the period of the Norman Conquest to about 1350. |
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| Surnames and Clansmen - Border Family History in Earlier Days |
Robson, Michael |
A very good book on surnames and Border Family history. 200 pages, in paperback, printed in 1998. It also provides one of the best accounts available, in an entire chapter, on the long legal trial over the Dormont estate, covered on this web site as the story Sir Walter's Scott's Influence. Since one of that story's main characters was Betty Robson, I wonder if the author is related. |
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| Whiskey Rebellion, The |
Slaughter, Thomas P. |
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| Who Owns Scotland Now |
Cramb, Auslan |
An interesting book, but not necessarily 200 pages worth, when one or two lists would do. The biggest landowner in Scotland is the Forestry Commission with 1,600,000 acres. The Duke of Buccleuch is 2nd with 270,000 acres and various persons and families on down from there. The book does have an interesting list of major foreign landowners. The largest, at 70,000 acres is an unknown Malaysian businessman, followed by an Arab billionaire, the head of Lego, a Swedish heiress, Stanton Avery (a US billionaire), and Mohammed Al Fayed (the owner of Harrods). |
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