Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage - Softcover

Myers, Patty Barthell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080631785X ISBN 13: 9780806317854

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2010

Synopsis

It is generally agreed that the Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage is one of the greatest works ever published on New England genealogy. The first edition came out in 1860, and as the four volumes were published in alphabetical sequence by family name, the males were usually found by checking their surname. The females were scattered throughout the four volumes. Some were listed under their fathers names, some were listed under their husbands names, and many women had three or more spouses. All were difficult to find, and if the husbands names were unknown, these ladies could not be found. In 1884 O.P. Dexter prepared a Genealogical Cross Index, which appeared in all reprints. However, it is a surname index only and has all the deficiencies of such an index, and it does not make the job of searching for women any easier. This new Female Index, however, published almost 150 years after the Savage Dictionary first c

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About the Author

Patty Barthell Myers has been involved in genealogy since the mid-1960s. She is the author of “Joseph Barthel and his wife Christina Lutz” (1991), “Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman with related families” (1995), “Cargill/Cargile/Cargal of the South and Southwest” (1997), “The Hughes Family from Virginia to Oregon” (1999), and “Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice” (2003). She has found over three hundred American immigrants in her family tree and descends from five Mayflower passengers and twenty-two Revolutionary War soldiers and patriots.

Edition details

• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080631785X
• ISBN 13: 9780806317854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344