Michiana Books

Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe is pleased to offer these books and materials from John Palmer's Michiana Books.  John has a large assortment of used books of historical and genealogy interest. 

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Past newsletters will be available here for a few weeks, as books are sold we will remove them from the listings. 

At the present time we cannot make the one-of-a-kind sale books available for on-line ordering.  So if you see something here you like be sure to call the shop and order it.

The information on this page was last updated on Saturday, January 13, 2007.  Check back often as this page will be updated at least once weekly.

Crate 165

This is the final crate of our magazines.  (And I’ll bet you're just as glad as I am to get through this stuff.)  It covers the states of Pennsylvania through Wisconsin as well as genealogy magazines for several ethnic groups, family magazines, and a special set on Abraham Lincoln.

We've had fun sharing our crates with you and hope you've enjoyed reviewing them.

The magazine volumes for the most part are complete.  If the bound volumes are not complete, I have indicated it in my notes. 

PENNSYLVANIA

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 1:  PENNSYLVANIA TRAVELER. Volumes 5 - 7 (Nov. 1968 – Aug. 1971).  Three bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $30

SOUTH CAROLINA

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 2:  DARLINGTON FLAG.  Devoted to Southern Rights, Morality, Agriculture, Literature, and News.  Old Darlington District Genealogical Chapter.  Volumes 6 - 10, 12 - 14 (1994 - 1998, 2000 - 2002).  Eight bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $50

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 3:  SOUTH CAROLINA MAGAZINE OF ANCESTRAL RESEARCH.  Contains voter's records, church records, will records, and much more.  Volumes 20 - 27, 29 and 30 (1992 - 1998, 2001 and 2002). 10 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $8

TENNESSEE

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 4:  ANSEARCHIN' NEWS.  Tennessee Genealogical Society.  Volumes 1 - 21, 24, 25, 27, 39 - 44, 47 - 49 (1954 - Winter 1974/1975, Spring 1977 - Winter 1978, 1980, Spring 1992 - Winter 1997, Spring 2000 - Winter 2002) plus County Index covering volumes 1 - 47.   20 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $200

TEXAS

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 5:  ANCESTRALLY SPEAKING. As it Appears Weekly in the Leisuretime Section of the Odessa American and Ancestrally Yours (formerly Ancestrally Speaking). (Odessa, Texas)  Contains reprints of the weekly genealogy newspaper column.  Includes queries, short research articles, book reviews, and more.  Volume 1 (1972) is called Ancestrally Speaking.  Volume 2 (1973) is called Ancestrally Yours.  Two bound volumes.  Price:  $10

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 6:  GENEALOGICAL  RECORD.  Houston  Genealogical Forum.  Volumes 18 - 37 - 40, 42 – 43 (1976 -1998, 2000 - 2001).  17 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $170

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 7:  HEART OF TEXAS RECORDS.  Central Texas Genealogical Society.  Contains Bible records, queries, family charts, diaries, book reviews and much more.  Volumes 20 through 27, 29 - 34 (1977 - 1984, 1986 - 1991).  Eight bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $80

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 8:  MESQUITE TREE.  Mesquite Historical and Genealogical Society.  Contains family letters, land grants, family Bible records, biographies, and much more.  Volumes 14 - 18, 20 (1978 - 1982, 1984).  Four bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $40

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 9:  OUR HERITAGE.  San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society.  Contains naturalization records, tax rolls, journals, newspaper excerpts, cemetery records, historical articles and more.  Volumes 36 through 43 (Fall 1994 through Summer 2002).  Eight bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $80

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 10:  VICTORIA -- CROSSROADS OF SOUTH TEXAS.  Victoria County Genealogical Society.  Contains information on Victoria, Jackson, Fayette, Gonzales and Goliad counties, Civil War musters, cemetery records, church records, criminal records, research tips and more.  Volumes 5 through 11 (Spring 1984 through Winter 1990).  Four bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $40

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 11:  YELLOWED PAGES.  Southeast Texas Genealogical and Historical Society.  Contains ancestor charts, commissioners records, marriage, birth and death records, family histories, cemetery records and much more.  Volumes 7 through 20 (1977 through 1990).  14 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $140

VERMONT

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 12:  BRANCHES AND TWIGS.  Newsletter/Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Vermont.  Contains birth, marriage and death records; notices of family reunions; short biographies; book reviews and more.  Volumes 2, 8, 9, 11 through 18, and 21 through 24 (1973, 1978, 1979, Winter 1982 through Autumn 1989, and Winter 1992 through Autumn 1995).  Nine bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $90

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 13:  GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VERMONT NEWSLETTER.  Volumes 1 - 9 (1994 – 2002).  Two bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $10

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 14:  VERMONT GENEALOGY.  Volumes 1 - 7 (1996 – 2002).  Seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $70

WASHINGTON

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 15:  APPLELAND BULLETIN.  Genealogical Society of North Central Washington.  Contains cemetery records, ancestor charts, queries, short research articles, marriage records and much more.  Volumes 5 - 18 (Fall 1976  - December1990).   Seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $70

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 16:  BULLETIN OF THE WHATCOM GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.  Contains articles early pioneer families, school records, queries, etc.  Volumes 9 through 14, 16 through 20 (Fall 1978 through Summer 1984, Fall 1985 through Summer 1990).  Six bound volumes Price: entire set:  $60

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 18:  YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN.  Contains family histories and genealogies, queries, and much more.  Volumes 11 through 22 (January 1979 - December 1990).  Six bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $60

WISCONSIN

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 19:  WISCONSIN STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER.  Wisconsin State Genealogical Society.  Contains newspaper articles, scrapbook articles, photographs, marriage records, bible records, and much more.  Volumes 14 - 15, 31 through 33, and 35 through 41 (June 1967 through April 1969, June 1984 - April 1987, and June 1988 through April 1995).  11 bound volumes.  Price:  Entire set:  $110

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 20:  Nuggets. Publication  of the Fox Valley Genealogical Society.  Contains short newsy items, and some obituaries.  Volumes 5 - 6 (June 1986 - March 1988).  One bound volume.  Price:  $5

ETHNIC GROUPS

GENERAL

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 21:  IMMIGRANT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER.  Numbers 39 - 45, 51 - 61, 166 - 212 (Aug. 1986 - Feb. 1987, Sept. 1987 - Oct. 1988, 1998 - 2001).   Six bound volumes.  Most of the information concerns German immigrants.  Price: entire set:  $30 

AFRICAN AMERICAN

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 22:  AAHGS NEWS.  Newsletter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.  1998, 2000, 2001.  Three bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $30

CANADIAN

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 23:  BRANCH NOTES.  Waterloo-Wellington Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.  Volumes 6, 9 - 26 (1978, 1981 - 1998).  Six bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $60

CORNISH

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 24:  THE CORNISH AMERICAN.  A newsletter by a Cornishman about Cornishmen, Contains short newsy articles about their origins, customs and heritage.  Intended for everyone of Cornish background. Volume 1 (1982).  One bound volume.  Price:  $5

FLEMISH

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 25:  FLEMISH AMERICAN HERITAGE.   Volumes 1- 8, 12 – 20 (Jan. 1983 - July 1990, Feb. 1994 – Aug. 2002).  Six bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $60

GERMANS

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 26:  GERMAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY.  No volume numbers (Spring 1997 - Fall 2002).  Price: $30

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 27:  GERMAN CONNECTION.  Volumes 19 - 21, 25 (1995 - 1997, 2001).  Three bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $30

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 28:  HERITAGE REVIEW.  Germans From Russia Heritage Society.  Contains queries, church records, church histories, family histories, histories of German colonies, memoirs, obituaries, and much more.  Volumes 25 - 30 (1995 - 2000).  Six bound volumes.  Price:  entire set:  $60

JEWISH

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 29:  AVOTAYNU.  The International Review of Jewish Genealogy.   Volumes 8 - 17 (Spring 1992 - Winter 2001).  10 bound volumes.  Price:  entire set:  $100

LUXEMBOURGERS

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 30:  LUXEMBOURG NEWS OF AMERICA.   Contains short newsy articles about families, research articles, small businesses, obituaries, advertisements, etc.  Volume 26 (1992).  One bound volume.  Price:  $5

POLISH

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 31:  BULLETIN OF THE POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.  Volumes 1 - 8  (Winter 1992 - Fall 2000).  Six bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $60

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 32:  POLISH FOOTPRINTS.  Periodical of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas.  Volumes 11 - 17 (1994 - 2000).  Seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $70 

FAMILY MAGAZINES

GRAVES FAMILY

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 33:  GRAVES FAMILY NEWSLETTER.  Quarterly newsletter containing information on various Graves families and their related lines.  Volumes 1 - 5, 7 - 15, 17 - 20 (March 1976 - Dec. 1980, Feb. 1982 - Dec. 1992, Feb. 1994 - Dec. 1997.   Ten bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $100

SHAPLEY FAMILY

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 34:  THE SHAPLEY CONNECTION.  A newsletter devoted to the history and genealogy of the Shapley family and its connecting lines.  Volumes 1, 3 - 6 (1988, 1990 - 1993).  Four bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $40

WOODWARDS FAMILY

CRAZY CRATE JP 165 BOOK 35:  WOODWARDS WeSEARCH.  A quarterly magazine containing information on the Woodwards family.  Contains some short articles on research, but concentrates on vital records, Bible records, etc.  Volumes 1 - 5 (October 1992 - July 1997).  One bound volume.  Price: entire set:  $10.

SPECIAL

Crate 163

Pat is back from Arizona, but to let her rest up John Palmer once again is here to offer another magazine Crazy Crate. Check out what he has and give us a call at YOGS (1-800-419-0200) or contact John directly as he indicates below. As usual, the first to call gets the item. With the offerings by John, as with the regular YOGS items, you pay just $5 for shipping and handling no matter how many you purchase. You can add our books, charts, forms and genealogical goodies to your order for the one shipping charge.

Hello Everyone,

I think Pat is resting up after having too much fun in Arizona.  So, again, you are stuck with me. 

We are about half way through our listing of magazines.  So far we've had some great responses from all of you and we are glad that we are able to find new homes for them.

You may recall from my earlier crate information that in 2004 I had the good fortune to obtain over 1,000 bound genealogy magazines from a local library which was discarding its genealogy magazine collection.

The magazine volumes, all complete, were bound between 1991 and 2001.   If the bound volumes are not complete, I have indicated it in my notes. 

If you have sent anything to the bindery recently, you know how expensive it can be to bind a volume and how long it often takes to get them back

Pat recently purchased a large number of the bound volumes for her expanding research library and suggested that this might be a good time to put the rest of the magazines on the Crazy Crate sales. 

With me doing the crates, Fred and Carla have a chance to keep up with their added tasks while Pat is away. You can e-mail your order directly to me at rockingk@michiana.org or call me at (574) 291-3955. Of course, you also can call YOGS at 1-800-419-0200.

Paying by credit card? No problem. I just started accepting Visa, MasterCard and Discover (but not over the Internet). You will need to telephone me if you want me to process your credit card purchase.

I will be glad to send the magazines to libraries and societies with an invoice. You will need to provide a purchase order number when you contact me.

This crate covers states of Kansas through Oklahoma.

KANSAS

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 1:  KANSAS KIN.  Published Quarterly by the Riley County Genealogical Society.  Contains biographies, research articles, newspaper articles, lists of teachers, and much more.  Volumes 15 through 38 (1977 through 2000). 13 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $130 

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 2:  MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL REGISTER/MIDWEST HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.  Midwest Genealogical Society (Wichita, Kansas).  Contains marriage, death and cemetery records, family Bible records, diaries, church records, queries, and much more.  Volumes 11 through 36 (June 1976 through March 2002).  16 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $160

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 3:  TOPEKA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  Contains newspaper extracts, additions to the Topeka Genealogical Society library, queries, and more.  Volumes 6, 8 though 22, 24, and 31 (1976, 1978 - 1992, 1994, 2001).  11 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $110

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 4:  TREESEARCHER.  Kansas Genealogical Society.  Contains naturalization records, newspaper excerpts, military rosters, voter registrations, and much more.  Volumes 20 - 27 (1878 - 1985).  Eight bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $80

KENTUCKY

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 5:  CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 5:  REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.  Excellent in-depth historical contemporary articles, diaries, Civil War reminisces, genealogy records, etc.  Volume 59, 78 - 99 (1961, 1980 - 2001).  22 volumes.  Price: entire set: $220

MAINE

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 6:  DOWNEAST ANCESTRY.  Contains church records, biographies, queries, family lines, marriage and death records, and much more.  Volumes 14 and 15 (June 1990 - May 1992).  Two bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $20.

MARYLAND

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 7:  MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.  Maryland Historical Society.  Volumes 95 and 96 (2000 and 2001).  Two bound volumes.  Price: $20 for both volumes

MICHIGAN

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 8:  DETROIT SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH.  Volumes 63 and 65 (Fall 1999 - Summer 2000 and Fall 2001 - Summer 2002).  Two bound volumes.  Price: $20 for both volumes

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 9:  MICHIGAN HERITAGE.  A Quarterly Magazine of Biography, Local and Family History.  Volume 1 - 14 (Autumn 1959 - Summer 1973).  14 volumes.  Price: entire set: $140

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 10:  MICHIGANA.  Published by Western Michigan Genealogical Society.  Volumes 24 - 34, 37 - 39, 41 - 48 (Winter 1979 - December, 1989, 1992 - 1994, 1995-2002).  No Volume 40 was published.  15 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $150

MISSISSIPPI

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 11:  FAMILY TRAILS.  Quarterly of the Historical and Genealogical Association of Mississippi.  Volumes 2, 4 - 11 (August 1978 - May 1979, August 1980 - May 1988).  Nine bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $90

NEBRASKA

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 12:  REMAINS TO BE FOUND.  Omaha Genealogical Society.  Contains Douglas County marriage records, family Bible records, school directories, city directories, and much more.  No volume numbers. 1982, 1984 - 1985, 1989 - 1990.  Five bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $30

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 13:  THE WAGONER.  Northwest Genealogical Society (Alliance, Nebraska).  Contains ancestor charts, cemetery records, queries, and much more.  Volumes 3 through 13 (Winter 1980 through Fall 1990).  Six bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $60

NEW JERSEY

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 14:  GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY NEWSLETTER.  Volumes 5, 8 - 9, 11 (Spring 1989 - Fall 1990, Spring 1995 - Fall 1998, 2001).  Four bound volumes.  Price:  entire set: $15

NEW YORK

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 15:  ORANGE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  Contains brief newsy items, queries, short research articles, Bible records, vital records, and more.  Volumes 9 - 11, 13 - 31 (May 1979 - Feb. 1982, May 1983 - Feb. 2002).   11 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $60

NORTH CAROLINA

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 17:  NCGS NEWS.  Newsletter of the North Carolina Genealogical Society.  Contains short articles, calendars of events, awards, etc.  Volumes 16 though 24 (1992-2000).  Eight volumes in five bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $25

OHIO

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 18:  ANCESTOR HUNT.  Quarterly Publication of the Asthabula County Genealogical Society of Ohio.  Contains family Bible information, newspaper articles, death records, and more.  Volumes 5 - 25 (Fall 1978 - November 1998).  12 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $120

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 19:  GENEALOGICAL AIDS BULLETIN.  Miami Valley Genealogical Society.  Contains land entries, indexes, wills, family Bible records, marriages, and much more.  Volumes 6, 7, 9 - 18 (Summer 1976 - Spring 1978, Summer 1981 - May 1989).  In seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $70 

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 20:  OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER.  Volumes 23 - 24, 26 - 33 (1992 - 1993, 1995 - 2002).  10 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $70

OKLAHOMA

CRAZY CRATE JP 163 BOOK 21:  OKLAHOMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  Contains family histories, Indian records, Bible records, marriages, cemeteries, and much more.  Volumes 21 - 30, 32 - 46 (1976 - 1985, 1987 - 2001).  In 15 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $150

Crate 162

John Palmer once again is here to offer another Crazy Crate while Pat is in Arizona. Check out what John has and give Fred a call at YOGS (1-800-419-0200) or contact John directly as he indicates below. As usual, the first to call gets the item. With the offerings by John, as with the regular YOGS items, you pay just $5 for shipping and handling no matter how many you purchase. You can add our books, charts, forms and genealogical goodies to your order for the one shipping charge.

Hello Everyone,

Pat is still on vacation in Arizona, so you are stuck with me again. 

You may recall from my last Crazy Crate sale that in 2004 I had the good fortune to obtain over 1,000 bound genealogy magazines from a local library which was discarding their genealogy  magazine collection.

The magazine volumes are all complete, and most were bound between 1991 and 2001. If the bound volumes are not complete, I have indicated that in my notes.

If you have sent anything to a bindery recently, you know how expensive it can be to bind a volume and how long it often takes to get them back.

With me doing the crates, Fred and Carla have a chance to keep up with their added tasks while Pat is away.  You can e-mail your order directly to me at rockingk@michiana.org or call me at (574) 291-3955. Of course, you also can call YOGS at 1-800-419-0200.

Paying by credit card? No problem. I just started accepting Visa, MasterCard and Discover (but not over the Internet). You will need to telephone me if you want me to process your credit card purchase.

 I will be glad to send the magazines to libraries and societies with an invoice.  You will need to provide a purchase order number when you contact us.

This crate covers states from Arizona through Florida.

ARIZONA

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 1:  SUN CITY/SUN CITIES GENEALOGIST.  Sun City Genealogical Society.  Includes queries, family genealogies, census and marriage records and more.  Volumes 5 (1984), 7 through 9 (Spring 1986 - Winter 1989), 11 through 19 (Spring 1990 - Winter 1998).  Seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $70 

CALIFORNIA

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 2:  ANCESTORS WEST.  Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society.  Contains library aids, census, queries, diaries and much more.  Volumes 2 - 18 (Spring 1976 - Winter 1992).  In 10 bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $100

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 3:  KERN-GEN. Kern County, California, Genealogical Society.  Contains coroners inquests, cemetery records, The Great Register for Kern County, notes, and more.  Volumes 20, 22 -27 (1983, 1985 - 1990), in four bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $35

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 4:  MARIN KIN TRACER.  Marin County, California, Genealogical Society.  Lots of newsy items, some marriages, some photographs, etc.  Volumes 3 through 5 (Winter 1979 through Fall 1982), Volumes 7 through 13 (Winter 1978 through Fall 1990).  Six bound volumes.  Price: entire set: $60

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 5:  ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  These volumes contain "how-to" information, census, lists, rosters, obituaries, and much more.  Volumes 13 through 27 (1976 through 1990) and Volume 29 (1992).  15 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $150 (If I find Volume 28, I will throw it in for free.)

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK6:  ROOT SELLER PRESERVES.  Sacramento, California, Genealogical Society.  Contains cemetery information, lists, genealogies, and much more.  Volumes 1 through 12 (January 1981 through July 1990).  12 volumes in six bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $60

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 7:  SANTA CLARA COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY/SANTA CLARA COUNTY CONNECTIONS.  Contains queries, precinct registers, deeds, marriage records, census records, and more.  Volumes 14 and 15 (July1977 through April 1979), 17 through 23 (July 1980 through Spring 1986), Volume 25 (1988) and 27 (1990).  Seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $70

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 8:  THE SEARCHER.  Southern California Genealogical Society.  Contains newsy items, queries, acquisitions, book reviews, etc.  Includes census information, book reviews, and more.  Volumes 22 through 29 (1985 through 1990).  In six bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $60

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 9:  SEQUOIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER.  Volumes 2 - 4, 6 - 7, 9 - 17 (Sept. 1975-May 1978, Sept. 1979 - May 1981, Sept. 1982 - May 1991).  In four bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $40

COLORADO

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 10:  BOULDER GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  Boulder Genealogical Society.  Contains church records, courthouse records, family information, biographies, school records, and much more.  Volumes 10 through 22 (February 1978 through November 1990) in seven bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $70

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 11:  COLORADO GENEALOGIST.  Quarterly of the Colorado Genealogical Society.  Contains military records, naturalizations, homestead entries, etc.  Volumes 40 through 62 (Winter 1979 through November 2001).  In 15 bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $150 

FLORIDA

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 12:  JOURNAL OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA.  Contains marriage and cemetery records, memoirs, and much more. Volumes 2 through 14 (1978 through 1990).  Four bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $40

ILLINOIS

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 13:  BRANCHING OUT FROM ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS.  Volumes 6 - 26 (1979 - 1999) in 15 bound volumes.  Price: entire set $150

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 14:  BRANCHES AND TWIGS.  Logan County Genealogical Society newsletter.  Volumes 6 - 10, 12 - 21 and 23 (1984 - 1988, 1990 - 1999, 2001).  12 bound volumes.  Price: entire set $120.

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 15:  CENTRAL ILLINOIS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  Volumes 21 - 23, 25 - 26 (Winter 1985 - Fall 1987, Winter 1989 - Fall 1990).  Three bound volumes.  Price: $30 for all three volumes

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 16:  CHICAGO GENEALOGIST. Chicago Genealogical Society.  Volumes 27 - 28, 30, 33 - 34 (Fall 1994 - Summer 1996, Fall 1997 - Summer 1998, Fall 2000-Summer 2002).  Five bound volumes.  Price: entire set:  $50

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 17:  ILLINOIS STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.  Volumes 8, 10 - 12, 17 - 18, 20, 21, 27, and 33 (1976, 1978 - 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001).  10 bound volumes.  Price: entire set $110

CRAZY CRATE JP 162 BOOK 18:  NEWSLETTER OF THE CHICAGO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.  Volumes 29 and 33 (July 1996 - June 1997, July 2000 - June 2001).  Two bound volumes.  Price:  $15 for the pair

Crate 159

John Palmer offers some trips on what to see in the West and Southwest, but his latest Crazy Crate is filled with offerings on Indiana in the Civil War. Check out what John has and give us a call at YOGS. As usual, the first to call gets the book. With the books offered by John, as with the regular YOGS offerings, you pay just $5 for shipping and handling no matter how many items you purchase. You can add our charts, forms and genealogical goodies as well as our books to your order for the one shipping charge.

Hello everyone,

I told Pat that I took my Grand Tour in the middle of the summer in 1977, when I spent a whole month visiting the Southwest -- Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. I tried to visit a lot of historic sites and tourist attractions between the last week of July through the last week of August.  Unfortunately, it was during the middle of a heat wave. 

Things have changed quite a lot since then, and some memories are a little vague.  I'm really not sure how much I can tell her that is still valid today.  And I'm not sure how much Pat's taste in vacation spots is like mine.  I like westerns, cowboys and Indians, gunfights, exploration and mountains.  And things are different in summer than in winter.

In 1977, I took a flight from South Bend to Colorado Springs, then took the Greyhound and other bus lines for the rest of my trip, sightseeing during the day, sometimes staying a few days, then taking the bus at night to save on hotel rooms and still getting to a new location every few days.  I had already made my plans, and had a large ring binder for every state and every city that I wanted to visit, complete with the location of the bus station, where the hotels were located, all of the attractions and especially the Gray Line tour offices and brochures.  (I had written to Gray Line tours earlier in the year and had a brochure from every city that I intended to visit.)

The Arizona part of my tour was just after visiting Reno, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas.  I started with Tucson, staying there three days, visiting the Arizona State Museum. Taking Gray Line tours, I visited San Xavier Del Bac Mission, Jerome, Bisbee, Tombstone, the Saguaro National Forest and a few towns whose names I can't remember. 

(Since that time, I have moved up in the world and now take the Amtrak to Flagstaff, then rent a car to drive down to see my friends.  We've visited Old Tucson, Indian gambling casinos, the Arizona State Museum, Fort Lowell, the Pima Air and Space Museum, and Kartchner Caverns State Park.)

I then went to Phoenix, using Gray Line tours to visit Mesa Verde National Park and Oak Creek Canyon.  Finally, I spent three days at the Grand Canyon.  After several days of hikes around the canyon and a mule trip to a spot half way down the canyon trail, I went back to Phoenix to grab a Greyhound bus bound for San Antonio and the Alamo. 

One hundred and forty five years ago this month, Abraham Lincoln was preparing for his first term in office.  Shortly after his inauguration, Virginia and other Southern states declared their independence from the United States and soon a terrible Civil War began.  Lincoln called for troops to put down the rebellion.  Indiana, like all of the Northern states, quickly responded.

This crazy crate is a collection of our materials on Indiana during the Civil War.  Many of the materials are ex-library copies.  Some of them are bound photocopies of rare regimental histories.  They are great for research and reading purposes, but not the kind of books that you would want to put in your library if you are trying to show off your book collection to "real" book collectors. 

I have indicated in my notes whether they are ex-library copies and/or bound photocopies.

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 1:  CIVIL WAR BOOKS.  A PRICED CHECKLIST.  Edited by Tom Broadfoot.  Compiled by Ann Sterling and Marianne Pair, General Books and Regiments  and Stuart Wright, Confederate Imprints.  Wendell, N.C.  1978.  Avera Press.  503 pages.  Hardback.  Although the prices in the book are out of date, this is a good starting place to see what Civil War books were available in 1978 when this book was published.  It covers new and used books.  General books, regimental histories, and Confederate imprints are listed.  Regimental history information includes narratives by soldiers, memorials and funeral sermons for soldiers, annual reunions and veterans' reports.  Confederate imprints are materials printed in the Confederate States during the war.   The editor used 11 major book dealers to compile his list.  Price:  $20

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 4:  INDIANAPOLIS AND THE CIVIL WAR.  By John Hampden Holliday.  Indianapolis:  Society of Indiana Pioneers.  With permission of the Indiana Historical Society. 1972.  74 pages.  Softcover.  The author provides a background of the development of Indianapolis, religion and cultural activities, politics, Indiana's preparations for war before it was declared, musterings and troop reviews, a brief discussion of economic conditions, celebrations of the victories  at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and more.  The three-page index contains nearly 150 entries.  Price:  $5

INDIANA - 5^TH CAVALRY ASSOCIATION.

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 5:  TWENTIETH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE FIFTH INDIANA CAVALRY ASSOCIATION, HELD AT GREENFIELD, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 16 AND 17, 1902.  Noblesville, IN:  Butler Printing Office 1903.  40 pages.  Harcover.  Note:  this is a bound photocopy, not an original edition.  The pages are light but readable. Notation:  "Indiana Collection.  Withdrawn."  Information includes the minutes of the annual session; a listing of those members who contributed toward the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Indianapolis; the listing of comrades who were in the parade in the line of march to the grandstand in front of the monument; letters from comrades; roster of the association, listing of the field and staff; and officers and men of each company.    Information includes the present address of each person.  Price:  $10

INDIANA - 19^TH REGIMENT

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 7:  FROM THE WOODS TO THE CORNFIELD.  STORY OF THE 19^TH IND. AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, MD. SEPT. 17, 1862.  By Micheal Lee Thompson.  Date and place of publication unknown.  14 pages.  Loose pages in a binder.  Note:  I think I picked this up at a conference somewhere.  The pamphlet includes report of Brig. Gen. John Gibbon, a letter from W. R. Moore to his sister, brigade and regimental markers at Antietam, and the men from the 19^th who fell at Antietam.   There are photocopies of seven photographs.  Price:  $3.50 

INDIANA - 42^ND REGIMENT, COMPANY K

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 8:  EXPERIENCE OF A PRIVATE SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR.  By George Morgan Kirkpatrick.  42nd Regiment Infantry.  1973 reprint of original edition.  64 pages.  Softcover.  The Civil War experiences of George M. Kirkpatrick, Private, were recorded by him in notes, letters and miscellany.  In August, 1861, at the age of 15, George Kirkpatrick enlisted, following the previous examples of five of his brothers.  He was in 25 battles, and 100 skirmishes.  He was wounded five times, and one wound was so near the heart as to almost prove fatal.  Price:  $20

INDIANA -  65^TH REGIMENT

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 9:  MEMORANDA, COMPANY F, 65^TH REGIMENT, INDIANA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS. ENLISTED AUGUST, 1862, MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE, AT CAMP LEWIS, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, AUG. 18, 1862.  MUSTERED OUT OF THE UNITED STATES SERVICE AT GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THE 22^ND DAY OF JUNE, A.D. 1865.    Orange City, Kansas:  Orange City Free Press Print, 1888.  Unpaged (29 pages).  Note:  This is a bound photocopy, not an original edition.  The pages are very readable. Notation:  "Indiana Collection.  Withdrawn."  Company E was from Warrick County.  It was organized with 101 officers and men.  Five were killed in battle, 13 died of disease, and seven were discharged on account of disease.  The booklet contains a copy of the muster roll from the 1887 reunion, showing the names of officers and men, the age at enlistment, the current address and places of death.  Some death dates are also given. Deserters are listed, as well as the place of desertion.  Some of the current addresses include Utah, Kansas and Missouri.  Additional information is provided for 45 members at the back of the book.  Price:  $10

INDIANA - 100^TH REGIMENT

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 10:  EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS TO A. B. T. FROM EDWARD P. WILLIAMS, DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1862 - 1864.  New York: for private distribution.  1903.  122 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  This is a bound photocopy, not an original edition.  The pages are very readable. Notation:  "Indiana Collection.  Withdrawn."  The 100th Regiment was organized in Fort Wayne in 1862.  Williams was the first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment.  His first letter is dated August 29, 1862, and his last letter is dated February 5, 1864. His letters are filled with incidents of camp life, weather, every-day incidences, changes in command, etc. He spent most of the war as a commissary officer, and his letters reflect only one or two sentences about battles, dissatisfaction with being in the commissary and thoughts of resigning.  There is no indication as to whom A. B. T. was.  Price:  $30

MIAMI COUNTY

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 12:  CIVIL WAR VETERANS OF MIAMI COUNTY, INDIANA.  Compiled by Ray Bakehorn.  Typed by Deloris Hippesteel.  No place or date of publication.  73 pages.  Note:  these are photocopied pages in a binder.  This photocopied document is an alphabetical listing of the 1,554 people from Miami County who served in the Civil War.  It lists the soldier's home, the date of entry, date of muster and/or discharge and the company designation.  If the soldier died in the war, his date and place of death are listed.    The information was painstakingly compiled from the eight-volume report of W. H. H. Terrel, Adjutant General, Indiana, John H. Stephen's 1896 History of Miami County and the 1877 Brand and Fuller History of Miami County, Indiana.  Price:  $10

WASHINGTON COUNTY

CRAZY CRATE JP 159 BOOK 13:  WASHINGTON COUNTY GIANTS.  By Harvey Morris.  Greenfield, Ind.  William Mitchell Printing Co.  1921.  80 pages.  Softcover.  (Indiana Historical Society Publications Vol. 2 No. 8).  (Pages 367-447).  Note:   Although the book is intact, many of the pages are still uncut.  Several pages have an ragged edge.  The lower outside edges of the first six pages show some brown stains, but the rest of the pages do not have these stains.  According to Dr. B. A. Gould, of the United States Sanitary Commission, a comparison of statistics on Civil War soldiers shows that Indiana provided the tallest men in the army and that Washington County provided the tallest of the Hoosier soldiers. Fascinated by this observation, Harvey Morris studied many of the soldiers from Washington County, providing background information on the county and on the soldiers and their families.  Some of the names mentioned in this article are John Brough; Thomas Denney; James Uppinghouse; James Lee; Aaron Hubbard; John, James, Hugh and William Rodman; Pritchard and Jehosaphat Morris; Marston G. Clark; Thomas Trueblood;  Ira Stout; Isaac, David and John Van Buskirk;  Keter Kopp and David M. Alspaugh.   Price:  $10

Crate 156

John Palmer looks back at his trip last fall to Salt Lake City as he comes up with his latest Crazy Crate, a bonanza for those whose ancestors followed the lure of gold to the West. Check out what John has and give us a call at YOGS. As usual, the first to call gets the book. With the books offered by John, as with the regular YOGS offerings, you pay just $5 for shipping and handling no matter how many items you purchase. You can add our charts, forms and genealogical goodies as well as our books to your order for the one shipping charge.

Hello Everyone, 

I'm hoping that you all had happy holiday.

In early September, I attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Salt Lake City

Since I live in South Bend, Indiana, the easiest way to travel was to take Interstate 80, which is just north of here and goes to Salt Lake City. 

I had taken Interstate 80 eastward a few weeks earlier in August, when I went to New Jersey, so in less than four weeks, I had traveled (twice) Interstate 80 for almost three quarters of its length, from New Jersey's flat ground, then through Pennsylvania's mountains that slowly melted into Ohio's rolling hillsides, through the flatlands and prairies of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. 

It is a great contrast in scenery and history, and part of the interstate crosses or parallels the Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail.  In a sense, progressing from east to west, I was following the great pioneers who had made similar journeys.

I was short on money so I left South Bend on Sunday, September 4, and arrived in Salt Lake City on the night of September 5, covering nearly 1,500 miles in two 12-hour drives with a one-night stop at Kearney, Nebraska.  What took me 24 hours of driving time took our pioneer ancestors four to six months to do in covered wagons. 

Many wagon trains left from Council Bluffs, Iowa (also on Interstate 80).  Many trekkers were families seeking new lives and homes.  Many were seeking gold.  If you are interested in history, I heartily recommend a trip along I-80.  Stop at Council Bluffs to see the Pioneer Museum. 

If you are traveling on the interstate, stop at the Great Platt River Road Archway.  The archway spans all six lanes of I-80 and is three stories tall. Admission will cost $10 (unless you find the $2 discount coupon available in those Nebraska travel guides you can get at the information centers).  At either rate, the price is well worth the experience.

You need to take the Kearny exit (a few miles west of the archway), then follow the signs along the edge of town.  An access road parallels I-80 for several miles, bringing you to the archway.

A sign indicates that this spot on the Platt River (less then two footballs fields from the archway) marks the place where the Mormon Trail separated from the Oregon Trail, with the Mormon Trail continuing on the north side of the river and the Oregon Trail remaining on the south side of the Platt.   A pedestrian bridge spans the Platt.  Take a few moments to walk over to it and stand on it.  Look both ways on the Platt River and the scenery.  Imagine what it must have been like to have lived here as a Native American or a wagon train pioneer. When you are absorbed by the thoughts, you will know why Native Americans fought so hard to keep their land and why pioneers wanted it so badly.

The archway provides an excellent resource for learning about the trails. 

Inside, you are greeted by staff in period clothing and directed to an escalator that takes you up to a second floor, where you begin your tour.  A head set explains all seven sections, or "stories," of the trail.  Everything is bigger than life, everything seems authentic.  Near the beginning of your trip, you find a man pushing his oxen along as they pull the heavy wagon loaded with clothes and supplies.  A woman pushes hard against the back of the wagon, the strain plainly showing in her face.  

There is a four-minute sequence in which the bright, sunny day slowly clouds over and is replaced with a terrific thunderstorm, bright strobe lights representing lightning. Thunder roars, oxen bellow, frightened horses scream.  You feel like you are really on the trail during the storm.

 The story continues through the gold rush and railroad eras, construction, early road building and finally ends with the era of the 1940s and 1950s, with an outdoor theater setting (showing a movie about I-80, with a trailer announcing the new Gene Autry film) and an Art Deco diner.   The food looks real, but I recommend the restaurant down on the first floor.

Historians continually attempt to make history come alive for the present generation.  They certainly did it at the archway.

When you return to the Kearny exit, you can go south for four miles and find Fort Kearny Historic Park.  Spend some time at the Fort -- the first place where weary travelers could find supplies and restock for their westward journey.  Walk the historic grounds and watch the 15-minute video in the visitor's center.  The woman who was in the visitor's center was very informative about the fort's history.  For those of you who like to read, this is the best place that I saw on the entire interstate for reading material.  It had more books and pamphlets on the various trails and the area than I saw at any other information center or museum gift shop. 

There is a rest stop at mile marker 158.  Traveling west, you cannot see the tracks, but if you are eastbound, you can pull in at the rest stop and follow the concrete walkway behind the building where you will find traces of the original wagon ruts on the Oregon Trail.  Even after 150 years, they are faintly visible. 

As you continue west, stop in Cheyenne and visit the Wyoming Historical Society.  A two-hour tour will provide a great sense of Wyoming history.  Stop downtown at the former Union Pacific Railroad Station, now the Cheyenne Depot Museum.  The station has been completely remodeled and offers a history of the Union Pacific Railroad and its contribution to the development of Cheyenne.  Each section provides its own history, with documents or oral histories of those who worked on the railroad or in the station.  For many years, Cheyenne was the repair station for engines and cars.  Much of the former repair yard is gone, replaced with a beautiful stone and marble parkway -- an excellent place to sit down for an afternoon lunch. 

Farther on, you can stop at Laramie, Wyoming, and see wagon ruts which are more visible than those at mile marker 158.  Fort Laramie was also an important stop on the Oregon Trail.

Then visit the last place for restocking your supplies or animals -- Fort Bridger, Wyoming.  A two-hour tour of the grounds gives you a sense of history as the fort changed over time from the 1840s to the 1890s.  A replica of the original Fort Bridger is also here, with its stockade.  Next to the stockade is an old wagon marking the sight of the Oregon Trail.

Up until now, you have been driving through rolling hills, but later you begin to see the Medicine Bow National Forest with its rugged mountains. 

As you reach the outskirts of Salt Lake City, you will see the mountainous area where the Olympic Games were recently held. 

Finally, when you reach Salt Lake City, be sure to visit the museum on Temple Square.  Devoted to the history of the Mormons, it provides an excellent view of their progress from founder Joseph Smith to the present time, their trials as they proceeded westward along the various trails and their attempts to establish a new city.

I did not have ancestors on any of the trails, but many people did.  If you are one of the descendants of the hundreds of thousands of pioneers who made the trek, please take time to visit some of these sites.  Walk on the very ground where your ancestors ate and slept.  One in 17 pioneers who traveled the trail died on it.  At some places, graves were as close as one hundred yards apart.

Inspired by this experience, I have provided a list of our books on the Oregon Trail and the opening of the American West.

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 2:  THE MINING FRONTIER.  CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS FROM THE AMERICAN WEST IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.  Collected and edited by Marvin Lewis.  Norman:  University of Oklahoma Press.  1976.  231 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  Inscription:  "Dad, Christmas Greetings, Wayne."  Another and more subtle dividend than gold came out of the mines of western America during the latter half of the nineteenth century -- a rough, tough, honest, flamboyant, carefree mode of literary expression called mining frontier journalism, best exemplified in the writings of Mark Twain, Bret Harte and their swashbuckling compadres. Flourishing in a fast-moving, ephemeral society, the mining frontier journalist was read and heeded.  He commanded power and prestige considerably in excess of that accorded his more effete eastern brother.  Here are some of the best of the articles and stories in this genre, as originally written for and published in the short-lived but lively news sheets of the boomtowns and mining camps.  Price:  $10

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 3:  THE TREASURE OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS.  By Gary Jennings.  New York:  W. W. Norton, Inc.  1973.  247 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  Inscription:  “To Dad, Happy Birthday!  Sept. 1975. Wayne - Charles.”  Almost everyone has heard or read about the Superstition Mountains of Arizona and the rich Lost Dutchman gold mine which is still believed to hide somewhere in their cliffs.  After studying the history of the mine for 25 years and making several searches himself, the author has written the definitive story of the treasure and the mountains.  Using the gold mine as the central point from which to meander through ages backward and a good many miles roundabout, he describes the geography, geology, flora and fauna, and the eerie ambience of the region.  Here also are the legends of Indian prehistory, the obsessive quests of the Spanish conquistadors, the many discoveries and disappearances of the Lost Dutchman, and glimpses of contemporary prospectors who still seek the elusive treasure.  Complete with photographs and maps, this book is the first to gather between covers everything that is known, believed, surmised and fondly hoped about the Lost Dutchman mine.  Price:  $7.50

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 4:  CRIPPLE CREEK DAYS.  By Mabel Barbee Lee.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday and Co.  1958.  270 pages.  Softcover.  Note:  Inscription:  "Best Wishes for Your Birthday, Wayne."  A nostalgic reminiscence of the last of the great gold rush towns.  The stories in this book are drawn from the memories of the author, vivified now and then by other old-timers who remember the same incidents but who had a different perspective of the events.  "The passing years have shed a glow on some of the episodes while others have been toned down in the softening light of perspective.  The names of Jim and Molly Letts are fictitious, but the people were real, although they did not live next door to us on Golden Avenue."  Scarcely any two old Cripple Creekers saw the Golden Era through identical lenses or in precisely the same detail. The 22 articles include the great fires, the Brown Palace, the race of the iron horses, the Fight of the Century, Windy Joe's Jack Pot, and more.  Price:  $7.50

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 5:  BACK IN CRIPPLE CREEK DAYS.  By Mabel Barbee Lee.  New York:  Doubleday and Company.  1968.  192 pages.  Hardcover.  The author tells of her return after many years to Cripple Creek, and of the work on her first book, Cripple Creek Days.  She recounts her research in old newspaper files and her meetings with many of the old and colorful characters from the mining heydays.  The book is a sequel "partly of my own story but mostly to the remembrances of others who lived in the District long after I had married and gone away.”  It is written through the mellowed perspective of the young girl grown to mature womanhood.    Mrs. Lee tells of her visit with "Two-Bit Lil," the madam who still lived in the District at the time of the book's writing, and describes "the Boilermaker," the hefty woman with "the tongue of a mule-skinner and the heart of an angel" who saved many lives in the influenza epidemic of 1918.  She writes of George Coplen, Tom Sharkey, Jack Dempsey and Eddie Eagan.  She sits in the Pisgah Graveyard and remembers not only those who are buried there, but the great mines -- the Portland, the Vindicator, Ajax, Golden Cycle, and the Strong -- which are no more.  Price:  $7.50

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 6:  THE RAINBOW YEARS.  By Mabel Barbee Lee.  New York, Doubleday and Company.  1966. 175 pages.  Hardcover.  The author knows all about life in mining camps.  She had long ago resolved never to marry anyone remotely connected with a mine.  Then she was determined that she would always live in a comfortable town which lacked any form of hardship.  That was before she met Howard Lee.  His first job after their marriage was to go to Eastern Oregon to manage a small gold mine.  The Rainbow Mine was far from modern -- one home and a few old shacks.  During their first winter there, Mabel was miserable.  But as the time passed, she grew not only to tolerate the Rainbow, she grew to love it and the memorable people who became a part of her life.  This book is the enchanting story of how the Lees started a recreation hall and threw a Fourth of July opening; how they entertained friends with picnics and how they watched the Rainbow grow into a thriving town.  She writes of the smell of mountain sagebrush set on fire by summer lightning, the first meadowlark's song in spring, and the whine of sled runners on the freight wagons.  Price:  $7.50

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 7:  THE WAGONMASTERS.  HIGH PLAINS FREIGHTING FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL TO 1880.  By Henry Pickering Walker.  Norman:  University of Oklahoma Press.  1966.  Second printing1968.  347 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  Inscription:  "To Dad, Christmas Cheer, Wayne."  From 1822, when the first wagons were used in the Santa Fe  trade, until 1880, when the completion of major railroad lines made the wagon train all but obsolete, wagon freighting was essential to the trade, settlement and growth of the American West.  The freighter carried the goods of trade to and from Santa Fe.  For the settlements of the Mountain West, he brought much of the food and drink, most of the clothing and practically all of the manufactured goods.  Under contract to the government, he supplied the army sent to fight Mexicans and Indians. Freighting was also highly important to the economy of the Missouri Valley.  Draft animals had to be provide for the trains and rations for their crews.  Wagons had to be built and merchandise had to be transshipped from river steamer to wagon.  All this meant employment and payrolls in the river towns.  Price:  $15

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 8:  VOLUNTEER FORTY-NINERS.  TENNESSEANS AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH.  By Waler T. Durham.  Nashville and London:  Vanderbilt University Press.  1997.  224 pages.  Hardcover.  Tennessee had long ago become a popular launching point for westward-bound Americans.  The 1849 Gold Rush only heightened the state's importance.  This book is the first comprehensive examination of the role that Tennessee and Tennesseans played in creating a new state and a new society on the West Coast.  Drawing from such archival sources as personal narratives in letters and diaries, public records, and newspaper reports, the author has woven a wealth of information into his recounting of their adventures.  He follows many of the emigrants into the mines and details the activities of others in commerce and government.  In the process, he shows that Tennesseans made an enormous contribution to the beginnings of government in California. Among the many offices they held were governor, assemblyman, sheriff, state senator, secretary of state, state treasurer, controller, U.S. senator, U.S. marshal, U.S. surveyor general and Indian commissioner.  The author's engaging narrative moves between the personal experiences of Tennesseans and the larger national crisis that led to the Compromise of 1850.  The 18-page index covers nearly 2,000 entries, including the names of many Tennesseans.  Price:  $15

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 9:  LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.  WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST, 1849 - 1900.  Edited and with an introduction by Christiane Fischer.  Hamden, CT:  Archon Books (an imprint of the Shoe String Press).  1977.    346 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  ex-library copy.  The men of the late 1800s who wrote abut the West scarcely spoke of women in their accounts.  For over a century, the true faces of pioneer women have been obscured and their collective experience has remained, but for a voice or two, a silent history.  In this book, the author sets the records straight by letting us see what the young West -- particularly the territories that are now California, Nevada and Arizona -- looked like to the perceptive eyes of 25 women. Taken from diaries, letters, reminiscences and journals, the testimonies here give the uncensored reactions of women to life in mining camps and cities, on ranches and farms, and in the army.  The observations of travelers as well as the girlhood memories of women born on the frontier are here, too.  Concerned as they were with the details of home life, they stuffed their written accounts with specifics, preserving many minute items of daily life not generally recorded.  Of all, only those women born in the West savored the adventuresome excitement of frontier life.  Mining camps, army wives, working women, city life, childhood in the West, and life in the West as seen through the eyes of early travelers are all covered in this book.  Price:  $6

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 10:  LEGENDARY WOMEN OF THE WEST.  By Brad Williams.  New York:  David McKay Company, Inc. 1978.  142 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  ex-library copy.  The remarkable lives of nine women who are legendary in the West are included in this absorbing book.  Some, like Baby Doe Tabor, and Aimee Semple McPherson, are well known, but there are other women who are no less flamboyant.  They include Pearl Hart, who escaped from jail in a very novel way; Dona Tula, whose talent was extricating important military secrets from both her Mexican and American clients; Cattle Kate, the rustler who was given "a good Christian burial" after her lynching; and San Francisco's sinister Voodoo Queen, Mammy Pleasant.  Their exploits are as much a part of the folklore of the West as the notorious deeds of their male counterparts.  Price:  $5

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 11:  WOMEN AND MEN ON THE OVERLAND TRAIL.  By John Mack Faragher.  New Haven and London:  Yale University Press.  1979.  281 page.  Softcover.  The 2,000-mile journey on the  Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail and the Oregon-California Trail, depending on what your final destination was) inspired many men and women to record their travels and thoughts.  The information within the diaries can be grouped together roughly into three broad categories -- practical matters, health and safety, and natural beauty.  But the men and women who wrote these diaries treated the subjects differently. Women were concerned with family and relational values -- the happiness and health of their children, family affection, home and hearth, getting along with the traveling group, and friendship, especially with other women.  Men were concerned with violence and aggression -- fights, conflicts, competition and most of all hunting.  Yet they both shared the same orientation to what was important along the trail:  a natural aesthetic, hard work, good health and practical economic considerations.  Men and women shared a basic common outlook that was in part the cultural product of their common identity as partners in marriage. This agreement on essentials was what allowed marriages to endure.  This book is a lively and penetrating analysis of what the overland journey was really like for Midwestern farm families in the mid-1800s.  Through the subtle use of contemporary diaries, memoirs and even folk songs, Faragher dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals in a new and absorbing fashion the dynamics of pioneer family relationships.    There is a 28-page bibliography of selected diaries and letters.  Price:  $10

CRAZY CRATE JP 156 BOOK 12:  THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH AND EARLY LIFE OF REVEREND HENRY T. DAVIS OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.  South Bend:  Michiana History Publications.  2004.  40 pages.  Softcover.  In early 1850, a 17-year-old youth set out from South Bend, Indiana, to join the mad rush to California to make his fame and fortune.  He found neither fame nor fortune in his long journey and returned to South Bend two and a half years later, the exuberance of youth replaced with the determination of a young man.  Through his growing faith, Davis found his life's work as a Methodist minister, and was ordained in 1855.  This biographical information covers his journey across the Plains, Fort Kearney, the Platt River, his arrival in California, long illness, lynchings, vigilante committees, his return home to South Bend by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and several people in South Bend whom he knew.  The final chapter covers his acceptance of a mission to Ohama, Nebraska, in 1858, where he spent the remaining 50 years of his life.  Price:  $6

Crate 153

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 1:  AMERICAN HERITAGE BOOK OF INDIANS.  By the Editors of American Heritage.  1961.  424 pages.  Hardback.  A well-research text accompanied by hundreds of black-and-white as well as color illustrations, photographs, maps, etc., provides an excellent source of information on Native Americans from both the North and South American continents.  It includes information on Maya, Aztec, Sioux, Apache, Cherokee, Native American cultures, Indian wars, and much more.  Price:  $15

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 2:  THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATIVE AMERICA.  By Trudy Griffin-Pierce.  New York:  Viking/Penguin Books USA.  1995.  192 pages.  Note:  Ex-library copy with bar code, labels, possession stamp, etc.  The encyclopedia is divided into seven cultural and geographic areas of the United States, and explores the vast cultural wealth of Native Americans in each area.   Drawing on a rich oral tradition of song, story and legend, Native American scholar Trudy Griffin-Pierce tells history, both ancient and ongoing, sagas of the rise and fall of nations and of remarkable leaders from warrior chiefs to tribal leaders.   Price: $7

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 3:  CONTEST FOR EMPIRE, 1500 - 1775.  PROCEEDINGS OF AN INDIANA AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM.  Edited by John B. Elliott.  Indianapolis:  Indiana Historical Society.  1975.  95 pages.  Softcover.  Note:  there is a crease at the outside top of the back cover.  Three European empires -- Britain, France and Spain -- fought for decades for final control of the area now known as Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan.  During all of these struggles, the Native American nations were caught in constant turmoil, trying to make the best decisions involving their fate.  Among the most serious decisions were whom to support and whom to fight.  Unfortunately, Native Americans were never able to provide a solid wall of support for or against any of the European nations and, in the end, they lost everything.  This book discusses the impact of European presence on Indian culture, Spanish Indian policy and the struggle for empire in the Southeast, 1513-1776; the rise of the French Empire in the Ohio Valley and Old Northwest;   Britain and the Ohio Valley, 1760-1775;  and the advance of the Anglo-American frontier, 1700-1783.  Price:  $5

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 6:  GODS OF WAR, GODS OF PEACE.  HOW THE MEETING OF NATIVE AND COLONIAL RELIGIONS SHAPED EARLY AMERICA.  By Russell Bourne.  New York:  Harcourt, Inc.  2002.  425 pages.  Hardcover.  Through dramatic comparisons of Native American and early colonial politics, history and religion, historian Russell Bourne offers a complete and insightful look at how these two cultures helped to create the pluralistic country in which we live.  Despite living in a war-torn world, both sides made heroic efforts to reach out to each other.  The religious and cultural idea of the Native Americans began to transform the colonists, turning many into pantheists, communal villagers, and woodland warriors.  Similarly, many of the Native Americans became evangelical Christians, farmers, traders and even commanders of large, nationalistic armies.  Benjamin Franklin, marveling at the cooperation and mutual respect of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, suggested that colonial leaders should follow their lead.  Yet, in the end, differences and treacheries drove them apart.  Based on extensive historical research and consultation with numerous Native American and other knowledgeable sources, this book offers a revelatory new understanding of early America, as it broadens the scope of our knowledge and deepens our understanding of the complex process by which we came to be Americans.  Price:  $20

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 7:  INDIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA.  By Paul A.  W.  Wallace.   Second edition.  Revised by William A. Hunter.   Harrisburg:   Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.  1999.    200 pages.  Softcover.  (Anthropological Series, Number 5).  Considered to be one of the best and most popular books on the Indians of Pennsylvania, this publication discusses the Susquehannock, Delaware, Iroquois and Shawnee tribes who inhabited Pennsylvania.  The Delaware receive most of the treatment, with chapters on religion, customs, warfare and villages.  The Iroquois Confederacy is discussed along with the Beaver Wars.  Indian land cessions and Pennsylvania's Indian wars also receive chapters.   Price:  $12

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 11:  THE AMBIGUOUS IROQUOIS  EMPIRE. THE COVENANT CHAIN CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN TRIBES WITH ENGLISH COLONIES FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE LANCASTER TREATY OF 1744.  By Francis Jennings.  New York:  W. W. Norton and Co.  1984.  438 pages.  Softcover.  Francis Jennings was the former director of the Newberry Library Center for the History of the American Indian.  His scholarship has demonstrated that the American frontier was not a clear line between "savagism" and "civilization" but rather a wide zone of intercultural contact, penetration and cooperation.  The book discusses the Iroquois confederacy, trade with Dutch and English colonists, logistics of intersocietal commerce, the Iroquoian "Beaver Wars," New Sweden, wars with the Delaware and Mohawks, the English conquest of New Netherlands, English colonial wars, French fur trade in the western frontier (now Michigan, Indiana, Michigan, etc.), the Iroquois-French war, William Penn's treaty with the Indians, Indian land cessions, and Scotch-Irish and Moravian settlers.   The book ends nearly a decade before the French and Indian War, but it provides excellent background reading for it.  Price:  $12

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 12:  THE MEMOIRE JUSTIFICATIF OF THE CHEVALIER MONTAULT DE MONBERAUT.  INDIAN DIPLOMACY IN BRITISH WEST FLORIDA, 1763 - 1765.    Translation and introduction by Milo B. Howard, Jr. and Robert R. Rea.  University, AL:  University of Alabama Press.  1965.  187 pages.  Hardcover.  When France ceded West Florida to England in the 1763 Peace of Paris, she left the French diplomat, Chevalier Montault de Monberaut, stranded in the New World.  The Chevalier had been so adroit at placating the Indians with gifts and favors that he was promptly engaged to continue his work by George Johnstone, the British Colonial Governor.  Thereafter summarily dismissed on charges that his practices were not only wasteful but also still pro-French, Monberaut submitted to George III and his ministers this indignant memorial of grievances and justification.  Included in his defense was the charge that Johnstone had no real desire for peace because Indian wars were so profitable.  This is the first time that this document has been published.  No other document hold such a wealth of information on Indian affairs in British West Florida or fills so many gaps in the official records, for he chronicles in minute detail the events of his brief tenure as superintendent of Indian affairs.  Price:  $15

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 13:  HURON WENDAT.  THE HERITAGE OF THE CIRCLE.  By George E. Sioui.  Translated from the French by Jane Brierely.  Vancouver, Canada, and East Lansing, MI:  UBC Press and Michigan  State University Press.  1999 (English edition).  258 pages.  Softcover.  Wendat is the traditional name for the Amerindian Nation which Champlain called the Huron.  The book reviews the Wendat's Creation Mythology, and explains their origins, migrations, theology, ethics, philosophy, oral literature and sociology, as well as their role in Amerindian geopolitics.  He then looks at archaeology and its role in combating centuries of negative attitudes toward Amerindians.  He concludes with a detailed description of Wendat society from an Amerindian viewpoint over the span of the last 1,000 years, concentrating on the period between 1615 and 1650 and drawing on traditional ethnographic documentation in the reports on missionaries and early French explorers.  Price:  $12.50

CRAZY CRATE JP 153 BOOK 14:  THE MIAMI INDIANS OF INDIANA. A PERSISTENT PEOPLE, 1654 - 1994.  By Stewart Rafert.  Indiana Historical Society.  1996.  358 pages.  Softcover.  When first contacted by Europeans, the Miami were living near today's Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they fled from Iroquois raids of their homeland south of Lake Michigan.  By 1700 they had moved back to northern Indiana, where they have lived now for three centuries.  The Miami ceded most of their lands in Indiana in a series of treaties before and after the War of 1812.  Euroamerican settlers disrupted their way of life, leading to a time of violence.  Chiefs Richardville and Lafontaine led Miami resistance to removal until 1846.  Miami chiefs negotiated the exemption of half the tribe from the Trail of Death and provided refuge to many more who returned from Kansas.  As a result, the great majority of the Miami people remain in their tribal homeland today.  Legal tragedy struck the Indiana Miami in 1897 when their treaty rights were abruptly terminated.  Their efforts to regain status under federal Indian law have involved them intimately in Twentieth-Century American Indian history. Now scattered in small communities in northern Indiana, the Miami have become more visible as they have sought restoration of treaty rights and have revitalized their culture.   Tribal history has been enriched through pageants, complex family histories and genealogy, and a leadership that has sacrificed personal well-being for the group.  The post-removal history of the Indiana Miami tribe is a rich texture of social, legal and economic history, much enhanced by folklore and a rich series of photographic images.  Price:  $17

Crate 150

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 1:  VOYAGES TO THE WEST.  A PASSAGE IN THE PEOPLING OF AMERICA ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION.   By Bernarda Bailyn.  Vintage Books.  1988.  668 pages.  Softcover.  Discusses the conquest and expansion of the New World, British policy toward immigration, locations of immigrants, the frontier, types of immigrants, and much more.  Price:  $17.50

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 2:  NEW WORLD IMMIGRANTS.  A CONSOLIDATION  OF SHIP PASSENGER LISTS AND ASSOCIATED DATA FROM PERIODICAL LITERATURE.  Edited by Michael Tepper.  Baltimore:  Genealogical Publishing Co.  1979.  Two volumes.  Hardcover.  Note:  bookplate of Kim S. Harrison.  Contains 97 passenger lists from a variety of sources.  Among the listings are the Muster of the Inhabitants at  Wariscoyack and Basses Choyse, Virginia, Taken in 1625;  the Mayflower Passengers; Jews in the American Plantations Between 1600 - 1700; Adams Emigration Lists, 1573 - 1640;  Scotch Prisoners Deported to New England by Cromwell, 1651 - 52;  various lists on the ship "Welcome"; Naturalizations, Germantown, PA 3/7/1691/92; various lists of Palatine immigrants; Ship Lists of Passengers Leaving France for Louisiana, 1718 - 1724;  Early Highland Immigration to New York;  Augusta County Early Settlers, Importations, 1739 - 1740;  A List of Convicts Transported to Maryland; various lists of Scottish immigrants;  various lists of Irish immigrants; various lists of German immigrants and many more.  Price:  $50 for the set.

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 5:  A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND.  SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692, ON THE BASIS OF FARMERS REGISTER.  By James Savage.  With Added GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ERRATA, by Mrs. Caroline H. Dall, and a genealogical cross index of the four volumes, by  O. P. Taylor.  Baltimore:  Genealogical Publishing Company.  1965 reprint of edition originally published in 1860 - 1862.  Four volumes (2,560 pages).  Hardcover.  Note:  ex-library copy.  This basic work on our New England forefathers includes the records, alphabetically arranged under each surname, of every settler who arrived in New England before 1692 without regard to his rank or fortune.  It further traces his descendants, giving dates of his marriage and death, of the birth, marriages and death of his children, and the birth of his grandchildren, thus recording the commencement of the third generation.  Price:  $100

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 6:  LOWELL, AS IT WAS, AND AS IT IS.  By Henry Adolphus Miles.   Arno Press. 1972 reprint of original edition printed by Nathaniel L. Dayton in 1846.  234 pages.  Hardcover.  Begins by describing the area as it was in the late 1600s down to the early 1840s.  Provides a fascinating glimpse of the early days of Lowell, the first factory city in the nation.   Points out how mill authorities monitored the behavior of their workers, most of them young women, and tells of the stringent regulations that governed life in the boardinghouses of the town.  Price:  $30

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 7:  NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES AND MEETINGHOUSES, 1680 - 1830. By Peter T. Mallary.  Secaucus, New Jersey:  Chartwell Books, Inc.  1985.  Hardcover.  Note:  There is a red dot on the top of the pages, but it does not bleed into the pages.  The meeting houses on this northern frontier formed the religious and secular centers of early communities.  Peter Mallary examines more than 30 buildings, ranging from the early and simple Old Ship at Hingham (1681) to the massive Greek Revival meetinghouse at Quncy.  He traces the origins of each building, its construction, and the restorations, and he unravels the complicated roles of architects and builders.  Price:  $25

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 8:  COUNTRY ROADS OF MASSACHUSETTS.  By Michael Tougias. Castine, ME:  Country Roads Press.  1992.  128 pages.  Softcover.  From the western hill towns of the Berkshires to the dunes and beaches of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is a marvel of history, natural wonders and surprising back-road discoveries.  If you have ancestors who lived in Massachusetts, this book is the perfect guide to helping you explore those areas where your ancestors may have lived.  You will find out what those towns look like today, with antique stores, farms and hiking trails.  Ten tours provide the reader with a choice for linking up with his or her ancestors.  Price:  $6

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 10:  ENTERTAINING SATAN.  WITCHCRAFT AND THE CULTURE OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND.  By John Putnam Demos.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.  1982.  543 pages.  Softcover.  In 1650, the town of Easthampton voted to bring charges against one Elizabeth Garlic, who they said had "done works above the course of nature to the loss of lives of several persons . . . and in particular the wife of Arthur Howell.”   The author delves into the background of this charge, the various characters involved and over 100 other similar cases.  Although the most well-known such proceedings were the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and 1693, our ancestors felt the ever-present danger of witchcraft as early as the 1650s.  Nearly 350 names are listed in the index.  Price:  $8

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 12:  GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF PLYMOUTH FAMILIES.  By William T. Davis.  Baltimore:  Genealogical Publishing Company.  1977 reprint of a book originally published in 1899 as Part II of ANCIENT LANDMARKS OF PLYMOUTH.  363 pages.  Hardcover.  Davis's book has established itself as one of a handful of standard genealogical dictionaries of New England and is quite possibly the most comprehensive register of Plymouth families ever assembled.  Because it contains the names of thousand of individuals with Mayflower and sister-ship antecedents, there is little wonder why this work should claim the attention of persons of suspected Pilgrim descent.  The method of arrangement consists of listing together everyone of the same surname and grouping them thereunder in alphabetical order, with their marriages, children, and children's children following.  This data is based largely on the records of the town of Plymouth and draws on all marriage and birth records through the last quarter of the nineteenth century.  Price:  $30

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 14:  GENEALOGIST'S HANDBOOK OF NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH. Edited by Marcia D. Melnyk.  Boston:  New England Historical Genealogical Society.  Fourth edition.  1999.  2,122 pages.  Softcover.  This is an invaluable resource for persons tracing their ancestors in New England.  It is not a "how-to" book, but rather a location guide to public records, repositories, libraries and genealogical societies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.  The book begins with a brief overview of New England resources, then provides individual chapters for each of the states within the region.  Each chapter contains an alphabetical listing of counties and their creation;  an alphabetical listing of towns and their date of incorporation;  vital records, federal and state censuses;  probate records, cemetery, church, military and immigration records;  newspapers;  civil and criminal court records;  libraries;  LDS family history centers;  genealogical societies;  major genealogical periodicals and books and articles.  Price:  $20

CRAZY CRATE JP 150 BOOK 15:  ARCHAEOLOGY OF DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY.  BETWEEN HANCOCK AND DINGMAN'S FERRY IN WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES.  By Max Schrabisch.  Volume 1.  Harrisburg:  Pennsylvania Historical Commission.  1930.  181 pages.  Hardcover.  Note:  bookplate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.  Title page also has a possession stamp of the academy stamped on it.  This historically accurate book contains 10 chapters on the materials found during an archaeological investigation of this area.  A large number of camp sites and artifacts were discovered during the excavations.  Five photographs of rock shelters, one photograph of arrowheads and similar items found at shelter, and a large number of line drawings accompany the book.  This was the first in a projected series of books.  Price: $20

 

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