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THE
MILESIAN GENEALOGIES: Extracts
from O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees" *
Trace the Traynors and other surnames, back through history.
(From Milesius of Gaul, up to 1897).
GENFORUM-TRAYNOR:
Messages
from other Traynors, Treanors, Trainors.
ANNALS
of THE FOUR MASTERS: (The
Annals of The Kingdom of Ireland),
Completed in 1636 at the Convent of Donegal, by the chief author,
Michael O'Clery.
You can read or download these vols. at the Cork College's electronic books
section;
ANNALS
of ULSTER: Also
at the Cork College site. 431 A.D. to 1588 A.D.
ANCIENT
Irish names and modern translations:
HUGUENOT
names in Ireland and Great Britain:
Surnames of exiled French Huguenots. (circa 1712)
ADVENTURERS
for land in Ireland (updated).
Surnames
of those who helped finance Cromwell's army, in exchange for
confiscated Irish land. (circa 1653)
BING.COM
-- Shows many small townlands in Ireland:
TRAYNOR,
TREANOR,
TRAINOR,
TRENOR, etc.
Genealogy information on our surnames,
which had their origin in county Meath, Ireland.
The ancient Irish name of MacThreinfir (or various other spellings) =
"son of Treanfear". It is an Ulster name, and it branches off the
Madden pedigree, in the Milesian line of Heremon, one of the sons of
Milesius of Gaul.
See the Madden pedigree at the Milesian Genealogies link above.
Variations of the name; M'Crenir, M'Kreaner, MacCreanor, MacCranor,
MacCrainor, Treanor, Trenor, Trayner, Trainor, Traynor, Tranor ---
"An Irish personal name, meaning 'champion', literally, 'strong-man'.
A well-known Ulster surname." From a book of Irish surnames; by Woulfe.
O'Kane says some
Trainors were Scottish and some English. I don't know
that I believe the
English or Scottish origins. The Irish went to England
and Scotland way
back in time, probably long efore the Romans were there.
Even England's Royal
family has some Irish roots.
In a book "Irish Genealogy: A Record Finder" edited by Donel F Begly
(He used to work
at the GenealogyDept in Dublin), it says in 1890 there were
only 77 "Traynors"
in Ireland. 35 spelled Traynor, 28 Treanor, 12 Trainor.
The spelling was
mainly Traynor in Dublin, Treanor and Trainor in Antrim,
Armagh, Monaghan
and Tyrone.
In the
2001 phonebook of Dublin county alone, there were 140 Traynors,
4 Trainers, 9 Trainors,
and 42 Treanors. No Trenors.
ARMSTRONG CONNECTION:
A good
number of Irish Armstrongs are of Gaelic Irish extraction. Some
of the Irish McCLAVEs,
LAVERTYs, LAVERYs of Co Antrim and TRAYNORs,
TRAINORS of Tyrone
and Monaghan, had their names anglicised or mis-
translated by the
English to Armstrong due to the Irish "trean" for strong
in the Irish name,
and some of them went by that name when moving into the
English "Pale" as
it was at one time a crime to use an Irish name in the
Pale.
(See "The English Pale" below)
Ancestors of
the Armstrongs were mainly settlers from Scotland. Mostly
they settled in county
Fermanagh during the "Plantation" period of the
1600s. Most of them
in the adjoining county of Monaghan settled in the
north and central
part of that county.
THE ENGLISH PALE
Some of the English
were becoming too "Irish". 200 years after the
English invasion
many of them could no longer read English, so......
A statute of 1366
in Ireland provided that;
"Every Englishman
do use the English language, and be named by
an English
name, leaving off entirely the manner of
naming
used by the Irish".................................
and in 1465 a
law was passed enacting
"that every Irishman that dwells betwixt
or amongst Englishmen
in the county of Dublin, Myeth (Meath),
Vriell (Oriel,Louth)
and Kildare . . . shall take to him an
English Surname of
one town as Sutton, Chester, Trym, Skryne, Corke,
Kinsale; or colour,
as white, blacke, browne; or arte or science,
as smith or carpenter;
or office, as cooke, butler . . ."
The area mentioned,
was known as the "Pale". Pale = fence.
It was first named
about the beginning of the 14th cent.
Whence came the expression;
"Beyond the Pale".
It meant
outside the protection of the English areas. If you ventured
out from there you
might be set upon by those "savage" Irishmen.
English authority
could not be enforced where there were no troops.
If you wish to share
information, ask questions, or just read the messages of others regarding
TRAYNORs, TRAINORs,
TREANORs, etc., just
click here and enter the word SUBSCRIBE in the e-mail. No subject,
no signature.
MAILIST for the TRAYNOR, etc. SURNAMES:
MAILISTS
for other surnames: Search
here for other surname mailists.
Why
do we see various spellings of Irish names?
In the first place, there was often
more than one spelling of the names in the Irish language. Then the Irish
names were translated to English, phonetically, or by meaning, or by using
an English name that was similar. Then there were variations in the translated
spellings.
If you are confused because there are
two or three variations of your name, then look at these variations of
the Irish name of O'h-Uallachain; uallach, ("proud, haughty, merry,
supple, vain"), uallchan, ("a coxcomb, a fop").
MacUallachain, MacCuolahan,
O'Holohan, Colaghan, Coolacan,
Collaghan, Halahan, Halegan,
Halligan, Holahan, Holhane, Holhgane,
Holighan, Holland, Holligan,
Hoolaghan, Hoolaghane, Hoolahan,
Houlaghan, Houlaghane,
Houlahan, Howlegan, Howlan, Hulegan,
Huolaghane, Olehan, Oulahan,
Oullaghan, Oullahan, Woolahan, and
Merrie, Merry, FitzMerry,
Mac-Merry, Nolan (of Mayo), Noland (in
England), Proud, Proude,
Soople, Suple, Supple, Vain, Vane,
Whelton, and Wilton.
Here's just one example;
A small World!
I met one Traynor living only a mile from me here, in northern California,
whose ancestors lived but 6 miles from mine in Ireland. He told me his
family's surname used to be TREINER, but was changed to TRAYNOR because;
"It was always being
misspelled
that way over here." (In the United States).
(Ed; This is the
only item I have found that mentions a chief of the Threinfir tribe)
The McKenna connection
John O'Donovan's Letters
for the Ordinance Survey - May 31st 1835 (copies from The Royal Irish Academy,
March 1998)
Dear
Sir, I have spent all this day travelling through the Parish of Errigal-Treugh
and conversing with the McKennas. If there was a McKenna now, he could
call a numerous band of his name to the field. They are amazingly numerous.
I went yesterday to see the old Church of Errigal. It is full of the head
stones of McKennas, all which except the very modern ones exhibit the arms
of the family, exactly corresponding with those on an old head stone in
the church yard of Maghera namely, a deer with branching horns; a man on
horseback with three or four dogs, in full chase. Tradition says that McKenna
lived originally in Meath but that he and a party of his people followed
(chased) a deer from some part of Meath until they killed it in the Townland
of Liskenna in the Barony of Treugh which derives its name from that circumstance.
After killing the deer he remained for some time with a chief of the name
(they think) of Trener who lived near the old Church of Errigal and during
his visit with this ancient Chief of Treugh he fell in love with his daughter
and married her, and hearing that another branch of his family had seized
32 upon the Government of his territory in Meath, he never returned home,
but lived with his father-in-law during the remainder of his days. This
was in the eighth century. In course of time his posterity became so numerous
in Treugh (as indeed they do wherever they send forth a swarm) that they
eclipsed the clan of the ancient chief, and set up a chief of their own
name, and to commemorate the manner of their first coming in the country,
they adopted the armorial bearings which appear upon all their old tombs.
The following are the oldest inscriptions
at Errigal-Treugh:-
"Pr. Tullius Kena
jacet in hoc tumulo,
qui obijt 3 Decembris Anno 1698."
"Hic quoque tumulatae sunt reliquiae
Revd. Tullii McKenna
nuper pastoris de Errigal
qui obiit 27 mo die Octobris 1764 aetatis
56."
"Pater Patricius Trener
me fecit sibe et suis,
qui obiit 1 Novembris 1711."
"Hic Jacet Johannes Tréner
Vicarious de Iregal
qui obiit tertio die Novembris Anno
1714."
Next to the Treners and McKennas,
the
most numerous families interred in the old Church of Errigal are:- 1. Conolly.
2. McKaghey,
among whom the Christian name Ardel
(Ardghal) appears. 3. Conlan, with a curious coat of arm. 4. Slevin 5.
McCambel (Mac Cathmhaoil).
6. McElmeel Mac Geiolla Mhaoll) in
crowds. 7. Mac Avicar (Aviker). 8 .Mac Geough.
I send you the Name Books
of Errigal Trough, with the names decided. Your obedient humble servant,
John O' Donovan.*
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End --------------------------------------
* Ed.: I believe this
is the John O'Donovan, Dublin lawyer, who translated the "Annals of The
Four Masters" around 1848.
The "Annals" can be viewed
at, or downloaded from, the Cork College web site;
ANNALS
of THE FOUR MASTERS
Truagh (Trough, Treugh)
is the northern-most barony of county Monaghan, and it touches the borders
of the counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Armagh.
Ed: Hard to believe that
someone would chase a deer for 50 miles! Maybe he just heard there were
pretty women in Monaghan?
THE
PENAL LAWS
THE
POPERY CODE
After the defeat of the Catholic King, James the II, by William
of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne in 169O, the Irish Parliament,
which was entirely Protestant, enacted laws to make sure that the
Catholic majority would never again endanger the Prostestant
Ascendancy. These anti-Catholic laws were designed "to prevent the
further growth of Popery."
These laws did not come from Parliament at Westminster, but from
the Irish House of Commons, who were afraid Westminster would dilute
them, as they were contrary to the terms of surrender granted to the followers
of King James II.
Those articles promised Catholics could exercise their own
religion. The Penal Laws were to destroy the last remnants of the
Catholic landed gentry.
This is an abstract from the Bill of 1704:
"Wheras it is notoriously known that the late rebellions
in this kingdom have been contrived, promoted and carried on by Popish
archbishops, bishops, Jesuits and other ecclesiastical persons of
the Romish clergy, and forasmuch as the peace and publick safety
of the kingdom is in danger, by the great
number of the said archbishops which,
not only endeavor to withdraw His Majesty's subjects from their obedience,
but do daily stir up and move sedition and rebellion...
No
Catholic may sit in the Irish Parliament.
No
Catholic may be a solicitor, game-keeper or constable.
No
Catholic may possess a horse of greater value than L.5.
Any
Protestant offering that sum can take possession of the hunter or carriage
horse of a Roman Catholic neighbour.
No
Catholic may attend a university, keep a school, or send his children to
be educated abroad.
L.10
reward is offered for the discovery of a Roman Catholic schoolmaster.
No
Catholic may buy land or receive it as a gift from a Protestant.
No
Catholic may bequeath his estate as a whole, but must divide
it among all his sons, unless one of those sons become Protestant, where
he will inherit the whole estate.
No
Catholic may be the guardian of a child. The orphan children of Catholics
must be brought up as Protestants."
"Saint Patrick's Day we'll no more keep,
his colours can't be seen,
for there's a bloody law agin',
the wearin' o' the green."
THE
IRISH
HOUSE OF COMMONS; In 1797
THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE
(Parliaments,
Octennial)
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The
following were the Three Hundred Members of Parliament, who, in
1797,
represented Ireland in the Irish House of Commons, for a County,
or
City, or Manor, or Town,* or Borough, or University:
Speaker: The Right Hon. John Foster
Agnew, Edw. Jones Chetwood, Jonathan
Alcock, Henry Chinnery, Broderick
Alexander, Henry Clements, Visct.
Annesley, Hon. Richard Coddington, Nicholas
Archdall, Mervyn Cole, Lord Visct.
------- Richard Conolly, Rt. Hon. Thos.
Bagwell, John Cooke, Edward
Ball, John Cooper, Joshua Edwd.
Barrington, Jonah Coote, Eyre
Barton, Thomas ------- Chas. Henry
Beresford, Rt. Hon. J. Cope, Henry
------- John Claud Copinger, Maurice
------- Marcus Cornwall, Robert
Blake, Joseph Henry Corry, Edward
Blakeney, Theophilus ------- Rt. Hon. Isaac
------- William Cotter, Sir Jas. Laur.
Blackwood, James Step. ------- Rogerson
Blackwood, Sir John Cradock, Francis
Blaguiere, James Creighton, Lord Visct.
---- Rt. Hon. Sir J., K.B. ------- Hon. Abraham
Bligh, Thomas Crofton, Sir Edwd.
Bond, Sir James Cromie, Sir Michael
Boyle, Lord Viscount Crosbie, John Gustavas
Brooke, Hen. Vaugh ------- Wm. Arthur
Browne, Arthur Cuffe, Rt. Hon. James
------- Right Hon. Denis Curran, John Philpot
------- William Dalrymple, William
Brownlow, William Daly, Denis Bowes
Bunbury, George ------- Peter
Burdett, George Day, Robert
Burgh, Thomas Dawson, Arthur
Burton, Hon. Fr. Nat. Desvoeux, Sir Chas.
------- William Dickson, Thomas
Butler, Humphry Doyle, John
Butler, Hon. James Duigenan, Patrick
------- Sir Richard Dunbar, George
Bury, Charles William Dunn, John
Bushe, Chas. Kendal Duquery, Henry
Carew, Robt. Shapland Egan, John
Cairncross, Hugh Elliot, William
Carroll, Ephraim Eustace, Charles
Castlereagh, Visct. Falkiner, Fred. John
Cavendish, Hon. George Fetherstone, Sir Thos.
------- Sir Henry Finlay, John
------- Hon. Richard
Chatterton, James
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Fitzgerald, Lord Chas. Keatinge, Maur. Bag. St. Leger
------- Lord Edwd. Keller, William
------- Lord Henry Kerr, David
------- Edward King, Rt. Hon. Henry
------- Maurice ------- Robert
Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. J. Kingsborougb, Lord Visct.
Fletcher, William Knox, Hon. George
Flood, Sir Frederick ------- Hon. Thomas
------- Warden Langrishe, Sir Hercules
Fortescue, Hon. W. C. Latouche, David
Forward, Rt. Hon. Wm. ------- John
Foster, Rt. Hon. John; ------- Peter
The Speaker ------- Robert
------- Hon. Thos. Henry ------- Rt. Hon. David
Fox, Luke Lecky, William
Freke, Sir John Leigh, Francis
French, Arthur ------- Robert
Gahan, Daniel Leighton, Sir Thomas
Godfrey, Sir Wm. Leslie, Chas. Powel
Gorges, Hamilton Lloyd, John
Grace, Richard Loftus, Visct.
Grattan, Rt. Hon. Hen. ------- William
Graydon, Robert Longfield, John
Hamilton, Alex. ------- Captain John
Hamilton, Hon. Arthur Cole ------- Mountifort
------- SackviUe Lowther, Gorges
--- Sir John Stewart, Bart. Macartney, Sir John
Handcock, William Macnamara, Francis
Hardinge, Richd. Magenis, Richard
Hardy, Francis ------- Rich. the elder
Hare, William Mason, Rt. Hon. John Monck
Harrison, Jones Massey, Eyre
Hatton, George ------- Hon. John
Herbert, Rich. Townsend Mathew, Hon. Fras.
Hill, Sir George Fitz. May, Sir James
Hoare, Bartholomew McClintock, John
------- Edward McDonnell, Charles
------- Sir Joseph Maxwell, Lord Visct.
Hobart Rt. Hon. Lord ------- John
Hobson, John Meeke, William
Holmes, Peter Metge, John
Howard, Hon. Hugh Milton, Visct.
------- Hugh Monck, Chas. Stanley
Hume, William ------- W. D. S.
Hutchinson, Hon.Francis-Hely Montgomery, Alex.
------- Hon. John Hely ------- John
Irvine, William ------- William
Jephson, Rich. Mount. Moore, John
Jocelyn, Lord Visct. ------- Hon. John
------- Hon. George ------- Stephen
Johnson, Robert ------- Hon. William
Jones, Rt. Hon. Theo. Morres, Abraham
Kavanagh, Bryan ------- Rt. Hon. Lodge
Keane, Jonn Musgrave,* Sir Rich.
Kearney, James
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Nesbitt, Thomas Sneyd, Nathaniel
Nevill, Richard Stanley, Edmond
Newcomen, Sir W. G. Staples, John
Newenham, Sir Edw. Stewart, Henry
O'Brien, Sir Edward ------- James
Ogle, Rt. Hon. George ------- John
------- William Meade ------- Sir Annesley
O'Hara, Charles St. George, Sir Rich.
Ormsby, Arthur Stradford, Hon. Ben. O'Neale
------- Chas. Mont ------- Hon. John
Osborne, Charles Taylor, John
------- Sir Thomas ------- Hon. Robert
Packenham, Hon. Thos. Tenison, Thomas
Parnell, Rt.Hon.Sir John Tighe, Edward
Parsons, Sir Laurence ------- William
Pelham, R. H. Tho. Toler, John
Pennefather, Richard Tottenham, Charles
Pepper, Thomas ------- N. Loftus
Pomeroy, Hon. Henry ------- Ponsonby
Ponsonby, Cham. Brab. Townsend, John
------- George Tench, William Power Keatinge
------- George, jun. Trench, Richard
------- John Brab. Tydd, Sir John
------- Rt.Hon.Wm.Brab. Tyrone, Earl of
------- William Uniacke, James
Preston, John ------- Robert
------- Joseph Vandeleur, Jno. Ormsby
Prendergast, Thomas ------- Jn. Ormsby
Price, Cromwell ------- Thos. Packenham
Reilly, John Vereker, Charles
Richardson, Willm. Verner, James
Roche, Sir Boyle Vesey, Hon. John
Rochfort, Hon. Robt. Waller, John
------- John Staunton Warburton, John
Ross, Rt. Hon. Robt. Ward, Hon. Robert
Rowley, Clotworthy Welch, Patrick
------- Hon.Clot.Taylor Wemys, James
------- William Wesley, Hon. Arthur
Ruxton, Wm. Park Westby, Nicholas
Sandford, George Wilson, Ezek. Davis
------- Hen. Moore Wolfe, Rt. Hon. Arthur
Sankey, William ------- John
Saunderson, Francis ------- John (2)
Savage, Francis Wood, Henry
Sherlock, William Woodward, B. Blake
Skeffington, H. W. J. Wynne, Owen
------- Hon. Chich. ------ Robert
------- Hon. Henry
Smith, W.
Smyth, J. Prendergast
-----Rt.Hon.Skeffington
------- William
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* Town: The name of the Borough, City, Manor, Town, or University,
which, each of the Irish Members of Parliament represented in the
Irish House of Commons, may he seen in "The Irish Court Registry,"
for 1797.
** Musgrave; Author of "Musgrave's History of Irish Rebellions".
THE
ANCIENT IRISH
CHIEFS
AND CLANS
From "Irish Pedigrees", by John O'Hart *
An
Irish Chief of 1798
Image
courtesy of Haley & Steele, Boston
Although some names and places are spelled differently in parts
of this text, I took special care that they are as in the book.
Any errors will probably be those of the book's author, the
printer, or someone else. Although my scanner makes many
errors, my proof-reading is flawluss! 8 -)
Enjoy....
Pat Traynor
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MAP
OF IRELAND - North of Dublin - (Large file, long download)
MAP
OF IRELAND - South of Dublin
I.--
MUNSTER:
The
Chief Irish Families of Munster:
II.--
TERRITORIES OF THE ANCIENT IRISH FAMILIES:
1.
In Thomond, or the counties of Limerick and Clare:
2.
In Desmond, or Cork and Kerry:
3.
In Ormond and Desies, or Tipperary and Waterford:
III.--
THE PRINCIPAL FAMILIES OF ULSTER:
1.
In Oriel, or the county Louth:
2.
In Monaghan:
3.
In Armagh:
4.
In Fermanagh;
5.
In Ulidia, or Down and Part of Antrim:
6.
In Dalriada (in Ireland), or Part of Antrim and Derry:
7.
In Tirowen, or Tyrone:
8.
In Tirconnell, or Donegal:
9.
In Brefney, or Cavan and Leitrim:
IV.--
ANCIENT MEATH
1.
In the County Meath:
2.
In Westmesth:
3.
In Annaly, or Longford:
4.
In Dublin, Kildare, and King's Counties;
V.--
LEINSTER
1.
In Hy-Kinsellagh and Cualan, or the counties of Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow,
and
Part of Dublin:
1a.
Notice of Hy-Kinselagh
2.
In Ossory, Offaley, and Leix; or, Kilkenny, King's County and
Queen's County:
VI.--
CONNAUGHT
1.
In the counties of Mayo and Sligo:
2.
In Roscommon and GaIway:
3.
In Leitrim (See under "Brefney".)
The
NEW SETTLERS and MODERN NOBILITY
Nobility: Baron, Earl, Lord, Marquis, Viscount.
(After the English invasion - 12th century)
AREAS
and TERRITORIES:
Annaly
= Longford.
Brefney
= Cavan and Leitrim.
Bregia
= The great plain of Meath. Most of Meath and Dublin.
Dalriada
= Parts of Antrim and Derry.
Desies
= Waterford.
Desmond
= Cork and Kerry.
Hy-C(K)inselagh
and Cualan = Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow, and part of Dublin.
Orgiall
= Tyrone, Derry, and Armagh.
Oriel
= Louth. Was once a part of the Kingdom of Orgiall.
Ormond
= Tipperary.
Ossory
= Most of Kilkenny, small parts of Queen's and south Tipperary.
Teffia
= A division of ancient Meath. Westmeath, parts of Longford and King's
County.
Thomond
= Limerick and Clare.
Tirconnell
= Donegal.
Tirowen
= Tyrone.
Ulidia
= Down and large part of Antrim. Also called Dalaradia. The rest of Antrim
was called Dalriada.
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN LIMERICK AND CLARE
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF LIMERICK AND CLARE
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN CORK AND KERRY
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF CORK AND KERRY
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN TIPPERARY AND WATERFORD
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF TIPPERARY AND WATERFOBD
THE
ANGLO-NORMAN FAMILIES AND MODERN NOBILITY IN LOUTH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN MONAGHAN
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN ARMAGH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN ARMAGH
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN FERMANAGH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN FERMANAGH
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN DOWN AND ANTRIM
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN DOWN AND ANTRIM
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN DALRIADA
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN TIR-OWEN
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN TIRCONNELL
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF TIRCONNELL
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF BREFNEY
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN MEATH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN MEATH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN WESTMEATH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF LONGFORD
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN DUBLIN AND KILDARE
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF DUBLIN AND KILDARE
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN HY-KINSELAGH
THE
MODERN NOBILITY OF HY-KINSELAGH
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN OSSORY, OFFALEY, AND LEIX
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN OSSORY, OFFALEY, AND LEIX
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN MAYO AND SLIGO
MODERN
NOBILITY IN MAYO AND SLIGO
THE
NEW SETTLERS IN GALWAY
THE
MODERN NOBILITY IN GALWAY AND ROSCOMMON
*
"Irish Pedigrees", by John O'Hart, two vols., Fifth edition, published
in 1892 in Dublin,
re-printed
by the Genealogical Publishing Co. in Baltimore in 1976. Library of Congress,
United
States; CS483.05 1976 929'1'09415 76-12097.
A
CDROM disk of these two vols. can be obtained from;
www.ajmorris.com/roots
. This book is also available at google books, Vol 1 and Volume 2
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