British Roots of Maryland Families New Genealogy book

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British Roots of  Maryland Families
Robert Barnes
Volume  totaling
646
pages. Book  is in excellent condition. Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
In this new and comprehensive      collection of genealogies, noted Maryland genealogist Robert Barnes has put      together the most authoritative account of the British origins of Maryland      families ever published. Families included in this groundbreaking work were      chosen by Mr. Barnes based on the following criteria: (a) there was some      reason to believe that the families' home parish in Britain had been      identified; (b) the families had taken root and left descendants in the New      World; and (c) most had arrived before the year 1800. Source materials on      which these genealogies are based derive from a combination of Mr. Barnes's      own extensive research over the past thirty years and the pioneering work on      the origins of Maryland families made by earlier researchers such as Henry      F. Waters, Lothrop Withington, Harry Wright Newman, Jack and Marion Kaminkow,      and, more recently, Peter Wilson Coldham.
Some British sources used by Mr. Barnes include printed      and manuscript genealogies, county histories and heraldic visitations, works      on the peerage and landed gentry, and distinguished periodicals such as The      Genealogist, Harleian Society Parish Register Series, and Collectanea      Topographica et Genealogica. Clues in Maryland source records were      discovered in land records, county and provincial court records, parish      registers, probate records, printed and manuscript family histories, and in      dozens of well-known periodicals specializing in genealogy and family      history. The result is a world-class combination of genealogical source      materials that extends the reach of Maryland genealogy well beyond what has      been known up until this point.
Altogether this work contains information on nearly      500 individuals and families whose descendants came to Maryland. Many of the      families, such as the Frowicks, Lewkenors, and Wroths, did not come to      Maryland themselves but were ancestors through the marriage of daughters of      those who did. Some families, such as the Blakistons, Towneleys, and Keenes,      sent more than one individual to Maryland. One hundred and nineteen of the      arrivals (24.1%) had a right to bear a coat of arms; 58 families (11.7%) had      a well-proven royal descent, while another 73 (14.6%) had a professional,      clerical, or mercantile background. The remaining families comprised      indentured servants, convicts (only 6), and a number of individuals of      undetermined status. More than half of all settlers came from London and the      Home Counties and the northern counties of England.
In general, families are traced back two or more      generations in England and brought forward two or more generations in      Maryland. A clear, well-formatted text of more than 500 pages is followed by      a 140-page index containing the names of 20,000 individuals--remarkable in      themselves in that they can be said to have seeded the population of early      Maryland.
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