Written by a professional genealogist, the book is an extensive tool for researchers, genealogy or history, of burial places focusing on England and Wales with a wider study of burial locations. Explanations about the differences between a burial ground, cemetery, graveyard & churchyard. How to find burial records hardcopy & online. Tons of information. Even how to clean a gravestone and when not to.
Category: History
Non-fiction books specifically history. Most will focus on United States history.
Feeding Washington’s Army by Ricardo A. Herrera
A persuasive history detailing how the Continental Army was fed at Valley Forge in the deadly winter of 1778. Packed with names, places, and details.
A tour de force! Herrera states “this book contends that the Continental Army at Valley Forge was a field army engaged in active operations.”
History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of West Virginia by Wills De Hass
“How did earlier WV pioneers survive the frequent and brutal raids on their homesteads at a time when that wilderness frontier served as the western border of the United States?” Chap.III, “Manners and Customs” alone is worth the cost of this book. Full of names & dates.