Titles Added to Local History/Genealogy Collection at Chatham Community Library

The Local History/Genealogy collection at the Chatham Community Library is a great resource for Chatham County history and genealogy researchers. Most of these titles can be used in the library only. Thanks to Dana Haven, Reference & Instruction Librarian at CCL, for providing updates to the list of titles added to this important collection.

Sept 2020 – Apr 2021

• The families of Moore County, NC : 1790-1850 census and 1777-1823 tax records. Compiled by Morgan Jackson, 2020. LHG 975.601 JAC • National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists : Projects and Markers State Regents 1964-2017 National Presidents from NC Brief Chapter Histories. Compiled by Sarah Hepler Martin, 1984. LHG 346.73 MAR • The Wallaces of Moore County, NC. Compiled by Morgan Jackson, 2020. LHG 929.2 JAC

January – August 2020 • Borderers : Becoming Americans on the Southern Frontier, Carla Rabinowitz (2018) • Genealogy for Dummies, Matthew Helm (2017) • My Mother Nancy and Her Oldhams, Jessye Ann High (1978)

October – December 2019 • Bringing Textile History to Life in Alamance County North Carolina, Miriam M. Pace (2019) • Dragonian – 1969 (Pittsboro High School yearbook) • Finding Your Danish Ancestors: A Primer for Research & History, Diana Crisman Smith (2015) • The McNeil Story, Desi Campbell (2019) • North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina, Brent Holcomb (1986) • North Carolina Taxpayers, Clarence E. Ratcliff (1987) • North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster, Volume 19 (Miscellaneous Battalions and Companies), Matthew Brown & Michael Coffey (2013) • North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster, Volume 20 (Generals, Staff Officers, and Militia), Matthew Brown & Michael Coffey (2017) • The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, John Camden Hotten (1962) • PI-HI-SCA – 1957 & 1958 (Pittsboro High School yearbook) • The Willett Families of North America: Being a Comprehensive Guide Encompassing Willett, Willet, Willette, Willit, Willot, Willets, Willetts, Willits, and Other Variations and Early Spellings of the Willett Surname, Albert James Willett (1985)

January – September 2019 • Chatham County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes – 1978, 2017-2018 • The Chatham Record (on microfilm) – 2016, 2017, 2018 • Imprints – 1974 & 1975 (Northwood High School yearbooks) • The Land Grant Atlas of Old Orange County, Mark Chilton • Lest We Forget: A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Nation's Capital, H. Byron Hall, ed. • Bygones and survivors: Old homes and structures in and around Pittsboro, 1787-1900 – London, John Haughton (1984) • The Northwood High School yearbooks (Imprints, 1974 & 1975) • The Families of Northern Moore County: Abstract of Miscellaneous and Rare Records, Volume I – Morgan Jackson (2018) • Mastering Genealogical Documentation – Thomas Jones (2017)

January – December 2018: • Hudson Records of North Carolina – Donald Hart (1982) • Full Steam Ahead: The Family of Brigadier General Charles Lutterloh and Eliza Comerford Lutterloh of Central and Eastern North Carolina – compiled by C.H. Robertson (2018) • Chatham County, North Carolina Will Book, Volumes 1 through 5 – Laura Willis (2001) • Marley families of North Carolina – James Coffey (2001) • Chatham County: Minutes of the court of pleas & quarter sessions; V. 1 May 1805 - November 1809 – (2017) • Love Letters of Minnie Florence Bailey and Luther Franklin Comer, Sr. "Frank" (1912- 1922) – James Vann Comer (2017) • 1890 Union Army Pensioners in North Carolina (microfilm – 1 reel) • The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, & Preserve Your Ancestors' Graves – Joy Neighbors (2017) • Minutes, Board of County Commissioners: 1869 to 2002 (microfilm – 18 reels) • Minutes, County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions: 1774 to 1841 (microfilm – 3 reels) • Transcriptions of Petitions to the General Assembly of North Carolina Relating to Revolutionary War Military Service, 1788-1833 – Marybelle Delamar (2017)