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View Table of Contents Volumes 1 to 46-2 Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland Chesapeake Cousins - Table of Contents - Volumes 1 to 46-2 Vol. No. & Date: Contents: Page # Scan Page # Vol. 1 1 Aug. 1974 Resume of first year 1-2 2-3 (18 pages) Surname Index 3-14 4-15 Tombstones on Walter property in Talbot County 15 16 Tombstones on Holsten property in Talbot County 15 16 Tombstones in Merrick Cemetery in Talbot County 15-16 16-17 Graves removed from Merrick Cemetery to Whitemarsh Cemetery 16-17 17-18 County Abbreviations and Abbreviations 17 18 Vol. 2 19 Oct. 6, 1975 Second publication - summary of 1974-1975 activities 1-3 20-22 (6 pages) Maryland and the American Revolution 3 22 Cemetery on Rt. 33 (Price; Hayward) 4 23 Published Genealogies of Eastern Shore Families (Barnett, Covington, Rigby) 4-5 23-24 Contest for Name of this Publication 5 24 Vol. 3 25 Editors: Mrs. Dean Brinsfield, Mrs. Arthur N. Starin, Mrs. William Bradford, and Mr. Lester B. 1975-1976 Kinnamon no pg. # 26 (12 pages) Contents no pg. # 26 Third Publication - Resume of Yearly Activities 1-2 27-28 Officers and Committees 228 The Historical Society of Talbot County 3-4 29-30 The Geddes-Piper House, Chestertown, Maryland 4 30 Wright's Chance, Centreville, Maryland 5-6 31-32 Meredith House, Dorchester County 6-7 32-33 Cemetery records-Talbot Co. (Hopkins Cemetery "Wilton", Wye Mills) 7 33 Genealogical Reserch in England 8-10 34-36 New Books 10 36 1928 Marriage in New Orleans: Treadwell-Williams 10 36 Queries: (Morris-Burchinell) 10 36 Vol. 4, No. 1 37 1976-1977 Editors: Mrs. Dean Brinsfield & Mr. Lester B. Kinnamon no pg. # 38 (26 pages) Contents no pg. # 38 Resume of Yearly Activities 1-2 39-40 Partial Listing of Heads of Families 1810 Federal Census for Talbot County 3 41 Census Curiosities 442 Research in Washington, D.C. 442 Some Fatalities of the 1830's and 40's 5-6 43-44 Sun Spots - Gleanings from The Sun newspaper 6-7 44-45 Gleanings From the Star 7-9 45-47 www.usgsmd.org | [email protected] 1 April 2020 Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland Chesapeake Cousins - Table of Contents - Volumes 1 to 46-2 The Battle of the Ice Mound, February 7, 1815 10-14 48-52 From Caroline County Where Did They Go? (1800-1875) 15-16 53-54 Cemetery at Bishop's Head Hunting Lodge, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD 16 54 Cemetery Records, Wicomico County MD 16-17 54-55 Cemetery Records, Kent County (Historic Graves, Private Burial Grounds and Cemeteries of Kent Co., MD) (cont'd. in Vol. 4, No. 2, pg. 12-13) 17-20 55-58 Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore Tax Divisions, 1862 (cont'd. in Vol. 4, No. 2, pg. 16-18) 21-24 59-62 Necrology 24 62 Vol. 4, No. 2 63 1977-1978 Editors: Mrs. Margret Brinsfield & Mr. Lester B. Kinnamon no pg. # 64 (28 pages) Contents no pg. # 64 Reminder 265 Resume of Fall Meetings 366 Baynard Family 4-11 67-74 Cemetery Records, Kent County (Historic Graves, Private Burial Grounds and Cemeteries of Kent Co., MD) (cont'd. in Vol. 5, No. 1, pg. 5-6) 12-13 75-76 Family Record of James Crosby, 1790-19__ 14-15 77-78 Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore Tax Divisions, 1862 (cont'd. in Vol. 5, No. 1, pg. 9-11) 16-18 79-81 New Records Available for Genealogical Research on the Upper Shore 18 81 Chancellor Road Tombstone Inscriptions 19-20 82-83 Upper Shore Depositions (cont'd. in Vol. 5, No. 1, pg. 12-13) 21-22 84-85 Volume One of the Queenstown News- Extractions from the year 1882 (it says at the bottom of this article "to be continued", but can't find any more) 23-24 86-87 Browsing Corner 25 88 News Items, 1809 25 88 Queries: (Bennett, Benson-Harvey, Kirby-Rawlings, Morris, Tilden) 25 88 MEMBERS FOR 1977-1978 26-27 89-90 Vol. 5, No. 1 91 1978 Editors: Mrs. Margret L. Brinsfield & Mr. Lester B. Kinnamon no pg. # 92 (29 pages) Contents no pg. # 92 Resume of Spring Meetings 293 An Addition to a Baynard Line 3-4 94-95 Cemetery Records, Kent County (Historic Graves, Private Burial Grounds and Cemeteries of Kent Co., MD) (cont'd. in Vol. 5, No. 2, pg. 5-6) (see also correction to Bouvier-Kennedy place of marriage in Vo. 15, No. 2, pg. 30) 5-6 96-97 Beard Family Bible Record 7-8 98-99 Wroten Family Bible Record 899 www.usgsmd.org | [email protected] 2 April 2020 Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland Chesapeake Cousins - Table of Contents - Volumes 1 to 46-2 Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore Tax Divisions, 1862 (cont'd. in Vol. 6, No. 1, pg. 12-14) 9-11 100-102 Upper Shore Depositions (cont'd. in Vol. 5, No. 2, pg. 22-23) 12-13 103-104 1678 "Census" of Talbot County 14-17 105-108 Partial Listing of Heads of Families 1810 Federal Census, Talbot County 18 109 Seventh Federal Population Census 1850, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (cont'd. in Vol. 5, No. 2, pg. 7-10) 19-22 110-113 Judge Samuel Beale Merrick and Family 23 114 Glimpses of Colonial Talbot and a History of the Peachblossom Congregation 24-25 115-116 Gleanings from some Eastern Shore Newspapers 26-27 117-118 Queries: (Applegarth-Johnson-Miskimon-Young, Bartlett, Brinsfield) 27 118 Maryland Reference Books 28 119 Vol. 5, No. 2 120 1979 Editors: Mrs. Margret L. Brinsfield & Mr. Lester B. Kinnamon no pg. # 121 (25 pages) Contents no pg. # 121 Resume of Fall Meetings 2 122 Farewell from Margret L. Brinsfield, co-editor of Chesapeake Cousins 2 122 Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland 1978 Awards 3-4 123-124 Cemetery Records, Kent County (Historic Graves, Private Burial Grounds and Cemeteries of Kent Co., MD) (cont'd. from Vol. 5, No. 1, pg. 5-6 - at end says to be continued, but was not) End 5-6 125-126 Seventh Federal Population Census 1850, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (cont'd. in Vol. 6, No. 1, pg. 8-11) 7-10 127-130 Memoirs of Nonagenarian Elizabeth A. Mundy 11-12 131-132 Indian Town Cemetery, Vienna, Dorchester County 12 122 How to Preserve this commemorative issue of the Journal 12 122 Unpublished Family Bible Records of Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania 13-18 133-138 Queries: (Harding, Boyer, Parks, Shehee, Smith, Hurley, Lankford, Browning) 18 138 Allemby Jump's Deposition 19-20 139-140 Cheezum Cemetery, Preston, Caroline County, Maryland 21 141 Upper Shore Depositions (cont'd. in Vol. 7, No. 1, pg. 24-26) 22-23 142-143 Grandfather's Grave (Samuel Sennett) 24 144 Vol. 6, No. 1 145 1979 Editor: Mrs. Irma S. Harper no pg. # 146 (24 pages) Contents no pg. # 146 Dorchester County Cemeteries 1-2 147-148 Talbot County Cemeteries 2 148 1678 Census of Dorchester County 3-4 149-150 Lower Del-Mar-Va Genealogical Society 4 150 Book Review - "Descendants of Caleb Wright, 1760-1979" 5 151 www.usgsmd.org | [email protected] 3 April 2020 Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland Chesapeake Cousins - Table of Contents - Volumes 1 to 46-2 In Memoriam - "Minerva Arthur Wilson Freeland" 5 151 William McKenzie, Testator 6 152 From the Editor's Desk 6 152 William Proctor, Veteran 7 152 Queries: (Ambrose, Phillips, Allen, Oldfield) 7 153 Seventh Federal Population Census 1850, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (cont'd. in Vol. 6, No. 2, pg. 1-4) 8-11 154-157 Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore Tax Divisions, 1862 (cont'd. in Vol. 6, No. 2, pg. 16-19) 12-14 158-160 Descendants of Caleb Wright 15-18 161-164 Members and Surname Listing (1979-1980) 19-21 165-167 Bible Records of Fairbank Family 22 168 Vol. 6, No. 2 169 1980 Editor: Irma S. Harper no pg. # 170 (44 pages) Contents no pg. # 170 Seventh Federal Population Census 1850, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (cont'd. in Vol. 7, No. 1, pg. 10-13) 1-4 171-174 Extracts from the Register of Rev. Joseph Carlile 5-11 175-181 Caroline County Cemeteries (Private burial ground on Holly Road, near Ridgely; Anthony Farm, Denton) 11 181 Court Clerk Exercise 11 181 Six Months in 1854 - Marriages & Deaths in the Easton Gazette, 1st six months (cont'd. in Vol. 7, No. 1, pg. 3-9) 12-15 182-185 Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore Tax Divisions, 1862 (cont'd. in Vol. 8, No. 1, pg. 5-6) 16-19 186-189 Genealogical Society of Cecil County 19 189 In Memoriam "Mrs. Sara Seth Clerk" 19 189 Union M.E. Cemetery, Worton, Kent County, MD 20-24 190-194 Prouse Family Bible Records (see also Vol. 7, No. 2, page 9-10 & Vol. 32, No. 2, pg. 21) 25-26 195-196 Marks of Cattell and Hoggs, Kent County, 1694-1702 26-27 196-197 Pedigree in a Petition (presented by James Chaplain, Jr. for land of his Grandfather, Matthew Jenkins) 28-29 198-199 Kelley-Willis Cemetery Records (formerly of Quaker Church, corner of Main Street and Back Landing Road, Preston, Maryland) 29 199 Weston's Dead Moved (Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD) 29-31 199-201 Virginia Vital Statistics Genealogy Information 32 202 Pedigree-Petition Puzzle Solution 32 202 Queries: (Decourse, White, Anthony, Lowe, Pritchett, Trice, Roe-Ward, Lankford-Willey, Willey, Chance) 33 203 www.usgsmd.org | [email protected] 4 April 2020 Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland Chesapeake Cousins - Table of Contents - Volumes 1 to 46-2 Spring 1980 - Surname List (4 pages) & Membership List (5 pages) no pg.
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