Books by "David John McDonald"
8 books found
Despite the fact that the Bremen passenger lists were destroyed during World War II, these fourteen lists survived because they had been reprinted in the obscure weekly newspaper from Rudolstadt, Thuringia, entitled the Allgemeine Auswanderungs-Zeitung. The emigrants, who are arranged alphabetically, are identified by place of origin and sometimes by the number of persons in the passenger's family or the names of traveling companions.
This book began as Jean Stephenson's effort to validate the family tradition that her great-great-grandparents emigrated from Belfast to South Carolina under the leadership of Covenanter Presbyterian minister William Martin in 1772. The author was not only able to authenticate the crux of the story, but, in the process, to place nearly 500 Scotch-Irish families in South Carolina on the eve of the Revolutionary War.Genealogists will want to pore over the land evidences assembled by the author from entries found in the Council Journal, namely, authorizations, survey abstracts, wills, deeds and other records which demonstrate where each family settled, or was entitled to settle. The families, which are grouped under the vessel they traveled in, are identified by the name of the household head, names of spouse and children, number of acres surveyed, county, location of the nearest body of water and the names of abutting neighbor, and the source of the information.
Archeologists have made an amazing discovery of ancient Judeans of the First Century A.D. near the coast of Florida. Claims are made that one of the burials is that of Jesus of Nazareth. Questions arise. Are these in fact the remains of Jesus, and if, so how did they get to the New World? How would scientists determine the true identity of the remains? What does their presence in the New World mean for religion and history? If true, who has the legal and moral claim to posses the remains? Given the magnitude of the Find, would anyone live through the experience of excavating, analyzing, and interpreting the site? The resolution of the conflict between scientists, religious zealots, and legal authorities is as unexpected as the Find itself.
Although the oldest regiment in the British Army is the 1st Royal regiment of Foot, usually known as the Royal Scots, it was not until the French and Indian War (known in Europe as the Seven Years War) that Scottish regiments played a significant role in the Army. In fact, between 1756 and 1763, Britain raised 10 regiments of Scots Highlanders to fight in the European and American theaters of that conflict. Many Scottish veterans of this conflict chose to stay in the colonies (sometimes returning to Scotland to bring families and friends back with them). The personal papers of various Scottish combatants, reflecting their nation's participation in or the perspective on that famous conflict, can be found at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh.
New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest
by Alexander Henry, David Thompson
2015 · Cambridge University Press
A two-volume version of an 1897 publication containing abridged and edited journals relating to exploration of America's Northwest.
A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory
by David Emmons Johnston
1906 · Pantianos Classics
This history covers the middle New River area from 1654 to 1905 with an emphasis on Mercer County, West Virginia. Mercer County was created in 1837 from Giles and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and was part of Virginia until 1863.