Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 46, Number 1 - Kentucky Historical ...

The Yager Family: The First Five
Generations. By Cathi Clore Frost.
(2010. Pp. 690. Paper. $52.00. To
order, contact the Memorial Foundation
of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia,
Inc., P.O. Box 279, Locust Grove, VA
22508-0279, call 540-423-1700,
fax 540-423-1747, or go to www.
germanna.org.)
Genealogical researcher and author,
Cathi Clore Frost, has written an
excellent new family history of the
first five generations of the Yager
family with its 1717 beginning
in the Second Germanna Colony
in Virginia. This is the newest
publication (number nineteen) in
the Germanna Records series that
documents the extensive history
and genealogy of the German
emigrants who moved to Virginia
in 1714 and 1717.
The Yager Family: The First Five
Generations begins with Nicholas
Yager and his family who settled
initially near Fort Germanna in
present Orange County, Virginia,
and soon after in present Madison
County, Virginia, upon their
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arrival from Germany. The author
describes in extensive detail the
family history of the Yagers as they
moved further into various parts
of Virginia, and on into Kentucky,
Alabama, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee, etc.
The extensive family history
of nearly five hundred pages is
fully documented with almost
ten thousand references, a
comprehensive bibliography of the
various sources used, as well as a
complete-name index for the entire
volume.
Genealogical Resources of the Civil
War Era: Online and Published Military
or Civilian Name Lists, 1861-1869,
and Post-War Veteran Lists. By
William Dollarhide.
(2009. Pp. 191. #32.95. Paper.
To purchase, write to Family Roots
Publishing Co., P.O. Box 830,
Bountiful, UT 84011, or www.
familyrootspublishing.com.)
William Dollarhide, author
of several noted references in
genealogical research, has written
an excellent book that will be useful
to any family-history researcher
seeking information on Civil
War soldiers, as well as family
members living in that period.
Genealogical Resources of the Civil
War Era begins with coverage of
ten national-level research groups,
including the online Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System, the
1890 Federal census, U.S. pension
files, cemetery lists, and the multivolume
Roll of Honor. He discusses
the state-level resource groups,
including compiled service records,
Confederate pension applications,
statewide lists of veteran burials,
and state adjutant general reports.
The largest section of the book
discusses each state, specific
research archives, and both online
and published resources applicable
to the men serving from each
individual state.
Genealogical Resources of the Civil
War Era is the single best resource
yet published as a guide to Civil
War veteran research, and will
be a valuable tool for anyone
wanting to research Civil War-era
ancestors. Extensive cross-indexing
throughout the book will lead
the researcher to the appropriate
section for the information being
sought.