Christian Archives - Genealogical.com https://genealogical.com/subject/christian/ The Best Source for Genealogy and Family History Books and eBooks Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:15:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-genappicon-300x300-1-125x125.png Christian Archives - Genealogical.com https://genealogical.com/subject/christian/ 32 32 A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut https://genealogical.com/store/a-catalogue-of-the-names-of-the-first-puritan-settlers-of-the-colony-of-connecticut/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:25:46 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/a-catalogue-of-the-names-of-the-first-puritan-settlers-of-the-colony-of-connecticut/ The standard dictionary of the “First Settlers” of Connecticut, this work consists of an alphabetically arranged list of about 2,000 persons, showing the time of their arrival, residence, station or occupation, and names of wives and children. Includes alphabetical lists of the first settlers of Enfield, Hartford, Saybrook, Wetherfield, and Windsor; a list of “A […]

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]]> The standard dictionary of the “First Settlers” of Connecticut, this work consists of an alphabetically arranged list of about 2,000 persons, showing the time of their arrival, residence, station or occupation, and names of wives and children. Includes alphabetical lists of the first settlers of Enfield, Hartford, Saybrook, Wetherfield, and Windsor; a list of “A Part of the Early Marriages, Births, and Baptisms, in Hartford, Ct. from Record,” and “Passengers of the Mayflower in 1620.”

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]]> The Colonial Churches of St. Thomas’ Parish, Orange County, Virginia https://genealogical.com/store/the-colonial-churches-of-st-thomas-parish-orange-county-virginia/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:24:00 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/the-colonial-churches-of-st-thomas-parish-orange-county-virginia/ St. Thomas’ Parish in Virginia was formed from St. Mark’s Parish in 1740. The new parish encompassed present-day Orange, Greene, and a strip of southern Madison counties. Based on an extensive examination of primary sources, the work at hand is the first accurate description of the formation of St. Thomas’ Parish, its member churches, its […]

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]]> St. Thomas’ Parish in Virginia was formed from St. Mark’s Parish in 1740. The new parish encompassed present-day Orange, Greene, and a strip of southern Madison counties. Based on an extensive examination of primary sources, the work at hand is the first accurate description of the formation of St. Thomas’ Parish, its member churches, its ministers, and others who played a significant part in its colonial history. In the absence of surviving vestry books for St. Thomas’ Parish, or even an accurate map of the parish, the author was able to extract valuable information pertaining to St. Thomas’ Parish from the surviving vestry books of the neighboring parishes of St. Mark’s and St. George’s.

However, as Mrs. Papageorgiou explains in her Preface, Spotsylvania and Orange County road orders comprise the backbone of her study. The road orders for the construction and maintenance of roads, as recorded in county court order books, provide evidence to the existence of churches and chapels throughout the parish. The road orders’ value to the genealogist is that they identify the overseers and work crews assigned to maintain the road and any bridges along it. So, for example, the road orders tell us that, between November 1, 1726, and April 2, 1734, John Rucker, Thomas Jackson, Joseph Hawkins, Abraham Bledsoe, Henry Downes, John Davis, and George Eastham all served as overseers of roads near Southwest Mountain Chapel in St. Thomas’ Parish.

This work is an excellent example of historical reconstruction. The Introduction explains how, when, and why St. Thomas’ was established from its parent and grandparent parishes, St. Mark’s and St. George’s. Next, the author uses the road orders and other sources to pinpoint the timing and location of each of the following places of worship: Germana Church, Southwest Mountain Chapel, Southwest Mountain Church, Upper Chapel, St. Thomas’ Parish, Upper Church, Middle (Brick) Church, Pine Stake Church, and New (Orange) Church. (Mrs. Papageorgiou has also appended a number of important court orders at the back of the volume.) The third chapter gives the tenure of every parish minister and his family members. The final chapter recounts how previous writers–notably Bishop William Meade and Philip Slaughter–have recorded the history of St. Thomas’ Parish and where, more often than not, they went astray. Students of Virginia church history will welcome the comprehensive bibliography that follows the appendices.

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]]> The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England https://genealogical.com/store/the-colonial-clergy-and-the-colonial-churches-of-new-england/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:22:05 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/the-colonial-clergy-and-the-colonial-churches-of-new-england/ The work in hand is an annotated, alphabetical list of about 2,000 clergymen of colonial New England. The annotations furnish such useful genealogical information as place and date of birth and death, names of parents, college of matriculation, date of ordination, religious denomination, names of parishes, with dates in which livings were held, and a […]

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]]> The work in hand is an annotated, alphabetical list of about 2,000 clergymen of colonial New England. The annotations furnish such useful genealogical information as place and date of birth and death, names of parents, college of matriculation, date of ordination, religious denomination, names of parishes, with dates in which livings were held, and a variety of similar matter. Also included is a complete list of colonial New England churches.

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]]> Historical Sketch of Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia https://genealogical.com/store/historical-sketch-of-bruton-church-williamsburg-virginia/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:22:40 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/historical-sketch-of-bruton-church-williamsburg-virginia/ The first third of this book recounts the church’s history from the building of 1683 to the turn of this century, with emphasis upon construction and renovation, ministers and members of the vestry, and so on. Genealogists will be at least as interested in the appendix, for its tombstone inscriptions, lists of parish ministers and […]

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]]> The first third of this book recounts the church’s history from the building of 1683 to the turn of this century, with emphasis upon construction and renovation, ministers and members of the vestry, and so on. Genealogists will be at least as interested in the appendix, for its tombstone inscriptions, lists of parish ministers and the vestry, and records of births, baptisms, and deaths.

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]]> The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland https://genealogical.com/store/the-first-parishes-of-the-province-of-maryland/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:22:47 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/the-first-parishes-of-the-province-of-maryland/ At the outset of this work the author describes the events and conditions preceding establishment and furnishes sketches of each of the Anglican parishes existing in Maryland prior to 1692. The second half of the work contains illuminating accounts of the thirty parishes that derived from the Establishment. In each case, we are given the […]

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]]> At the outset of this work the author describes the events and conditions preceding establishment and furnishes sketches of each of the Anglican parishes existing in Maryland prior to 1692. The second half of the work contains illuminating accounts of the thirty parishes that derived from the Establishment. In each case, we are given the names of the various churches in the parish, their dates of foundation, and the names of the earliest rectors, with their dates in office, and lay officials. Each of these chapters on the counties and parishes features photographs of the earliest surviving Anglican churches in the county or the former sites of the parent churches themselves. It includes a large folding map that pinpoints the locations of the parishes.

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]]> A Who’s Who of Your Ancestral Saints https://genealogical.com/store/a-whos-who-of-your-ancestral-saints/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:16:00 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/a-whos-who-of-your-ancestral-saints/ About twenty years from now mankind will reach the 2000th anniversaries of all the events that created Christianity. Two millennia will have passed from the time of every known event in the life of Christ. Opportunities for spiritual growth will be everywhere. They have already begun to appear. For anyone interested in his or her […]

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]]> About twenty years from now mankind will reach the 2000th anniversaries of all the events that created Christianity. Two millennia will have passed from the time of every known event in the life of Christ. Opportunities for spiritual growth will be everywhere. They have already begun to appear.

For anyone interested in his or her own genealogical links to medieval Europe and early Christianity, this book offers an extraordinary opportunity. For the first time, the lives of 275 early European saints are retold and accompanied by lineages connecting those saints to twenty-four of the great men and women of medieval Europe (see below for a list of saints). Today, those twenty-four men and women have hundreds of millions of living descendants. Anyone living today who can connect to these medieval personages can claim forefathers among the princes of the earth as well as ancestors among the princes of Heaven. (Readers can consult any of the standard works on colonial American genealogy to help make the connection.)

The historical period covered by this work is vast. From St. Gregory “the Illuminator” (b. 256 – d.326) to St. Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (b. ca 1277 – d. 22 March 1322), the saints presented in this book span ten centuries. On earth, some were great men, such as Alfred “the Great,” Bernard of Clairvaux, and Charlemagne. Others, such as Elizabeth of Hungary, Marie of Brabant, and Odilia, led lives that are just as moving today as in their own time.

For the first time, A Who’s Who of Your Ancestral Saints merges centuries of Catholic and Protestant scholarship and gives members of all Christian faiths the chance to welcome the third millennium of their religion knowing that they are the descendants of many of its early heroes.

The following are the medieval figures with connections to the 275 saints covered in this book:

Aethelred II “the Redeless,” King of England; St. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and England; St. Edgar “the Peaceful,” King of England; Edmund “Ironside,” King of England; Edmund I “the Magnificent,” King of England; Edward “the Elder,” King of England; Edward I, King of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine, who married (1) Louis VII, King of France, and married (2) Henry II, King of England; Eleanor of Castile, the first wife of Edward I, King of England; Bl. Eleanore of Provence, who married Henry III, King of England; Henry II, King of England; Isabel of Mar, the first wife of Robert I the Bruce, King of Scotland; Isabella of France, who married Edward II, King of England; John Stewart of Balveny, first Earl of Atholl; Mathilda (also known as Eadgyth) of Scotland, who married Henry I, King of England; Mathilde of Flanders, who married William I the Conqueror, King of England; Matilda of Huntingdon, who married (1) Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, and married (2) David I, King of Scotland; Philippa of Hainault, who married Edward III, King of England; Robert I the Bruce, King of Scotland; Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland; Saher de Quincy, first Earl of Winchester, Magna Carta Surety, and Crusader; Stephen of Blois, King of England; William de Plumpton, Knight and High Sheriff of Yorkshire; William I the Conqueror, King of England.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan J. Koman is a lawyer in private practice in Atlanta. He was educated at Cornell University (B.A., 1972), Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1975), and the University of Munich School of Law (LL.B., 1981) and is a member of the bars of Georgia, New York, and Washington, D.C. A lifetime Catholic and a member of the St. Thomas More Society, he was admitted to the Most Venerable Order of St. John by H.R.H. Elizabeth II of Great Britain in 2001. A Who=s Who of Your Ancestral Saints is his first written work in the fields of genealogy and hagiography. All the saints discussed in this book are in his own family tree.

SAINTS WHO ARE DIRECT ANCESTORS
St. Adela, Princess of Austrasia (d. 734/735), St. Adela, Princess of France (b. 1009 – d. 8 Jan 1079), St. Adela, Princess of England (b. ca. 1062 – d. 8 March 1137), St. Adelaide of Burgundy
(b. 931– d. 16 Dec 999), Bl. Adelaide of Susa (b. ca. 1015 – d. 19 Dec 1091), Bl. Adelheid von Odenkirchen (d. 5 July 1158), St. Aethelbert I, King of Kent (b. ca. 552 – d. 24 Feb 616), Bl. Agnes of Franconia (b. ca. 1073 – d. 24 Sept 1143), Bl. Agnes of Poitou (b. 1024 – d. 14 Dec 1077), Bl. Aleth of Montbard (b. ca. 1070 – d. 1105/1110), St. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (b. ca. 849 – d. 26 Oct 899), St. Arddun “Benasgell,” daughter of St. Pabo “Post Prydyn”
(who was b. ca. 430 and d. ca. 510), St. Arnulf, Bishop of Metz (b. 13 Aug 582 – d. 16 Aug 640),
St. Ashken (md. 298/299), St. Bathildis (b. ca. 630 – d. Jan 680) , St. Begga (b. 613 – d. 17 Dec 694/695), St. Bertha (b. ca. 560 – d. ca. 602), Bl. Blanche of Castile (b. 4 March 1188 – d. 27 Nov 1252), St. Bodegeisel II, Governor of Aquitaine (d. 588), St. Boris I, Khan of the Bulgars
(d. 2 May 907), St. Brochwel “Ysgithrog,” King of Powys (b. ca. 502 – d. ca. 560), St. Brychan, ruler of Brecknock (b. 480/490), St. Cadwalader, King of Gwynedd (b. ca. 633 – d. ca. 682), Bl. Carloman, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia (b. 707 – d. 17 Aug 754), St. Ceneu (b. ca. 400 – d. ca. 450), St. Ceolwald, a war leader in Wessex (b. ca. 622 – d. 20 April 689), Bl. Charlemagne, King of the Franks and First Emperor of the West (b. 2 April 747 – d. 28 Jan 814), St. Clodulf, Bishop of Metz (b. 605 – d. 8 June 696), St. Clothilde (b. 470/475 – d. 3 June 545), St. Coel Hen, ruler of Northern Britain (b. ca. 370 – d. 420/430), St. Constantine I, King of Scotland (b. ca. 836 – d. 877), St. Cunedda Wledig, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd (b. ca. 400 – d. 460/470),
St. Dagobert II, King of Austrasia (b. 652 – murdered 23 Dec 678), St. David I, King of Scotland
(b. ca. 1084 – d. 24 May 1153), St. Ealhswith of Mercia (b. ca. 852 – d. 903/905), Bl. Eberhard V
(b. ca. 1010 – d. 1076/1079), St. Edgar “the Peaceful,” King of England (b. 943 – d. 8 July 975),
St. Edith of Polesworth, daughter of King Edward “the Elder” of England (who was b. 875 and d. 924), Bl. Ela, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1187/1190 – d. 24 Aug 1261), Bl. Eleanor of Provence (b. 1222 – d. 24 June 1291), St. Elgiva, first wife of Edmund I “the Magnificent,” King of England
(who was b. ca. 920 and d. 26 May 946), Bl. Emma of Bavaria (b. ca. 808 – d. 31 Jan 876), St. Emma, daughter of King Clothaire II of Neustria (who was b. 584 and d. 629), Bl. Ermengarde of Orleans (b. ca. 800 – d. 20 March 851), Bl. Ermengarde of Zutphen (b. ca. 1090 – d. bef. 1134),
St. Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon (b. 24 June 1198 – d. 30 May 1252), Bl. Frederick of Arras (b. aft. 962 – d. 6 Jan 1020), St. Gabran mac Domangart, King of Dalriada (b. ca 500 – d. ca. 559), St. Geraint, King of Brittany, St. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre (b. 378 – d. 31 July 448), St. Gertrude of Hamage, St. Gondolfus, Bishop of Tongres (b. mid 500’s – d. 16 July 604),
St. Gregory “the Illuminator” (b. 256 – d. 326), St. Guerin (d. 677), St. Gwen, wife of St. Salamon I “the Handsome,” King of Brittany (who was liv. in the 400’s), St. Harold III “Bluetooth,” King of Denmark (b. ca. 910 – d. 1 Nov 985/986), Bl. Haziga of Diessen (d. 1 Aug 1103), St. Hereswitha (b. shortly bef. 616 – d. 680/690), Bl. Hildegarde (b. ca. 754 – d. 30 April 783), wife of Bl. Charlemagne, St. Hmayeak Mamikonian (b. 410 – d. 2 June 451), Bl. Humbeline of Troyes (b. 1092 – d. 21 Aug 1141), Bl. Humbert III, Count of Savoy (b. 4 Aug 1135 – d. 4 March 1188), St. Ida of Herzfeld (d. aft. 21 Nov 838), Bl. Ida of Boulogne (b. ca. 1040 – d. 13 April 1113), St. Ilduara Eriz (d. 958), St. Ingigerd, Princess of Sweden (b. ca. 1000 – d. 10 Feb 1050), St. Irene, Empress of Byzantium (b. 752 – d. 9 Aug 803), St. Irene Doukaina
(b. ca. 1066 – d. 19 Feb 1127), St. Isaac I “the Great” (b. ca. 350 – d. Sept 439/440), Bl. Itta
(b. ca. 597 – d. 8 May 652), St. Izyaslav I Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1024/1025 – d. 3 Oct 1078), St. Judicael II, King of Brittany (b. ca. 590 – d. 17 Dec 658), St. Ladislas, King of Hungary (b. 29 July 1040 – d. 27 July 1095), St. Leo VI “the Philosopher,” Emperor of Byzantium (b. 1 Sept 866 – d. 12 May 912), St. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (b. ca. 1075 – d. 15 Nov 1136), St. Liévin, Bishop of Trier (b. 660/665 – d. 722/724), St. Lleian, wife of St. Gabran mac Domangart, King of Dalriada (who was b. ca. 500 and d. ca. 559), St. Louis IX, King of France (b. 25 April 1214 – d. 25 Aug 1270), St. Ludmilla, Duchess of Bohemia (b. ca. 860 – d. 15 Sept 921), St. Marchell, mother of St. Brychan (who was b. 480/490), St. Margaret of Scotland (b. ca. 1046 – d. 16 Nov 1093), St. Matilda of Ringelheim (b. ca. 892 – d. 14 March 968), Bl. Mathilde of Saxony (b. 981 – d. 1025), St. Meurig ap Tewdrig, King of Gwent and Glywysing (b. mid 500’s), St. Mstislav I Vladimirovich “the Great,” Grand Prince of Kiev
(b. 1076 – d. 14 April 1132), St. Nerses I “the Great” (b. 333/337 – d. 369), St. Oda (b. ca. 567 – d. ca. 640), St. Olaf II, King of Norway (b. ca. 995 – d. 29 July 1030), St. Olaf Bjornsson, King at Uppsala (d. ca. 964) , St. Olaf III “Skotkonung” (the Tax King), King of Sweden (b. ca. 980 – d. 1021/1022), St. Olga, Princess of Izborsk (md. 930/935 – d. 11 July 969), St. Pabo “Post Prydyn” (b. ca. 430 – d. ca. 510), Bl. Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia (b. 580/585 – d. 640/646), St. Peter Orseolo I, Doge of Venice (b. 928 – d. 10 Jan 987), St. Pompeja, wife of King Hoel I “the Great” of Brittany (who d. ca. 545), St. Prisca (b.ca. 1088 – d. 13 Aug 1134), St. Ragnald III, Earl of Orkney and Caithness (b. ca. 1100 – d. 20 Aug 1158), Raymond Berenger IV “the Saint,” Count of Barcelona (b. ca. 1113 – d. 6 Aug 1162), St. Reginlink (d. 959), St. Richenza of Pfalz-Lorraine (b. ca. 1000 – d. 21 March 1063), St. Salamon I “the Handsome,” King of Brittany (liv. in the 400’s), St. Sexburga (md. ca. 640 – d. 6 July 699),
St. Sigebert III, King of Austrasia (b. 630 – d. 1 Feb 656), St. Sigismund, King of Burgundy (d. 523), St. Sigrada (d. ca. 678), St. Tewdrig ap Llywarch, King of Gwent (liv. early-mid 500’s),
St. Theodora, Empress of Byzantium (b. ca. 815 – d. aft. 24 Sept 867), St. Theophano Skleros
(b. 956 – d. 15 Sept 991), Bl. Theudelinde (md. (2) Nov 590 – d. 22 Jan 628), St. Tiridates “the Great,” King of Armenia (b. ca. 280 – d. 330) St. Vardanes, Bishop of Armenia (d. 342),
St. Vladimir I Sviatoslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. ca. 955 – d. 15 July 1015)
St. Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomach, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1053 – d. 19 May 1125),
St. Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (b. 1045 – d. 31 May 1076), Bl. Widukind, Duke of Saxony (d. ca. 804) , St. William of Gellone (b. 755 – d. 28 May 812), St. William I “Longsword,” Duke of Normandy (b. ca. 900 – d. 17 Dec 942), St. William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099 – d. 9 April 1137), St. William VI, Lord of Montpellier (b. ca. 1100 – d. 1162), St. Wiltrudis (d. ca. 986) St. Yaroslav I Vladimirovich “the Wise,” Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 978 – d. 20 Feb 1054), St. Yusik, Bishop of Armenia (b. ca. 305 – d. ca. 348).

SAINTS AS AUNTS AND UNCLES

St. Abban, St. Adalard (b. ca. 751 – d. 2 Jan 826), St. Adalbero, Bishop of Wuerzburg
(b. 1010 – d. 6 Oct 1090), Bl. Adalbero, Bishop of Liège (d. 1 Jan 1128), St. Adeloga
(d. ca. 745), St. Aidan of Ferns (b. ca. 558 – d. 626/632), St. Alaricus (d. 29 Sept 975),
St. Albert of Louvain, Bishop of Liège (b. 1166 – d. 24 Nov 1192), St. Alburga (d. ca. 810), St. Anna of Kiev (d. 1112/1116), St. Anthusa (b. 757 – d. 809/811), St. Aristakes, Bishop of Armenia (d. 333), St. Attalia (b. 687/690 – d. Dec 741), Bl. Ayrald (d. ca. 1146), St. Balderic, son of King Sigebert I of Austrasia (who d. 575), St. Benedict of Aniane (b. ca. 750 – d. 11 Feb 821), Bl. Berengari (b. 1228 – d. 1288), St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church (b. 1091 – d. 20 Aug 1153), Bl. Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. ca. 1207 – d. 14 July 1270), St. Boris the Passion-Bearer, Prince of Kiev (b. 990/994 – d. 24 July 1014) ,St. Bova, daughter of King Sigebert I of Austrasia (who d. 575), St. Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne
(b. 925 – d. 11 Oct 965), St. Cado (lived in the 400’s), St. Canoc, son of St. Brychan
(who was b. 480/490), St. Christina (b. ca. 1055 – d. bef. 1102), St. Cledwyn, son of St. Brychan (who was b. 480/490) , St. Conrad, Bishop of Constance, (b. ca. 905 – d. 26 Nov 975) , Bl. Conrad of Bavaria (b. 1105 – d. 17 March 1154), Bl. Constance, daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary (who was b. 1026 and d. 3 May 1270), St. Cunegund, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (b. ca. 978 – d. 3 March 1039/1040), St. Cunegund, Patron Saint of Poland and Lithuania (b. ca. 1224 – d. 24 July 1292), St. Cuthburga (d. 725),
St. Cybi (b. ca. 490 – d. 8 Nov 554), St. Cynfarch Gul, son of King Meirchion Gul of Rheged (who was b. ca. 470 and d. ca. 535), St. Cynfran, son of St. Brychan (who was b. 480/490), St. Cyngar (b. ca. 470 – d. ca. 530), St. Dunawd “Fawr” (d. ca. 535), St. Dwynwen, daughter of St. Brychan (who was b. 480/490) St. Eanswitha (d. ca. 640)
St. Ebba “the Elder” (b. ca. 615 – d. 25 Aug 683), St. Edburga of Winchester (b. ca. 920 – d. 15 June 960) , St. Edith of Polesworth (d. 15 Mar 871), St. Edith of Wilton (b. 962 – d. 16 Sept 984), St. Edmund, King of the Scottish Lowlands (b. ca. 1071 – d. aft. 1097),
St. Edward the Confessor, King of England (b. 1004 – d. 5 Jan 1066), St. Edward the Martyr, King of England (b. 962 – d. 18 March 978), St. Elizabeth of Hungary (b. 7 June 1207 – d. 19 Nov 1231), St. Elizabeth Rose (d. 13 Dec 1130), St. Ercongota
(d. 660), St. Erconwald, Bishop of London (b. ca. 630 – d. ca. 690) , St. Ermenburga
(d. ca. 590), Bl. Ermengard, Abbess of Buchan and Chiemsee (b. 832 – d. 16 July 866),
Bl. Ermengarde of Anjou (b. aft. 1068 – d. 1147), St. Ermengytha (d. ca. 580), St. Ermenilda (d. 703), St. Ethelburga, Queen of Northumbria (d. ca. 647), St. Ethelburga, Princess of the East Angles (d. ca. 664), St. Etheldreda (b. ca. 636 – d. 23 June 679),
St. Ethelgiva (d. 896), St. Eugenia (d. 735), Bl. Euphemia of Andechs (d. 1180), St. Euriella, daughter of King Hoel III of Brittany (who d. 612) ,
St. Feidhlimidh (d. ca. 560), St. Florentia (b. ca. 554 – d. 633), St. Fulgentius, Bishop of Ecija (b. late 500’s – d. ca. 633), St. Galswintha (d. ca. 568), Bl. Gerard (b. bef. 1090 – d. 13 June 1138), St. Gertrude of Nivelles (b. 626 – d. 17 March 659), St.Gisela, Abbess of Chelles (b. 757 – d. 30 July 810), St. Gistald (d.523/524), St. Gladys, daughter of St. Brychan (who was b. 480/490), St. Gleb the Passion-Bearer, Prince of Kiev
(b. 995/1000 – d. 5 Sept 1015), St. Grigoris (b. early 300’s – d. 348), St. Gundebald
(d. 523/524), St. Gundelindis of Alsace (d. ca. 750), St. Guntram I, King of Burgundy
(b. ca. 525 – d. 592), Bl. Guy, son of Tescelin Sorrel (who md. ca. 1085), Bl. Hathumoda
(b. ca. 839 – d. 28 Nov 874), St. Hedwig of Silesia (b. 1174 – d. 15 Oct 1243), Bl. Henry Zdik, Bishop of Olmuetz (d. 25 June 1151), St. Hermenegild (b. early 560’s – d. 13 April 585), St. Hilda of Whitby (b. 614 – d. 17 Nov 680), St. Hugh the Great, Abbot of Cluny (b. 1024 – d. 29 April 1109), St. Ina, King of Wessex (b. 660/664 – d. 728), St. Irmina (d. 708), daughter of St. Dagobert II, King of Austrasia, Bl. Isabel (b. March 1225 – d. 23 Feb 1270), St. Isidore of Seville, Doctor of the Church (b. ca. 560 – d. 4 April 636), Bl. Jeanne of Flanders (b. 1200 – d. 5 Dec 1244), St. Jestin, son of St. Geraint, King of Brittany, St. Judoc (b. ca. 600 – d. ca. 669), Bl. Jutta of Diessenberg (b. ca. 1090 – d. 1136), St. Khosrowidukht (d. ca. 340), St. Laurence O’Toole, Archbishop of Dublin (b. ca. 1128 – d. 14 Nov 1180), St. Leander, Archbishop of Seville (b. ca. 535 – d. 13 March 600/601), St. Leo IX, Pope (b. 21 June 1002 – d. 19 April 1054),
St. Leodegar of Autun (b. ca. 616 – d. 2 Oct 678), St. Leonorius (d. 560/570), St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse (b. Feb 1274 – d. 19 Aug 1297), Bl. Ludwig III, Count of Arnstein
(b. 1109 – d. 25 Oct 1185), St. Magnus of Orkney (b. 1075 – d. 16 April 1115), St. Margaret of Hungary (b. 1242 – d. 18 Jan 1270), Bl. Margaret of Vau-le-Duc (d. 4 June 1277), Bl. Marie of Brabant (b. ca. 1226 – d. 18 Jan 1256), Bl. Mary, Princess of Bohemia (d. 994), Bl. Mathilde of Quedlinburg (b. 955 – d. 7 Feb 999), St. Mechtildis of Diessen (b. 1125 – d. 31 May 1160), St. Modoald, Bishop of Trier (d. 646/647), St. Nefyn, daughter of St. Brychan (who was b. 480/490), Bl. Nivard (b. ca. 1100 – d. 1150)
St. Non, mother of St. David of Wales (who d. ca. 601), St. Octavian (b. ca. 1060 – d. 6 Aug 1128), St. Odilia (b. ca. 660 – d. 13 Dec 720), St. Oswald, King of Northumbria
(b. 604/605 – d. 5 Aug 642), St. Oswy, King of Northumbria (b. ca. 611 – d. 15 Feb 670),
St. Owain (d. ca. 1001), St. Podius (b. 930 – d. 1002), St. Quenburga (d. ca. 735), St. Remigius of Rouen (d. ca. 772), St. Richardis (b. 840 – d. ca. 895), St. Rosendo
(b. 26 Nov 907 – d. 1 March 977), St. Rostislav I Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Kiev
(b. ca. 1110 – d. 14 March 1167), Bl. Sancia (b. ca. 1180 – d. 13 March 1229), St. Sawyl “Benisel,” son of St. Pabo “Post Prydyn”(who was b. ca. 430 and d. 510), St. Sethryda (d. ca. 660), St. Sève (b. ca. 539), St. Severa, Abbess of St. Sevère (d. ca. 660),
St. Simon, Count of Crepy (b. ca. 1047 – d. ca. 1081), St. Stephen I, King of Hungary
(b. 969 – d. 15 Aug 1038), St. Stephen, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. ca. 870 – d. 893),
St. Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1027 – d. 27 Dec 1076), St. Theobald, Archbishop of Vienne (b. ca. 927 – d. 21 May 1001), St. Theodehilda, daughter of King Clovis “the Great” of the Salic Franks (who was b. 466 and d. 511),
St. Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (b. ca. 1277 – d. 22 March 1322), St. Trigidia, daughter of Count Sancho Garcia of Castile (who was b. ca. 965 and d. 5 Feb 1017), St. Tugdual, Bishop of Tréguier (b. 509 – d. 559/564), St. Tysilio, son of St. Brochwel Ysgithrog, King of Powys (who was b. ca. 502 and d. ca. 560), St. Ulric, Bishop of Augsburg
(b. 890 – d. 4 July 973), Bl. Urban II, Pope (b. 1035/1042 – d. 29 July 1099), St. Vardan II, Prince of the Mamikonids (d. 2 June 451), St. Verona, daughter of King Louis II of the East Franks (who was b. 806 and d. 28 Aug 876), St. Vladimir II Yaroslavich, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1020 – d. 1052), St. Vsevolod Mstislavich, Prince of Novgorod and Pskov
(b. 1092 – d. 11 Feb 1138), St. Wala (b. ca. 755 – d. 31 Aug 836), St. Waltheof, Abbot of Melrose (b. ca. 1100 – d. ca. 1160), Bl. Warin, Abbot of Corvie (d. 20/21 Sept 856),
St. Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. ca. 903 – d. 28 Sept 929), St. William, Archbishop of York (b. 1085/1090 – d. 8 June 1154), St. Wistan (d. 1 June 849), St. Withburga, Abbess of Dereham and daughter of King Anna of East Anglia
(who ruled ca. 641-653), St. Wulfhilda (b. ca. 1117 – d. aft. 1180), St. Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Prince of Turov and Vladimir-in-Volynia (d. 22 Nov 1087), Bl. Yolande of Hungary (b. ca. 1235 – d. 6 March 1298), St. Zwentibold, King of Lorraine
(b. 870 – d. 13 Aug 900).

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]]> A Guide to Irish Parish Registers https://genealogical.com/store/a-guide-to-irish-parish-registers/ Fri, 03 May 2019 20:16:00 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/a-guide-to-irish-parish-registers/ This work tells you which Irish parish registers exist (all denominations), their starting dates, and where and how they can be located, and it links them to Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland, the great survey of property holders taken between 1848 and 1864. The civil parish, rather than the church parish, was the basic unit for […]

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]]> This work tells you which Irish parish registers exist (all denominations), their starting dates, and where and how they can be located, and it links them to Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland, the great survey of property holders taken between 1848 and 1864.

The civil parish, rather than the church parish, was the basic unit for the administration of records in Ireland. Most important Irish records–parish records of birth, marriage, and death, for instance, and Griffith’s Valuation–are either organized along civil parish lines or, as in the case of Catholic parish records, which are organized by diocese, can be tied into civil parish records for further research.

Here are located churches of all denominations, including Roman Catholic, and given is the earliest date of their registers. In tabular form, in alphabetical order in each of the thirty-two counties, is the name of the civil parish; the name of the Church of Ireland parish (if different), and the earliest baptism entry in the registers; the Roman Catholic parish and the earliest baptism or marriage entry in the registers; the Presbyterian congregation and its earliest baptism entries; and, if registers of dissenting churches are extant (Quaker, Methodist, Congregationalist, Baptist, etc.), it gives the beginning of their registers. It also provides map references to Mr. Mitchell’s New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland and to the maps accompanying the householders’ index to Griffith’s Valuation. This makes parish records and Griffith’s Valuation compatible, for they can be identified by the same administrative division–the civil parish.

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]]> A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811 https://genealogical.com/store/a-list-of-emigrant-ministers-to-america-1690-1811/ Fri, 03 May 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/a-list-of-emigrant-ministers-to-america-1690-1811/ In 1690, the recently installed Protestant King William initiated the policy of paying a bounty of 20 pounds to every Minister and Schoolmaster of the Church of England who was authorized to serve in British colonies in the Americas. Although the statutory origin of this policy is somewhat obscure, the historian Gerald Fothergill was able […]

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]]> In 1690, the recently installed Protestant King William initiated the policy of paying a bounty of 20 pounds to every Minister and Schoolmaster of the Church of England who was authorized to serve in British colonies in the Americas. Although the statutory origin of this policy is somewhat obscure, the historian Gerald Fothergill was able to piece together a list of some 1,200 prelates and teachers on whose behalf a warrant was issued from 1690 through 1811. Fothergill’s list, which is reproduced in these pages, was compiled from a class of records housed at the Public Record Office known as Money Books, King’s Warrant Books, Treasury Papers, and Exchequer of Receipt Papers. The ministers, and a far lesser number of schoolmasters, are arranged alphabetically here, and for each we are given his colony of destination, date of emigration, and the source. In about 15 percent of the entries, additional information–such as the prelate’s date of birth, name of parent, date of death, school presided over, etc.–is also disclosed. A number of the qualifying ministers, it should be noted, were actually born in the colonies. Researchers hoping to find additional information on a particular priest, such as a person’s removal from one colony to another, education, date returned to England, and so on, may wish to consult the rich reports of the Anglican Church’s Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

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]]> Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies https://genealogical.com/store/naturalizations-of-foreign-protestants-in-the-american-and-west-indian-colonies/ Fri, 03 May 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/naturalizations-of-foreign-protestants-in-the-american-and-west-indian-colonies/ This helpful book contains copies of all the returns of naturalizations of foreign Protestants sent from the Colonies to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations during the period 1740 to 1772. It refers to some 6,500 persons–mostly Germans–who were naturalized in accordance with an act of 1740. The returns are from the colonies of […]

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]]> This helpful book contains copies of all the returns of naturalizations of foreign Protestants sent from the Colonies to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations during the period 1740 to 1772. It refers to some 6,500 persons–mostly Germans–who were naturalized in accordance with an act of 1740. The returns are from the colonies of South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania, and from Jamaica in the West Indies, with those from Pennsylvania predominating. The entries generally include name, religion, town and county of residence, and date of naturalization.

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]]> Nineteenth-Century Emigration of “Old Lutherans” from Eastern Germany (Mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada, and the United States https://genealogical.com/store/nineteenth-century-emigration-of-old-lutherans-from-eastern-germany-mainly-pomerania-and-lower-silesia-to-australia-canada-and-the-united-states/ Fri, 03 May 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://gpcprod.wpengine.com/product/nineteenth-century-emigration-of-old-lutherans-from-eastern-germany-mainly-pomerania-and-lower-silesia-to-australia-canada-and-the-united-states/ This collection of “Old Lutherans” from Eastern Germany was extracted not from original passenger lists but from a two-volume study written in German by Wilhelm Iwan in 1943. In this case, the impetus for much of the emigration was in reaction to the merger in 1817 of the Calvinist and Lutheran confessions in Prussia ordered […]

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]]> This collection of “Old Lutherans” from Eastern Germany was extracted not from original passenger lists but from a two-volume study written in German by Wilhelm Iwan in 1943. In this case, the impetus for much of the emigration was in reaction to the merger in 1817 of the Calvinist and Lutheran confessions in Prussia ordered by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. About 7,500 Lutherans are named, with the majority bound for the U.S., many with the specific destination of Texas. The immigrants are arranged chronologically and thereunder by their town/province of origin in Prussia. In most instances, we find the passenger’s name, age, occupation, and the maiden names of female passengers. The lists themselves are followed by an intriguing collection of notes concerning persons traveling without their spouses, surname and place name indexes, and other finding aids. Includes both a place name index and a surname index.

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