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See the List By Category (http://wpgs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WPGS-Book-Store-List-by-Category_2025May13.pdf) for a comprehensive listing of the available volumes. If you are a WPGS member, remember to log in as a member first to take advantage of all discounts. Ordering and payment for all WPGS Books can be done through the Book Store by credit card or bank account through PayPal, or if payment is to be made by check, choose Mail Order. This will remove the volumes from our inventory, and shipment will be made when payment is received, whether online or by mail. Shipping is now FREE on all book sales. If you are a Pennsylvania resident, the 7% PA sales tax will be added automatically, depending on your address. Do not forget to add the 7% Pennsylvania sales tax if ordering by mail.

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  • 443. Your Life and Times, an Oral History Handbook.

    443. Your Life and Times, an Oral History Handbook.

    $ 15.00

    By Stephen and Julia Arthur. 1987. How to put a life story on tape. Paperback, 54 pages. Condition: Good. Library copy with library notations; never circulated.

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  • 445. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County, Maryland, Genealogical and Historical

    445. Guide to the Records of Montgomery County, Maryland, Genealogical and Historical

    $ 15.00

    By Eleanor M. V. Cook. 1987. This guide is intended to make Montgomery County research easier for researchers at all levels, from beginners to those with years of experience, for genealogists, and for historians, by bringing together in one place information on county, state, and federal records concerning county residents. Paperback, 91 pages. Condition: Good,…

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  • 452. German-American Names.

    452. German-American Names.

    $ 15.00

    By George F. Jones. This is an A-Z dictionary of German-American names with the spellings, meanings, and variants of about 15,000 names. The lengthy introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of German-American names. Hardcover with dust jacket, 268 pages. Condition: Good, but missing title…

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  • 459. The Journal of Joshua Gilpin, 1809.

    459. The Journal of Joshua Gilpin, 1809.

    $ 15.00

    Pleasure and business in Western Pennsylvania. Illustrated. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Joseph E. Walker, Editor. Hardbound, with dust jacket. 156 pages. Condition: Clean. 6″ x 9.25″ x7/8″

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  • 464. Baptisms and Burials, Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1760

    464. Baptisms and Burials, Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1760

    $ 24.00

    Christ Church was established in 1695 and was the first Episcopal church in Philadelphia. For a number of years it served the entire Anglican community, and by 1760, when St. Peter’s was split off from it, more than 10,000 baptisms and burials were recorded in its registers. These registers are intact from 1709, and the…

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  • 482. Ohio and Her Western Reserve

    482. Ohio and Her Western Reserve

    $ 15.00

    With A Story of Three States. Leading to the Latter, from Connecticut, by Way of Wyoming, Its Indian War, and Massacre. By Alfred Mathews. With Illustrations and Maps. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1902. This work chronicles Connecticut’s expansion westward and the role Connecticut played in the region we now call Ohio, by first…

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  • 484. The Western Reserve, The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio

    484. The Western Reserve, The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio

    $ 15.00

    By Harlan Hatcher. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. Publishers. The story of the New Connecticut in Ohio, the Western Reserve — how these New England pioneers came to settle and found the lands of northern Ohio. Indianapolis. New York. An amazing narrative of the Western Reserve’s beginnings, adaptations, modern success, and brown-out. Full of names and…

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  • 488. Historical Collections of Ohio. Volume III

    488. Historical Collections of Ohio. Volume III

    $ 24.00

    An Encyclopedia of the State. By Henry Howe, LL.D. Illustrated by about Seven Hundred Engravings Contrasting the Ohio of 1846 with 1886-90. The Ohio Centennial Edition. Columbus: Henry Howe & Son. Copyright 1891 by Henry Howe. An Encyclopedia of the State; History Both General and Local, Geography .. Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc.,…

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  • 490. Columbiana County, Ohio, 1850 Census

    490. Columbiana County, Ohio, 1850 Census

    $ 15.00

    Contains Name, Age, Occupation, and Place of Birth of every person living in Columbiana County in the year 1850. Copied from Microfilm Roll No. 669 (M-432) by Carl Willsey Bell, Youngstown, Ohio, and published by The Ohio Genealogical Society, 454 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio. 44906. Hardbound. 284 pages. Condition: Clean; not circulated; hardly opened;…

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  • 491. Biographical Record, Portage and Summit Counties, OH

    491. Biographical Record, Portage and Summit Counties, OH

    $ 15.00

    Containing Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and Representative Citizens, together with Portraits and Biographies of all the Presidents of the United States and Biographies of the Governors of Ohio. Logansport, Ind. A. W. Bowen & Co. 1898. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base…

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  • 539. Handbook of Dates for Students of English History. No. 4.

    539. Handbook of Dates for Students of English History. No. 4.

    $ 15.00

    Edited by C. R. Cheney. Reprinted with corrections 1978. Hardbound. 164 pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used. Published by Offices of the Royal Historical Society, London. his book is the recognized essential tool for establishing historical dates. Its tables provide perpetual calendars for English or British history, including regnal years, and legal chronology….

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  • 541. The Homes of Our Ancestors: As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York

    541. The Homes of Our Ancestors: As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York

    $ 15.00

    By R. T. H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower. From the Beginnings of New England Through the Early Days of the Republic. Published to accompany and compliment a landmark exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum in 1925. Hardbound. Illustrated with many elegant plates. 1937. 302 pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used.

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  • 544. The Handy Book to English Genealogy

    544. The Handy Book to English Genealogy

    $ 15.00

    By Rachel Mellen. Third Edition. Softbound. Third Edition, 1990. Formerly entitled “A Practical Guide for the Genealogist in England. This edition has been expanded to provide more information for those researchers working on their English ancestry. 218 pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used.

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  • 547. Scaife Company and The Scaife Family, 1802-1952

    547. Scaife Company and The Scaife Family, 1802-1952

    $ 15.00

    By Will and Mazine Schoyer, in collaboration with several employees of Scaife Company. Hardbound. 1952. No dust jacket. A history of the oldest manufacturing company west of the Alleghenies under five generations. Pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used.

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  • 548. Liberty: The Statue and the American Dream

    548. Liberty: The Statue and the American Dream

    $ 15.00

    Hardbound, with dust jacket. 1985. 304 pages. Excellent condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used.

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  • 549. Catalog of the Inland Rivers Library Supplement

    549. Catalog of the Inland Rivers Library Supplement

    $ 15.00

    Compiled by the staff of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 1989. Paperback. 98 pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used. No discount.

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  • 551. Exploring Venango County: A Sampler of Things to Do and Places to See

    551. Exploring Venango County: A Sampler of Things to Do and Places to See

    $ 15.00

    Venango County Historical Society. 1980. Paperback. 30 pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used.

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  • 554. How to Trace Your Family Tree

    554. How to Trace Your Family Tree

    $ 15.00

    A complete and easy to understand guide for the beginner by the American Genealogical Research Institute Staff. 1973. Paperback. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. 5.5″ x 0.5″ x 8.5″ 191 pages. Hardly used.

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  • 555. Searching For Your Ancestors

    555. Searching For Your Ancestors

    $ 15.00

    By Gilbert H. Doane. The fascinating bestseller that tells you exactly how to trace your family tree. Fourth revised edition. Paperback. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used. 198 pages.

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  • 556. Finding Your Roots

    556. Finding Your Roots

    $ 15.00

    The Official Handbook for Heritage Hunters by Jeane Eddy Westin. 1977. Paperback. 291 pages. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition. Hardly used.

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