Surnames K - L
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Surnames Beginning with K
Kearney, Keator, Keeler, Keller, Kellis, Kelsey, Kemp, Kemper, Kennedy, Kenton, Kenworthy, Kenyon, Key, Kidder, Kilbourn, Kimball, Kimbriel, King, Kingman, Kinne, Kirkpatrick, Kissack, Knowles, Knowlton
"Midwest Families." Michael J. Kearney and Lisa Von Kaenel. Park Ridge, Illinois, 1979. Several families from Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium who settled in Iowa, Ohio and Missouri in the middle of the nineteenth century. Surnames include: Kearney, Lynch, Duhr, Weinbeck, McGrath, Sheehan and von Kaenel. J33
"Three Centuries of the Keator Family in America." Alfred Decker Keator, Litt. D., The American Historical Company, INC, New York, 1955. Family History of the Keator Family in America. Most of the information pertains to the Keators who resided in Ulster Co, NY. JG12
"Genealogy of the families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1639." James Boughton (New York, N.Y. : W.F. Jones, 1903.) Covers the Fairfield County lines of the Rockwell and Keeler families, including numerous branches in other states, including New York, Pennsylvania, and the Midwest. If you have Rockwell or Keeler ancestors, I will do lookups in this important work which spans the generations from the 1630s in Fairfield County, Conn., to the 1890s. I also have a file of corrections and updates for the Rockwell lines. KR1
"Descendants of Henry Keller: A Biographical Listing of the Descendants of Henry Keller from 1755-1924." Henry Keller was born in 1755 in York County, Pennsylvania, and married Catherine Seitz. Book compiled and published by E. Seitz Shumaker in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1924. Covers the following states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and several others. Included in the book's index are 400 surnames with concentrations on Keller, Bowlus, Hite, Jones, Kunkel, Layman, Miesse, Miller, Seever, and Stockton. DLL
See under Callis.
"Kelsey Genealogy Volumes I and II." Original printing 1928, edited by Chester Caufield Kelsey. Volumes I and II contain information on Generations I through VI. E9
"The Kemp Chronicles; volume 1 - Descendants of Johan Matthias Kaempffer (1728-1795)." Debra Kemp Sotzing and Sally Kemp Hagins, Dee's Genealogical Research & Publishing, 1998. KC4
"Kinfolks, a genealogical and biographical record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore, Benjamin and Mary Curry, Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp, John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea, Sterling Clack and Frances (King) Robertson, Samuel and Sophia Ann (Parker) Dickey, their antecedents, descendents, and collateral relatives." By William Curry Harllee in Collaboration with others, Volume II (2 Fulmore, 3, Curry, and 4 Kemp Sections). Copyright 1935 by William Curry Harlee. pages 969 - 1819. LS7
"The Genealogy of the Kemper Family in the United States." W.L Kemper and H.L. Wright, Geo. Hazlett & Co, 1899. The descendants of John Kemper of Virginia. Has a short historical sketch of his family and of the German Reformed Colony at Germanna and Germantown, VA. Over 2500 indexed names, spanning the years 1635 to 1895. BP2
"The Irish Kennedys; The Story of the Rebellious O'Kennedys." by Brian Patrick Kennedy; Gaeltachta Publishers, Australia; 1998. "The "Rebellious O'Kennedys" is an evocative description given to the O'Kennedys of Ormond in County Tipperary, Ireland, in Elizabethan times. Descended from the Kings of Thomond, the O'Kennedys held their ancestral lands for hundreds of years while a succession of English conquerors tried to take it from them. Although they eventually succeeded in taking the lands, the English did not do so without fierce resistance from the family they dubbed the "Rebellious O'Kennedys".... This story is a distillation of various historical records and of the writings of Irish historians, researchers, writers and genealogists." taken from the Introduction of the book. CG3
"The Kennedy Chronicle." Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy, self published, 1891. History of the family of Rev. Samuel Kennedy, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Baskingridge, NJ and his son, Dr. Samuel Kennedy of Hardwick, NJ. Links to the Earl of Cassillis, Scotland. K1
"Be Fruitful, and Multiply, and Replenish the Earth, Some of the Descendants of Mark Kenton and Mary Miller," by Denise Kay Mahan Moore, Publ 1991 by the author: Denise Kay Mahan Moore, PO Box 752, Gautier MS 39553. Simon Kenton, the frontiersman, is one of the children of this family. MJO
"Kenworthy's." Marry H. Louise White Thiessen. Kenworthy family Genealogy, includes surnames Cox, Stockton, Maxwell, Holliday, Bartlett. PA, NC, WV, OH, IN, IA. BZ
See under Greene.
"Key and Allied Families." Janie W. H. Lane, Statesboro, GA, 1931. Scanned pages from an original copy of the book. Descendants of Philip Key, who emigrated from London to St. Mary's Co., MD in 1720, and other Key families. Allied lines include Bibb, Cantelou, Clarke, Kilpatrick, Garrett, Keith, Marshall, Martin, Terrell, Waller and White. The author was a descendant of Francis Scott Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner". JS30
"A Genealogy of the Kidder Family." Morgan Hewitt Stafford, Tuttle Publishing Co., 1941. The genealogy of Ensign James Kidder, the first Kidder to come to America and progenitor of virtually all Kidders in the U.S.A. and Canada. M10
"The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn." Payne Kenyon Kilbourne, A.M., Durrie & Peck of New Haven, CT, 1856. JK6
"Record Of the Family Of Levi Kimball & Some Of His Descendants" Comp. by Levi Darbee, 1861; Rev. & Extended 1913 by Robert M. Darbee; Brooklyn Eagle Press Records of Kimballs and Darbees. JDV
"Kimbriel Kith and Kin." Compiled and published by Mrs. Jeff Wade, Jr., 1974. Contains information on the Kimbriel family, starting with James T. Kimbriel, 1810/1817, on to time book was published. Other surnames mentioned in book: Butts, Bingham, Cartledge, Camp, Cole, Crowder, Curry, Easterwood, Ellison, Fant, Forrester, Fowler, Hardy, Hawkins, Henley, Hillhouse, Ingram, Inman, Jennings, Lewis. Latham, Lollar, Love, Lucius, McQuarry, Mann, rish, Roberts, Scott, Shaffer, Skelton, Suggs, Tabb, Taylor, Turner, Wise, Womack. MM11
See also under Maryland and Plymouth Co., MA.
"Descendants of Henry Kingman." Bradford Kingman, David Clapp & Son, 1912. Descendants of Henry Kingman who came from England to Weymouth MA in 1635. Descendants later settled Bridgewater MA. PHW
"Genealogy of Henry and Ann Kinne ... Salem, Massachusetts" By Florance Keeney Robertson, 1947 (Kennee, Keeney, Kenney, et.al.) GK
"A Kirkpatrick Genealogy: The Family of James Kirkpatrick of South Carolina." Written by Melvin Kirkpatrick and David Hudson. GAN
"Seed of Issac" and "The MacIsacs." Reginald Kissack. Family history of the Kissack name with family trees from the Isle of Man and some to America and Australia. JW7
"Descendants of Richard Knowles 1637-1973." Virginia Knowles Hufbauer. DC4
"Knowlton Ancestry." Charles Stocking, Knickerbocker Press, NY, 1897. Genealogy of Knowlton Family in America, up to about the publication date. CK3
"Supplement and Index to the Knowlton Ancestry." George Henry Knowlton, Everett Press, Boston, 1903. Indexes and corrects some of the errors in the Knowlton Ancestry. CK3
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Surnames Beginning with L
Lacher, Lamb, Lamborn, Landrus, Lange, Leasure/LeSueur/Leisure, Leebrick, LeFevre, Leftwich/Leftwick, Lehman, Leinbach/Linebaugh/Lineback, Lent, Leverett, Lewis, Libeau, Liebrich, Light, Lightfoot, Lillibridge, Lincoln, Link, Lippincott, List, Little, Loomis, Lothrop/Lathrop, Lovell, Lowry, Lum, Lunt, Luyten, Lynch
Lacher
"History of Lacher Kinship." Karl Lacher, Karl Lacher, 1989. History of German Russian Descendants of the Lacher family 1700-1989. AJ3
See under Family Histories - General.
"Genealogy of the Lamborn Family" Samuel Lamborn, Press of M.L. Marion, 1894. JK2
See under Illinois.
"LANGE SLEKTEBOK." (Lange Family Book). Albert J. Lange, Jacob Dybwads Forlag, 1888. This book follows the LANGE family from 1525 up to the early 1900's in Norway. It is a treasure trove of information, written on the old language of Riksmaal. This language was discontinued in 1905 when Norway became independent of Sweden. There is an index of names. GM1
"Descendants of Abraham LeSueur The Huguenot." Thelma Leasure Marshall, Licinis Printers, 1991. Family histories of the LeSueur, Leasure, Leisure, Lazear, Lesure and Lasure families. [This book has been shown to contain a lot of inaccuracies.] J20
See under Fetters surname.
"The Pennsylvania LeFevres, Descendants of Isaac LeFevre and Catherine Ferree, French protestant settlers in Lancaster Co., PA, 1710." George Newton LeFevre. KM
"Leftwich-Turner Families of Virginia and Their Connections." Walter Lee Hopkins, C. J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg, VA 1980. Orig. self pub.1931. Leftwich/Leftwick family from 1658 Virginia. Some mention of early family in England. Turner and Haynes families treated much lighter. P1
"Abraham P. and Elizabeth (Luginbuhl) Lehman and their descendants." Elma Bixler and Paul Bixler. Economy Printing Concern Inc., Berne, IN - 1965. DLW
"Leinbachs in America: The First Five Generations." Laurel Miller. The author starts with the first Leinbach who migrated from Germany to America. She follows each of his descendants for four more generations. There are Pictures, Signatures, Events and Inventions, and tons of additional information that adds substance to the lists of families. SBL
"LENT (van Lent) Family History." Nelson Burton Lent, Newburgh Journal Printing House and Book Bindery, 1903. BAL
"Acorns To Oaks, a Genealogy of the Leverett and Oatman Families." by Julia Aline and LaVera H. Leverett, 1990. From Godfrey Leverett in England ca 1565 thru Boston to VA in 1663, then across the South to Red River Co, Texas came the Leverett clan. This enjoyable book traces one line, leading to John Leverett in Texas in 1908. Many personal stories and memories of the living descendants are included. PSC
"Southern Leverett Families from Virginia in Multiple Sections." By Patsy S Chappelear, 2006. A comprehensive report on PSC Leverett line and analysis of all Leverett (all spellings) information from U S Census 1790 to 1930 especially centered on the Southern United States. DOES NOT include the Leveretts from the New England area. Any serious Leverett researcher should own this book. Available hardbound at cost. about 6500 names in index. Sections: General information, Godfrey of England the first Seven generations, Lt. Thomas of Virginia born ca 1740, Rev. William of Virginia born ca 1730, Tomas of Virginia born 12 May 1755, John Jr of Virginia born ca 1745, and The Unconnected. Includes transcribed censuses and SSDI. Includes documentation. PSC
See also under Maryland
"Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America." Author: William Terrell Lewis. Published by: The Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893, Copyrighted 1892. JD5
See under Akaroa, New Zealand.
"900 Years: A Liebrich/Leebrick Family History." David H. Leebrick, Outskirts Press, 2015. Historical Biography of the German Liebrich family and descendants of colonial immigrant John Philip Liebrich. Emphasis is on author's paternal line. Heavily footnoted. DL2
"The Light Genealogy in America." by Moses Light; A pamphlet published for the author in 1896. A history of the Light family from the "Old Country". The first John Light and two of hius brothers, natives of the Palatinate, Germany, left the Old Country for America about the year 1719, one stopping in England and one in Baltimore, Md.. John Light, above mentioned, settled in (then called) Lebanon township, Lancaster county, Pa., now Lebanon county Pa., and secured a tract of land, now a part of the city of Lebanon, patent dated April 2, 1742. [This book can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive.]
"Calling All Lightfoots: A Lightfoot Family History." Edith Ellen Williams and Mary Edd Morton, Heritage Books, 2003. 268 pages. This book is searchable and returns "snippets" of hits on books.google.com. Please search there in order to better frame your request before contacting me. This book is primarily a genealogy and starts with Early Lightfoots in England and America (VA). Many generations are covered and highlighted with Charts, photos (mostly very poor quality) references to Magna Carta relationship and heraldry. The Lightfoots were influential in England and early America and intermarried with MANY of Americas "first families" making this an important book for researchers with these interests. KMS
"Lillibridges of the World." JL7
"The Pioneer and the Priarie Lawyer." Boone and Lincoln Family Heritage, Biographical & Historical 1603-1985. Willard Mounts, Ginwill Publishing, 1991. Covers the relationship between Daniel Boone and Abraham Lincoln and their families. SH4
"The Link Family; Antecedents & Descendants of John Jacob Link 1417-1951." Paxson Link; Heritage Books Inc, 1951, 1988. The title page reads : "With much history about the Stoner, Crowell, Demory, Remsberg, Thraves, Ropp, Boyer, Fuchs (Fox), Beard (Bart), Miller, Filler, Hanger, Wayland, Osbourn, Hendricks, Reinhart, Sloan, Barrier, Root, Houff, Stove, Turner, La Grange, Smith, Kneiple, Shank, Grove, Cale, Palmer, Lewis, Allen, Woodward, Burnett, McChesney, Baylor, Freer, Garrett, Girdner, Creager, Burckhardt, and Eisenhower families." Locales include : Palatinate, Germany; Berks Co, Pennyslvania; Frederick Co, Maryland; Jefferson Co, Virginia/West Virginia. VCT
"Lippincott: Five Generations of the Descendants of Richard & Abigail Lippincott," Judith M. Olsen, The Gloucester Co. Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ, 1982. From the beginnings in Great Britain to RI and PA and NJ mostly. Each descendant is given a number. JP9, PB
"Lippincott: The Seventh Generation of the Descendants of Richard & Abigail Lippincott." by Judith M. Olsen, pub by Gloucester Co Hist Soc., 2006. Only covers seventh generation through their sons John and Remembrance. Each descendant is given a number consistent with books covering generations 1-6. JP9
"List Family Notes", Howard M. List, 1986. BB5
See under Harford Co., MD.
"Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America." Elias Loomis, 1875, revised by Elisha Scott Loomis, 1909. Comprehensive Loomis history. ML1
"A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family by EB Huntington." Huntington, Julia Case, Lockard and Brainard Co. Hartford CT 1884 reprinted by the Higginson Book Co. Descendants of the Rv. John Lothropp of Scituate and Barnstable, MA and Mark Lothrop, of Salem and Bridgewater, MA and the first generation of descendants of other names. [This book is available as a free download from the Internet Archives.]
"A Genealogy Outline of the Descendants of Asahel Lovell 1750-1980." By Burrell B. Lovell, privately published 1985. Descendants of Asahel Lovell who moved from NJ to Enfield, NY in 1804. ME
"Rowdy Joe Lowe, Gambler With a Gun." Joseph G. Rosa & Waldo E. Koop. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1989. Biography relating life of a man who made his mark in several Western frontier towns running dance halls, gambling parlors and brothels. 188 pages with black and white photos and index. BLL
"Emma and Ellis Lowry and their Descendants." Lucille Elnora (Lowry) Andreason, self-published, 1990. This book traces the Descendants of Emma Day Thompson (1866-1952) and Ellis Lowry (1860-1944). It also contains four generations of their ancestors to about 1745. It was compiled by their granddaughter with help from many of the other members of the family and is pretty accurate for the generations up to 1990. LK1
"Footprints." by Robert G. Lowry, published by author, 1985. The life stories of Robert Graham Lowry and Susan Louise Thurman and those of their in-America ancestors from Jamestown and Plymough to the present 1620 - 1985. CG3
"Genealogy of the Lum Family." This book was compiled by Edward H. Lum and published in 1927. The book traces the descendants of John Lum who was born in 1620 in Yorkshire, England. He settled first in Stamford, CT, in 1642. He was in Long Island, NY by 1644. KR1, TL
"Descendents of Schuyler and Elizabeth (Collins) Lunt." by Kevin Tvedt, 2007. RC5
See Belgium.
"Lynch Families of the Southern States; Lineages and Court Records." Lois Davidson Hines; Dorothy Ford Wulfeck; 1966. A collection of Lynch family records compliled by Mrs. Hines from Lynch family researchers from all over the Southern United States. W2
"Lynch Record." Compiled by Elizabeth C. Lynch, Wm J. Hirten Co., Inc.,, 1925. Per the intro to the book "Containing biographical sketches of men of the name, Lynch 16th to 20th century. Together with information regarding the origin of the name and topographical poems showing the territories possessed by some branches of the Lynch family." Concentration is on those Lynches in Ireland. Extremely rare, if any, mention of Lynches in the US. L1