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The last in my list of the men who licensed the teachers of the old red school house was J. D. Lamberson. He was in office in 1854 and may have served until 1856 when the of- flce of town superintendent of schools was abolished and the first county school commissioners were elected. James Lamberson owned a fine farm in the Hopson district on Cold Creek and passed his last days in the most pretentious house in Salisbury Center now occupled by George Van Val- kenburg.
teachers of the old toll gate or red school house district were obliged to get their. licenses by or through the county school commissioner.
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Early Churches of New York State
A' brief summary delivered by H. A. | McConville, before the Schenectady GenealogIcal Soclety on May 11, 1942 -
- The tracing of family historles and genealogical research is greatly aid- ed and is successful In proportion to the number and kind of records available. Those who are fortunate enough to have been descended from the early settlers of New England, especially from Massachusetts, Con- necticut or Rhode - Island, have not had to do much searching.
In the case 'of Massachusetts, very complete town records are available in print in most of the li- brarles of large cities covering a ma- jorIty of Massachusetts towns and villages, some dating back to about 1630. The early Pilgrims and Puri- tans placed their emphasis on town or community records, and insisted their births, deaths and marriages be recorded by the town officials. What the churches did was second- ary, and I seem to recall instances where ministers were not allowed to perform marrlages. So athough some of the records of churches In New
England have been published, In many cases they are not as complete as the town, records.
In New York State, a different sit- uation Is encountered. During the early days, the territory was under the control of the Dutch and altho this nation was a great believer in records „and thoroughness, the au- thority and keeping of records was vested in their churches. This early custom prevalled, after the English. had wrested control from the Dutch and continued down to"a fairly ne
vital records of citles or towns go back as far as 1888, such as in New York city, for example. But laws re- quiring the registering of vital sta- cent date.
tilstics with the towns and cities did not go into effect until 1908, rela- tively a short time ago. This leaves the chief source of early records In the church registers of the various districts, and it is fortunate for us that so many of these early records were kept in such a methodical man- ner.
the Dutch Reformed of New York City, established in 1628, although its records do not begin until 1639. From other sources, we find that the first child was born in New York City in 1625. Although the second church in the state (Dutch Reformed) was formed at Albany in 1642, actually no records are available before 1683, when a list of church members is giv- en. It Is belleved that many of the earller Albany records are recorded in the Dutch Church in New York City as the ministers journeyed from there up the river. A. majority of the early names In, the New York regis- ters were French Huguenots, and the records seem very complete.
The old Dutch custom followed in the naming of children is a big heip to us In solving relationships In those early days. The first male child was named for the father's father, the second for the mother's father. In the same way, the first girl was named for the fathers' mother and the sec- ond for the mother's mother. The child's middle name In each case was Its father's first name with an appro- priate ending. In the case of a boy if the father's name was Jan Damen. the son's name would be Corneih. Jansen, Damen. If a girl, her name would be Neeltje Jans Damen. (To be continued)
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(Continued from last week)
1654 Claes Hendrickse Van Schoon«. hoven, Jacob Tysse Van der Heyden,, Teunes Cornelisse Vander Poel, Wy- ant Gerritse Vander Poel, Jeremias Van : Rensselaer, ""Reynier Wissel- penning, Pleter Jacobse, Borsboom, Symon Symonse Groot, Pieter Janse Loockermans, Hendrick Marselis, Thomas Janes Mingall,' an Peeck (Peck), Pieter Quackenbush, Teunis Cornelisse Siingerland, Arent Van.
Probably the earliest records made in the state were those of the Jes- den Bergh. ult priests from Canada, who roam- ed through the state.in the very .. ear- ly days converting the Indians. The 1655. Gerrit ' Bancker, Leendert Philipse Conyn,' Claes Andriesse .. Do Graef, Elizabeth Hendrickse Lans- French were said to have had a trad- Ing post near the present site of Ai- bany about 1580. Any records these Ing, Rem, Jansen Vander Beeck, Jesuits made were carried back to Myndert Frederickse Van Iveren, Cornelis Wynkoop, Marselis Jans Van Bommel (Marselis), Harmen Al -. bertse Vedder. Canada or possibly to France, and to my knowledge are not available now. New York City . was settled in 1614, supposedly by the Dutch, but 1656. Frans Pieterse Clauw, Tjerk. Claesse de Witt, Matheus Abrahamso. Van Deusen, Pieter Meesses Vroo- . man, Marten Cornelisse Van Yssel- steyn. 1657. Willem Brouwer, Roeloft 1 the names reveal the settlers to have been largely French Huguenots. These people, however, did not have an early church of their own. The Swartwout, Dirk Wesselse Ten. .
uysen, Wouter Albertse Van den
Uythoff, Cornelis Van Dyck, Barthol< omeus Pieterse Hogeboom, Barent .Rynders.
) 1658. Claes Van Schalck, Jan Bar- antse Kunst, Pieter Van Alen. 1659, Hendrick Martense (Wiltsie) Van Coppenhoegen, Arnout Cornelis- se Viele.
1660. Harmen Harmense Gange« voort, Hykert Claesse Van Vranken, Aert Pietersen Tack. 1661. Frans Janse Pruyn, Lourens . Van Alen, Daniel Jans Van Ant- werpen, Cornelis Cornellsse Viele. 1662. Claes Jacobse Groesbeeck, Cornelis Stephanse Muller, Anthony Janse Westbroeck.
1663. Pieter Bronck, Hendrick Cuy- ler, Adam Dingman, Jacobus Janse, Claes Cornelisse Swits, Hendrick. Vanden Bergh, Claes Lourens Van -. der Volgen, Willem Pieterse Van, Siyck, Helmer Otten.
1664. Teunis Cornelisse Swart, Claes Frederickse Van Petten, Hen- Drick Gerrittse Van Wie, . Hendick: Meesse Vrooman, Isaac De Forest:
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VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. N. Y.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1946
Questions and Answers A department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.
KELLER, GOETSCHIUS
Information wanted regarding the identity of the following:
Peter Weller and Charlotte Goet- schius, parents of Hiram Weller born vicinity Walden, N. Y., 1825. Albert P. Thompson of Swanzey, N. H. who, was the father of Lyman George Thompson, born Niagara Falls, N. Y. about 1856.
H. W. Weller,
13 Cedar Parkway. Livingston, N. J.
PETRIE
Desire parentage of John Freder- Ick Petrie born Feb. 14, 1821, died Suggestion above is that you look on page two of your issue of May 8, 1929, two-thirds of the way down | column two of the Fort Herkimer Church paper by Rev. W. N. P. Dailey, where it is stated: May 15, 1875. Could he 'have been the "John", son of John and Cath- erine (House) Petrie (see Enter- prise and News of October 10, 1946 ?) He went by the name Frederick throughout his lifetime. He married "The consistory exhibited nineteen quit claim deeds, original documents March 7, 1841 Mary Ann Kinne, daughter of Jacob and Mercy (Co- signed by the heirs of the original patentees then surviving."
/ vell) Kinne who was born Aug. 28, 1819 and died Dec. 18, 1895. They had the following children:
1. Algenia Sarah born Jan. 9, 1842, died Oct. 23, 1921, married Dec. 31, 1862 Horace Tibbits Westcott born Nov. 22, 1838 and died Dec. 8, 1915. His paretnage desired.
2. Jacob Mortimer born Feb. 3, 1844, died Jan. 20, 1897, morried (1) Oct. 9, 1870 Mary McCleary who was born Dec. 28, 1843 and died Jan. 28, Each deed will give the correct line of descent from 1730, date of 1875. Her parentage desired. Mar- rled (2) (date?) Mrs. Elizabeth | the first deed of the church proper-
(Schultz) Kloch who was born April 1, 1838 and died July 5, 1934. Her parentage desired.
3. Royal M. born 1846, d. y.
4. Theodore James born Feb. 22, 1858, died May 30, 1876 Buffalo, N. Y.
5. Theressa born Feb. 22, 1853, died Nov. 17, 1913. Married (1) Samuel McCleary. Was he a brother of Mary
above ? His date desired. Married (2) STREACH
William N. Davenport born March
13, 1847 and died March 3, 1927. He cerning the Streach family of Mo- was a widower with two daughters Eva and Mildred. His parentage de- · øjred.
6. Arthur Frederick born Oct. 26, 1856, died (when and where?), mar- ried Dec. 28, 1886 Marchee I. French who died Nov. 20, 1910. Her paren- tage and data desired.
Children: Jessie May married Ru- sell Sample in 1920. His date desir- ed. They have four children. Mrs. Theodore L. Chisholm, 990 Post Road,
Scarsdale, N. Y.
SOULE
Wanted maiden name and paren- tage of Christiana who married in Herkimer county Hon. Nathan Soule and for some time lived in Fort Plain before moving in 1836 to Clay, Onondaga county, N. Y. She died there April 2, 1851, age 61 years, 9 months, 10 days.
(1 male over 16, 4 males under 16, 4 females.) OREIGHTON
Wanted same information on Rob- ert Creighton (Washington Co.,) (1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 5 fe- males.)
Jos. H. Schaefer,
308 James street, Syracuse, N. Y.
SUGGESTION
It did me good to know Mrs. Staehla is coming across with her work on the Petries after Jan. 1, 1947.
In June, 1833 these originals were presented in the Court of Chancery. It is presumed the Reformed church still has those originals or photo- states of same. Rev. Mr. Dailey could help secure, or else could pre- pare copies or photostats of them, and all could be printed by the En- terprise, bay two or three in each is- sue.
ty, to.1773, date of the second deed and maybe the approximate dates of the quit claim deeds. Two or maybe three generations may intervene.
L. F. Bellinger, 1005 Springdale Road, Atlanta, Ga.
P. S .- It looks like 19 families are represented.
Can you give me information con-
hawk Valley? A family record says James W. Mclaughlin married a Dutch girl from the Mohawk valley. A record from Mason county, Ky. shows James McLaughlin and Jem- mima Streach marriage June 3, 1805. William, Streach born?
Did William Streach move from N. Y. to Ky. and who was his fath- er ? He probably was Jemima's broth- er. Mrs. F. E. Frisbee,
Sheldon, Iowa.
ADAMS
Asahel Adams, son of Timothy and Susanna (Adams) Adams born 7 Oct. 1764 Pomfret Windham Co., Conn. "married (2) *** 29-Dec. 1799 Pawlet, Vermont, Olive (Polly) Low- ell born 7 Feb. 1786, 'Putney, Vt., daughter of David and Phoebe Low- ell, Jr.
Children_(Where and whom
Cynthia married Seth Easton. Would like any data on the above. Asahel Adams married (3) Cynthia French. When and where were they married ? Where and when was she born and who are her parents? They had six children. When and where were they born and when and were were they married? Children:
Chauncey H. married Mrs. Eunice H. Clark.
Caroline C. married Warham B. Williams.
Giles F. married Anna M. Under- wood. .
Lafayette married Elvia A. Clark. Theodocia married Zacharia Math- er. Ozias F. married Eliza Board-
man. Would like data on any of the above.
Reference: History of Yates Co., New York.
Chester Adams, born 15 June, 1754, Pomfret, Windham Co., Conn., son of Isaac nd Eleanor Adams married Elizabeth Sutherland. When and where were they married? Who were the parents of Elizabeth Sutherland and when and where was she born? Children of Chester and Elizabeth (Sutherland) Adams:
Isaac married Betsy Adams. Eleanor married. Aaron Putney. ' Jane married Edwad Foster. Asahel.
Bethina married William Seamons. Susan married Chauncey Adams. Eliza married John Salisbury. Lydia born 1793, Augusta, Yates Co., N. Y. married 1813 James Chris- tie.
When and where were these child- ren born and married ?
Isaac Adams, born about 1788, son of Chester and Elizabeth (Suther- land) Adams. When and where was Isaac Adams born ? He married Bet- sey Adams, daughter of Asahel and Sarah (Herrick) Adams. She was born 21 Feb. 1789 Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vt. When and where were they married ?
They died in Coldwater, Michigan.
Would like their death dates. They had ten children.
1. Phebe born 7 June 1811, An- tario, N. Y.
2. Susan born 2 May 1813, Ontario, N. Y., died 1815.
3. Andrew Sutherland born 7 May 1815 Middlesex,' Yates Co., N. Y.
married Abigail.
4. John Wesley born 20 Mar., 1807, Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y. married Jane Clark.
5. Alta born 4 Jan. 1821, Canaan, Wayne Co., Ohio, married Andrew Zoovers.
6. Eliza born 7 June 1823, Wayne Co., Ohio, died 1903, married Percy Bowers.
7. Jane born 13 May 1825, Canaan, Wayne Co., Ohio died 28 June 1891, married Johnston Ferguson.
8. Chester born 13 Jan. 1827, Ca- naan, Wayne Co., Ohio, died 3 June 1909, married Mary Staley ..
9. Lydia born 1 Sept. 1829, Canaan, Wayne Co., Ohio, married Ira Ow:
1875. Her parentage desired. Mar- ried (2) (date?) Mrs. Elizabeth (Schultz) Kloch who was born April 1, 1838 and died July 5, 1934. Her parentage desired.
3. Royal M. born 1846, d. y.
4. Theodore James born Feb. 22, 1858, died May 30, 1876 Buffalo, N. Y.
5. Theressa born Feb. 22, 1853, died Nov. 17, 1913. Married (1) Samuel McCleary. Was he a brother of Mary above ? His date desired. Married (2) William N. Davenport born March 13, 1847 and died March 3, 1927. He was a widower with two daughters Eva and Mildred. His parentage de- sired.
6. Arthur Frederick born Oct. 26, 1856, died (when and where?), mar- ried Dec. 28, 1886 Marchee I. French who died Nov. 20, 1910. Her paren- tage and data desired.
Children: Jessie May married Ru- sell Sample in 1920. His date desir- ed. They have four children.
Mrs. Theodore L. Chisholm, 990 Post Road,
Scarsdale, N. Y.
SOULE
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Wanted maiden name and paren- tage of Christiana who married in Herkimer county Hon. Nathan Soule" and for some time lived in Fort Plain before moving in 1836 to Clay, Onondaga county, N. Y. She died there April 2, 1851, age 61 years, 9 months, 10 days.
CARPENTER
Wanted famlly information on Roger Carpenter who died April 2, 1840 age 73. Buried in Sweet ceme- tery, town of Scriba, Oswego Co. SMITH
Wanted detailed family informa- tion on Eleazer Smith shown in Granville, Washington Co. census
pach deed will give the correct line of descent from 1730, date of the first deed of the church proper- ty, to.1773, date of the second deed and maybe the approximate dates of the quit claim deeds. Two or maybe three generations may intervene.
L. F. Bellinger,
1005 Springdale Road, Atlanta, Ga.
'P. S .- It looks like 19 families are represented.
STREACH
Can you give me information con- cerning the Streach family of Mo- hawk Valley? A family record says James W. Mclaughlin married a Dutch girl from the, Mohawk valley. A record from Mason county, Ky. shows James McLaughlin and Jem- mima Streach marriage June 3, 1805. William Streach born?
Did William Streach move from N. Y. to Ky. and who was his fath- er ? He probably was Jemima's broth- er.
Mrs. F. E. Frisbee,
Sheldon, Iowa.
ADAMS
Asahel Adams, son of Timothy and Susanna (Adams) Adams born 7. Oct. 1764 Pomfret Windham Co., Conn. married (2)" 20Dec(1799 Pawlet, Vermont, Olive (Polly) Low- ell born 7 Feb. 1786, 'Putney, Vt., daughter of David and Phoebe Low- ell, Jr.
Children. (Where and when were they born-)
Cyrus born 1801, married Jane Dorrance.
Polly married Chauncey Curtis. Sally born 1805, died 1881, mar- ried 1826 Paul Drake Easton. Asa P. married Esther Lee. Lovell married Lucina Curtis.
When and where were these child- ren born and married?
Isaac Adams, born about 1788, son of Chester and Elizabeth (Suther- land) Adams. When and where was Isaac Adams born? He married Bet- sey Adams, daughter of Asahel and Sarah (Herrick) Adams. She was born 21 Feb. 1789 Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vt. When and where were they married ?
They died in Coldwater, Michigan. Would like their death dates. They had ten children.
1. Phebe born 7 June 1811, An- tario, N. Y.
2. Susan born 2 May 1813, Ontario, N. Y., died 1815.
3. Andrew Sutherland-born 7 May 1815 Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y.
married Abigail.
4. John Wesley born 20 Mar., 1807, Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y. married Jane Clark.
5. Alta born 4 Jan. 1821, Canaan, Wayne Co., Ohio, married Andrew Zoovers.
6. Eliza born 7 June 1823, Wayne Co., Ohio, died 1903, married Percy Bowers. -
7. Jane born 13 May 1825, Canaan, Wayne Co., Ohio died 28 June 1891, married Johnston Ferguson.
8. Chester born 13"Jan. 1827; Ca- naan, Wayne Co., Ohio, died 3 June 1909, married Mary Staley ..
9. Lydia born 1 Sept. 1829, Canaan, Wayne Co., Ohio, married Ira Ow: ens.
10. Lavina born 31 Aug. 1832, Ca- naan, Wayne Co., Ohio, married Me- iona Sinclair.
Any further data on this family will be appreciated.
Myrtle Ballard Shurtiff,
2314 Sunnyside Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
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BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS 1
(Continued from last week) JEFFERSON COUNTY
Cape Vincent
1849. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian, Fred H. Moore, county clerk, Watertown, N. Y.
1889. Register, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1889-1913, no index, 1914 -- , indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1891-1907 and deaths 1889 -. Custo- dian, Ray Fitzgerald, registra - of vital statistics, Cape Vincent, N. Y. Champlon
1847-49. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Fred H. Mcore, county clerk, Watertown, N. Y.
1884. Register, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1884-1911, no index; 1912, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriag- es 1884-1907 and deaths 1884. rus- todian, Philip Zecher, town cierk, West Carthage, N. Y.
Clayton
1847-49. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr., chron. No index. Includes marriages and LE RAY
deaths. Custodian, Fred H. Moore, county clerk, Watertown, N. Y. 1882. Register, 7 vois. Arr. chron. 1882-1904, no index; 1905- indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1882-1907 and deaths 1882 -. Custo- dian Frank H. Cantwell, town clerk, Clayton, N. Y.
Ellisburg
1883-1901. Register, - 2 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Joseph H. Kerr ,town clerk, Ellisburg, N. Y. Henderson
1847-49. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Fred H. Moore, county clerk, Watertown, N. Y. 1847-50-1883. Register, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1847-50, 1883-1913, no index; 1914, indexed alph. by child- ren. Includes marriages 1847-50 1883-1913, and deaths 1847-50, 1883. Custodian O. W. Forward, town clerk, Henderson, N. Y. Hounsfleld
1847, 1849. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Fred H. Moore, county clerk, Watertown, N. Y.
1882. Register, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1882-1910, no index; 1911, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1882-1907 and deaths 1882. Custo- dian, Charles A. Patrick, town clerk, Sackets Harbor, N. Y.
1847. Reports 1 bdl. Arra. chon. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Fred H. Moore, county clerk, Watertown, N. Y. 1882. Register, 6 vols. Arr .. chron. 1882-1913, no index; 1914, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1882-1907 and deaths 1882. Custo- dian Carlton G. Bowles, town clerk, Evans Mills, N. Y.
Lorraine
1847-49. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Fred H. Moore. county clerk, Watertown, N. Y. 1848, 1849, 1882. Register, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1848, 1849, 1882, 1913. no index; 1914 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1848, 1849, 1882, 1908 and deaths 1848. 1849, 1882. Custodian Winfred Gil- lette, town clerk, Lorraine, N. Y. Lyme
1847, 1849. Reports, 1 bdl. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriag- es and deaths. Custodian Fred H Moore, county cierk, Watertown, N. Y.
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"LOCAL HISTORY"
Early Churches of New York State
A brief summary delivered by H. A. McConville before the .Schenectady Genealogical Soclety on May 11. (Continued from last week)
The third church in New York state was Christ's First Presbyter- ian formed at Hempstead In 1643, although records are not available before about 1734. Next came the churches at Flatbush (Midwout), Flatlands (Amersfort, formed in 1654) and Gravesend (in 1655) but their records do not go back that far.
The next two, the Kingston Re- formed and Brooklyn Reformed were established In 1660, and their records begin at that date. That actually makes their records second oldest in the state. The Kingston records es- pecially have been weli kept; and In their printed form as published by the church authorities are a won- lerful heip to those searching early records up and down the Hudson, as their ministers covered a wide terrl- tory, filling pulpits in Albany and various points along the river over many years. The original records were on exhibit at Kingston a year ago where I examined some of the earliest ones. Where the New York city records seemed quite compiete as to births, marriages and deaths, no deaths have been found in the Kingston books.
In Schenectady, the Reformed church was formed about 1670, but the records were destroyed In the massacre in 1690. We therefore only have them from 1694 on, but they are fascinating as they covered such s broad territory. There are many In- dian names there, as well as fami- lies far up the Mohawk valley. It is unfortunate that many of the early ministers did not know how to speii, or else their church members could riot spell thelr names, so we have to make many guesses in translating them now, guided to some extent by the names of descendants living to- day.
The earliest Huguenot church was at New Paitz with records going back to 1683 in French, although the church was Reformed. It is'a source of early French records in the state. Other early churches with important records 'near New York were the Bergen (1662) and Hackensack (1686) Reformed; also, the Tappan (1694) and Tarrytown Reformed (1697). The first Lutheran church records begin in 1704, the Dutch and German Lutheran of New York cov- ering Lutheran churches up - and down the Hudson valley and the Zlon Lutheran of Athens, mother church for the Hudson in the vicinity of Al- bany. Here are the earllest records of the Palatine Germans, with the min- Isters covering several small church- es on both sides of the river.
The Episcopal Church was estab- Ilshed early in Albany In 1675, aitho records are not available before 1756.' The Albany minister had charge of the English Queen Anne's Chapel established at Fort Hunter about 1711 (with records from 1734 to; 1746), which Sir William Johnson and his followers attended in the ear- ly days. Later, when St. George's of Schenectady was formed in 1753, this church lost its following, and Sir Wil-
BY DONALD D. PARKER Brookings. South Dakota "LOCAL HISTORY"-HOW TO GATHER IT, WRITE IT, AND PUBLISH I'l
(Continued from last week) Writing the War History of Com- munities'
In time of war when the national effort is directed toward a common goal and news or anticipation of critical events steadily attends us, when the daily lives of virtually the whole population are affected di- rectly or indirectly by the strug- gle and the personal tragedy of bat- tle, leaving Its indelible impression upon civilians at home, a popular Interest soon develops in recording the events and conditions of these memorable years for the satisfaction of the participants as weil as for the enlightenment of posterity. As. this Interest found expression, for exam- pie, during .the American Civil War and World War I, so it Is recurring at present to a greater degree than ever before. The following comments on writing war history of individual communities are made with emphasis upon narratives composed during or shortly after the conflict and thus affected in numerous ways by the nearness of the events themselves. Some of these observations, however, may be applicable Ilkewise to his- torical accounts of communities at war in the more distant past.
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