Before the Fire: Genealogical Gleanings from the Cambridge Chronicle 1830-1855

Genealogical records are hard to find in this Dorchester County town on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, thanks to a mid-nineteenth century courthouse fire. This researcher was able to find microfilm copies of a few disparate issues of the local newspaper, thus filling in some of the gaps. These precious newspapers also shed a bright beam of light on nineteenth-century Dorchester County life: its economic ups and downs, politics, Methodism, dependence on the steamboat, and cultural aspirations.

Author: Walter E. Jr. Arps
Publisher: Heritage Books
Published: 04/01/2013
Pages: 30
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.06d
ISBN: 9780788435010

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