It is well known that Cape Cod families are difficult to trace. Only the probate records survived the burning of the Barnstable County Courthouse in 1827, and similar disasters have taken their toll of the Cape's town records. This was precisely the predicament Col. Leonard Smith found himself in when he stumbled upon a series of pamphlets published at Yarmouthport by Charles W. Swift in the early part of this century under the name Cape Cod Library of History and Genealogy. A series of 108 pamphlets! Although contributors to the Cape Cod Library included a number of celebrated genealogists, the series never reached a large audience, and is today virtually inaccessible. No library in the country holds the complete collection of 108 pamphlets. With great diligence, Col. Smith put together a complete collection for himself, arranged the pamphlets in the order in which they were published, and then, to make the material usable, compiled an index of names. In just over 2,000 pages he has managed to put together a reference work that compensates for the chronic shortage of printed Cape Cod source material, and it is available now in this splendid two-volume consolidation. (For a complete list of the contents, please contact the publisher.)

Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy: A Facsimile Edition of 108 Pamphlets Published in the Early 20th Century (2 Volumes)

History

Smith, Leonard H.

Americas

Genealogical Publishing Co.

<p>In 1899 the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Massachusetts inaugurated a long-running series of transcriptions of the birth, marriage and death records of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts in its quarterly, The Mayflower Descendant. Transcribed by Quarterly editor and Mayflower scholar George Bowman from the official records of the town clerk, the series continued, irregularly, until the demise of the periodical in 1937. Overall, it spanned Plymouth vital records from 1663 to 1819 and touched on some 15,000 inhabitants of Plymouth--many but not all of them of Mayflower descent. In 1989 the esteemed genealogist Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr., with the consent of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, published a limited edition reprint of the series from The Mayflower Descendant and added a comprehensive, full-name index. Clearfield Company is delighted to make Colonel Smith's important contribution to New England ancestry widely available to the genealogical community at this time.</p>

Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth : An Authorized Facsimile Reproduction of Records Published Serially, 1901-1935, in The Mayflower Descendant. With an Added Index of Persons

Smith, Norma H.

Genealogical Publishing Company

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