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The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the
largest and most widely-used index of genealogical and historical periodical articles in
the world. (Periodicals are simply publications produced regularly as part of a seriesmagazines,
newsletters, journals, etc.) There is an amazing amount of genealogical information and
knowledge that is published in these periodicals every year. Created by the Allen County
Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, PERSI is widely recognized as essential for
high-quality genealogy research.
PERSI is a comprehensive subject index to genealogy and local history periodicals
written in English and French (Canada) since 1800. The collection also includes literature
dating from the 1700s, although the material before 1800 is less complete. In printed
form, PERSI spans over two dozen volumes and takes up several feet of shelf space.
Last year, the Allen County Public Library added more than 100,000 citations, bringing
the total number of fully searchable records to more than 1.1 million. The index catalogs
almost 5,000 different periodicals, listing every article according to locality, family
(surname), and/or research method. PERSI is available on CD-ROM and to Ancestry.com
subscribers.
When you find an appropriate citation in PERSI, you will be able to follow a link from
the citation to information on the publisher of the periodical. Below is an example of a
publisher's information:
Periodical Title: Essex Institute Historical Collections
General Subject Area: U.S.
Topics: MA
Other Titles: new title: Peabody Essex Museum Collections
Notes:
ACPL Holdings: v.1-128 1859-1993
ACPL Call Number: 974.401 Es7esa
ISSN Number: 0014-0953
Other repositories holding this title include: Allen County Public Library, Los Angeles
Public Library, Dallas Public Library, Family History Library, Library of Congress, New
York Public Library, Newberry Library, New England Historic Genealogical Society Library,
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton Co., State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Library
Publisher: Essex Institute
Publisher Address: 132 Essex St
Publisher City: Salem
Publisher State: MA
Publisher Zip: 01970
Subscription Price: 0.00
PERSI Code: MAEI
The periodical is the "Essex Institute Historical Collections," also known as
"Peabody Essex Museum Collections." At the bottom, you find the publisher's name
and address. If the publisher no longer exists, you will be encouraged to check with your
local library or historical society for availability of the periodical. There is also a
list of other repositories which hold this title included in the information. Check with
these repositories before you visit to make sure they have the particular issue/article
that you need. Links to many of these libraries' homepages and catalogs can be found in Juliana's Links
You may also contact the Allen County Public Library, which owns a copy of each
periodical indexed in PERSI, for photocopies of articles. A form for ordering photocopies
is available at:
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/graphics/order_form.html
Send the form describing the articles to be copied, and provide the full entry from
PERSI with the name of the journal. You may request a maximum of six articles at a time.
The charge is $7.50 for each letter, pre-paid, plus $0.20 per page copied to be
billed to you. Requests are NOT accepted by phone, fax, or e-mail. Mail the
completed form to:
Allen County Public Library Foundation
P.O. Box 2270
Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
Please allow at least 8 weeks for processing. Also, be sure to double
check your requests, and give the complete citation (Article Title, Periodical Title,
Code, Volume, Issue, Date, etc.). Incomplete information may delay processing.
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Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby-Smith |
Kirby-Smith/Edmund
Kirby-Smith (Gen.), Csa, Cw |
United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine |
57 |
1 |
January |
1994 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Albert
Kirby (Gunner), R.M. artillery, Eng. |
Kent Family History Society Journal |
7 |
3 |
June |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Albert
Kirby, artilleryman, 1873-74, Eng. |
Rota-Gene |
14 |
3 |
August |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Amos
Kirby-Ann Haines Bible, 1755-1897 |
Gloucester County Historical Society Bulletin |
7 |
6 |
December |
1960 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Archibald
& Kirby photo, 1801-79 |
Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Newsletter |
9 |
5 |
August |
1994 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Asa
Kirby, Howard & Polk cos., Missouri |
Researcher |
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63 |
May |
1976 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Benjamin
Allen-Nancy Kirby Bible, 1754-1825 |
Researcher |
24 |
3 |
Spring |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Byron
Kirby bio., Hamilton co., Ohio |
Cincinnati Historical Society Bulletin |
30 |
2 |
Summer |
1972 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Capel-Clayton-Kirby-Sears
families, Missouri |
Pioneer Wagon |
10 |
2 |
July |
1990 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Capel-Clayton-Kirby-Sears
family, California |
Root Digger Quarterly |
7 |
4 |
Winter |
1990 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Charlotte
I.C.G. Kirby, feminist, Utah |
Utah Historical Quarterly |
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1991 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Charlotte
Ives Cobb Godbe Kirby |
Journal of the West |
27 |
2 |
April |
1988 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Christopher
Kirby fam., North Carolina |
Surry County Genealogical Association Journal |
13 |
3 |
May |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Christopher
Kirby fam., Tennessee |
Greene County Pioneer |
9 |
1 |
May |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Christopher
Kirby, Rev. War |
Flashback |
16 |
4 |
October |
1966 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Cloudsberry
Kirby will, 1752, Maryland |
Maryland Connections Queries |
2 |
6 |
August |
1992 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Col.
Ephram Kirby |
Deep South Genealogical Quarterly |
9 |
2 |
November |
1971 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Col.
Ephram Kirby |
Deep South Genealogical Quarterly |
9 |
2 |
November |
1971 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Courtney
E. Kirby, d.1988, Ohio |
Hickory Leaves |
8 |
3 |
August |
1988 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Daniel
Kirby, Md-Il |
Hidden Valley Journal |
11 |
3 |
November |
1987 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Delda
Kirby memoirs, Fulton co., Indiana |
Fulton County Historical Society Quarterly |
19 |
1 |
Spring |
1983 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Driskell-Kirby
house, Smith co., Texas |
Chronicles of Smith County Texas |
16 |
2 |
Winter |
1977 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/E.
Kirby-Smith and Joseph Park, Civil War |
Franklin County Historical Review |
24 |
1 |
|
1993 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Eben
Kirby family, 1867-1987, Illinois, Ohio |
Menard County Heritage Newsletter |
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|
1991 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Eben
Kirby family, Menard co., Illinois |
Menard County Heritage Newsletter |
5 |
1 |
January |
1991 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Edmund
Kirby (Col.), bio., d.1838, Connecticut, New York |
Jefferson County Ny Genealogical Informer |
2 |
5 |
September |
1995 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Edna
Spires marr. to Tom Kirby, 1903 |
Latchua Country News |
10 |
3 |
September |
1991 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Edward
Kirby, 1842-64, Rhode Island, California, Utah |
Rhode Island Roots |
22 |
1 |
March |
1996 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Edward
Payson Kirby, 1834-1917, Illinois |
Illinois Historical Journal |
10 |
1 |
April |
1917 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Edward
Payson Kirby, 1834-1917, Illinois |
Illinois Historical Journal |
10 |
1 |
April |
1917 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Elias
Kirby family, Illinois |
Menard County Heritage Newsletter |
4 |
3 |
July |
1990 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Elias
Kirby, Sr., family, 1836-83, Indiana, Illinois |
Genealogical Reference Builders Newsletter |
1 |
5 |
May |
1967 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Enoch
Kirby family Bible of Gallatin co., Kentucky |
Kentucky Ancestors |
17 |
2 |
October |
1981 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Enoch
Kirby family Bible of Gallatin co., Kentucky |
Kentucky Ancestors |
17 |
2 |
October |
1981 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Ephraim
Kirby, 1st Superior Court judge, Alabama |
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record |
33 |
3 |
July |
1902 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Francis
Kirby/Kearby will, 1841, Tennessee |
Pellissippian |
6 |
2 |
April |
1985 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Gabriel
Evans-Elizabeth Kirby family, Illinois |
Waverly Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletter |
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24 |
July |
1984 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/George
& Ethel Brockwell Kirby fam., Arkansas |
Country Chronicles |
|
31 |
July |
1994 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/George H.
Kirby (Mrs.), obit., 1936, Kentucky |
Kin Hunters |
7 |
4 |
October |
1993 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/George
Kirby, truncheon, Greenwich, Eng. |
Oxfordshire Family Historian |
8 |
3 |
Aut |
1994 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Glo
Kirby, New York City, New York |
Association For Gravestone Studies Newsletter |
7 |
2 |
Spring |
1983 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Hale-Dowsett-Kirby-Cranfield,
Eng., notes |
New England Historical and Genealogical Register |
64 |
2 |
April |
1910 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Hale-Kirby-Downing,
England, note |
New England Historical and Genealogical Register |
44 |
3 |
July |
1890 |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Henry
Kirby 1827 will, Tennessee |
Macon County Historical Society Newsletter |
6 |
3 |
September |
1990 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Henry
Sasser-Nancy Kirby fam., North Carolina, Kentucky |
Branches of Laurel |
11 |
4 |
November |
1996 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Henry
Vance Kirby (Dr.) tribute, d.1993, Arkansas |
Boone County Historian |
16 |
4 |
October |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/James
Kirby family, Kansas, Missouri |
Ozar'kin |
10 |
3 |
Fall |
1988 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/James M.
Kirby, South Carolina, Csa |
Chickasaw Times Past |
12 |
2 |
July |
1993 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Jesse
Kirby obituary, 1951, Oklahoma |
Mcclain County Ok Historical & Genealogical Society Quarterly |
4 |
1 |
November |
1987 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Jesse
Kirby pension and family, Virginia, Kentucky |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly |
36 |
3 |
September |
1948 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/John
Dodson-Flora Kirby Bible, 1851-1936 |
Van Buren County Historical Journal |
7 |
|
|
1987 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/John H.
Kirby & Texas labor struggle, 1901-16 |
Southwestern Historical Quarterly |
75 |
2 |
October |
1971 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby 1888 Cherokee citizenship app.,Oklahoma |
Family Puzzlers |
|
1182 |
June |
1991 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby Bible records |
Yellowed Pages |
10 |
3 |
August |
1980 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby family, Dinwiddie co., Virginia |
Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine |
1 |
4 |
April |
1920 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby narrative, Vienna, Maryland, 1810 |
Maryland Historical Magazine |
67 |
1 |
Spring |
1972 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby wives, Rochester & Sandwich, Massachusetts |
American Genealogist |
42 |
3 |
July |
1966 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby, 1761-89, Kent, Eng. |
Kent Family History Society Journal |
6 |
1 |
December |
1989 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John
Kirby, born 1842, Ire.; Ohio; Illinois |
Piatt County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly |
10 |
2 |
|
1989 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/John M.
Kirby, Suffolk, Eng. |
Suffolk Roots |
21 |
1 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Joseph
Gerard Kirby, Parkville, Minnesota |
Branching Out |
5 |
1 |
September |
1985 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Joseph
Kirby desc., Newfoundland |
Newfoundland Ancestor |
11 |
4 |
Winter |
1995 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Joseph
Kirby, Missouri |
Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal |
11 |
2 |
Spring |
1991 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Julia
Duncan Kirby obit., b.1837, Illinois |
American Monthly Magazine |
9 |
4 |
October |
1896 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kerby-Kirby
family, Virginia |
William and Mary Quarterly |
14 |
3 |
January |
1906 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
births, St. Andrews Epis., Maryland |
Maryland Connections Queries |
1 |
2 |
December |
1990 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
families, Talbot co., Maryland |
Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin |
12 |
4 |
November |
1971 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family Bible record |
Ohio Genealogical Society Report |
10 |
3 |
Fall |
1970 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family Bible record |
Ohio Genealogical Society Report |
10 |
3 |
Fall |
1970 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family of Warren co., Ohio |
Ohio Genealogical Society Report |
28 |
3 |
Fall |
1988 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family records, Champaign co., Illinois |
Illiana Genealogist |
6 |
4 |
Fall |
1970 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family records, Champaign co., Illinois |
Illiana Genealogist |
6 |
4 |
Fall |
1970 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family, Dewitt co., Illinois |
Heir-Lines |
12 |
4 |
Winter |
1993 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family, England, Connecticut |
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record |
42 |
4 |
October |
1911 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
family, Virginia |
Quill Pen |
|
16 |
February |
1986 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby
lots, western cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland |
Notebook (The) |
12 |
1 |
March |
1996 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby-Baldwin
record, Clark co., Missouri |
Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine |
19 |
4 |
October |
1928 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby-Gum
Bible |
Historical Review of Berks County |
3 |
1 |
October |
1937 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby-Hood
Bible, 1806-74, Illinois |
Central Illinois Genealogical Quarterly |
20 |
2 |
Spring |
1984 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby-Mcmahon
estate records, Ireland |
Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin |
29 |
1 |
Fall |
1979 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby-Pankey
connec. of Defeated Creek, Tennessee |
Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletter |
5 |
3 |
Summer |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Kirby-Wyman
fam. & Red Lion Inn, Ont. |
Ottawa Branch News |
26 |
5 |
September |
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Laura
Agatha Levi Seitz Kirby, Ny-Ks |
Crossroads |
33 |
|
October |
1995 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Lee B.
Kirby and his horse, Arkansas |
Boone County Historian |
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|
|
1991 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Leonidas
Kirby (M.D.), Boone co., Arkansas |
Boone County Historian |
2 |
4 |
|
1980 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Leonidas
Kirby family, Arkansas |
Boone County Historian |
9 |
1 |
|
1986 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Loy-Kirby-Irvine
Bible, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas |
Genealogical Reference Builders Newsletter |
2 |
1 |
|
1968 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Margie
Kirby Braden, 1910-95, Texas |
Texarkana Usa Genealogist's Quarterly |
22 |
1-2 |
Spring |
1995 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Maria
Kirby-Smith, Tennessee sculptor |
Southern Partisan |
13 |
3 |
|
1993 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Mary E.
Pearce Kirby, Eng.; Brome co, Que. |
Yesterdays of Brome County |
7 |
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|
1988 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/Michael
Kirby will, 1724, Maryland |
Maryland Connections Queries |
2 |
2 |
December |
1991 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Perry
Kirby obit., 1850-1915, Warren co., Ohio |
Heir-Lines |
9 |
1 |
Spring |
1990 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Ralph
Kirby aka Alvin Viehe,1905-73 Indiana,Michigan,Louisiana |
Northwest Trail Tracer |
10 |
2 |
June |
1989 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Reuben
Kirby family, New York |
Yesteryears |
15 |
57 |
Fall |
1971 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Reynold
M. Kirby & 3rd Us art., War of 1812 |
Connecticut History |
|
32 |
November |
1991 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Richard
Kirby, Massachusetts, New York |
Second Boat |
11 |
3 |
July |
1990 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Rosena R.
Kirby Martin Wray, Arkansas |
Izard County Historian |
13 |
2 |
April |
1982 |
Surname |
|
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Kirby |
Kirby/Shepherd
Kirby, 1805-85, Tennessee |
Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletter |
5 |
3 |
Summer |
1993 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Shepherd
Kirby, Virginia; Macon co., Tennessee |
Macon County Historical Society Newsletter |
7 |
4 |
December |
1991 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/T.M.
Kirby-Lillie Blount marriage, 1872, Georgia |
Whitfield-Murray Historical Society Quarterly |
12 |
1 |
July |
1992 |
Location |
Subject |
Record Type |
Topic |
Article |
Periodical |
Volume |
Issue |
Month/
Season |
Year |
Surname |
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Kirby |
Kirby/T.W.
Furrow-J. Kirby, Csa, buried Georgia |
Deep South Genealogical Quarterly |
12 |
1 |
February |
1975 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Terrence
Kirby (Capt.), Warren co., Kentucky |
Nelson County Genealogist |
2 |
2 |
December |
1985 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Thomas
Kirby (Dr.), Australia |
Ancestor |
21 |
8 |
Summer |
1993 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Thomas
Kirby will, Pennsylvania, 1765 & Kirbyville, Pennsylvania |
Berks County Genealogical Society Journal |
10 |
2 |
Winter |
1989 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Thomas
Silas Kirby, Scottsboro, Alabama |
Alabama Genealogical Exchange |
3 |
3 |
Winter |
1987 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/Walter
Kirby family, Kent co., Maryland |
Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin |
21 |
3 |
Summer |
1980 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/William
& Joseph Kirby, Rev. war, Tennessee |
Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association Bulletin |
17 |
1 |
Spring |
1992 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/William
F. Kirby, Arkansas maverick senator |
Arkansas Historical Quarterly |
37 |
3 |
Aut |
1978 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/William
Kirby 1974 obit., Ontario |
Loyalist Gazette |
12 |
2 |
Aut |
1974 |
Surname |
|
|
Kirby |
Kirby/William
Kirby, Eng.; Ohio; Well. co., Ont. |
Notes From Niagara |
5 |
2 |
May |
1985 |
|