Janaway Publishing, Inc., opened in 1999 and is a
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historical and genealogical material, located in Santa Maria, on the
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Janaway Publishing, Inc., opened in 1999 and is a family-owned publishing company and bookstore, specializing in historical and genealogical material. We are always looking to help new authors get their work published. Please contact us for more information.
We maintain a large number of titles, and can find many publications for you that are difficult to locate, or that are no longer in print. We contract with other publishers, we can be a one-stop shop.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1987
Description: New -1 jacket. 5-page manuscript copied from the original record as found for the district of Pennsylvania and then alphabetized for easy reference. Includes roll number, name, rank, annual stipend. Stapled, 5 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780933227026ISBN:0933227027
Description: New -1 jacket. Includes name, year, source, and other information such as place of birth, marital status, spouses name, etc. Miscellaneous bits of information on each individual named. 1985, 81/2x11, paper, 30 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780933227675ISBN:0933227671
Description: New -1 jacket. List of wounded and disabled officers and soldiers of the Revolution residing in PA in 1789. Includes names of soldiers, dates paid which may be regarded as approximate to their death. (1789), 1987, paper, 16 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9781558561649ISBN:1558561641
Description: New -1 jacket. Performed by Rev. Abraham Boyd during the years 1802-1849 (Presbyterian). An itinerant minister, he served in Allegheny and Butler Counties, particularly in the West Deer and Springdale Townships. 1976, 51/2x81/2, paper, 7 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1983
Description: New -1 jacket. Names, townships, and other information such as who they married, what their income was, value, how they died, miscellaneous bits of information. 1983, 51/2x81/2, paper, 12 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1990
Description: New -1 jacket. Very small but very informative. Mentions emigrants William, Sarah and James coming from Ireland and locating in Adams County, PA in the early part of the seventeenth century. Informative biographies of several McPeak families. No index. (1925) 1990, 6X9, paper, 23 pp. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 2000
Description: New -1 jacket. This reprint represents the challenges and history regarding the Westmoreland Guards, a company organized at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and composed of men averaging under twenty-four years of age. They had hoped to be the First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, along with Pittsburgh's Jackson Blues and Duquesne Greys, but failing that they were incorporated in the Second Regiment as Company E, and both regiments were mobilized at Pittsburgh for the expedition to the tropics. ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 2000
Description: New -1 jacket. This 1932 reprint is a history of Southwestern Pennsylvania during the 18th century. Includes early Indian history, Washington's Early Military Activities, The Braddock Campaign, The Forbes Campaign, Life Among the Early Settlers, Frontier Forts, Indian Attacks on the Frontier, Pontiac's Conspiracy and The Battle of Bushy Run, Old Westmoreland in the Revolution, the Burning of Hannastown, The Whiskey Insurrection of 1794, and the life of General Arthur St. Clair. Brief but ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1999
Description: New -1 jacket. This reprint includes a fold-out historic map of Indian paths of Pennsylvania. It is unfair to our Indians to belittle their achievements as roadmakers. The evolution of the Indian trail into the bridle path, wagon road and motor highway was a slow but continuous process. The courses of most Indian paths were so well chosen that, until the invention of the car, there was little occasion for any but minor changes in their routes. Includes a schedule of sixteen important Indian ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1991
Description: New -1 jacket. Includes names, occupations, townships, and years of early residents of Bedford County. (1983), 1991, 51/2x81/2, paper, 28 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 2007
Description: New -1 jacket. Located in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, PA. The church is located in the village of Old Zionsville just off Route 100. This record begins in 1757. It includes a brief history of the church, baptism records from 1757 to 1819 and a 1902 compilation of the tombstone inscriptions of the cemetery. Surname Index. Soft Cover, 2007, 8.5" x 11", Index, 80 pp. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781558560581ISBN:1558560580
Description: New -1 jacket. Melba, a librarian and genealogist, put this home spun workbook together to help children develop an interest in their family history. Getting started basics, sample charts followed by blank charts, activities, encouragement and a checklist for family tree research make it a fun gift for your (grand)child or any other special child on your list. A good way to share your interest in family research and produce a next-generation researcher. 52 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1988
Description: New -1 jacket. A composite directory of armsmakers of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia arms trade had significant impact on America through the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. Guns made there helped to win the West, wherever that elusive "West" may be, from Western PA to Ohio, through to California. 1988, 81/2x11, paper, 32 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Closson Press
Date published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780933227590ISBN:0933227590
Description: New -1 jacket. Index taken from special 1840 census. Includes name, age, and place of residence as well as name of family whom pensioner resided with as of June 1, 1840. Does NOT include actual information from the census microfilm readings. 1978, 81/2x11, paper, 36 pp. Soft Cover. Read More
