From 1,500 manuscript volumes of church, state, town, and society records, and from many thousands of rare manuscripts consulted during the course of seven years' labor, Mr. Cothren succeeded in developing an exhaustive chronicle of the persons, places, and events which most accurately characterized Woodbury's history up to the middle of the 19th century. Where the book succeeds to an unusual degree is in the portions devoted to biography and genealogy, which occupy one-half of the text. The genealogies, of which there are some eighty-five, are a flesh and blood inventory of the families most intimately linked to the rise and progress of the town of Woodbury. They commence with the immigrant ancestor and continue through several generations in the direct line of descent, not uncommonly naming scores upon scores of progeny.
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This book is not exactly what we thought we were buying. I have no complaints about the price or condition of the book. It arrived on time. Unfortunately there was no volume number in the description and the picture "looked" like the one we wanted, but it was not. Used book sellers rarely list the volume numbers/time period. I have had trouble buying other copies of this book for family members who are interested in geneology. I think that the sellers are unaware that there are volumes that cover different time periods. When the volume number and dates therein are not listed in the description, it is a dice game trying to get the volume sought. Unfortunately, when buying online, phone numbers to contact the sellers are frequently unavailable. Buyer beware.
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By Douglas E. Losty (Bethany, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is only Volume 2 of the original 2 volume publication. The cover makes no statement about the volume it covers. It's only when you open the book and look at the inner cover of the original photographically reproduced text do you realize it is only volume 2.
This volume 2 is mainly a listing of family names in the covered towns. While the family names may be useful for genealogical research, it doesn't have all of the detailed town history contained in volume one. Apparently the publisher, "Nabu" has never reprinted Volume one.
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