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  • 23rd Virginia Cavalry   •   Richard Kleese  •   This is a numbered edition of 1000 and signed by author. One of the Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Lists names with short bio information on those who were part of this group. Includes some photos and maps and detailed descriptions of battles and campaigns.  Hardcover  •   Item #1023  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
  • Bloody Autumn - The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864   •   Daniel T. Davis & Phillip S. Greenwalt  •   Newest edition to the Emerging Civil War Series by two longtime students of the War. This book shifts attention away from the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia to the campaign that ultimately determined the balance of power across the Eastern Theater. 2014. 168 pages, 10 maps, 184 images.  Softcover  •   Item #1018  •   Price: $13   Members: $13
  • Call Out the Cadets -- The Battle of New Market May 15 1864   •   Sarah Kay Bierle  •   The battle of New Market, though a smaller conflict in the grand scheme of that blood-soaked spring, became the last major Confederate victory in the Shenandoah Valley. Author Bierle traces the history of this important, yet smaller battle which also follows the history of individuals whose lives or careers were changed because of the fight. 2019. 192 Pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1034  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
  • Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah - Remembrance, Reunion and Reconciliation   •   Jonathan Noyales  •   After four bloody years of Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley, the region's inhabitants needed to muster the strength to recover, rebuild and reconcile. This book examines the evolution of attitudes among former soldiers as the Valley sought to find its place in the aftermath of the national tragedy. 2015. 192 pages. 6"x9" 48 images.  Softcover  •   Item #1025  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
  • Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War   •   Mark Hughes  •   Thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, but few cover the story of the soldiers and sailors who wore the gray uniform. This book includes scores of photos coupled with clear and concise prose. Includes camp life, weapons, battles, prisons, forts and the war’s effect on civilians and women. 2019. 160 Pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1033  •   Price: $17   Members: $16
  • Decision at Toms Brook - George Custer, Thomas Rosser, and the Joy of the Fight   •   William J. Miller  •   A must-have book for every Civil War collection. The story of two West Point graduates who find themselves on opposite sides of the Civil War conflict. Their separate paths meet in the Shenandoah Valley. The story is about the conflict between the two men as well as of the Generals they served.  Hardcover  •   Item #1027  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
  • It's About Time: The sculpting of the Memorial of General James Longstreet   •   Gary Casteel  •   This Monument is to be found at the Gettysburg Battlefield. 1998. 47 pages. Signed.  Softcover  •   Item #1003  •   Price: $8   Members: $7
  • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1861   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A compilation of the Journal of Siram Peter Henkel, the letter collection of Caspar Coiner Henkel, M.D. and the Richmond Times Dispatch. These accounts of the first year of the Civil War reveal how the transition from peace to war affected his community and the Town of New Market, Va. A look at life in 1861. 2011. 346 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1004  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
  • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1862   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A sequel to the 1861 book, this journal contains letters and news articles vividly portraying a view of Valley life in the second year of the Civil War. Learn how families became involved in the war when life was interrupted by the invasion of Yankees and by Jackson's Campaign. Minute details of everyday life are covered. 2012. 344 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1005  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
  • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1863   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This book is the 3rd in the series "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through trying times in New Market and the Valley of Virginia - a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to harvest. See the Henkel, Coiner & Miller families at home as the men march through Chancellorsville & Gettysburg. 2013. 340 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1015  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
  • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1864   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This is the fourth book in the series "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through trying times when the Battle of New Market and Sheridan's Burning of the Valley bring the War in Virginia to the doorsteps of the Henkel, Coiner and Miller families. 2014. 340 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1019  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
  • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1865   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This book, commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civill War, is the5th in the series of "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through the trying last days of the War Between the States and the beginning of Reconstruction in the Valley for the Henkel, Coiner and Miller families. 2015. 340 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1029  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
  • Locomotives Up theTurnpike   •   David L. Bright  •   When the Civil War began, the railroads of the Confederate States had the immense job of collecting the men, supplies and equipment needed to create a government and its armed forces. This is the story of Thomas Sharp, the young superintendent who was commissioned to haul the cars and locomotives captured by Stonewall Jackson from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Martinsburg, Va. (now WV) to Confederate points to the West and South.  Softcover  •   Item #1028  •   Price: $26   Members: $25
  • Mosby   •   Charles Thorne  •   This publication is a condensed narrative of the life and times of the Gray Ghost, Colonel John S. Mosby who fought in the American Civil War. Published:  2007. 29 Pages (8 1/2" x11")  Softcover  •   Item #1037  •   Price: $7.00   Members: $7.00
  • My Own Dear Maggie - A True Shenandoah Love Story   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A fascinating love story which uniquely reveals the rebuilding and growth of the Shenandoah Valley after "The War Between The States." Letters between Willie Renalds and Maggie Henkel and other family members, pictures and newspaper articles paint a vivid picture of what the people of the Valley endured during and after its rebuilding. 2015. 398 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1024  •   Price: $26   Members: $25
  • Page County VA Men in Gray   •   Thomas Spratt  •   While some histories provide much information on Civil War veteran's service, they do not include much genealogical data. Men in Gray accomplishes this and in many instances parental information, spouses and names of children and burial sites for all Page County veterans. Names are also listed alphabetically by unit. If you don't know your veteran's unit, or you just want more information, this is the book. Published in 1997. 414 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1036  •   Price: $28   Members: $27
  • Peggy’s War   •   Karl Rhodes  •   A meticulously-researched novel that adheres closely to a true story of Margaret “Peggy” Rhodes and the young men she protected during the Civil War. 2023. 290 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #38  •   Price: $22   Members: $21
  • Remembering the Civil War Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation   •   Caroline E. Janney  •   The author, who hails from Luray, Va., is a history professor at Purdue U. She examines how the war generation -- men and women, black and white, Unionists and Confederates -- crafted and protected their memories of the nation's greatest conflict. She explores the subtle, yet important differences between reunion and reconciliation. 2013. 451 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1020  •   Price: $37   Members: $36
  • Rising Wind [A novel of the Civil War Battle of New Market]   •   Virginia Moore  •   The heroine of the novel is Mary Patch, a free-spirited teenager who is born in 1844 in New Market, Va. and dies on the battlefield of the fierce Civil War battle of New Market. Published:  1928. Reprinted:  2014. Size:  8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. 282 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1035  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
  • Rough Winds: The Battle of New Market   •   Nancy B. Stewart  •   A story about the Battle of New Market on May 15th, 1864. 1994. 21 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1008  •   Price: $6   Members: $5
  • Shenandoah County Men in Gray (Volume 1 and 2, complete 2-volume set)   •   Thomas Spratt  •   This two-volume set reproduces the service record of the Confederate soldiers from Shenandoah County who served in all the theaters of combat. It also gives valuable information regarding the soldier’s family and where possible, personal facts including where buried. 1992. 902 total pages (total of both volumes).  Softcover  •   Item #1029  •   Price: $55   Members: $53
  • Shenandoah County Men in Gray (Volume 1 of 2-volume set)   •   Thomas Spratt  •   This two-volume set reproduces the service record of the Confederate soldiers from Shenandoah County who served in all the theaters of combat. It also gives valuable information regarding the soldier’s family and where possible, personal facts including where buried. 1992. 902 total pages (total of both volumes).  Softcover  •   Item #1030  •   Price: $30   Members: $29
  • Shenandoah County Men in Gray (Volume 2 of 2-volume set)   •   Thomas Spratt  •   This two-volume set reproduces the service record of the Confederate soldiers from Shenandoah County who served in all the theaters of combat. It also gives valuable information regarding the soldier’s family and where possible, personal facts including where buried. 1992. 902 total pages (total of both volumes).  Softcover  •   Item #1031  •   Price: $30   Members: $29
  • Shenandoah County in the Civil War: Four Dark Years   •   Hal F. Sharpe  •   Four battles took place in and around Shenandoah County: New Market, Toms Brook, Fisher's Hill & Cedar Creek. Although these historic battles have been well documented, their effects on the lives of the people involved have been largely forgotten. In this book, Hal recounts how their spirits were tested. 2012. 156 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1009  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
  • Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era   •   Jonathan Noyalas  •   In this book, Jonathan Noyalas examnines the complexities of life for African Amnericans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Though this period has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black expertience in the region until now. Publication:  April 2021 250 Pages    Hardcover  •   Item #1040  •   Price: $50.00   Members: $50.00
  • Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign: War Comes to The Home Front   •   Jonathan A. Noyalas  •   This is a new addition to the series of books by Civil War scholars to honor the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States. Noyalas examines Jackson's Valley Campaign and how those victories brought hope to an infant Confederate nation, transformed the lives of the Valley's civilians and emerged as Jackson's defining moment. 2010. 157 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1010  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
  • The Aftermath of Battle The Buriel of the Civil War Dead   •   Meg Groeling  •   This book examines what happened to the hundreds of thousands of men who died, were wounded or disabled as a result of the war. It picks up the story as the battles end. The burial of the dead was an overwhelming experience for the armies and communities forced to clean up after the destruction of battle.  Hardcover  •   Item #1026  •   Price: $17   Members: $16
  • The Battle of Cedar Creek - Victory from the Jaws of Defeat   •   Jonathan A. Noyalas  •   Last Major battle in the Valley. Sheridan's defeat of Early finally secured the Valley for the Union  Hardcover  •   Item #1016  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
  • The Battle of Fisher's Hill - Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar   •   Jonathan A. Noyalas  •   First book-length study of 1864 battle, the last major battle in Shenandoah County, which set the stage for The Burning  Hardcover  •   Item #1017  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
  • The Burning   •   James Morris and Hank Zimmerman  •   The Burning of the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 was a well planned and brilliantly directed campaign by Gen. Philip Sheridan. Based on John Heatwole's work by the same name, the movie tells the stories of the soldiers, civilians, and families caught in the terrible firestorm. The Edinburg Heritage Foundation produced this documentary. 2008. 50 minutes  DVD  •   Item #1002  •   Price: $20   Members: $20
  • The New Civil War Handbook: Facts & Photos for Readers of All Ages   •   Mark Hughes  •   Coverage includes battles, charts, technology, weapons, women, African American and Native American participation, the common soldier, prisons, hospitals, quotations, breakdown of troops by state, and much more. Close to 150 photos. 2009/2011. 158 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1006  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
  • The Women of the Confederacy   •   Rev. J.L. Underwood  •   Learn how the women of the Confederacy handled the deprivations and hardships of war as they experienced what it was like to have war, not across an ocean, but in their own back yard. This book, first published in 1906, is an up-close and personal look at the brave women of the Confederacy. 1906. 313 pages. 2004 Reprint.  Softcover  •   Item #1021  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
  • The Wounding of Jackson   •   Capt. R. Wilbourn  •   A document based on a report by Captain R.E. Wilbourn, Chief Signal Officer, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA. 4 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1014  •   Price: $2   Members: $2
  • Touring Virginia's & West Virginia's Civil War Sites   •   Clint Johnson  •   This new edition includes new sites, new photographs and updated directions to the significant civil war sites in both Virginia and West Virginia. The 18 tours visit cemeteries, battlefields, historic houses and buildings, monuments and statues, rivers and mountains, sharing the history behind each location. Some stops are surprising. 2011. 280 pages. 2nd edition.  Softcover  •   Item #1011  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
  • Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah: Major General Franz Sigel and the War in the Valley of Virginia, May 1864   •   David A. Powell  •   Focuses on The Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley. The ramifications of the May 1864 engagement, which involved only 10,000 troops, were substantial. Previous studies, however, focused on the Confederate side of the story. Also focuses on Major general Franz Sigel and the War in the Valley of Virginia in May of 1864 and provides the balance that has so long been needed. 2019. 254 Pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1032  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
  • Unionists in Virginia: Politics, Secession and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War   •   Lawrence M. Denton  •   A recounting of pre-secession politics that illuminates what was happening in Virginia just prior to secession. The role of Secretary of the Interior William Seward is little known and this book fills in an important gap in the usual histories of the period. 2014. 224 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1007  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
  • Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market   •   Charles R. Knight  •   This new look at the Battle of New Market, Va. and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of May, 1864, is the first full-length account in more than three decades to reexamine this historic event. The author is a former historical interpreter at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park. 2010. 313 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1012  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
  • With The Old Confeds   •   Samuel D. Buck  •   A collection of actual experiences of a Captain in the Line as told by Capt. Samuel D. Buck (Co. H - 13th VA Inf., later known as the Winchester Boomerangs). This first-person account, by one who survived 35 engagements, was a personal account written for his son and published posthumously in 1925. 2007. 141 pages. 3rd edition.  Softcover  •   Item #1013  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
    • 23rd Virginia Cavalry   •   Richard Kleese  •   This is a numbered edition of 1000 and signed by author. One of the Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Lists names with short bio information on those who were part of this group. Includes some photos and maps and detailed descriptions of battles and campaigns.  Hardcover  •   Item #1023  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
    • Bloody Autumn - The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864   •   Daniel T. Davis & Phillip S. Greenwalt  •   Newest edition to the Emerging Civil War Series by two longtime students of the War. This book shifts attention away from the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia to the campaign that ultimately determined the balance of power across the Eastern Theater. 2014. 168 pages, 10 maps, 184 images.  Softcover  •   Item #1018  •   Price: $13   Members: $13
    • Call Out the Cadets -- The Battle of New Market May 15 1864   •   Sarah Kay Bierle  •   The battle of New Market, though a smaller conflict in the grand scheme of that blood-soaked spring, became the last major Confederate victory in the Shenandoah Valley. Author Bierle traces the history of this important, yet smaller battle which also follows the history of individuals whose lives or careers were changed because of the fight. 2019. 192 Pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1034  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
    • Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah - Remembrance, Reunion and Reconciliation   •   Jonathan Noyales  •   After four bloody years of Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley, the region's inhabitants needed to muster the strength to recover, rebuild and reconcile. This book examines the evolution of attitudes among former soldiers as the Valley sought to find its place in the aftermath of the national tragedy. 2015. 192 pages. 6"x9" 48 images.  Softcover  •   Item #1025  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
    • Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War   •   Mark Hughes  •   Thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, but few cover the story of the soldiers and sailors who wore the gray uniform. This book includes scores of photos coupled with clear and concise prose. Includes camp life, weapons, battles, prisons, forts and the war’s effect on civilians and women. 2019. 160 Pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1033  •   Price: $17   Members: $16
    • Decision at Toms Brook - George Custer, Thomas Rosser, and the Joy of the Fight   •   William J. Miller  •   A must-have book for every Civil War collection. The story of two West Point graduates who find themselves on opposite sides of the Civil War conflict. Their separate paths meet in the Shenandoah Valley. The story is about the conflict between the two men as well as of the Generals they served.  Hardcover  •   Item #1027  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
    • It's About Time: The sculpting of the Memorial of General James Longstreet   •   Gary Casteel  •   This Monument is to be found at the Gettysburg Battlefield. 1998. 47 pages. Signed.  Softcover  •   Item #1003  •   Price: $8   Members: $7
    • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1861   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A compilation of the Journal of Siram Peter Henkel, the letter collection of Caspar Coiner Henkel, M.D. and the Richmond Times Dispatch. These accounts of the first year of the Civil War reveal how the transition from peace to war affected his community and the Town of New Market, Va. A look at life in 1861. 2011. 346 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1004  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
    • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1862   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A sequel to the 1861 book, this journal contains letters and news articles vividly portraying a view of Valley life in the second year of the Civil War. Learn how families became involved in the war when life was interrupted by the invasion of Yankees and by Jackson's Campaign. Minute details of everyday life are covered. 2012. 344 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1005  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
    • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1863   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This book is the 3rd in the series "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through trying times in New Market and the Valley of Virginia - a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to harvest. See the Henkel, Coiner & Miller families at home as the men march through Chancellorsville & Gettysburg. 2013. 340 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1015  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
    • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1864   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This is the fourth book in the series "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through trying times when the Battle of New Market and Sheridan's Burning of the Valley bring the War in Virginia to the doorsteps of the Henkel, Coiner and Miller families. 2014. 340 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1019  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
    • Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1865   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This book, commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civill War, is the5th in the series of "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through the trying last days of the War Between the States and the beginning of Reconstruction in the Valley for the Henkel, Coiner and Miller families. 2015. 340 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1029  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
    • Locomotives Up theTurnpike   •   David L. Bright  •   When the Civil War began, the railroads of the Confederate States had the immense job of collecting the men, supplies and equipment needed to create a government and its armed forces. This is the story of Thomas Sharp, the young superintendent who was commissioned to haul the cars and locomotives captured by Stonewall Jackson from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Martinsburg, Va. (now WV) to Confederate points to the West and South.  Softcover  •   Item #1028  •   Price: $26   Members: $25
    • Mosby   •   Charles Thorne  •   This publication is a condensed narrative of the life and times of the Gray Ghost, Colonel John S. Mosby who fought in the American Civil War. Published:  2007. 29 Pages (8 1/2" x11")  Softcover  •   Item #1037  •   Price: $7.00   Members: $7.00
    • My Own Dear Maggie - A True Shenandoah Love Story   •   Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey  •   Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A fascinating love story which uniquely reveals the rebuilding and growth of the Shenandoah Valley after "The War Between The States." Letters between Willie Renalds and Maggie Henkel and other family members, pictures and newspaper articles paint a vivid picture of what the people of the Valley endured during and after its rebuilding. 2015. 398 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1024  •   Price: $26   Members: $25
    • Page County VA Men in Gray   •   Thomas Spratt  •   While some histories provide much information on Civil War veteran's service, they do not include much genealogical data. Men in Gray accomplishes this and in many instances parental information, spouses and names of children and burial sites for all Page County veterans. Names are also listed alphabetically by unit. If you don't know your veteran's unit, or you just want more information, this is the book. Published in 1997. 414 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1036  •   Price: $28   Members: $27
    • Peggy’s War   •   Karl Rhodes  •   A meticulously-researched novel that adheres closely to a true story of Margaret “Peggy” Rhodes and the young men she protected during the Civil War. 2023. 290 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #38  •   Price: $22   Members: $21
    • Remembering the Civil War Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation   •   Caroline E. Janney  •   The author, who hails from Luray, Va., is a history professor at Purdue U. She examines how the war generation -- men and women, black and white, Unionists and Confederates -- crafted and protected their memories of the nation's greatest conflict. She explores the subtle, yet important differences between reunion and reconciliation. 2013. 451 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1020  •   Price: $37   Members: $36
    • Rising Wind [A novel of the Civil War Battle of New Market]   •   Virginia Moore  •   The heroine of the novel is Mary Patch, a free-spirited teenager who is born in 1844 in New Market, Va. and dies on the battlefield of the fierce Civil War battle of New Market. Published:  1928. Reprinted:  2014. Size:  8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. 282 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1035  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
    • Rough Winds: The Battle of New Market   •   Nancy B. Stewart  •   A story about the Battle of New Market on May 15th, 1864. 1994. 21 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1008  •   Price: $6   Members: $5
    • Shenandoah County Men in Gray (Volume 1 and 2, complete 2-volume set)   •   Thomas Spratt  •   This two-volume set reproduces the service record of the Confederate soldiers from Shenandoah County who served in all the theaters of combat. It also gives valuable information regarding the soldier’s family and where possible, personal facts including where buried. 1992. 902 total pages (total of both volumes).  Softcover  •   Item #1029  •   Price: $55   Members: $53
    • Shenandoah County Men in Gray (Volume 1 of 2-volume set)   •   Thomas Spratt  •   This two-volume set reproduces the service record of the Confederate soldiers from Shenandoah County who served in all the theaters of combat. It also gives valuable information regarding the soldier’s family and where possible, personal facts including where buried. 1992. 902 total pages (total of both volumes).  Softcover  •   Item #1030  •   Price: $30   Members: $29
    • Shenandoah County Men in Gray (Volume 2 of 2-volume set)   •   Thomas Spratt  •   This two-volume set reproduces the service record of the Confederate soldiers from Shenandoah County who served in all the theaters of combat. It also gives valuable information regarding the soldier’s family and where possible, personal facts including where buried. 1992. 902 total pages (total of both volumes).  Softcover  •   Item #1031  •   Price: $30   Members: $29
    • Shenandoah County in the Civil War: Four Dark Years   •   Hal F. Sharpe  •   Four battles took place in and around Shenandoah County: New Market, Toms Brook, Fisher's Hill & Cedar Creek. Although these historic battles have been well documented, their effects on the lives of the people involved have been largely forgotten. In this book, Hal recounts how their spirits were tested. 2012. 156 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1009  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
    • Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era   •   Jonathan Noyalas  •   In this book, Jonathan Noyalas examnines the complexities of life for African Amnericans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Though this period has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black expertience in the region until now. Publication:  April 2021 250 Pages    Hardcover  •   Item #1040  •   Price: $50.00   Members: $50.00
    • Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign: War Comes to The Home Front   •   Jonathan A. Noyalas  •   This is a new addition to the series of books by Civil War scholars to honor the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States. Noyalas examines Jackson's Valley Campaign and how those victories brought hope to an infant Confederate nation, transformed the lives of the Valley's civilians and emerged as Jackson's defining moment. 2010. 157 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1010  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
    • The Aftermath of Battle The Buriel of the Civil War Dead   •   Meg Groeling  •   This book examines what happened to the hundreds of thousands of men who died, were wounded or disabled as a result of the war. It picks up the story as the battles end. The burial of the dead was an overwhelming experience for the armies and communities forced to clean up after the destruction of battle.  Hardcover  •   Item #1026  •   Price: $17   Members: $16
    • The Battle of Cedar Creek - Victory from the Jaws of Defeat   •   Jonathan A. Noyalas  •   Last Major battle in the Valley. Sheridan's defeat of Early finally secured the Valley for the Union  Hardcover  •   Item #1016  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
    • The Battle of Fisher's Hill - Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar   •   Jonathan A. Noyalas  •   First book-length study of 1864 battle, the last major battle in Shenandoah County, which set the stage for The Burning  Hardcover  •   Item #1017  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
    • The Burning   •   James Morris and Hank Zimmerman  •   The Burning of the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 was a well planned and brilliantly directed campaign by Gen. Philip Sheridan. Based on John Heatwole's work by the same name, the movie tells the stories of the soldiers, civilians, and families caught in the terrible firestorm. The Edinburg Heritage Foundation produced this documentary. 2008. 50 minutes  DVD  •   Item #1002  •   Price: $20   Members: $20
    • The New Civil War Handbook: Facts & Photos for Readers of All Ages   •   Mark Hughes  •   Coverage includes battles, charts, technology, weapons, women, African American and Native American participation, the common soldier, prisons, hospitals, quotations, breakdown of troops by state, and much more. Close to 150 photos. 2009/2011. 158 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1006  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
    • The Women of the Confederacy   •   Rev. J.L. Underwood  •   Learn how the women of the Confederacy handled the deprivations and hardships of war as they experienced what it was like to have war, not across an ocean, but in their own back yard. This book, first published in 1906, is an up-close and personal look at the brave women of the Confederacy. 1906. 313 pages. 2004 Reprint.  Softcover  •   Item #1021  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
    • The Wounding of Jackson   •   Capt. R. Wilbourn  •   A document based on a report by Captain R.E. Wilbourn, Chief Signal Officer, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA. 4 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #1014  •   Price: $2   Members: $2
    • Touring Virginia's & West Virginia's Civil War Sites   •   Clint Johnson  •   This new edition includes new sites, new photographs and updated directions to the significant civil war sites in both Virginia and West Virginia. The 18 tours visit cemeteries, battlefields, historic houses and buildings, monuments and statues, rivers and mountains, sharing the history behind each location. Some stops are surprising. 2011. 280 pages. 2nd edition.  Softcover  •   Item #1011  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
    • Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah: Major General Franz Sigel and the War in the Valley of Virginia, May 1864   •   David A. Powell  •   Focuses on The Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley. The ramifications of the May 1864 engagement, which involved only 10,000 troops, were substantial. Previous studies, however, focused on the Confederate side of the story. Also focuses on Major general Franz Sigel and the War in the Valley of Virginia in May of 1864 and provides the balance that has so long been needed. 2019. 254 Pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1032  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
    • Unionists in Virginia: Politics, Secession and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War   •   Lawrence M. Denton  •   A recounting of pre-secession politics that illuminates what was happening in Virginia just prior to secession. The role of Secretary of the Interior William Seward is little known and this book fills in an important gap in the usual histories of the period. 2014. 224 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1007  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
    • Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market   •   Charles R. Knight  •   This new look at the Battle of New Market, Va. and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of May, 1864, is the first full-length account in more than three decades to reexamine this historic event. The author is a former historical interpreter at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park. 2010. 313 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #1012  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
    • With The Old Confeds   •   Samuel D. Buck  •   A collection of actual experiences of a Captain in the Line as told by Capt. Samuel D. Buck (Co. H - 13th VA Inf., later known as the Winchester Boomerangs). This first-person account, by one who survived 35 engagements, was a personal account written for his son and published posthumously in 1925. 2007. 141 pages. 3rd edition.  Softcover  •   Item #1013  •   Price: $16   Members: $15

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      • A Book of Records of Plotts and Certificates of Surveys made in the County of Shenandoah Commencing the 1st day of July 1785   •   Burruss II and Yelton  •   Colonel Jacob Rinker, Jr. served in the capacity of the Shenandoah County's Chief Surveyor from 1785 to 1817. He left a total of four books, containing more than 600 surveys. This book contains abstracts fron Survey Book 1, covering a period of nine years, from 1785 to 1794. Published: 1999. 110 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2028  •   Price: $16.00   Members: $15.00
      • A Pictorial History of Shenandoah County: 50 Years through the Lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr.   •   John Adamson  •   Morrison Addendum. June, 2011. One page . Downloadable version of addendum is HERE.  Softcover  •   Item #2003  •   Price: $0   Members: $0
      • A Pictorial History of Shenandoah County: 50 Years through the Lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr.   •   John Adamson  •   206 Photographs tell about life in the Shenandoah County of Va. The subjects include portraits, family events, christenings, sports, farms, animals, children, landscapes, soldiers, cars, school events, buildings, professionals, everything you can think of that makes up day to day life. All identified photos in the Morrison book of photos are listed, and list is regularly updated as new identifications are made. 2007. 230 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #2002  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
      • A Trip by Rail in the Shenandoah Valley on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Southern Railway   •   Bob Cohen  •   An in-depth retrospective of trains, stations, towns and stories from throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Photos of trains, depots, schedules, maps, and other memorabilia appear, along with text, on every page of this colorful book that brings back memories of this period in history. 2013. 162 pages. 8 1/2 x 11. Many color photos.  Hardcover  •   Item #2027  •   Price: $61   Members: $60
      • Bicentennial Souvenir Program   •   Souvenir Program of the Shenandoah County Bicentennial 1772-1972. Contains many photos and stories with histories of the individual towns in the County. 1972. 96 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #2004  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
      • Fairfax of Virginia - The Forgotten Story of America's Only Peerage   •   Hugh Fairfax  •   The Fairfax family occupies a unique place in the story of America, as the only members of the British House of Lords - the Peerage - to have been long time residents of the United States. For over 150 years, first as colonialists and then as loyal citizens of the Republic they played an active part in many of the great events that helped make America the country it is today. Then curiously, just as America was assuming its position as the powerhouse of the world, they left and returned to Britain once more. Written with panache and affection by a descendent of the family, Hugh Fairfax, this new book tells the remarkable and largely forgotten story in its entirety for the first time. We follow their adventures from the pinnacle of Colonial society and close friendship with George Washington into the 19th Century.  Hardcover  •   Item #2031  •   Price: $40   Members: $39
      • Haunted Shenandoah Valley   •   Denver Michaels  •   Join author Denver Michaels as he delves into folklore, eyewitness accounts and urban legends to bring you stories of a statue that sheds real tears, mourning Virginians killed in battle, Civil War soldiers and caves near Strasburg, decades of abuse at a sanatorium in Staunton and more.  2019   160 pages  Softcover  •   Item #2041  •   Price: $$22.00   Members: $$21.00
      • History of Edinburg Va.   •   Mary Ann Williamson & Jean Allen Davis  •   This soup-to-nuts chronicle of everything you'd like to know about Edinburg, VA,was written by two school teachers who grew up in the town. It is filled with pictures, and stories about people, places and events. Originally published in 1994, it was updated in 1995. 1995. 676 pages  Hardcover  •   Item #2008  •   Price: $45   Members: $45
      • History of Shenandoah County   •   John W. Wayland  •   A searchable PDF file, on a CD, of the printed, book version.  CD  •   Item #2010  •   Price: $15   Members: $15
      • History of Shenandoah County, 2nd (Augumented) edition   •   John W. Wayland  •   The definitive work on Shenandoah County, Va., one of the oldest counties in the Valley. Includes a vast amount of family genealogy, early settlers, Indians, forts, town histories and Civil War history. 1969. 896 pages. 2006 reprint.  Hardcover  •   Item #2009  •   Price: $56   Members: $55
      • Images of America: Around New Market   •   James R. Graves & John D. Crim  •   New Market lies at the western base of the Massanutten range. Its crossroads go back to two Native American hunting trails that crossed here throughout the ages. The Town was incorporated in 1796 and the area still shines with its agrarian roots, while over the years it has fostered many educational institutions and maintained historically heavy commerce. The book has lots of photos. 2007. 128 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2032  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
      • Images of America: Shenandoah County   •   Archivist Jean Martin and SCHS  •   This book of nearly 200 photos focuses on the people who have made the Shenandoah County a comfortable place to raise families and communities that pray together, work along side each other, and enjoy life surrounded by the mountains. 2010. 127 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2011  •   Price: $23   Members: $23
      • Images of America: Strasburg   •   Kathy Kahoe & the Strasburg Museum  •   27 vintage photos that tell the story of the town of Strasburg, Va. since 1761. Written in conjunction with the Strasburg Museum. 2023. 128 pages. 6.5 x 9.25 in.  Softcover  •   Item #2042  •   Price: $23   Members: $23
      • Lake's 1885 Atlas of Shenandoah and Page Counties   •   The SCHS reprinted the popular Lake's Atlas of 1885. Also included are several pages from Gray's Atlas of 1878, which contain slightly more detailed maps of many of the communities in Shenandoah County. With added pages from Gray's 1878 Atlas. 2009. 12x18.  Softcover  •   Item #2007  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
      • Life Along Holman's Creek   •   Joseph Floyd Wine  •   The book tells about life in the Forestville area of Shenandoah County. 1985 reprint. 254 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2012  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
      • My CCC – A Handbook for Enrollees   •   Upon entering the CCC, new enrollees were given a handbook that provided them with guidelines to share expectations of what to expect and how to behave.  The Do’s and Don’ts of CCC life. Illustrations by Marshall Davis.  Softcover  •   Item #2040  •   Price: $9   Members: $8
      • Oh, Shenandoah   •   Andrei Kushnir  •   Description:  A beautiful coffee table book of 264 paintings of the historic Shenandoah Valley and river. 2016. 400 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2034  •   Price: $55   Members: $50
      • Our Mountains - The View from Shenandoah County Virginia   •   A brochure, reproduced by The Mountain Courier monthly newspaper, based on their May 2012 feature about Living in the Great Valley of the Appalachians. The full color brochure shows the mountains on both sides of Shenandoah County. Every peak and gap and all of the main roads are shown. May, 2012. Eight 6 1/4  x 11 panels on card stock. If only item ordered, include $1.50 for shipping.  Brochure  •   Item #2022  •   Price: $5   Members: $4
      • Road Trip to History   •   Wayne Bronson, Oak Tree Productions  •   "The Road Trip to History" series, known for its TV programs featuring the many towns along the Great Valley Pike in the Shenandoah Valley, focuses here on the work of Hugh Morrison, Woodstock photographer, and the efforts of SCHS to preserve the history in his photography. 2009.  DVD  •   Item #2013  •   Price: $15   Members: $14
      • SCHS Glass Plate Processing Project   •   Produced by filmmaker and SCHS Board Member, Philip Crown, documents the process by which 27,000+ glass negatives have been cataloged, reproduced, stored and made available to the community. 30 Minutes.  DVD  •   Item #2023  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
      • Shenandoah County Gazetteer & Historical Geography   •   Irvin D. Magin  •   A collection of places throughout Shenandoah County, with geographical coordinates, descriptions and historical information. 1991. 188 pages. 8x10. Revised 2003.  Softcover  •   Item #2007  •   Price: $13   Members: $12
      • Shenandoah County Trivia (And a little bit more!)   •   Irvin D. Magin  •   1000+ bits and pieces of facts and figures about this Virginia county, its people, its history, and what makes things go. 2002. 138 pages. 4 1/8x 7 3/8.  Softcover  •   Item #2029  •   Price: $9   Members: $8
      • Shenandoah County and Its Court House   •   Fred Painter  •   This History of the Shenandoah County Court House tells about the building of the structure, its many additions and chronicles happenings through the years. It is the oldest operating Court House west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 1979. 162 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2015  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
      • Shenandoah County and Its Court House   •   Fred Painter  •   This History of the Shenandoah County Court House tells about the building of the structure, its many additions and chronicles happenings through the years. It is the oldest operating Court House west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 1979. 162 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2014  •   Price: $8   Members: $7
      • Shenandoah Iron: A History of Mining, Smelting and Transporting Iron in the Virginia Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren   •   Norman H. Scott  •   Most people know of the rich Civil War history of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia but few know that the Valley was also rich in iron smelting history. The first furnace west of the Blue Ridge Mountains was built in this region. 352 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2039  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
      • Shenandoah Valley Cooking -- Recipes and Kitchen Lore   •   Compiled by Elmer L. Smith  •   Folk food in the days of farm and family self-sufficiency.  It is much more than just a book of recipes -- it is a look at life in the early days of the settling of the Valley  Covers butchering and bread to snitzing and distilling. It is filled with sketches and artwork, has lots of recipes and of history about day to day life. Published by the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society. 8½ x 11. 2002 -- Seventh Printing.  Softcover  •   Item #2037  •   Price: $6   Members: $6
      • Shenandoah Voices   •   John Heatwole  •   Stories about life in the Shenandoah Valley, collected and recorded over a lifetime, that open a window to long  ago when the pace of life was governed by the seasons and settlers relied on the traditions of their ancestors. OUT OF PRINT  Hardcover  •   Item #2036  •   Price: $79 (out of print)   Members: $79 (out of print)
      • Stories of Our Community   •   Shenandoah County 250th Commemoration Committee  •   A compilation of 12 booklets released throughout 2022 during the Shenandoah County 250th commemoration.  Each booklet shares brief stories that feature some unique aspect of Shenandoah County history, offering a variety of diverse topics. All 12 are included in this book. Publication, December, 2022. 212 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2500  •   Price: $30   Members: $29
      • Strasburg, Virginia Our History in Post Cards   •   Gloria Stickley  •   A narrative history of Strasburg, Va. accompanied by an impressive collection ofpost cards - most in color - that start when post cards first became popular. Also maps. 2013. 92 pages. Color.  Hardcover  •   Item #2026  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
      • Tales from Shenandoah   •   Joseph Floyd Wine  •   A collection of tales both oral and in written form that have been passed down through the years, telling of interesting events and people. 1989. 85 pages  Hardcover  •   Item #2017  •   Price: $18   Members: $18
      • The Alms House of Shenandoah County: A Brief History   •   Fred Painter  •   What was once the Glebe Farm and Peter Muhlenberg's home during the American Revolution is now the Alms House of Shenandoah County. This History book also contains many photos. 1979. 33 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2005  •   Price: $6   Members: $5
      • The Alms House of Shenandoah County: A Brief History   •   Fred Painter  •   What was once the Glebe Farm and Peter Muhlenberg's home during the American Revolution is now the Alms House of Shenandoah County. This History book also contains many photos. 1979. 33 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2001  •   Price: $8   Members: $7
      • The Fighting Parson of the American Revolution   •   Edward Hocker  •   A biography of General Peter Muhlenberg, Lutheran clergyman, military chieftain, and political leader. In a new foreword by John Huffman he reminds us that throughout Christian history, Godly men have seen the need to take up arms to defend their homes and families. Edward Hocker has done an honorable job of presenting an accurate picture of a genuine hero, while at the same time not creating an ideological myth of a hero with no flaws. Published:  1936. Reprinted:  2019. Size:  9 x 6 in. 180 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2038  •   Price: $18   Members: $17
      • The French & Indian War in Shenandoah County - Life On the Inner Frontier, 1752-1766   •   R. Patrick Murphy  •   The Story of the French and Indian War, Shenandoah County's "forgotten war," as it exists in memory and artifact. Color illustrations and fold out map of F&I War sites in the County. 2013. 142 pages. Foldout map.  Softcover  •   Item #2025  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
      • The Neff Gang Story   •   Philip Crown  •   A recounting of the shenanigans of a group of young men in the early 1900’s who kept the newspapers in Shenandoah County busy with the telling of their rambunctious activities that somewhat terrorized parts of the County and in Ohio. They lived in the Walker Chapel area behind Red Banks and were members of a large family. Includes genealogical information and many newspaper accounts. 2016. 215 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4001  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
      • The Shenandoah River Atlas   •   William E. Trout, III  •   Published by the Virginia Canals and Navagation Society. Historic sites on the Shenandoah River, its Forks and the North River are featured. River mileage system indicated on map pages. Spiral bound to allow for easier opening and turning of the pages. 2013. 109 pages. Revised Edition.  Softcover  •   Item #2030  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
      • The Story of Strasburg   •   Virginia Hinkins Cadden  •   Originally published in the Bicentennial Edition of the Northern VA Daily newspaper in 1961. Reprinted in 2011 by Strasburg Heritage Association on the Occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of Strasburg. Contains additional articles commemorating250 years. 2011. 65 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2016  •   Price: $8   Members: $8
      • The Word Gatherer   •   Carol Maureen DeHart  •   An oral history interview with historian John L. Heatwole, who often traveled the Valley doing research. In the process, he gathered hundreds of oral history and folklore stories and felt they needed to be preserved. This book was part of that process. 2007. 114 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2021  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
      • Twenty-five chapters on the Shenandoah Valley: To which is appended a concise history of the Civil War in the valley   •   John Wayland  •   The formation of counties, comprehensive variety of races and religions , historical literature and newspapers, the Revolutionary War period in the Valley, naming of streams, mountains, old wooden bridges, etc.  Hardcover  •   Item #2033  •   Price: $45   Members: $44
      • Union Forge   •   Mary Ann Williamson  •   Records of the forge, store, and churches, plus genealogical records. 1997. 317 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #2019  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
      • Virginia 'Publick' Claims Shenandoah County   •   Janice L. Abercrombie & Richard Slatten  •   Compiled & transcribed. A Listing of Claims, seeking compensation,made by Shenandoah County citizens for goods provided to militia or Virginia and Continental armies during the Revolutionary War. (Copied from original Revolutionary Claims in the Library of Virginia). 26 pages. 5 3/8 x 8 3/8.  Softcover  •   Item #2024  •   Price: $8   Members: $8
      • We Can Take It - A Short Story of the CCC   •   Ray Hoyt  •   History on the establishment of the CCC program. Addresses the social aspects of camp life, work projects educational opportunities, recreation and preparation for then to go out into the world.  Softcover  •   Item #2035  •   Price: $9   Members: $8
      • Welcome to Fort Valley   •   Jeanette Connor Ritenour, James Harris Trott & Margaret Akers Trott  •   Over 500 pages & 200 photos and illustrations in this large-sized book tell of the many pioneer families who settled the valley within a Valley beginning from the mid 18th century. There were furnaces, resorts and many stories about this community and the proud caring people who lived there. 2010. 590 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2020  •   Price: $75   Members: $70
        • A Book of Records of Plotts and Certificates of Surveys made in the County of Shenandoah Commencing the 1st day of July 1785   •   Burruss II and Yelton  •   Colonel Jacob Rinker, Jr. served in the capacity of the Shenandoah County's Chief Surveyor from 1785 to 1817. He left a total of four books, containing more than 600 surveys. This book contains abstracts fron Survey Book 1, covering a period of nine years, from 1785 to 1794. Published: 1999. 110 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2028  •   Price: $16.00   Members: $15.00
        • A Pictorial History of Shenandoah County: 50 Years through the Lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr.   •   John Adamson  •   Morrison Addendum. June, 2011. One page . Downloadable version of addendum is HERE.  Softcover  •   Item #2003  •   Price: $0   Members: $0
        • A Pictorial History of Shenandoah County: 50 Years through the Lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr.   •   John Adamson  •   206 Photographs tell about life in the Shenandoah County of Va. The subjects include portraits, family events, christenings, sports, farms, animals, children, landscapes, soldiers, cars, school events, buildings, professionals, everything you can think of that makes up day to day life. All identified photos in the Morrison book of photos are listed, and list is regularly updated as new identifications are made. 2007. 230 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #2002  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
        • A Trip by Rail in the Shenandoah Valley on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Southern Railway   •   Bob Cohen  •   An in-depth retrospective of trains, stations, towns and stories from throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Photos of trains, depots, schedules, maps, and other memorabilia appear, along with text, on every page of this colorful book that brings back memories of this period in history. 2013. 162 pages. 8 1/2 x 11. Many color photos.  Hardcover  •   Item #2027  •   Price: $61   Members: $60
        • Bicentennial Souvenir Program   •   Souvenir Program of the Shenandoah County Bicentennial 1772-1972. Contains many photos and stories with histories of the individual towns in the County. 1972. 96 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #2004  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
        • Fairfax of Virginia - The Forgotten Story of America's Only Peerage   •   Hugh Fairfax  •   The Fairfax family occupies a unique place in the story of America, as the only members of the British House of Lords - the Peerage - to have been long time residents of the United States. For over 150 years, first as colonialists and then as loyal citizens of the Republic they played an active part in many of the great events that helped make America the country it is today. Then curiously, just as America was assuming its position as the powerhouse of the world, they left and returned to Britain once more. Written with panache and affection by a descendent of the family, Hugh Fairfax, this new book tells the remarkable and largely forgotten story in its entirety for the first time. We follow their adventures from the pinnacle of Colonial society and close friendship with George Washington into the 19th Century.  Hardcover  •   Item #2031  •   Price: $40   Members: $39
        • Haunted Shenandoah Valley   •   Denver Michaels  •   Join author Denver Michaels as he delves into folklore, eyewitness accounts and urban legends to bring you stories of a statue that sheds real tears, mourning Virginians killed in battle, Civil War soldiers and caves near Strasburg, decades of abuse at a sanatorium in Staunton and more.  2019   160 pages  Softcover  •   Item #2041  •   Price: $$22.00   Members: $$21.00
        • History of Edinburg Va.   •   Mary Ann Williamson & Jean Allen Davis  •   This soup-to-nuts chronicle of everything you'd like to know about Edinburg, VA,was written by two school teachers who grew up in the town. It is filled with pictures, and stories about people, places and events. Originally published in 1994, it was updated in 1995. 1995. 676 pages  Hardcover  •   Item #2008  •   Price: $45   Members: $45
        • History of Shenandoah County   •   John W. Wayland  •   A searchable PDF file, on a CD, of the printed, book version.  CD  •   Item #2010  •   Price: $15   Members: $15
        • History of Shenandoah County, 2nd (Augumented) edition   •   John W. Wayland  •   The definitive work on Shenandoah County, Va., one of the oldest counties in the Valley. Includes a vast amount of family genealogy, early settlers, Indians, forts, town histories and Civil War history. 1969. 896 pages. 2006 reprint.  Hardcover  •   Item #2009  •   Price: $56   Members: $55
        • Images of America: Around New Market   •   James R. Graves & John D. Crim  •   New Market lies at the western base of the Massanutten range. Its crossroads go back to two Native American hunting trails that crossed here throughout the ages. The Town was incorporated in 1796 and the area still shines with its agrarian roots, while over the years it has fostered many educational institutions and maintained historically heavy commerce. The book has lots of photos. 2007. 128 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2032  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
        • Images of America: Shenandoah County   •   Archivist Jean Martin and SCHS  •   This book of nearly 200 photos focuses on the people who have made the Shenandoah County a comfortable place to raise families and communities that pray together, work along side each other, and enjoy life surrounded by the mountains. 2010. 127 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2011  •   Price: $23   Members: $23
        • Images of America: Strasburg   •   Kathy Kahoe & the Strasburg Museum  •   27 vintage photos that tell the story of the town of Strasburg, Va. since 1761. Written in conjunction with the Strasburg Museum. 2023. 128 pages. 6.5 x 9.25 in.  Softcover  •   Item #2042  •   Price: $23   Members: $23
        • Lake's 1885 Atlas of Shenandoah and Page Counties   •   The SCHS reprinted the popular Lake's Atlas of 1885. Also included are several pages from Gray's Atlas of 1878, which contain slightly more detailed maps of many of the communities in Shenandoah County. With added pages from Gray's 1878 Atlas. 2009. 12x18.  Softcover  •   Item #2007  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
        • Life Along Holman's Creek   •   Joseph Floyd Wine  •   The book tells about life in the Forestville area of Shenandoah County. 1985 reprint. 254 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2012  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
        • My CCC – A Handbook for Enrollees   •   Upon entering the CCC, new enrollees were given a handbook that provided them with guidelines to share expectations of what to expect and how to behave.  The Do’s and Don’ts of CCC life. Illustrations by Marshall Davis.  Softcover  •   Item #2040  •   Price: $9   Members: $8
        • Oh, Shenandoah   •   Andrei Kushnir  •   Description:  A beautiful coffee table book of 264 paintings of the historic Shenandoah Valley and river. 2016. 400 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2034  •   Price: $55   Members: $50
        • Our Mountains - The View from Shenandoah County Virginia   •   A brochure, reproduced by The Mountain Courier monthly newspaper, based on their May 2012 feature about Living in the Great Valley of the Appalachians. The full color brochure shows the mountains on both sides of Shenandoah County. Every peak and gap and all of the main roads are shown. May, 2012. Eight 6 1/4  x 11 panels on card stock. If only item ordered, include $1.50 for shipping.  Brochure  •   Item #2022  •   Price: $5   Members: $4
        • Road Trip to History   •   Wayne Bronson, Oak Tree Productions  •   "The Road Trip to History" series, known for its TV programs featuring the many towns along the Great Valley Pike in the Shenandoah Valley, focuses here on the work of Hugh Morrison, Woodstock photographer, and the efforts of SCHS to preserve the history in his photography. 2009.  DVD  •   Item #2013  •   Price: $15   Members: $14
        • SCHS Glass Plate Processing Project   •   Produced by filmmaker and SCHS Board Member, Philip Crown, documents the process by which 27,000+ glass negatives have been cataloged, reproduced, stored and made available to the community. 30 Minutes.  DVD  •   Item #2023  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
        • Shenandoah County Gazetteer & Historical Geography   •   Irvin D. Magin  •   A collection of places throughout Shenandoah County, with geographical coordinates, descriptions and historical information. 1991. 188 pages. 8x10. Revised 2003.  Softcover  •   Item #2007  •   Price: $13   Members: $12
        • Shenandoah County Trivia (And a little bit more!)   •   Irvin D. Magin  •   1000+ bits and pieces of facts and figures about this Virginia county, its people, its history, and what makes things go. 2002. 138 pages. 4 1/8x 7 3/8.  Softcover  •   Item #2029  •   Price: $9   Members: $8
        • Shenandoah County and Its Court House   •   Fred Painter  •   This History of the Shenandoah County Court House tells about the building of the structure, its many additions and chronicles happenings through the years. It is the oldest operating Court House west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 1979. 162 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2015  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
        • Shenandoah County and Its Court House   •   Fred Painter  •   This History of the Shenandoah County Court House tells about the building of the structure, its many additions and chronicles happenings through the years. It is the oldest operating Court House west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 1979. 162 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2014  •   Price: $8   Members: $7
        • Shenandoah Iron: A History of Mining, Smelting and Transporting Iron in the Virginia Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren   •   Norman H. Scott  •   Most people know of the rich Civil War history of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia but few know that the Valley was also rich in iron smelting history. The first furnace west of the Blue Ridge Mountains was built in this region. 352 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2039  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
        • Shenandoah Valley Cooking -- Recipes and Kitchen Lore   •   Compiled by Elmer L. Smith  •   Folk food in the days of farm and family self-sufficiency.  It is much more than just a book of recipes -- it is a look at life in the early days of the settling of the Valley  Covers butchering and bread to snitzing and distilling. It is filled with sketches and artwork, has lots of recipes and of history about day to day life. Published by the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society. 8½ x 11. 2002 -- Seventh Printing.  Softcover  •   Item #2037  •   Price: $6   Members: $6
        • Shenandoah Voices   •   John Heatwole  •   Stories about life in the Shenandoah Valley, collected and recorded over a lifetime, that open a window to long  ago when the pace of life was governed by the seasons and settlers relied on the traditions of their ancestors. OUT OF PRINT  Hardcover  •   Item #2036  •   Price: $79 (out of print)   Members: $79 (out of print)
        • Stories of Our Community   •   Shenandoah County 250th Commemoration Committee  •   A compilation of 12 booklets released throughout 2022 during the Shenandoah County 250th commemoration.  Each booklet shares brief stories that feature some unique aspect of Shenandoah County history, offering a variety of diverse topics. All 12 are included in this book. Publication, December, 2022. 212 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2500  •   Price: $30   Members: $29
        • Strasburg, Virginia Our History in Post Cards   •   Gloria Stickley  •   A narrative history of Strasburg, Va. accompanied by an impressive collection ofpost cards - most in color - that start when post cards first became popular. Also maps. 2013. 92 pages. Color.  Hardcover  •   Item #2026  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
        • Tales from Shenandoah   •   Joseph Floyd Wine  •   A collection of tales both oral and in written form that have been passed down through the years, telling of interesting events and people. 1989. 85 pages  Hardcover  •   Item #2017  •   Price: $18   Members: $18
        • The Alms House of Shenandoah County: A Brief History   •   Fred Painter  •   What was once the Glebe Farm and Peter Muhlenberg's home during the American Revolution is now the Alms House of Shenandoah County. This History book also contains many photos. 1979. 33 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2005  •   Price: $6   Members: $5
        • The Alms House of Shenandoah County: A Brief History   •   Fred Painter  •   What was once the Glebe Farm and Peter Muhlenberg's home during the American Revolution is now the Alms House of Shenandoah County. This History book also contains many photos. 1979. 33 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2001  •   Price: $8   Members: $7
        • The Fighting Parson of the American Revolution   •   Edward Hocker  •   A biography of General Peter Muhlenberg, Lutheran clergyman, military chieftain, and political leader. In a new foreword by John Huffman he reminds us that throughout Christian history, Godly men have seen the need to take up arms to defend their homes and families. Edward Hocker has done an honorable job of presenting an accurate picture of a genuine hero, while at the same time not creating an ideological myth of a hero with no flaws. Published:  1936. Reprinted:  2019. Size:  9 x 6 in. 180 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2038  •   Price: $18   Members: $17
        • The French & Indian War in Shenandoah County - Life On the Inner Frontier, 1752-1766   •   R. Patrick Murphy  •   The Story of the French and Indian War, Shenandoah County's "forgotten war," as it exists in memory and artifact. Color illustrations and fold out map of F&I War sites in the County. 2013. 142 pages. Foldout map.  Softcover  •   Item #2025  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
        • The Neff Gang Story   •   Philip Crown  •   A recounting of the shenanigans of a group of young men in the early 1900’s who kept the newspapers in Shenandoah County busy with the telling of their rambunctious activities that somewhat terrorized parts of the County and in Ohio. They lived in the Walker Chapel area behind Red Banks and were members of a large family. Includes genealogical information and many newspaper accounts. 2016. 215 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4001  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
        • The Shenandoah River Atlas   •   William E. Trout, III  •   Published by the Virginia Canals and Navagation Society. Historic sites on the Shenandoah River, its Forks and the North River are featured. River mileage system indicated on map pages. Spiral bound to allow for easier opening and turning of the pages. 2013. 109 pages. Revised Edition.  Softcover  •   Item #2030  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
        • The Story of Strasburg   •   Virginia Hinkins Cadden  •   Originally published in the Bicentennial Edition of the Northern VA Daily newspaper in 1961. Reprinted in 2011 by Strasburg Heritage Association on the Occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of Strasburg. Contains additional articles commemorating250 years. 2011. 65 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2016  •   Price: $8   Members: $8
        • The Word Gatherer   •   Carol Maureen DeHart  •   An oral history interview with historian John L. Heatwole, who often traveled the Valley doing research. In the process, he gathered hundreds of oral history and folklore stories and felt they needed to be preserved. This book was part of that process. 2007. 114 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2021  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
        • Twenty-five chapters on the Shenandoah Valley: To which is appended a concise history of the Civil War in the valley   •   John Wayland  •   The formation of counties, comprehensive variety of races and religions , historical literature and newspapers, the Revolutionary War period in the Valley, naming of streams, mountains, old wooden bridges, etc.  Hardcover  •   Item #2033  •   Price: $45   Members: $44
        • Union Forge   •   Mary Ann Williamson  •   Records of the forge, store, and churches, plus genealogical records. 1997. 317 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #2019  •   Price: $27   Members: $26
        • Virginia 'Publick' Claims Shenandoah County   •   Janice L. Abercrombie & Richard Slatten  •   Compiled & transcribed. A Listing of Claims, seeking compensation,made by Shenandoah County citizens for goods provided to militia or Virginia and Continental armies during the Revolutionary War. (Copied from original Revolutionary Claims in the Library of Virginia). 26 pages. 5 3/8 x 8 3/8.  Softcover  •   Item #2024  •   Price: $8   Members: $8
        • We Can Take It - A Short Story of the CCC   •   Ray Hoyt  •   History on the establishment of the CCC program. Addresses the social aspects of camp life, work projects educational opportunities, recreation and preparation for then to go out into the world.  Softcover  •   Item #2035  •   Price: $9   Members: $8
        • Welcome to Fort Valley   •   Jeanette Connor Ritenour, James Harris Trott & Margaret Akers Trott  •   Over 500 pages & 200 photos and illustrations in this large-sized book tell of the many pioneer families who settled the valley within a Valley beginning from the mid 18th century. There were furnaces, resorts and many stories about this community and the proud caring people who lived there. 2010. 590 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #2020  •   Price: $75   Members: $70

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          • A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers   •   Scott David Arnold  •   Compiled. Guidebook includes text, photos, and updates of more than 1850 official state historical markers placed along Virginia's roadways since 1927. This is the last one published. Book is divided into six geographical-cultural regions and contains maps and three individual indexes to help. 2009. 384 pages. Third Edition.  Softcover  •   Item #3007  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
          • A History of the Valley of Virginia   •   Samuel Kercheval  •   The earliest history of this section of Virginia. First edition published in 1833 and revised and enlarged by the author in 1850. Third edition came in 1902, and a fourth in 1925. An authority on early conditions in the Valley, based in part on conversations derived first hand from people who lived in the pioneer period. 1925. 405 pages. 4th Edition. 2001 reprint.  Hardcover  •   Item #3003  •   Price: $36   Members: $35
          • A Short History of Page County VA   •   Harry Strickler  •   In the first half of the 18th Century, it was believed that the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley was at Massanutten in 1776 in what is now Page County.  Old homes, excerpts from court records, the Civil War, towns and villages, Shenandoah National Park, churches education, industry, Indian mounds, biography and genealogy information can all be found in this book. Published in 1952; reprinted in 1996. 427 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #3016  •   Price: $43   Members: $40
          • Arrival of THE FIRST AFRiCANS in Virginia   •   Ric Murphy  •   In 16619, a group of thirty-two African men, women and children arrived on the shores of Virginia, after having been kidnapped in the royal city of Kabasa, Angola and forced aboard the Portuguese slave ship San Juan Bautista.  The ship was attacked by privateers and taken to the English New World colony.   Softcover  •   Item #3014  •   Price: $23.00   Members: $22.00
          • Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest   •   Anne Carter Lee  •   One of the Buildings of the United States series of the Society of Architectural Historians. This book includes many pages on the Shenandoah Valley and Shenandoah County. Several photos of buildings in Shenandoah County are featured. 2015. 592 pages. 10 x 7.4. 300 images. 31 maps.  Hardcover  •   Item #3011  •   Price: $75   Members: $70
          • First People - The Early Indians of Virginia   •   Keith Egloff & Deborah Woodward  •   Full of stories that represent the full diversity of Virginia's Indians, past and present, this popular book remains the essential introduction to the history of Virginia Indians from the earlier times to the present day. 2006. 68 pages. 2nd edition.  Softcover  •   Item #3008  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
          • Historic Homes of Northern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia   •   John W. Wayland  •   One of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken in the Virginia historical field. Wayland has followed his well-known method of careful planning, extensive research and artistic presentation. A beautifully-illustrated book on the historic homes as they were in the 1930s. Black & white images. 1937. Reprinted 2008. 629 pages. 10 5/8 x 7 5/8.  Softcover  •   Item #3012  •   Price: $70   Members: $65
          • Images of America: Massanutten   •   Christine Michaels  •   A 50-mile-long mountain range that ends in a striking peak in the Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia, splitting the Blue Ridge Mts. from the Alleghenies and the North & South Forks of the Shenandoah River. Once an area where Native Americans dwelled, it boasted healing springs that blossomed into a resort. This book chronicles its history. 2007. 128 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3009  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
          • Perfectly Unconventional   •   Cheryl Lyon  •   A story of three city women who escape the proscribed and restrictive Victorian era to pursue creative careers during the 1880s, far from home in the rural Virginia hamlet of Fisher’s Hill. 2023. 416 Pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2044  •   Price: $35   Members: $35
          • RFD Folk Art   •   Tyre & Jane Yancey  •   To most of us, the container designed to hold US Mail (both coming and going) is a rather utilitarian contraption. The Yanceys have traveled all over the Valley looking at silos and barns and found these fun mail boxes along the way. 2011. 94 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #3005  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
          • Scandalous Son: The Elusive Search for Dolley Madison's Son, John Payne Todd   •   Philip Bigler  •   This book tackles the dark side of the American Dream, the saga of rags-to-riches in just three generations. It is the tragic,albeit all to common, story of a promising heir battling family and society's expectations --and losing it all. 2015. 352 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3010  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
          • The Archaeology of Virginia's First Peoples   •   Elizabeth Moore and Bernard Means  •   This book surveys a timespan that stretches back more than 15,000 years, as evidenced by the Cactus Hill Archaelogical site in Sussex County and  numerous other sites throughout Virginia. The editors and six other archaelogists contributed. 308 pages  Softcover  •   Item #3015  •   Price: $55   Members: $50
          • The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia   •   Julienne & Baston Tarter  •   At the centenary of the movement, this book recognizes the important contributions of women who created two statewide organizations to win the right to vote. 208 pages. 6 in. x 9 in.  Softcover  •   Item #3013  •   Price: $25   Members: $24
          • The Fairfax Line: A Historic Landmark   •   McClinton, Coleman & Francis F. Wayland  •   Includes Thomas Lewis's Journal of 1746, edited by John W. Wayland. 1996. 97 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3001  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
          • The Great Valley Road of Virginia   •   Edited by Warren R. Hofstra & Karl Raitz  •   This book features original, previously unpublished chapters by leading scholars who delve into four significant periods of the road's development - from prehistory to colonial to American Revolution to present day. Known as the Valley Pike, or U.S. 11, it was part of the longest road in early American history from PA to GA. 2010. 309 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3002  •   Price: $29   Members: $28
          • Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art   •   Klaus Wust  •   This book was originally published in the 1970s. The author was one of the major contributors to a better understanding of the cultural heritage and history of the German immigrants who settled in the Shenandoah Valley. Archivist Jean Martin has added updated notes on the Stoney Creek artist in this new edition. 2011. 35 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3006  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
            • A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers   •   Scott David Arnold  •   Compiled. Guidebook includes text, photos, and updates of more than 1850 official state historical markers placed along Virginia's roadways since 1927. This is the last one published. Book is divided into six geographical-cultural regions and contains maps and three individual indexes to help. 2009. 384 pages. Third Edition.  Softcover  •   Item #3007  •   Price: $23   Members: $22
            • A History of the Valley of Virginia   •   Samuel Kercheval  •   The earliest history of this section of Virginia. First edition published in 1833 and revised and enlarged by the author in 1850. Third edition came in 1902, and a fourth in 1925. An authority on early conditions in the Valley, based in part on conversations derived first hand from people who lived in the pioneer period. 1925. 405 pages. 4th Edition. 2001 reprint.  Hardcover  •   Item #3003  •   Price: $36   Members: $35
            • A Short History of Page County VA   •   Harry Strickler  •   In the first half of the 18th Century, it was believed that the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley was at Massanutten in 1776 in what is now Page County.  Old homes, excerpts from court records, the Civil War, towns and villages, Shenandoah National Park, churches education, industry, Indian mounds, biography and genealogy information can all be found in this book. Published in 1952; reprinted in 1996. 427 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #3016  •   Price: $43   Members: $40
            • Arrival of THE FIRST AFRiCANS in Virginia   •   Ric Murphy  •   In 16619, a group of thirty-two African men, women and children arrived on the shores of Virginia, after having been kidnapped in the royal city of Kabasa, Angola and forced aboard the Portuguese slave ship San Juan Bautista.  The ship was attacked by privateers and taken to the English New World colony.   Softcover  •   Item #3014  •   Price: $23.00   Members: $22.00
            • Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest   •   Anne Carter Lee  •   One of the Buildings of the United States series of the Society of Architectural Historians. This book includes many pages on the Shenandoah Valley and Shenandoah County. Several photos of buildings in Shenandoah County are featured. 2015. 592 pages. 10 x 7.4. 300 images. 31 maps.  Hardcover  •   Item #3011  •   Price: $75   Members: $70
            • First People - The Early Indians of Virginia   •   Keith Egloff & Deborah Woodward  •   Full of stories that represent the full diversity of Virginia's Indians, past and present, this popular book remains the essential introduction to the history of Virginia Indians from the earlier times to the present day. 2006. 68 pages. 2nd edition.  Softcover  •   Item #3008  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
            • Historic Homes of Northern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia   •   John W. Wayland  •   One of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken in the Virginia historical field. Wayland has followed his well-known method of careful planning, extensive research and artistic presentation. A beautifully-illustrated book on the historic homes as they were in the 1930s. Black & white images. 1937. Reprinted 2008. 629 pages. 10 5/8 x 7 5/8.  Softcover  •   Item #3012  •   Price: $70   Members: $65
            • Images of America: Massanutten   •   Christine Michaels  •   A 50-mile-long mountain range that ends in a striking peak in the Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia, splitting the Blue Ridge Mts. from the Alleghenies and the North & South Forks of the Shenandoah River. Once an area where Native Americans dwelled, it boasted healing springs that blossomed into a resort. This book chronicles its history. 2007. 128 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3009  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
            • Perfectly Unconventional   •   Cheryl Lyon  •   A story of three city women who escape the proscribed and restrictive Victorian era to pursue creative careers during the 1880s, far from home in the rural Virginia hamlet of Fisher’s Hill. 2023. 416 Pages.  Softcover  •   Item #2044  •   Price: $35   Members: $35
            • RFD Folk Art   •   Tyre & Jane Yancey  •   To most of us, the container designed to hold US Mail (both coming and going) is a rather utilitarian contraption. The Yanceys have traveled all over the Valley looking at silos and barns and found these fun mail boxes along the way. 2011. 94 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #3005  •   Price: $20   Members: $19
            • Scandalous Son: The Elusive Search for Dolley Madison's Son, John Payne Todd   •   Philip Bigler  •   This book tackles the dark side of the American Dream, the saga of rags-to-riches in just three generations. It is the tragic,albeit all to common, story of a promising heir battling family and society's expectations --and losing it all. 2015. 352 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3010  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
            • The Archaeology of Virginia's First Peoples   •   Elizabeth Moore and Bernard Means  •   This book surveys a timespan that stretches back more than 15,000 years, as evidenced by the Cactus Hill Archaelogical site in Sussex County and  numerous other sites throughout Virginia. The editors and six other archaelogists contributed. 308 pages  Softcover  •   Item #3015  •   Price: $55   Members: $50
            • The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia   •   Julienne & Baston Tarter  •   At the centenary of the movement, this book recognizes the important contributions of women who created two statewide organizations to win the right to vote. 208 pages. 6 in. x 9 in.  Softcover  •   Item #3013  •   Price: $25   Members: $24
            • The Fairfax Line: A Historic Landmark   •   McClinton, Coleman & Francis F. Wayland  •   Includes Thomas Lewis's Journal of 1746, edited by John W. Wayland. 1996. 97 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3001  •   Price: $14   Members: $13
            • The Great Valley Road of Virginia   •   Edited by Warren R. Hofstra & Karl Raitz  •   This book features original, previously unpublished chapters by leading scholars who delve into four significant periods of the road's development - from prehistory to colonial to American Revolution to present day. Known as the Valley Pike, or U.S. 11, it was part of the longest road in early American history from PA to GA. 2010. 309 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3002  •   Price: $29   Members: $28
            • Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art   •   Klaus Wust  •   This book was originally published in the 1970s. The author was one of the major contributors to a better understanding of the cultural heritage and history of the German immigrants who settled in the Shenandoah Valley. Archivist Jean Martin has added updated notes on the Stoney Creek artist in this new edition. 2011. 35 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #3006  •   Price: $20   Members: $19

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              • Changes Pave The Way - Education In Shenandoah County 1977-2000   •   Retired Teachers Association  •   A sequel to Echoes of Shenandoah. Filled with history and facts, this book also includes recollections of many of those who contributed to the writing of this book. 2002. 207 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #7002  •   Price: $15   Members: $15
              • Reflections: Early Schools of Shenandoah County   •   SCHS  •   Histories of the early schools throughout Shenandoah County, with photos and many handwritten entries. Originally published by SCHS in 1995. 1996. 390 pages. 8 1/2 x 11. 2nd edition.  Hardcover  •   Item #7000  •   Price: $25   Members: $24
              • Schools in New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia   •   Nancy Branner Stewart  •   Volume I (1766-1870). A history of the school in New Market during the dates indicated. Many photos. 1992. 172 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #7001  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
              • Shenandoah County Geography Supplement   •   Moore/Miller/Shoemaker  •   This Supplement was originally published in 1926 by the County School Board. It was revised, edited and republished by the Board in 1931. It was used as a teaching tool in the school classrooms. 2007 reprint. 39 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #7003  •   Price: $10   Members: $10
                • Changes Pave The Way - Education In Shenandoah County 1977-2000   •   Retired Teachers Association  •   A sequel to Echoes of Shenandoah. Filled with history and facts, this book also includes recollections of many of those who contributed to the writing of this book. 2002. 207 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #7002  •   Price: $15   Members: $15
                • Reflections: Early Schools of Shenandoah County   •   SCHS  •   Histories of the early schools throughout Shenandoah County, with photos and many handwritten entries. Originally published by SCHS in 1995. 1996. 390 pages. 8 1/2 x 11. 2nd edition.  Hardcover  •   Item #7000  •   Price: $25   Members: $24
                • Schools in New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia   •   Nancy Branner Stewart  •   Volume I (1766-1870). A history of the school in New Market during the dates indicated. Many photos. 1992. 172 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #7001  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                • Shenandoah County Geography Supplement   •   Moore/Miller/Shoemaker  •   This Supplement was originally published in 1926 by the County School Board. It was revised, edited and republished by the Board in 1931. It was used as a teaching tool in the school classrooms. 2007 reprint. 39 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #7003  •   Price: $10   Members: $10

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                  • A Diary of Henry Saint John Rinker (1862 - 1867)   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss & Sandra Helsley Yelton  •   His account of events commencing January 1862 and ending December 1867. 1999. 111 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4004  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                  • A TO ZAX - A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists and Historians   •   Barbara Jean Evans  •   Find thousands of unfamiliar terms,abbreviations, little-used or old-fashioned words one might encounter in the course of genealogical research. Also includes a list of Dutch given names. 1995. 300 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4012  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                  • Christian Bowman & The Sabbatarians - Strasburg/Sandy Hook Virginia Heritage   •   Robert Lee Bowman  •   History of the "Forbidden Shenandoah Valley," Indian conflicts, Sabbatarian Settlement, and Local Swiss-German families in the context of other early Virginia Historical Highlights. 2011. 50 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #4013  •   Price: $13   Members: $13
                  • FORERUNNERS - A History and Genealogy of the Strickler Families, Their Kith & Kin   •   Harry M. Strickler  •   The information in this book, includes material dating back to 1700.  Some of the family names included are the Kauffmans, Stovers, Burners, Ruffners, Beavers, Shaffers, Brumbacks, Zirkles, Blossers, Groves, Brubakers, Neffs, Rothgebs and other early families of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Frederick and Page Counties. First Published: 1925. Reprinted - 1998. 427 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4022  •   Price: $36   Members: $35
                  • From Strassburg to Strasburg - Memorial to Swiss-German Virginia Pioneers   •   Robert Lee Bowman  •   History of early settlements and focus on Swiss-German families in the context of other Early Virginia Historical Highlights. Pictures. 2011. 47 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #1014  •   Price: $13   Members: $13
                  • German Origins of Jost Hite (1685 - 1761)   •   Klaus Wust, Jones & Connor  •   Birth place, baptism and Hite's marriage to Anna Maria Merckle. 1979. 45 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4008  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                  • In Search of Your German Roots   •   Angus Baxter  •   This book is designed to help you trace your German ancestry, not only in Germany, but in al the German-speaking areas of Europe, from the Baltic to the Crimea, from the Czech Republic to Belgium. This 5th edition highlights all of the recent developments – new facilities, new websites, and newly-available records. The most comprehensive guide to German roots available. 2015. 140 pages. 5th Edition.  Softcover  •   Item #4017  •   Price: $22   Members: $21
                  • Massanutten (Settled by the Pennsylvania Pilgrim 1726)   •   Hasrry Strickler  •   This book by Hasrry Strickler was first published in 1924 and reprinted in 1994. It discusses the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley in 1726. The settlement was the beginning of five counties - Augusta, Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham and Page. The materials in this book, for genealogists, are voluminous and valuable. It also has good information on early religious organizations (Baptists and Mennonites) and old homes and forts. Pages: 192. Published: 1924 and 1994  Softcover  •   Item #4023  •   Price: $48.00   Members: $47.00
                  • Memories for my Grandchild - A Keepsake to Remember   •   Suzanne Zenkel  •   A Journal for YOU to fill in the blanks with all of the information you would like for your Grandchild to know about you. It will take care of your grandchild, in later years, saying "I wish I had listened to my grand parent" or "Wish they were here for me to ask." 2010. 96 pages. Spiral Bound.  Hardcover  •   Item #4015  •   Price: $19   Members: $18
                  • Pioneer Pastor   •   David and Richard Rinker  •   This book follows the life of an unusual man, Michael Rinker.  His life began in the Shenandoah Valley and ended in Los Angeles, CA. The authors became interested in Michael's story when they came across a letter he had written to his parents during the Civil War.  Author, David, is part of the Shenandoah Valley Rinker family lineage  Softcover  •   Item #4021  •   Price: $15.00   Members: $14.00
                  • Shenandoah County Birth Records of Free Born Children (1853 - 1871)   •   Elisabeth Risdon  •   Alphabetical listing of recorded births during the time period listed. 1995. 89 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #4005  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                  • Strasburg, Virginia and The Keister Family   •   E.E. Keister  •   A genealogy and history of the Keister family of Strasburg, Va. Lots of photos and introductory articles, The Pennsylvania Germans," by Milton Rubincam and "Colonial Strasburg," by Klaus Wust. Records start with Adam Keister, Jr. Includes historical material on Strasburg, Va. 1972. 434 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #4011  •   Price: $35   Members: $34
                  • The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley   •   John W. Wayland  •   A book about the early German settlersin this region of Virginia. Included is area geography, early towns, records of the Germans, religion, customs, education, as well as Revolutionary War German pensioners. 1907. 312 pages. 2007 reprint.  Hardcover  •   Item #4007  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
                  • The New Hottel History - The George Line or Charles Line   •   B. Paul Huddle  •   A definite go-to source book for those doing genealogy research in Shenandoah County, Va. It begins with immigrant Johannes Hodel, who became John Hottel and follows the individual and detailed history of George, one of John's four children who came with him from Germany to America in 1732.  The Charles line is also available.  A product of the Hottel-Keller organization. 1998. 1164 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #4016 - G or C  •   Price: $55   Members: $50
                  • The Rinkers of Virginia, Their Neighbors and Kin in the Shenandoah Valley   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss  •   The story of Jacob, Casper and Heinrich Rinker and their ancestors. Some photos. 1993. 210 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #4010  •   Price: $26   Members: $25
                  • The Saint-Adventurers of the Virginia Frontier: Southern Outposts of Ephrata   •   Klaus Wust  •   It is the story of three immigrant brothers, Samuel, Israel and Gabriel Eckerlin who went to the Virginia frontier from the monastic community of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, in the spirit of German mysticism. 2nd printing. (Long out-of-print.)  Softcover  •   Item #4020  •   Price: $17   Members: $16
                  • The Virginia Germans   •   Klaus Wust  •   The first comprehensive study of German settlement and integration in Virginia from 1608 until World War I.  Discusses every aspect of German life in Virginia and of their contributions to the making of our nation. Has been unavailable for many years.  1969.  Reprinted  1989. 322 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4001  •   Price: $36   Members: $35
                  • Under Every Tree - A Guide to Finding Your Roots in Virginia   •   Phyllis Brock Silber  •    A source book for finding primary genealogy resources in Virginia: a courthouse, library or historical society. Where to visit in every county in the state and how to get there. 2016. 220 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4019  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
                    • A Diary of Henry Saint John Rinker (1862 - 1867)   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss & Sandra Helsley Yelton  •   His account of events commencing January 1862 and ending December 1867. 1999. 111 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4004  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                    • A TO ZAX - A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists and Historians   •   Barbara Jean Evans  •   Find thousands of unfamiliar terms,abbreviations, little-used or old-fashioned words one might encounter in the course of genealogical research. Also includes a list of Dutch given names. 1995. 300 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4012  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                    • Christian Bowman & The Sabbatarians - Strasburg/Sandy Hook Virginia Heritage   •   Robert Lee Bowman  •   History of the "Forbidden Shenandoah Valley," Indian conflicts, Sabbatarian Settlement, and Local Swiss-German families in the context of other early Virginia Historical Highlights. 2011. 50 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #4013  •   Price: $13   Members: $13
                    • FORERUNNERS - A History and Genealogy of the Strickler Families, Their Kith & Kin   •   Harry M. Strickler  •   The information in this book, includes material dating back to 1700.  Some of the family names included are the Kauffmans, Stovers, Burners, Ruffners, Beavers, Shaffers, Brumbacks, Zirkles, Blossers, Groves, Brubakers, Neffs, Rothgebs and other early families of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Frederick and Page Counties. First Published: 1925. Reprinted - 1998. 427 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4022  •   Price: $36   Members: $35
                    • From Strassburg to Strasburg - Memorial to Swiss-German Virginia Pioneers   •   Robert Lee Bowman  •   History of early settlements and focus on Swiss-German families in the context of other Early Virginia Historical Highlights. Pictures. 2011. 47 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #1014  •   Price: $13   Members: $13
                    • German Origins of Jost Hite (1685 - 1761)   •   Klaus Wust, Jones & Connor  •   Birth place, baptism and Hite's marriage to Anna Maria Merckle. 1979. 45 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4008  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                    • In Search of Your German Roots   •   Angus Baxter  •   This book is designed to help you trace your German ancestry, not only in Germany, but in al the German-speaking areas of Europe, from the Baltic to the Crimea, from the Czech Republic to Belgium. This 5th edition highlights all of the recent developments – new facilities, new websites, and newly-available records. The most comprehensive guide to German roots available. 2015. 140 pages. 5th Edition.  Softcover  •   Item #4017  •   Price: $22   Members: $21
                    • Massanutten (Settled by the Pennsylvania Pilgrim 1726)   •   Hasrry Strickler  •   This book by Hasrry Strickler was first published in 1924 and reprinted in 1994. It discusses the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley in 1726. The settlement was the beginning of five counties - Augusta, Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham and Page. The materials in this book, for genealogists, are voluminous and valuable. It also has good information on early religious organizations (Baptists and Mennonites) and old homes and forts. Pages: 192. Published: 1924 and 1994  Softcover  •   Item #4023  •   Price: $48.00   Members: $47.00
                    • Memories for my Grandchild - A Keepsake to Remember   •   Suzanne Zenkel  •   A Journal for YOU to fill in the blanks with all of the information you would like for your Grandchild to know about you. It will take care of your grandchild, in later years, saying "I wish I had listened to my grand parent" or "Wish they were here for me to ask." 2010. 96 pages. Spiral Bound.  Hardcover  •   Item #4015  •   Price: $19   Members: $18
                    • Pioneer Pastor   •   David and Richard Rinker  •   This book follows the life of an unusual man, Michael Rinker.  His life began in the Shenandoah Valley and ended in Los Angeles, CA. The authors became interested in Michael's story when they came across a letter he had written to his parents during the Civil War.  Author, David, is part of the Shenandoah Valley Rinker family lineage  Softcover  •   Item #4021  •   Price: $15.00   Members: $14.00
                    • Shenandoah County Birth Records of Free Born Children (1853 - 1871)   •   Elisabeth Risdon  •   Alphabetical listing of recorded births during the time period listed. 1995. 89 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #4005  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                    • Strasburg, Virginia and The Keister Family   •   E.E. Keister  •   A genealogy and history of the Keister family of Strasburg, Va. Lots of photos and introductory articles, The Pennsylvania Germans," by Milton Rubincam and "Colonial Strasburg," by Klaus Wust. Records start with Adam Keister, Jr. Includes historical material on Strasburg, Va. 1972. 434 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #4011  •   Price: $35   Members: $34
                    • The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley   •   John W. Wayland  •   A book about the early German settlersin this region of Virginia. Included is area geography, early towns, records of the Germans, religion, customs, education, as well as Revolutionary War German pensioners. 1907. 312 pages. 2007 reprint.  Hardcover  •   Item #4007  •   Price: $31   Members: $30
                    • The New Hottel History - The George Line or Charles Line   •   B. Paul Huddle  •   A definite go-to source book for those doing genealogy research in Shenandoah County, Va. It begins with immigrant Johannes Hodel, who became John Hottel and follows the individual and detailed history of George, one of John's four children who came with him from Germany to America in 1732.  The Charles line is also available.  A product of the Hottel-Keller organization. 1998. 1164 pages.  Hardcover  •   Item #4016 - G or C  •   Price: $55   Members: $50
                    • The Rinkers of Virginia, Their Neighbors and Kin in the Shenandoah Valley   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss  •   The story of Jacob, Casper and Heinrich Rinker and their ancestors. Some photos. 1993. 210 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #4010  •   Price: $26   Members: $25
                    • The Saint-Adventurers of the Virginia Frontier: Southern Outposts of Ephrata   •   Klaus Wust  •   It is the story of three immigrant brothers, Samuel, Israel and Gabriel Eckerlin who went to the Virginia frontier from the monastic community of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, in the spirit of German mysticism. 2nd printing. (Long out-of-print.)  Softcover  •   Item #4020  •   Price: $17   Members: $16
                    • The Virginia Germans   •   Klaus Wust  •   The first comprehensive study of German settlement and integration in Virginia from 1608 until World War I.  Discusses every aspect of German life in Virginia and of their contributions to the making of our nation. Has been unavailable for many years.  1969.  Reprinted  1989. 322 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4001  •   Price: $36   Members: $35
                    • Under Every Tree - A Guide to Finding Your Roots in Virginia   •   Phyllis Brock Silber  •    A source book for finding primary genealogy resources in Virginia: a courthouse, library or historical society. Where to visit in every county in the state and how to get there. 2016. 220 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #4019  •   Price: $21   Members: $20

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                      • Davidsburg Church Baptisms   •   Klaus Wust & John Stewart  •   New Market, Va., 1785-1845. Largely German entries regarding births and baptisms. From the church book of Lutheran and German reformed church in New Market, Va. 1983. 44 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5000  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                      • Faith in the Valley Vol IV   •   Daniel Warrick Burress and Sandra Yelton  •   Zion Church (near Swover Creek)English Records, 1827-1890. 147 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5004  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                      • Faith in the Valley Vol. I   •   Daniel Warrick Burrus  •   Early Church Records. Jacobs Church, Swover Creek, Shenandoah County, Va. 1995. 116 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5001  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                      • Faith in the Valley Vol. II   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss  •   Early Church Records. Powder Springs Union Church and St. James at Hudson Crossroads. 1995. 72 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5002  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                      • Faith in the Valley Vol. III   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss  •   Early Church Records. St. Paul's Lutheran at Jerome and Stoney Creek Church of the Brethren. 1996. 106 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5003  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                      • Faith in the Valley Vol. V   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss & Sandra Helsley Yelton  •   Early Church Records. United Brethren Churches of Old Edinburg Circuit (1796-1949), Edinburg, Otterbein, Conicville, Hawkinstown, Columbia Furnace, Mount Hermon. 1998. 137 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5005  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                      • Hebron Church Register, Vol. I & 2   •   George Smith & Klaus Wust  •   The 1st German congregation in Virginia in Madison County. 1750-1825. Contains confirmation records, 1777-1785 and communion lists from 1775-1785. 1981. 94 pages. Sold as a set, 2-volume price.  Softcover  •   Item #5006  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
                      • Lutheran Zion - Pine Church Records Vol. I (1786 - 1799), Vol. II (1800 - 1827)   •   Klaus Wust  •   German entries in the Lutheran part of the Zion-Pine church register. The mother church of Lutheran congregations in Edinburg, Woodstock and Mt. Jackson areas. Baptisms prior to 1786 are listed. 1985. 93 pages. Sold as a set, 2-volume price.  Softcover  •   Item #5008  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
                      • Old Pine Church Baptisms (1783-1828) Mill Creek, Va   •   Klaus Wust  •   A union church of Lutheran and Reformed. Birth & baptismal records, 1757-1828. Baptismal records in English, 1820-1861. Confirmation and communion lists. 1987. 63 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5009  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                      • Record of Hawksbill Church (1788 - 1850) Page County Va.   •   Klaus Wust  •   German entries from the German Union Church, Hawksbill Creek, near Luray, Va. Index of 850 names. 1979. 47 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5010  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
                      • Reformed Zion - Pine Church Record (1788-1827)   •   Klaus Wust  •   German entries from the Reformed side of the Zion-Pine church at Stoney Creek Va. This was the mother church for Lutheran and Reformed congregations in Woodstock, Edinburg, Mt. Jackson, Orkney Springs and Jerome areas. Also lists baptisms and confirmations. 1984. 59 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5011  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
                      • Shenandoah Valley Family Data (1799-1813)   •   Klaus Wust  •   Confirmation, marriage and communion records of 1425 persons, including their location and known dates. 1978. 60 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5012  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                      • Smithfield Lutheran Register (1792-1826) - Middleway, Jefferson Co., W.Va.   •   Klaus Wust  •   Church history and baptismal records from1792 to 1826. Translated from the original German records begun by Minister John David Young. 1993. 60 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5013  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
                      • Solomon Church Baptisms (1793-1850) Forestville Va.   •   Klaus Wust  •   Solomon Church began in 1793 as a separate congregation. Its membership, both Lutheran and Reformed for many decades, can hardly be distinguished from that of Old Pine Church. The old German records of both churches were bound together in one volume. Book contains history and baptismal records. 1989. 59 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5014  •   Price: $13   Members: $12
                      • Strasburg Lutheran German Records (1768-1829)   •   Klaus Wust  •   Translation of the German register of the Lutheran Church in Strasburg, Va. for years listed. A brief history, lists of birth, baptisms, communion and confirmation. 1997. 66 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5015  •   Price: $13   Members: $12
                      • Valley Churches   •   Michael J.L. Greene  •   Photos and thumbnail sketches of known Churches in the Valley at the time of printing. This publication is currently being updated. 1997. 81 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #5016  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
                        • Davidsburg Church Baptisms   •   Klaus Wust & John Stewart  •   New Market, Va., 1785-1845. Largely German entries regarding births and baptisms. From the church book of Lutheran and German reformed church in New Market, Va. 1983. 44 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5000  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                        • Faith in the Valley Vol IV   •   Daniel Warrick Burress and Sandra Yelton  •   Zion Church (near Swover Creek)English Records, 1827-1890. 147 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5004  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                        • Faith in the Valley Vol. I   •   Daniel Warrick Burrus  •   Early Church Records. Jacobs Church, Swover Creek, Shenandoah County, Va. 1995. 116 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5001  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                        • Faith in the Valley Vol. II   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss  •   Early Church Records. Powder Springs Union Church and St. James at Hudson Crossroads. 1995. 72 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5002  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                        • Faith in the Valley Vol. III   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss  •   Early Church Records. St. Paul's Lutheran at Jerome and Stoney Creek Church of the Brethren. 1996. 106 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5003  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                        • Faith in the Valley Vol. V   •   Daniel Warrick Burruss & Sandra Helsley Yelton  •   Early Church Records. United Brethren Churches of Old Edinburg Circuit (1796-1949), Edinburg, Otterbein, Conicville, Hawkinstown, Columbia Furnace, Mount Hermon. 1998. 137 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5005  •   Price: $16   Members: $15
                        • Hebron Church Register, Vol. I & 2   •   George Smith & Klaus Wust  •   The 1st German congregation in Virginia in Madison County. 1750-1825. Contains confirmation records, 1777-1785 and communion lists from 1775-1785. 1981. 94 pages. Sold as a set, 2-volume price.  Softcover  •   Item #5006  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
                        • Lutheran Zion - Pine Church Records Vol. I (1786 - 1799), Vol. II (1800 - 1827)   •   Klaus Wust  •   German entries in the Lutheran part of the Zion-Pine church register. The mother church of Lutheran congregations in Edinburg, Woodstock and Mt. Jackson areas. Baptisms prior to 1786 are listed. 1985. 93 pages. Sold as a set, 2-volume price.  Softcover  •   Item #5008  •   Price: $21   Members: $20
                        • Old Pine Church Baptisms (1783-1828) Mill Creek, Va   •   Klaus Wust  •   A union church of Lutheran and Reformed. Birth & baptismal records, 1757-1828. Baptismal records in English, 1820-1861. Confirmation and communion lists. 1987. 63 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5009  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                        • Record of Hawksbill Church (1788 - 1850) Page County Va.   •   Klaus Wust  •   German entries from the German Union Church, Hawksbill Creek, near Luray, Va. Index of 850 names. 1979. 47 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5010  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
                        • Reformed Zion - Pine Church Record (1788-1827)   •   Klaus Wust  •   German entries from the Reformed side of the Zion-Pine church at Stoney Creek Va. This was the mother church for Lutheran and Reformed congregations in Woodstock, Edinburg, Mt. Jackson, Orkney Springs and Jerome areas. Also lists baptisms and confirmations. 1984. 59 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5011  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
                        • Shenandoah Valley Family Data (1799-1813)   •   Klaus Wust  •   Confirmation, marriage and communion records of 1425 persons, including their location and known dates. 1978. 60 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5012  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                        • Smithfield Lutheran Register (1792-1826) - Middleway, Jefferson Co., W.Va.   •   Klaus Wust  •   Church history and baptismal records from1792 to 1826. Translated from the original German records begun by Minister John David Young. 1993. 60 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5013  •   Price: $10   Members: $9
                        • Solomon Church Baptisms (1793-1850) Forestville Va.   •   Klaus Wust  •   Solomon Church began in 1793 as a separate congregation. Its membership, both Lutheran and Reformed for many decades, can hardly be distinguished from that of Old Pine Church. The old German records of both churches were bound together in one volume. Book contains history and baptismal records. 1989. 59 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5014  •   Price: $13   Members: $12
                        • Strasburg Lutheran German Records (1768-1829)   •   Klaus Wust  •   Translation of the German register of the Lutheran Church in Strasburg, Va. for years listed. A brief history, lists of birth, baptisms, communion and confirmation. 1997. 66 pages.  Softcover  •   Item #5015  •   Price: $13   Members: $12
                        • Valley Churches   •   Michael J.L. Greene  •   Photos and thumbnail sketches of known Churches in the Valley at the time of printing. This publication is currently being updated. 1997. 81 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #5016  •   Price: $21   Members: $20

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                          • Colonial Era in the Lower Shenandoah Valley   •   Charles Thorne  •   A history book for Children. 2003. 17 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #6000  •   Price: $5   Members: $5
                          • George Washington: Adventures on the Shenandoah Frontier   •   Charles Thorne  •   A Coloring History Book. A page to color each with a written history lesson. 2005. 17 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #6001  •   Price: $5   Members: $5
                          • Hello Shenandoah   •   Martha Day Zschock  •   Parent and child black bears tour Shenandoah National Park. They explore the park Visitor Center, saddle up at Skyland Stables, hike the Appalachian Trail, and roll down the Skyline Drive. 2022. Recommanded for ages 2 to 4 years. 18 pages. 6x6 in.   Hardcover  •   Item #2043  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                          • I was a Drummer Boy in the American Civil War   •   O'Connor and Hisiro  •   This is the story of the nephew of the author's great uncle who marched with the 105th Illinois Infantry with General Sherman in his capture of Atlanta and his March to the Sea. Published: 2018. 50 pages  (8 1/2" x 11").     Softcover  •   Item #6003  •   Price: $14.00   Members: $13.00
                            • Colonial Era in the Lower Shenandoah Valley   •   Charles Thorne  •   A history book for Children. 2003. 17 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #6000  •   Price: $5   Members: $5
                            • George Washington: Adventures on the Shenandoah Frontier   •   Charles Thorne  •   A Coloring History Book. A page to color each with a written history lesson. 2005. 17 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.  Softcover  •   Item #6001  •   Price: $5   Members: $5
                            • Hello Shenandoah   •   Martha Day Zschock  •   Parent and child black bears tour Shenandoah National Park. They explore the park Visitor Center, saddle up at Skyland Stables, hike the Appalachian Trail, and roll down the Skyline Drive. 2022. Recommanded for ages 2 to 4 years. 18 pages. 6x6 in.   Hardcover  •   Item #2043  •   Price: $11   Members: $10
                            • I was a Drummer Boy in the American Civil War   •   O'Connor and Hisiro  •   This is the story of the nephew of the author's great uncle who marched with the 105th Illinois Infantry with General Sherman in his capture of Atlanta and his March to the Sea. Published: 2018. 50 pages  (8 1/2" x 11").     Softcover  •   Item #6003  •   Price: $14.00   Members: $13.00

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                              • 2022 Calendar: The Barns of Shenandoah County   •   Each month features a different barn in the county. 8½” x 11”.    •   Item #114  •   Price: $10 plus $2 shipping   Members: $10 plus $2 shipping
                              • Christmas Ornament - Courthouse Weather Vane   •   Ornament replica of the weather vane atop the historic Shenandoah County Court House 1772-1972. Gold-tone.    •   Item #101  •   Price: $19   Members: $18
                              • Christmas Tree Ornament - Alms House   •   A goldtone Christmas Tree Ornament depicting the Shenandoah County Alms House that burned in 2014.        •   Item #106  •   Price: $15.00   Members: $14.00
                              • Hand-made Walnut Coasters with Shenandoah County Seal   •   These are hand-made walnut coasters with the Shenandoah County seal on each one. They may be purchased singly or as a set with a holder for four coasters. 3 3/4 inch diameter. Single: $9, Holder: $10, Four-coaster set with holder: $42.    •   Item #112  •   Price: $42   Members: $42
                              • Marriage Certificate   •   Copy of a Marriage Certificate from an 1875 family Bible. (May be completed by purchaser). 8 1/2 x 11.    •   Item #104  •   Price: $4   Members: $4
                              • Morrison Exhibition Magnets   •   Refrigerator Magnet with photo from the 2011 Morrison exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Two different photos. 2x3 inches.    •   Item #105  •   Price: $4   Members: $4
                              • Morrison Exhibition Note Cards   •   Four different photos from the collection of Morrison photos on display in the 2011 exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Va. 16 cards. Four of 4 scenes with envelopes.    •   Item #103  •   Price: $15   Members: $14
                              • Shenandoah County Commemorative Plate   •   Shenandoah County Bi-Centennial Commemorative Plate 1772-1972. Porcelain. Round, 9-inch diameter.    •   Item #111  •   Price: $8   Members: $8
                                • 2022 Calendar: The Barns of Shenandoah County   •   Each month features a different barn in the county. 8½” x 11”.    •   Item #114  •   Price: $10 plus $2 shipping   Members: $10 plus $2 shipping
                                • Christmas Ornament - Courthouse Weather Vane   •   Ornament replica of the weather vane atop the historic Shenandoah County Court House 1772-1972. Gold-tone.    •   Item #101  •   Price: $19   Members: $18
                                • Christmas Tree Ornament - Alms House   •   A goldtone Christmas Tree Ornament depicting the Shenandoah County Alms House that burned in 2014.        •   Item #106  •   Price: $15.00   Members: $14.00
                                • Hand-made Walnut Coasters with Shenandoah County Seal   •   These are hand-made walnut coasters with the Shenandoah County seal on each one. They may be purchased singly or as a set with a holder for four coasters. 3 3/4 inch diameter. Single: $9, Holder: $10, Four-coaster set with holder: $42.    •   Item #112  •   Price: $42   Members: $42
                                • Marriage Certificate   •   Copy of a Marriage Certificate from an 1875 family Bible. (May be completed by purchaser). 8 1/2 x 11.    •   Item #104  •   Price: $4   Members: $4
                                • Morrison Exhibition Magnets   •   Refrigerator Magnet with photo from the 2011 Morrison exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Two different photos. 2x3 inches.    •   Item #105  •   Price: $4   Members: $4
                                • Morrison Exhibition Note Cards   •   Four different photos from the collection of Morrison photos on display in the 2011 exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Va. 16 cards. Four of 4 scenes with envelopes.    •   Item #103  •   Price: $15   Members: $14
                                • Shenandoah County Commemorative Plate   •   Shenandoah County Bi-Centennial Commemorative Plate 1772-1972. Porcelain. Round, 9-inch diameter.    •   Item #111  •   Price: $8   Members: $8

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                                  • Post Card   •   Located in Woodstock, Va., this early photo of the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse, at the beginning of the 20th century, shows the original 1795 building with two later additions. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8006  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                  • Post Card   •   Bust of Revolutionary War Patriot, John Peter Muhlenberg, "Clergyman, Statesman, Soldier," commissioned by Narrow Passage Chapter, DAR, and sculpted by Caroline Muhlenberg Hufford Anderson. Dedicated in 1988, it stands in front of the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock, Va. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8007  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                  • Post Card   •   The 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va. is the oldest working courthouse west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The earliest section now functions as a museum and also houses a visitor center. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2  Postcard  •   Item #8008  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                  • Post Card   •   An early photo of the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va. that shows the original building with two later additions, at the beginning of the 20th century. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8009  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                  • Post Card   •   A statue of Rev. Peter Muhlenberg, noted for his famous call to arms during the Revolutionary War, who later became a general under George Washington's command. Sculpture is by Gary Casteel and was installed in front of the Historic 1795 Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va., in 2008. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8010  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                  • Post Card   •   Postcard picturing the weather vane, crafted by a local artisan, that is mounted atop the cupola on the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va. 4 5/8 x 6 1/8.  Postcard  •   Item #8002  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                    • Post Card   •   Located in Woodstock, Va., this early photo of the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse, at the beginning of the 20th century, shows the original 1795 building with two later additions. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8006  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                    • Post Card   •   Bust of Revolutionary War Patriot, John Peter Muhlenberg, "Clergyman, Statesman, Soldier," commissioned by Narrow Passage Chapter, DAR, and sculpted by Caroline Muhlenberg Hufford Anderson. Dedicated in 1988, it stands in front of the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock, Va. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8007  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                    • Post Card   •   The 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va. is the oldest working courthouse west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The earliest section now functions as a museum and also houses a visitor center. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2  Postcard  •   Item #8008  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                    • Post Card   •   An early photo of the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va. that shows the original building with two later additions, at the beginning of the 20th century. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8009  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                    • Post Card   •   A statue of Rev. Peter Muhlenberg, noted for his famous call to arms during the Revolutionary War, who later became a general under George Washington's command. Sculpture is by Gary Casteel and was installed in front of the Historic 1795 Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va., in 2008. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2.  Postcard  •   Item #8010  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
                                    • Post Card   •   Postcard picturing the weather vane, crafted by a local artisan, that is mounted atop the cupola on the 1795 Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Va. 4 5/8 x 6 1/8.  Postcard  •   Item #8002  •   Price: $1   Members: $1
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