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Browse the contents of Shoreline, 1994-2007. Listed ascending by year.


Title: The Growth and Development of the Salisbury –Wicomico County Airport

Author: Alvin Garrison

Vol: 2

No: 3

Date:

1994

Contents: Salisbury Wicomico Airport


Title: Beware Grave Diggers!!

Author: Sylvia Bradley

Vol: 2

No: 3

Date:

1994

Contents: Cemetery Laws


Title: Clara Gunby Papers Donated to Center

Author: Mr. George Hann, Donator

Vol: 2

No: 3

Date:

1994

Contents: Civil War


Title: Rebecca Miller named new Director

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 3

No: 2

Date:

1995

Contents: Rebecca F. Miller employed as full-time Director. Miller is known as compiler/publisher of Somerset County records and historian.


Title: Researching our Records

Author: John Jacob Collection

Vol: 3

No: 4

Date:

1996

Contents: Sussex County marriages, births, & deaths


Title: Environment & History in the Colonial Chesapeake

Author: Kevin A. Henry

Vol: 4

No: 1

Date:

1997

Contents: Old Somerset agriculture in 17th century.


Title: Tangier Island

Author: Gail M. Walczyk

Vol: 4

No: 3

Date:

1997

Contents: History of Tangier Island


Title: Seaford. Sussex County, Delaware

Author: Richard E. Thek

Vol: 4

No: 4

Date:

1997

Contents: Early history along the Nanticoke River


Title: Western Maryland Scholar Studies Shore Tories

Author: Patrick Reed, Ph.D.

Vol: 5

No: 2&3

Date:

1998

Contents: An explanation of the political and social happenings that may have labeled some "Tories" on the Shore during the Revolution


Title: A Memorial to the Reverend John Huett Jr., Founder of Stepney Parish on Marylands Eastern shore

Author: Richard Waller Cooper

Vol: 5

No: 2&3

Date:

1998

Contents: A brief biography of Reverend John Huett Jr.


Title: Center Endowed by Cambridge Attorney

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 6

No: 1&2

Date:

1999

Contents: Name changed to Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture


Title: Saving the Past for the Future

Author: Rebecca Furniss Miller

Vol: 6

No: 1&2

Date:

1999

Contents: Old photos and an old Bible find their way back to the Shore.


Title: The Delmarva Division: The Development of Railroads on Delmarva

Author: Arthur J. Malestein

Vol: 6

No: 1&2

Date:

1999

Contents: A history of the development of the railroad on the peninsula.


Title: Gone But Not Forgotten

Author: Rebbeca Miller

Vol: 6

No: 3

Date:

1999

Contents: Cemetery research


Title: Postcard Collection at Nabb

Author: Corinne S. Les Callette

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Preservation & Les Callett genealogy


Title: Accomack County Election Districts Defined

Author: Mary Frances Carey

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Accomack County history of election districts.


Title: Primary vs. Secondary Sources Deeds

Author: Rebecca Furniss Miller

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Primary sources deeds


Title: Unique Nabb Center Record Proves Valuable

Author: Jim Trader

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Trader Genealogy


Title: Newspaper Clipping Sheds Light on the Entailed Hat

Author:

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Patty Cannon


Title: Ante- Bellum Medicinal Aid

Author: Circa 1843 Journal

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Cure for painful wounds.


Title: Bachelors Taxed in Worcester County

Author: 1758 Record

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: Worcester Parish Tax Records


Title: 18th Century Residents Complain

Author: Ed Jones, SU History Dept.

Vol: 6

No: 4

Date:

1999

Contents: 1713 document; bridges over Wicomico River.


Title: Fruitlands General Store

Author: Guy Peck Collection

Vol: 6

No: 5

Date:

1999

Contents: Brief history of Dulany & Sons business.


Title: Manumissions Recorded in Worcester County Land Records

Author: Joseph Moore Esq.

Vol: 6

No: 5

Date:

1999

Contents: Deed of Manumission


Title: Any Connection to the Eastern Shore Powells

Author: Iris Powell

Vol: 6

No: 5

Date:

1999

Contents: Powell genealogy


Title: Secondary Sources are Guides to Primary Sources

Author: Pat Taylor

Vol: 6

No: 5

Date:

1999

Contents: The use of secondary sources as a guide to location of primary source.


Title: The Rosie Parks

Author: Gloria Waters

Vol: 6

No: 5

Date:

1999

Contents: History of th eskipjack The Rosie Parks


Title: Maps of Special Interest at the Nabb Center

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 7

No: 1

Date:

2000

Contents: List of the maps in the center’s collection


Title: An Unappreciated Danger

Author: Edward L. Maddox

Vol: 7

No: 1

Date:

2000

Contents: The importance of keeping software up to date, making backups and paper copies of genealogy files


Title: Somerset Judicial Records Collection

Author: Atwood Barwick

Vol: 7

No: 2

Date:

2000

Contents: 17th Century Judicial Records for March 1689/90


Title: In Small Things Forgotten But Saved: The Benjamin Lankford Collection Across Generations

Author: Cres Long

Vol: 7

No: 3

Date:

2000

Contents: Lankford family letters, land records and photographs


Title: Down in Old Worcester

Author: Edward Hammond Collection

Vol: 7

No: 3

Date:

2000

Contents: Early history of Berlin


Title: The Dormans of Virginia and Maryland

Author: James R. Trader

Vol: 7

No: 3

Date:

2000

Contents: A history of the Dorman family of Somerset County


Title: Primary Source Records, Vestry Books

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 7

No: 3

Date:

2000

Contents: An 1818 pew list at the Princess Anne Chapel


Title: St. Peter's Methodist-Episcopal Church

Author: Jill Nock Jeffery

Vol: 7

No: 4

Date:

2000

Contents: Extensive collection of St. Peter's Methodist Episcopal Church records


Title: Old Ledger Educated Us As Well

Author: Becky Miller

Vol: 7

No: 4

Date:

2000

Contents: John Whitney 's cipher ledger


Title: The Regulation Swords of Captain Albert Laws

Author: Leonard J. Garigliano

Vol: 7

No: 4

Date:

2000

Contents: A discussion of regulation swords of the staff officer and alteration made by Laws


Title: In Search of Long Hill

Author: Donald L. Singleton, Ph.D.

Vol: 7

No: 4

Date:

2000

Contents: Research of Long Hill with picture of house


Title: Celtic Roots

Author: Lauren Callan

Vol: 7

No: 4

Date:

2000

Contents: A brief history of Celtic ways and how they affect the culture here on the Shore


Title: Cavalier's Adventure: The Story of Henry Norwood

Author: Book Review

Vol: 8

No: 1

Date:

2001

Contents: The travels of Henry Norwood to the Esatern Shore in the 17th century


Title: Broad Creek vs. Barren Creek

Author: Becky Miller

Vol: 8

No: 1

Date:

2001

Contents: Broad Creek of Somerset County is the Mardela Springs area also known as Barren Creek


Title: Cousinship

Author: Becky Miller

Vol: 8

No: 1

Date:

2001

Contents: Defining first, second, cousins once removed, etc.


Title: Don't Like the Name of Your Town?, Blame the Postal Service

Author: Aaron Horner

Vol: 8

No: 1

Date:

2001

Contents: A history of the naming of several of our Shore towns


Title: Delmarva Westward

Author: Dan R. Moore

Vol: 8

No: 1

Date:

2001

Contents: The migration of the Moore family westward


Title: Bethel, Maryland

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 8

No: 1

Date:

2001

Contents: A discussion of the disappearance of the town of Bethel and its way of life due to rising water level and encroaching marsh


Title: Samuel Chase Birthplace

Author: Jill Nock Jeffery

Vol: 8

No: 2

Date:

2001

Contents: A brief biography of Samuel Chase and his family ties to Somerset County


Title: "On the Whole, I'd Rather be in Philadelphia"

Author: Neil Keddie

Vol: 8

No: 2

Date:

2001

Contents: A discussion of the change of tobacco production to wheat crops as a cash crop


Title: Recorded in Stone and Deed

Author: Robert T. Stevens III

Vol: 8

No: 2

Date:

2001

Contents: Grave markers of William and Magdalen Stevens (1678) of Dorchester County


Title: Gilchrest Sponsors Funding For Digital History Project

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 8

No: 3

Date:

2001

Contents: Digital history project, American Origins, explained


Title: Equity Courts in Maryland

Author: Lloyd O Whitehead

Vol: 8

No: 3

Date:

2001

Contents: Describes what one to expect to find in Equity Court records


Title: "Mar: Jones: Merchant White Haven Somerset Coty"

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 8

No: 4

Date:

2001

Contents: Marcellus Jones and his store ledger at Whitehaven in 1836


Title: Whitehaven Store LedgerNeeds Your Support

Author: Nabb Research Center

Vol: 9

No: 1

Date:

2002

Contents: Restoration for 1836 Jones' store ledger from Whitehaven costly


Title: Nabb Research Center Salutes African American History Month

Author: Nabb Research Center

Vol: 9

No: 2

Date:

2002

Contents: A brief introducion to Carter G. Woodson, known of the Father of Black History


Title: Yesterday's News

Author: Rebecca Brooks

Vol: 9

No: 3

Date:

2002

Contents: The archivists decisions when planning the preservation and conservation needs of a collection.


Title: Ambrose Dixon: A Biographical Sketch

Author: Chris Abraham

Vol: 9

No: 3

Date:

2002

Contents: Ambrose Dixon was a Quaker who settled in Northhampton County,VA then moved to Maryland in 1663. He was a prominent man in his community, serving on juries, an attorney, surveyor, and planter.


Title: Snow Hill Circuit Methodist Church Marriage register

Author: Transcription by Joanne D. Mason

Vol: 9

No: 3

Date:

2002

Contents: Snow Hill Methodist marriage records dating from 1865


Title: Carved in Stone

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 9

No: 3

Date:

2002

Contents: Finding the tombstone of Benjamin Laird; Revell


Title: A Peninsular Canaan

Author: Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1879

Vol: 9

No: 3

Date:

2002

Contents: Reprint of an article from the May 1879 issue about the Delmarva Peninsula


Title: Wicomico Historical Society Donates Archival Collections to Nabb Research Center

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 9

No: 4

Date:

2002

Contents: The archival collection of the Wicomico Historical Society with records related to the history and culture of the Shore to be added to the archives of the Nabb Center


Title: Joshua Thomas Chapel Restoration Underway

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 9

No: 4

Date:

2002

Contents: A brief biography of the Parson of the Islands, Joshua Thomas' role in the spread of the Methodist Church.


Title: Allen Celebrates 300 Years of History: 1702-2002

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 9

No: 4

Date:

2002

Contents: Allen familes and history summerized


Title: Pathways, Boundaries and Markers on Display at Nabb Research Center

Author: Nabb Center

Vol: 9

No: 5

Date:

2002

Contents: An article that showcases the collection of maps and surveying artifacts contained in the Nabb Center


Title: Ainsworth Addition

Author: Donation of Freedom Ainsworth

Vol: 9

No: 6

Date:

2002

Contents: A collection of ledgers, day books, fee books and journals, photographs of Beckford of Princess Anne, including a ledger of the Brig Peggy


Title: Ed Nabb Jr's Passing a Real Loss to Area

Author: Martin Williams

Vol: 9

No: 7

Date:

2002

Contents: This is a biography and memorial of one of the Dorchester Counties finest and his philanthropy was so appreciated that our Research Center is named for him


Title: Creston Long Joins S.U. Faculty

Author:

Vol: 9

No: 8

Date:

2002

Contents:


Title: Yesterday's News

Author: Rebecca Brooks

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: More space, better storage for our archival collection


Title: A Letter to My Brother

Author: Doris Gelbman

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: A fictional letter written describing life on the Chesapeake and the desires of one of it's inhabitants


Title: Snow Hill Postmasters

Author: Provided by B. Miles Barnes

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: A list of the Postmasters serving Snow Hill dated from 1793-1945


Title: My African-American Waters Ancestors

Author: Robyn Smith

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: Delmarva's African-American Heritage: Articles documenting the experences of free black families on the Shore


Title: The Mary Caroline Stevens: A Peerless Clipper During a Perilous Time

Author: Robert T. Stevens, III

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: The maiden voyage of the Mary Caroline in 1856


Title: Disapperaring Delmarva, John Wesley United Methodist Church, Deal Island

Author: T Aaron Horner

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: A history of John Wesley United Church, Deal Island


Title: Getting Down and Dirty With American Origins

Author: Dr. Elizabeth Ragan

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: The NABB Center begans to explore archaeology as a record of the past on Delmarva. The site was Thornton, now an agricultural area, on the Manokin. Many 17th century artifacts were found.The dig was led by Dr. Elizabeth Ragen, assistant professor of anth


Title: The Bay Bridge Turns 50

Author: Jill Jeffrey

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: A history of the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, known as the Bay Bridge opened in 1952.


Title: History Mystery Solved

Author: Doris Gelbman

Vol: 9

No: 9

Date:

2002

Contents: An intriguing report on Capt. William Whittington Northampton County, Virginia in 1659 and his demise in Holland..


Title: MGS Seminar

Author:

Vol: 9

No: 10

Date:

2002

Contents:


Title: Morris Donation

Author:

Vol: 9

No: 11

Date:

2002

Contents: Coverlet


Title: Donations

Author:

Vol: 9

No: 12

Date:

2002

Contents: Donations


Title: History Minute on WBOC

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 1

Date:

2003

Contents: NABB Director, Becky Miller, on WBOC two Tuesdays a month to talk about local history


Title: Andrea Ullrich joins NABB Board

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 2

Date:

2003

Contents:


Title: Yesterday's News

Author: Rebecca Brooks

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: Document how items are cared for and placed in our archives


Title: Focus on Primary Research: Teackle, Dennis and Teackle

Author: William Germain

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: A ledger of the Princess Anne store of Teackle, Dennis and Teackle dated 1801, provides incite to the business and clientel duing that time.


Title: Miles Gray Biographical Sketch

Author: Marc R. Garlock

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: A look at the life of Miles Gray, first documented in 1672 in Accomack and Northampton counties in Virginia and later moving to Somerset County, Maryland.


Title: Our Chiefs of Chiefs Village: What the Chicome Site Means to Native Americans of the Delmarva Peninsula

Author: Virginia R. Busby

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: The Nanticoke Indians village of Chicone in Dorchester County located near Vienna.


Title: Master of the Corn

Author: Michael Dondzila

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: Powhatan recognized the heightened emphasis Englishmen placed on food and sought to monopolize the supply to his advantage". Trade practices of the Indians.


Title: The Indians of the Lower Eastern Shore

Author: Gail M. Walczyk

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: A listing of the Indian tribes on the Shore at the time of the arrival of the English settlers.


Title: The Origin of Mattapony

Author: Linda Smith

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: Mattapony, a place name of the Algonquin Indians meant a "Landing Place" located on the Pocomoke River. Mattapony Hundred established in 1683.


Title: A Brief and "True" Report

Author: Pam Collins

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: depict North American Indians and their culture.


Title: Teubner Hopkins: Master Craftman

Author: Jennkfer Ward and Jill Jeffery

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: Teubner Hopkins is renown for the fine reproduction furniture he created in his lifetime.


Title: The Colonial Sheriff in Somerset County

Author: Timothy F. Robinson

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: The office of sheriff, their dutiesand regulation controlling their behavior.


Title: Skipjacks

Author: Edmund A. Nelson

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: The Ruby G. Ford, built in 1891, was the first recorded skipjack built.


Title: Merrill Family Farm

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: A portion of the Merrill family farm , namely Scott's Lott, was in the same family for over 300 years, until it was sold in 2002


Title: The Parker Family of Virginia

Author: Jean Milhalyka

Vol: 10

No: 3

Date:

2003

Contents: Genealogy of the Parker family of Devon, England to the Parker's of Northampton County, Virginia in the 1800's.


Title: The Willis Tull Collection

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents:


Title: Yesterday's News

Author: Rebecca Brooks

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: Donations of volumes of the Minutes of the Methodist Annual Conferences and funding for binding same. Ledger of of the Malone Church of the Madison Circuit in Dorchester County and other donated items for archives.


Title: Center Announces Launch of Interactive Colonial Web Site

Author: Michael Schaefer

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: The American Origins Web Site- and Internet -based archive with data and maps about some of the region's earliest settlers goes on line.


Title: Salisbury Student Creates Educational Video for Nabb Research Center

Author: Michael Schaefer

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: Video on Pemberton Hall created by Salisbury University Graduate Assistant Pamela Collins


Title: Richard Davis: A Colonial Snapshot

Author: David Reid

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: A biographical sketch of early Somerset County resident, Richard Davis.


Title: Christopher Columbus and Pope Innocent VIII

Author: Dr. Timothy S. Miller

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: This article supports the theory that Pope Innocent VIII (1484-92) was the true advocate of Columbus' voyage to the New World, not Queen Isabella.


Title: A Hard Day at the Office

Author: Dave Nutter

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: This article discusses the role of Christopher Nutter as Indian interpreter in the case of farmer Richard Enock's murder by the Nanticoke Indians


Title: First Contact: The Confrontation of Cultures In Early America

Author: Dr. Melanie Perreault

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: First contacts with the natives of America and discussed.


Title: Blood on the Chesapeake: The Maryland -Virginia Confrontation of 1633

Author: Timothy F. Robinson

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: The animosity between the colonies of Maryland and Virginia in the early 1600's reviewed.


Title: National Guardsmen from Wicomico County In the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Author: Dr. Stephen Gehnrich

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: World War I and the Maryland's National Guard units in France.


Title: Finding Francis: On the Trail of a Slave On the Underground Railroad

Author: Elaine Palmer-McGill

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: An account of slave Francis Molock's journey to Canada after running away on the Underground Railroad.


Title: Richard Cooper: Historian Remembered

Author: Michael Schaefer

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: A brief biography of surveyor and board member Richard Cooper, who died at the age of 89 this month.


Title: Currency Conversion

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 10

No: 4

Date:

2003

Contents: Web site www.ex.ac.uk/~Rdavies/arian/current/howmuch.html titled Current Value of Old Money is valuable for researchers.


Title: Alfred Melson appointed to Board

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 5

Date:

2003

Contents:


Title: Clifton Inaugural Benefit

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 6

Date:

2003

Contents: Clifton the home of Bill and Kathy Niskanen was the setting for a gala event to raise funds for the Nabb Center.


Title: Sandra Quillin appointed to Board

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 6

Date:

2003

Contents:


Title: Nabb Center Acquires Ambrotype Photograph

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 7

Date:

2003

Contents: A description of ambrotype photograpy and a reminder to always identify everyone in a photo for future generations


Title: Charles C. Emery, appointed to board

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 7

Date:

2003

Contents:


Title: Collection Spotlight: Glass Plate Negatives

Author: Rebecca Brooks

Vol: 10

No: 8

Date:

2003

Contents: Describes the two types of glass plate negatives- Collodion wet plate and gelatin dry plate.


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 10

Date:

2003

Contents: Nabb Research Center as a repository of valuable maps and books of local historian, John Jacob.


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 11

Date:

2003

Contents: Early 1900's postcards donated by Dr. Patricia Emerson.


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 10

No: 12

Date:

2003

Contents: Historical Photographs from the 1950's


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 1

Date:

2004

Contents: Whitman's candy tin from 1924. Part of the extensive Norman Elzey Collection.


Title: Jones Honored

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 1

Date:

2004

Contents: Mrs. Mary Gladys Jones


Title: Nabb Announces New Board Members

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 2

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: To the Victor Belongs the Polls

Author: Iris Powell

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: 1865 Quantico District: Union loyalty and the Ironclad Test Oath


Title: Exploring George Johnson

Author: Rebecca West

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: George Jackson of Somerset County during the Colonial Period


Title: The Spartan Sinking, 1903-2003, One Hundred Years Ago

Author: Justin M. Mascari

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: The Spartan Sinking


Title: A Chronology of Davis' Choice

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: A chronology of Davis' Choice in Somerset County


Title: Maryland Migration from England in the 17th Century

Author: Kristen Post Walton, Ph.D.

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: Maryland migration from England in the 17th Century


Title: Poetic Justice: Some Thoughts on Slavery And Freedom in Delaware

Author: Richard B. Carter

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: Slavery and freedom in DE


Title: William Daniel

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Elihu Jackson: Governor of Maryland

Author: Tim Robinson

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Those Devil Tax Lists

Author: Lora Koehler

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: Somerset county tax lists


Title: Nixon in Salisbury

Author: Dean Kotlowski, Ph.D.

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: Connection of Richard M. Nixon and the Delmarva Peninsula


Title: For Love of People: Family and Politics

Author: James Edward Jensen

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: John Curtis


Title: Voting in Somerset in the Midst of War

Author: Mercedes Quesada-Embid

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: Election day in Somerset County during the Civil War


Title: Anna Ella Carroll Revisited

Author: Elizabeth B. Warbasse, Ph.D.

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: The Culture of the Silkworm

Author: James Edward Jensen

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents: The discovery of The Culture of the Silkworm


Title: The Joshua Thomas Chapel

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 11

No: 3

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Nabb Center Welcomes Wilson

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 4

Date:

2004

Contents: Richard Wilson, Ph.D.


Title: Spotlight on Preservation: Thinking About the Past

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 5

Date:

2004

Contents: Michael Dixon, Cecil County Historical Society


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 6

Date:

2004

Contents: Book of "Our Maryland Counties" titled "Counties of Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore


Title: Genealogical Society Donates to Nabb

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 7

Date:

2004

Contents: The Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society donated $5,000.00


Title: Native American Exhibit

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 8

Date:

2004

Contents: Late 19th Century Native American Photo History: Tracing the Provenance


Title: Pieces of a Puzzle

Author: Iris Powell

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: Belote Family documents and photographs


Title: Behind the Scenes: Archaeological Activity At The Nabb Center

Author: Natasha Jones

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: Nabb Research Center


Title: Secondary Sources as the Clue, Not the Answer

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: The importance of consulting primary sources or original records during research


Title: A Blend of Cultures: Delmarva During the Early Colonial Period

Author: Erin McKenzie

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Cheswold Lenape Community

Author: Cara Lee Blume, Ph.D.

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: Cheswold Lenape Community


Title: Debenada, King of Great Nussags, To Jane Jackson, Negro: African-Indian Relations on the Eastern Shore

Author: Ryan Cox

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: African-Indian Relations on the Eastern Shore


Title: New Sweden on the Delaware - A Unique Chapter in Delaware History

Author: Richard B. Carter

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: New Sweden


Title: Ulster Scot Immigration To The Eastern Shore of Maryland

Author: Dr. Creston Long

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: Ulster Scots


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author: Dr. G. Ray Thompson

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: The case of the Migratory Ledger / Warrant Book


Title: 17th Century femme fatale Spurs Migration

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: John Cropper


Title: "no Woodman shall rest in an unmarked grave"

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: Modern Woodman of America


Title: Late 19th Century Native American Photo History: Tracing the Provenance

Author: Rebecca West

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Berlin Man in Mosby's Regulars

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: Civil War with respect to the Eastern Shore


Title: So ... What's in a Name

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents: How places got their names on Delmarva


Title: Pirates of the Chesapeake

Author: Sarah Meyers

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Richard Chambers: A Biographical Sketch

Author: Tasha Jones

Vol: 11

No: 9

Date:

2004

Contents:


Title: Nabb Research Center Accepts New Donation

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 10

Date:

2004

Contents: John E. Jacob, Jr. donates several priceless items


Title: The Sea Nymph: A Ship from the Eastern Shore

Author: James Edward Jensen

Vol: 11

No: 10

Date:

2004

Contents: Sea Nymph


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 10

Date:

2004

Contents: Archival material tracing Louise Brittingham Taylor's teaching career


Title: Esther W.P. Lowe Memories

Author:

Vol: 6

No: 3

Date:

1999

Contents: Esther W.P. Lowe Memories


Title: Wetipquin Academy

Author:

Vol: 6

No: 3

Date:

1999

Contents: Wetipquin Academy


Title: Native Americans in Delaware

Author:

Vol: 6

No: 3

Date:

1999

Contents: Native Americans in Delaware


Title: Smith Island Exhibit a Great Success

Author:

Vol: 6

No: 3

Date:

1999

Contents: Smith Island Exhibit a Great Success


Title: Barrett's Chapel-Check it Out On-line

Author:

Vol: 6

No: 3

Date:

1999

Contents: Contains research library of Methodist history & the archives of Peninsula-Delaware Annual conference.


Title: The Sea Nymph: A Ship from the Eastern Shore

Author: James Edward Jensen

Vol: 11

No: 11

Date:

2004

Contents: A ship built in Dorchester County in 1735


Title: Spotlight on Collections:Hazel Garland Counterpane

Author:

Vol: 11

No: 11

Date:

2004

Contents: Hazel A. Garland donation of Counterpane


Title: Spotlight on Collections: Wicomico Library Makes Generous Donation

Author: Prepared and Indexed by Oliver Louis Dashiell

Vol: 12

No: 1

Date: January

2005

Contents: Donations of Microfilm and Archival Materials/Rare Books


Title: SU Prof. Lectures at the Nabb Research Center

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 1

Date: January

2005

Contents: Dr. Dean Kotlowski, SU History Professor, spoke about Richard M. Nixon's visit to Salisbury in 1952 and his "southern swing" during his run for the Republican Vice Presidential campaign.


Title: Researching the Land Workshop

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 2

Date: January

2005

Contents: Dr. Edward Otter presented a three day workshop on how to research land records.


Title: Researching Family Genealogy Workshop

Author: Dr. Ray Thompson

Vol: 12

No: 1

Date: January

2005

Contents: Dr. Ray Thompson conducted a workshop focused on researching Delmarva families. The workshop included the basics of genealogical research cocentrating on types of source materials.


Title: African-American History in Figurine Display

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 1

Date: January

2005

Contents: Dr. Clara Small, SU History Professor, displayed her collection of African-American Figurines representing important landmerk events in African-American history. This display was on exibit from February through May of 2005.


Title: Garden Heirlooms: Understanding Your Garden's Horticultural Roots workshop

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 1

Date: January

2005

Contents: A workshop was announced for April pretaining to native species of plants and those that have acclimated to our region. Ginny Rosenkranz and Laura Romaneo will show techniques on transplanting, rooting and seed saving.


Title: Miles-Stevenson Award Winner

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 2

Date: Febriaruy

2005

Contents: SU Junior Jody Seutter won this year's Miles-Stevenson prize for historical research on Teague Riggin, Somerset County resident in the late 17th century.


Title: New NABB Board Members and Officers

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 2

Date: February

2005

Contents: The Nabb Center introduced it's new board membes, Harry Holcomb iii, Lenore Huffer, and Gary Outten. New Board Officers ane Dr. Ray Thompson, Peggey Genvert and Vaughn H. Baker.


Title: A Biographical Sketch of Teague Riggin of Somerset County

Author: Miles-Stevenson

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: Teague Riggin was a tobbaco farmer in early Somerset County. This early account of the life of a local resident as found in court records adds insite into attitudes at this time.


Title: Book Review of New Acquisition at the Nabb Center

Author: James Edward Jensen

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: Foul Means: The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740 by Anthony S. Parent, Jr. is a reassessment of the history of slavery in Virginia.


Title: The Carey Brothers

Author: Dictated by Alvin Carey

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: An account of four brothers and their experiences during the Civil War, as told by Alvin Carey, the grandson of Robert Carey, who was wounded but survived and died in 1913.


Title: Isaiah Fassett, A Cibil War Soldier 1844-1946

Author: David Briddell

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: Isaiah Fassett of Berlin served in the Civil War from 1863 until 1866. This is an account of his war experience and his life until he died in1946.


Title: General Lloyd Tilghman: Son of Maryland, Hero of Kentucky

Author: Joyce Bennett

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: General Lloyd Tilghman, born in Talbot County in 1816. moved to Kentucky, where he later served as the commander of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River.


Title: Disappearing Delmarva, The Salisbury Cemetary

Author: James Edward Jensen

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: The Salisbury Cemetary, known as the "Arby's Cemetery", is located on the East side of US-13 and between US- 50 and Commerce Street, and parallel to the Houston Cemetery. Gravestones date from the middle to late 1800s.


Title: Focus on Primary Resources, Civil war Activities on the Lower Shore

Author: Jason Illari and Chris Sidler

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: A Report of Acting Master Budd, U.S. Navy, commanding the U.S.S. Resolute, of reconnaissance in Wicomico and Pocomoke


Title: Worcester County in the Civil War

Author: Joseph e. Moore

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: Worcester County was by large in sympathy with the south at the outset of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln did not receive a single vote in the 1860 election.


Title: Remembering John S. Matthews

Author: submitted by Rick Bryson

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: John S. Matthews died of Smallpox on Nov. 16, 1864 as did most of his family. Included in the article is a letter from Matthews to his wife written at Fort Delaware on October 21,1864.


Title: Delmarva's Civil War History: Focus on Henry Hayes Lockwood

Author: Darryl Middleton

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: This article is a brief introduction of General Henry Hayes Lockwood, a commanding officer of the 2nd Delaware Volunteers in Delaware and at Accomac, VA


Title: Cellar House, Pocomoke City, Maryllalnd

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: The Cellar House, located on the banks of the Pocomoke River, was built in the 1730s. The owners, Jack and Martha Graham, hosted the Nabb Centers "Evenlight" on Maly 21, 2005


Title: Artisan Shares Stories of His Creations

Author: Vaughn Baker

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: The reproduction of a 17th Century mariners chest is discribed.


Title: General Arnold Elzey (1816-1871)

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: Born December 18, 1816, General Arnold Elzey (Jones), entered the U.S. Military Academy in 1833. In 1861 he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and joined the Confederacy,


Title: Civil War Physician and Eastern shore Native

Author: Jeffrey Weaver's, The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: John Thomas Parker, surgeon for the Confederate Army


Title: Clara Gunby, Artist and Rebel

Author: George R. Shivers

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: A biograpy of Clara Gunby written by a close relative.


Title: Cherrystone Expedtion; Capt. Fitzhugh; Account of Which is Given to the Ledger dispatch

Author: Dr. Miles Barnes

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: An account of T. Fitzhugh, Ex-Capt Co. F, 5th Va. Cavalry, on the capture of "The Titan" at wharf at Fort Monroe and the tranfer of prisoners on board.


Title: DELMARVASETTLERS.ORG Site Up and Running

Author: G. Ray Thompson

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: This webb site established fo r historical researchers is continually being updated and free for anyone to use.


Title: Settlers of the eastern shore Evenlight: doming Spring 2005, Meet "Uncle Dan'l"

Author: Rebecca Miller

Vol: 12

No: 3

Date: March

2005

Contents: A circa 1820 American Empire style chest of drawers was auctioned of at the Cellar House event. A brief discripton and history of the chest that was owned by Lola Dayton Furniss, discribed by her granddaughter.


Title: Tabletop Display

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 4

Date: April

2005

Contents: Request for a tabletop display needed of exhibiting materials.


Title: Poplar Hill Mansion: Bicentennial

Author: Jason illari

Vol: 12

No: 4

Date: April

2005

Contents: The 200th Anniversary of Poplar Hill Mansion celebrated.


Title: Wroten's Assateague

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 4

Date: April

2005

Contents: William H. Wroten, Jr. has asked Tidewater Publishers to give royalties of his book, Assateague, to the Nabb.


Title: Evenlight: Cellar House

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 5

Date: May

2005

Contents: NABB Gala at Cellar House on the Pocomoke


Title: Spotlight on Collections

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 5

Date: May

2005

Contents: Conservation Wish List


Title: Help Contribute to Collections

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 5

Date: May

2005

Contents: Books needed in collection at NABB


Title: Ossuary Seminar

Author: James E. Jensen

Vol: 12

No: 5

Date: May

2005

Contents: A seminar given by prominent anthropologists, archeologists, Eastern Shore chiefs and other representatives of the Native community, given on the ossuary discovered at Harbor Point in 2004.


Title: Catch of the Day

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 6

Date: June

2005

Contents: A display sampling of artifacts associated with Chesapeake Bay life including antique bottles, oyster cans, stoneware, and jars, with maritime photos by Orlando V. Wooten, featuring Eastern Shore waterman.


Title: Cue for Treason

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 6

Date: June

2005

Contents: In 1742 secret plans were developed involving Native Americans on the Eastern Shore and the French to rise up against the English settlers.


Title: Farewell

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 6

Date: June

2005

Contents: The following students moving on after assisting at the Nabb Center.


Title: Nabb News

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 6

Date: June

2005

Contents: One year membership to their new genealogical Web site donated by Neil and Leslie Keddie.


Title: Cellar House Thank You

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 6

Date: June

2005

Contents: Thanking Jack and Martha Graham for hosting NABBs' gala event at their home, "Cellar House", on the Pocomoke River.


Title: Spot Light on Collections

Author: Simone Myree

Vol: 12

No: 7

Date: July

2005

Contents: A collection of early 20th century postcards exibited.


Title: Exibit: Catch of the Day: Harvesting Chesapeake Bay Artifacts

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 7

Date: July

2005

Contents: A sampling of artifacts associated with the bay, including bottles, oyster cans on exibit from July-October.


Title: Somerset Sets New Liquor Prices

Author: James E. Jensen

Vol: 12

No: 7

Date: July

2005

Contents: The Judical Records of August 1693 established a guide for the fair pricing of liquor in Somerset County, Maryland.


Title: Up Coming Event for November

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 7

Date: July

2005

Contents: Dr. Helen Roundtree will lecture on Eastern Shore Native people.


Title: GHOTES Conference scheduled for September

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 7

Date: July

2005

Contents: The Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore group will host it's yearly conference in Craddockville


Title: Catch of the Day: Harvesting the Chesapeake Bay Artifacts

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 8

Date: August

2005

Contents: Artifacts of the bay continue to be on exibit through October 14.


Title: Maryland Summer Center for Gifted and Talented Students Visit the Nabb Center

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 8

Date: August

2005

Contents: MSCGTS are researching residents, friends and neighbors of Pemberton Hall during the 17th century through primary documents held at the Nabb Center.


Title: The Washburn Distinguished Lecture in American History in November

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 8

Date: August

2005

Contents: Dr. Helen Roundtree lecture will be on Eastern Shore Native people.


Title: GHOTES Conference Scheduled

Author:

Vol: 12

No: 8

Date: August

2005

Contents: The GHOTES conference will be held in Craddockville September 12-16.


Title: Disappearing Delmarva, Dimming Lights: The Fate of the Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse

Author: T. Aaron Horner

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: A history of the lighthouses of the Chesapeake is presented and the efforts to preserve the remaining lighthouses discussed.


Title: Web News, American Origins Online Liink Available On Nabb Center Web Site

Author: James Jensen

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: The Webb site concentrates on the settlement of Somerset County south of the Wicomico River currently referred to as Mount Vernon, formerly known as the Hungary Neck district.


Title: The Bibliographical Sketch of One Robert Collier, Early Settler to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Somerset County, Miles-Stevenson Prize-Winning Essay

Author: Kenneth M. Berlett Jr.

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: A sketch of Robert Collier, an early settler of Somerset County, who owned lands along the Nanicoke River


Title: Book Review of New Acquisition At the Nabb Center

Author: Jaqson Illari

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: A review of "Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas and the Start of a New Nation by David Price


Title: Ordinary Life: Class and the Public Houses of 17-Century Maryland

Author: Anthony C. Russo

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: A discussion of the establishment of public houses and taverns in early colonial Maryland.


Title: Unknown Soldier

Author: Justin Wooten-Janney

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: From the discovery of a headstone to establishing a brief biography of Jackson Custis, a black Civil War vetern.


Title: The Origins of "Division Creek": A search for the Truth

Author: James E. Jensen

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: Diving Creek served as both a navigable waterway and the backdrop for one of the earliest court houses on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It was a formitable waterway that devided the eastern part of Somerset County and later Worcester County from the west.


Title: A Journal of Travels from Maryland to fort Redstone, Spring 1807

Author: Bill Minish

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: An 1807 account of the migration from Somerset County, MD to Fort Redstone of Richard C. Minish.


Title: The Sinking of the Claud W. Somers

Author: Tidewater Publishers Reprint

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: The account the rescue efforts and of the sinking of the Claud W. Somers in a terrific storm.


Title: Christopher Nutter and the Nanticoke Indians

Author: Jettery W. Hatfield

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005

Contents: An account of Christopher Nutter, the Indian interpreter and the Nanticoke Indians of Dorchester County.


Title: Shadowgraphs of Somerset

Author: Jack Culver

Vol: 12

No: 9

Date: September

2005