Although it might appear that Genealogical Publishing Company is Peter Wilson Coldham's pubisher, he has another title (out of print, but just waiting to go to the printer for reprint) published by Heritage Books, Inc.: The King's Passengers to Maryland and Virginia - Peter Wilson Coldham. Nearly 400 convict ships carrying 50,000 men, women and children left British waters bound for the southern colonies of America where their human cargos were sold. With remarkably few exceptions the transportation ships frequented the ports of Chesapeake Bay where, for almost 100 years, facilities had been developed for the reception and sale of convicted prisoners. This tidal wave of involuntary laborers became known, officially and informally, as "His Majesty's Seven-Year Passengers": they have been characterized as the largest body of identifiable emigrants ever recorded but until now no attempt has been made to bring together the hundreds of individual passenger lists which survive in English and American archives. Some 25,000 passengers are listed here. They are shown alphabetically by surname and in the order of the English cities or counties where they were condemned. A comprehensive list of convict "runaways" has been compiled from contemporary Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania newspapers and cross-referenced to the passenger lists. A separate section is devoted to the later careers in the colonies of twenty known felons from England, including one for whom there is some evidence of royal descent. (1997), 2004, 5½x8½, paper, index, 464 pp. C0582 ISBN: 1585495824 C. Craig R. Scott, CG President & CEO Heritage Books, Inc. 65 East Main Street Westminster, MD 21157 800 876-6103 410 876-6101 (fax) 410 871-2674 [log in to unmask] Visit our websites www.HeritageBooks.com and www.WillowBendBooks.com Subscribe to Heritage Books eNews http://www.HeritageBooks.com/hbsignup.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: Coldham books http://www.genealogical.com/search.asp?View=All& wherestr=%20where%20(AuthorLast%20like%20'%25Coldham%25'%20or%20otherauthors%20like%20'%25Coldham%25')%20an d%20donotdisplay=0 Some dear soul sent me the above which is list of all Coldhams books. Most are out of print at moment, but you can have them notify you. I saw many in list I wanted-now to find money. But I am grateful to person who so kindly sent me the above web site. It takes the whole thing above to get to it. Such neat kind folks on this list. Thanks to all. Sarah Browder To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3563 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now! To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html