Paper based publications that are available for sale
This author has previously published four family history books and three
of these publications are still available for sale. These publications
have been greatly expanded and updates are now available at this web
site. These books have many photographs and other source
images not available at this Internet site and unlike their electronic
counterparts require no personal computer view and enjoy.
These publications include:
Casey Family History, 1980, 195 pages (out of print)
Brooks Family History, 1982, 382 pages
Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families, 1988, 864 pages (out of print)
Olliff Family History, 1992, 416 pages
Other Future Paper-based Publications
Casey Family History, 1980, 195 pages (out of print)
This publication sold out several years ago and unfortunately is no longer
available for sale. This 1980 book included over 1,000
individuals and is available at many libraries across the
United States. Since the publication of this book, many
individuals have been added and this publication now includes
over 4,000 individuals with over 1,600 individuals
with the surname of Casey. This new version covers many Casey lines
that are not known to be related to this author that resided in
Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri. The goal of this author is
to connect some these Casey lines to the Casey line that is
related to the author. A second edition of this publication
may be possible in the future and this author is looking
for others to share in the printing, storage and distribution expenses
associated with such a project. If interested, contact the author
to find out more information.
The first edition of “Casey Family History” included several
generations prior to the author’s oldest proven ancestor, Ambler
Casey (born ca. 1790). This ancestry was based on the 1964
manuscript by George and Abner Casey which has been widely distributed
and included in many genealogical databases. Unfortunately,
these older generations are extremely unlikely to ever be verified
and this author’s research has lead to the conclusion that this
earlier research should not be included in this author’s future
publications. Where primary documentation has been uncovered
for these older generations, the vast majority of time, the 1964
manuscript has been not matched information found in primary source
material. These descrepencies were so widespread, that this
author decided to omit the earlier generations presented in this
1964 manuscript which is a major departure from what most Casey
researchers are showing in their genealogical databases. This
author has instead concentrated on Casey individuals that could
be related to the author’s oldest proven ancestor, Ambler
Casey (born ca. 1790). This research has proven more
productive as it was surprising how many present day Casey
descendants descend from just a few possible relatives of Ambler
Casey. Additionally, this new focus allowed many more
discoveries about Ambler Casey’s descendants, specially
those of Moses and Ellison Casey, sons of Ambler Casey. This
author will continue to expand his research on Casey families
of Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri and will leave the research
of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia to other Casey
researchers.
“Brooks Family History,” 1982, 382 pages
This book includes over 4,500 individuals and has over 50 photographs and
illustrations. This hardback book is 8 ½ inches x 11 inches is size and
uses Ph balanced paper for longevity. This book has a high quality hardback
cover, uses Ph balanced quality paper and was typeset on a laser printer.
This book is still available for sale for $30.00 postage paid and may be
ordered from Robert Casey, 4705 Eby Lane, Austin, TX 78731-4507.
The father of this author, Harold Casey, married Bernice Brooks which establishes
the author’s Brooks line. In 1982, Robert Brooks Casey and his mother,
Bernice (Brooks) Casey, published a book on this line which was titled
“Brooks Family History.” This book was a result of six
years of extensive research by two experienced genealogists. Included
in this book are excerpts from the 1885 diary of Francis Asberry Brooks,
a letter from Daniel Baugh Brooks to his father in Georgia
written in 1836 only two months prior to his death in the Texas Revolution
and several other interesting legal documents.
At the time of the 1982 publication, Jordan Brooks was the oldest proven
Brooks ancestor of the authors. Jordan was born around 1765 and originated
from Mecklenburg County, Virginia, later lived in Edgefield County, South
Carolina and died in Talbot County, Georgia. The descendants of Jordan
Brooks are very Southern people and primarily lived in Georgia and Texas.
Many others lived in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, New Mexico, California,
Oklahoma and Tennessee. Since the publication of
“Brooks Family History” in 1982, it has been
determined that Jordan Brooks (born 1765) is the son of Robert Brooks
who died in Mecklenburg County, Virginia around 1806. Most
of Robert Brooks’ children followed Jordan Brooks and lived in Edgefield
County, South Carolina and newly discovered related lines include: Baugh,
Butler, Lambert, Thomas and Jones families.
Over 100 pages of the 1982 book, “Brooks Family History,” are devoted to
Jordan’s son, Williamson Brooks (1800 - 1879) whose descendants settled
along a line between Houston and Austin, Texas. Another 100 pages of this
book are devoted to Jordan’s son, Isham Brooks (1786 - 1852) whose descendants
settled in a line between Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia. Related families
that married into this Brooks family include: Adkins, Battley, Boland,
Bridges, Cooper, Crew, Daniel, Dimon, Fair, Ferguson, Frazier, Freeman,
Gibson, Gilbert, Goolsby, Harvey, Hollingsworth, Kelly, King, Lackey, Lumpkin,
Maddox, Massey, Mathis, Mosby, Nelson, Newman, Perkins, Phears, Pipes,
Robertson, Shelburne, Slaughter, Smith, Turner, Walker, Waller, Whittington,
Worthington and many others. It is estimated that the latest electronic
version of “Brooks Family History” contains one additional generation
and includes around forty percent more descendants and now has over 6,500 names.
It now includes the author’s Brooks related line, the Hill family, which adds
another 500 names. The new version includes all supporting census records
and many new census records have been added since the 1982 publication.
The authors do not intend to publish an updated paper based version of
“Brooks Family History” for many years, if ever. The author still
has an ample supply of this paper based publication for sale.
“Shelton, Pace and Wininger Families,” 1988, 864 pages (out of print)
The book “Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families” is still available for sale
from the authors. This 864 page book was the result of ten years of extensive
research by two experienced genealogists. Over 16,300 individuals are listed
in the index, with latest electronic versions being expanded to over 21,000
individuals (and separated into three publications). Over 110 photographs
and illustrations are included and each sketch has references listed. This
book is six inches by nine inches, has a high quality hardback cover,
uses archival quality paper and was typeset using the latest desktop publishing
technology. This book is still available for $35.00 postage paid. Order
from Robert Casey, 4705 Eby Lane, Austin, TX 78731-4507.
John Shelton, Sr. is the oldest proven Shelton ancestor of the authors.
John was born around 1780 in Virginia and lived in Hawkins County, Tennessee,
Scott County, Virginia and Jackson County, Alabama. John Shelton married
Catherine Messer, daughter of Christian Messer and Sally Messer. Over 1,000
Shelton’s are mentioned. The authors decided to include two additional
lines (Wininger and Pace) due to the numerous intermarriages between these
lines (over 130 intermarriages within these three lines). Just under half
of the people included under these three lines are descendants of John
Shelton, Sr.
Andrew Wininger is the oldest proven Wininger ancestor of the authors.
David Wininger, Sr. is the only known child of Andrew Wininger and his
wife, Polly Wininger. David was born around 1770 in Augusta County, Virginia
and lived most of his life in Scott County, Virginia. David’s daughter,
Elizabeth Wininger, married William Pace, Jr., son of William Pace, Sr.
Over three-quarters of the people included under these three lines are
descendants of David Wininger, Sr. Over 900 Wininger’s (and
variants of the spelling) are mentioned.
William Pace, Sr. is the oldest proven Pace ancestor of the authors. William
was born around 1750 in Virginia. William Pace’s son, William Pace, Jr.
married Elizabeth Wininger and their daughter, Martha Pace, married John
Shelton’s son, William Shelton. Over two-thirds of the people included
under these three lines are descendants of William Pace, Sr. Also included
are brief sections on other ancestral lines that married into the Shelton
line, Harper and Messer.
Many of the descendants of John Shelton, David Wininger and William Pace
remained in or near Scott County, Virginia and Jackson County, Alabama.
Thousands of descendants remained in these two counties and their neighboring
counties. Many of their descendants remained in Virginia and Alabama while
others migrated to Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida
and Indiana. Related lines include: Bellamy, Bellomy, Brotherton, Bynum,
Casey, Caswell, Cox, Davidson, Davis, Duncan, Evans, Foster, Frazier, Gentle,
Gold, Grimm, Hall, Haynes, Hensley, Jones, Latture, Lusk, Manning, McKenzie,
Mitchell, Moore, Posey, Potter, Rogers, Sandidge, Sellers, Simmons, Sims,
Smith, Tate, Taylor, Tinney, Tolbert, Watkins, West, Winegar, Wineinger,
Wolfe and Woosley.
“Olliff Family History,” 1992, 416 pages
This book focuses on the descendants of the author’s oldest proven Olliff
ancestor, John Shears Olliff of Bulloch County,
Georgia. John’s daughter, Susannah Olliff, married
Williamson Brooks, both direct ancestors of the authors. Around
1,500 descendants of Williamson Brooks and Susannah (Olliff) Brooks are
included in the book “Brooks Family History” published
in 1982. Over one-third of this 400 page book is devoted to
the descendants of Williamson Brooks and Susannah (Olliff)
Brooks. The paper based publication, “Olliff Family History”,
contains an additional 5,000 descendants of John Shears Olliff not found
in “Brooks Family History.” This paper based book,
“Olliff Family History,” is still available for sale for
$25.00 postage paid. Order from Robert Casey, 4705 Eby Lane,
Austin, TX 78731-4507.
This publication is the second book covering the descendants of John Shears
Olliff as a 100 page book was previously published in 1971 and contained
around 1,500 descendants. This previous publication, “A History
and Genealogy of a Portion of the Olliff Family,” was
published by Martin T. Olliff, Jr. of Huntsville, Alabama and
has been out of print for many years. This
previous book, with the permission of the author, Martin T. Olliff, Jr.,
was incorporated into this publication. Related families that married into
this Olliff family include: Akins, Alderman, Bass, Bowen, Brannen, Cannady,
Constable, Floyd, Folsom, Foy, Gornto, Holloway, Jones, Lanier, Mallard,
McRae, Mendheim, Mercer, Morse, Parrish, Patrick, Riggs, Robertson, Rowe,
Stanford, Treadaway, Turner, Walls, Waters, Weems, Williams and Winskie.
Research of the Olliff surname was a real treat for this author as the
surname of Olliff is very uncommon and about half every person that
ever lived in the United States with the surname of Olliff is included
in this publication. In fact, the vast majority of those who
use this spelling variation of Olliff are related to the
authors. Future research will continue to run down as many
present day Olliff relatives that use the surname of Olliff and
to expand several major lines of daughers of this line that married
into other lines with a different surname. Future research will
also expand other spelling variations of the Olliff surname that
originated in early Virginia. There is evidence that the Jackson
family that married into the author’s Olliff line lived in
Virginia and some migrated to Georgia where our early Olliff families
resided. This suggests that our line may be connected to
the early Oliff lines found in Virginia. It should be noted
that another possible ancestry could be that this Olliff line
immigrated from England where many Olliff lines reside today.
Possible Future paper based family histories
This author currently has electronic publications that include over 55,000
individuals and around half the information has never been published in
paper based books to date. “Casey Family History” has been out of print
for several years and now has over four times as many individuals as the
original publication and warrants a possible second edition to be printed.
There are many copies of the original publication of “Brooks Family History,”
therefore, a second edition is not likely in the near future. This family
history has been expanded by another 2,500 individuals which represents
a candidate for a part 2 publication.
“Olliff Family History” is still available for sale, but there are not
many remaining copies left and could represent a candidate for a second
edition publication. This publication will last approximately one to
three years at the current rate of sales. The storage and sales of
this book was shared by other contributors who may have more inventory of
this publication. “Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families”
has a reasonable supply of books still available for sale but
continues to sell very well. It is anticipated that this publication will
be out of print in three to five years at the current rate of book sales.
This book has now been split into three family histories and continues
to grow at rapid pace. It currently includes over 21,000 individuals
and is another candidate for a part 2 publication. In three to five years,
this publication will probably sell out and would be a candidate for a
three volume book which could be difficult sell as three large books that
are highly related would have to sell for $90 to $120 for a set.
“Stevenson, Arrington and Tucker Families” is now sizable publication and
would normally be an excellent paper based publication project. However,
this family history was compiled with contributions from less than twenty
serious genealogists and only about a dozen other family members have been
involved. Publishing a first edition paper based publication would be
very challenging without the assistance of others. “Bryan Family History”
is another sizable publication and would normally be another excellent
paper based publication project. This family history was actively researched
in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Recent massive expansion of this family
history was compiled with contributions of around another twenty serious
genealogists and less than twenty family historians in the last ten years.
“Thede, Steeby, Aubil and Garver Families” is another family history that
is large enough for an economical publication but still not comprehensive
enough for a high quality hard back book. Additionally, around half of
the information in this book was derived from about ten previously published books
that have been sold to relatives in the recent years. Again, this family
history has been compiled with less than twenty avid genealogists contributing
(primarily authors of previously published family histories) and would
be very difficult to recover printing costs. This publication is by far
the smallest publication compiled by the author and needs to be expanded
to warrant printing a high quality hard back book.