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  • Thy people shall be my people : or, Elizabeth Ann and the Roberts clan / by Daisy Roberts Malone.

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    • [S.l. : s.n., 1982]
    • 1982-1946
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Corinth, Ill.) 85-1105 [Pt. 2]Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Long, long ago, 1776-1976 : a genealogical record of the Farris, Wells, Keltner, Wynne, Russell, Roberts families in America / compiled and published by Harriett Farris Boozer.

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    • Sandy Springs, Ga. : H.F.Boozer, c1976.
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Farris) 81-829Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts families of Roane County, Tennessee, 1794-1969, by Snyder E. Roberts.

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    • [Oliver Springs? Tenn., 1968]
    • 1968
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 72-1463Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts family research [by] Harry D. Roberts. Rev.

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    • Malibu, Calif., [1974].
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
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    Text NYGB G R 5431Offsite
  • Some memorials of the family of Roberts of Queen's Tower, Sheffield and Cockley Cley, Swaffham, Norfolk: as exemplified by kindred, affinity, and marriage, by Samuel Roberts ... (and others). 4th ed.; (brought up to date by Sir Peter Roberts).

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    • (Swaffham), (P. Roberts), 1971.
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
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    Text ARZ (Roberts) 77-251Offsite
  • Accounts of the Roberts family of Boarzell, Sussex, c1568-1582 / edited by Robert Tittler.

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    • [Lewes, Eng.] : Sussex Record Society, [1977?]
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text CO (Sussex) (Sussex Record Society. [Publications] v. 71) v. 71 (1568-1582)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The history of the families of Stanley Edwards Harris and Margaret Dunham Roberts Harris to about 1932 / [by Stanley Edwards Harris ; edited by Stanley E. Harris, Jr.].

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    • Carbondale, Ill. : Carbondale Herald, 1978.
    • 1978
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Harris) 82-340 [Text]Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text AZZ-1 (Harris) 82-341[Genealogical chart]Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Three pioneer Rapides families : a genealogy / by George Mason Graham Stafford.

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    • Baton Rouge : Claitor's Pub. Division ; Alexandria, La. : published and for sale by Three pioneer Rapides families, 1968, c1946.
    • 1968-1946
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Robert) 82-238Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts family of Middlesex County, Connecticut : John Roberts family / Lyle L. Roberts.

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    • Carmel, N.Y. : Watkins Printing, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 82-1537Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts register.

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    • Sacramento, Calif. : Roberts Pub., 1982-
    • 1982-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Roberts) 86-1062 v. 1-3 (1982-July 1985)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text APV (Roberts) 86-1062 v. 4 (Nov. 1985-July 1986)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Three brothers Roberts : inklings/ compiled by Laurence Halloran.

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    • Sydney : [L. Halloran,] 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text AVHH+ (Roberts) 89-18906Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Genealogy of the family of William Watson and Nancy Hoyt (Bean) Roberts / compiled and edited by Richard C. Roberts ; illustrations by Denise B. Roberts ; restorative photography by Joseph L. Roberts ; contributing editors, Edith H. Gibson ... [et al.].

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    • [Connecticut] : Roberts Reunion Association, 1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 85-2941Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts-Allen families and related families, Davis, Highfill, Rogers / compiled by Merritt E. Roberts.

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    • Los Olivos, Calif. : Olive Press Publications, c1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 86-84Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A rich inheritance : William Roberts and Kezia Brown, their background and their family / edited by Narissa Phelps Morrissey for the Committee of the William Roberts & Kezia Brown Assoc., Inc.

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    • [Australia] : W. Roberts & K. Brown Family Assoc., c1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text AVHH (Roberts) 90-9492Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lawrence, Roberts, Heeter, Beggs, Hardy / Gayle King Blankenship.

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    • Poquoson, VA (24 Roberts Landing, Poquoson 23662) : G.K. Blankenship, c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Lawrence) 91-7345Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Our family circle / Compiled by Annie Elizabeth Miller.

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    • Linden, Tenn. : Continental Book Company, 1975.
    • 1975-1931
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Smith) 90-3031Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Calhoon, Calhoun, and others / by Logan E. Calhoun.

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    • Utica, KY : McDowell Publications ; Louisville, Ky. (4402 Hunsinger Lane, Louisville 40220) : Additional copies available from L.E. Calhoun, 1987-1992.
    • 1987-1992
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV+ (Calhoun) 92-18213Offsite
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    Text APV+ (Calhoun) 92-18213 v. 1Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Ten generations of Roberts, 1675-1992 : Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky / by Alice Roberts Fobister.

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    • Williamsburg, Va. : A.R. Fobister, 1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 93-5993Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Roberts story / by George L. Roberts.

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    • Scottsdale, Ariz. : G.L. Roberts, 1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 93-10411Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Roberts family history / Marylyn M. Roberts.

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    • [South Carolina?] : M.M. Roberts, 1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 94-11293Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Roberts-Orme ancestry / John Franklin Vallentine ; John Douglas Roberts, editor.

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    • Dunedin, New Zealand : John D. Roberts, c1994-1995.
    • 1994-1995
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Roberts) 95-280 v. 1Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text APV (Roberts) 95-280 v. 2Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Kemp, Turner, and Roberts families on Little Silver Creek, Washington Parish, Louisiana : the story of three pioneer families of early Louisiana, their ancestors and progeny / written and compiled by E. Russ Williams, Jr.

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    • Monroe, La. (514 Cole Ave., Monroe 71203) : Williams Genealogical Publications, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Kemp) 95-2217Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Louis Robert et sa descendance / [Eugène Robert].

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    • Montréal : E. Robert, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text APWL (Robert) 95-3872Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Robertses of northern New England / Thomas A. Jacobsen.

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    • Bowie, MD : Heritage Books, 1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 97-9958Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Descendants of Giles Roberts of Scarborough, Maine / by Joann H. Nichols.

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    • Baltimore : Gateway Press, Inc., 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 95-9946Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A Quaker of the olden time, being a memoir of John Roberts, by his son, Daniel Roberts, with particulars of the Roberts family collected from original documents and other sources. Edited by Edmund T. Lawrence, with prefatory letter by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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    • London, Headley Broters, 1898.
    • 1898
    • 1 Item

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    Text AN (Roberts) (Roberts, D. Quaker of the olden time)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Amos Pleasant Roberts and Mary Andrews of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : seven generations of descendants, 1815-1996 / by Eric David Ray Newsom.

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    • Baltimore, MD : Gateway Press ; Reston, VA (11425 Great Meadow Dr., Reston 22091) : Book orders to E.D. Newsom, 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 97-4666Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roach, Roberts, Ridgeway, and allied families.

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    • [Mansfield La., 1951?]
    • 1951
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Roach) (Fair, M. R. Roach, Roberts, Ridgeway, and allied families)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lt. John Roberts, revolutionary war : his descendants and antecedents : John Mushro Roberts and Mary Eliza Jones, their ten children, sixty-five grandchildren and continuing lines of descent / by Marianne Browne Hayworth.

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    • [s.l.] : Hayworth, 1960.
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Hayworth, M. B. Lt. John Roberts, Revolutionary war)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts and Mitchell families.

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    • [Minneapolis, 1953]
    • 1953
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Knight, R. R. Roberts and Mitchell families)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts family genealogy.

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    • [Adrian? Mich., 1967?]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Matheison, S. L. T. Roberts family genealogy)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts; comprising a chart and sketches of some fifty-six ancestral families who settled mostly in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published by the compiler, Clarence V. Roberts.

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    • [Philadelphia, Pa., Wm. F. Fell co., printers] 1940.
    • 1940
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Roberts, C. V. Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Ancestral study of four families: Roberts, Griffith, Cartwright [and] Simpson...

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    • [Terrell? Tex.] 1939-48.
    • 1939-1948
    • 4 Items
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    Text NYGB G R 5434 v. 1Offsite
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Roberts, E. G. Ancestral study of four families) v. 2Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts family research / Harry D. Roberts.

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    • Orange, Calif. : H.D. Roberts, 1969.
    • 1969
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Roberts, H. D. Roberts family research)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts random research.

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    • Orange, Calif., 1966.
    • 1966
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Roberts, H. D. Roberts random research)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts family history / by J. Montgomery Seaver.

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    • Philadelphia : American Historical-Genealogical Society, [1929]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Seaver, J. M. Roberts family records)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry, by Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill.

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    • Cambridge, Priv. print. at the Riverside Press, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 7 Items

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    Text NYGB G SM 183 v. 2Offsite
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    Text APV (Small) (Underhill, L. A. W. Descendants of Edward Small. 1910) v. 3Offsite
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    Text NYGB G SM 183 v. 3Offsite
  • Descendants of Edward Small of New England and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry, by Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill.

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    • Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1934.
    • 1934
    • 4 Items
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    Text APV (Small) (Underhill, L. A. W. Descendants of Edward Small. 1934) v. 2Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text APV (Small) (Underhill, L. A. W. Descendants of Edward Small. 1934) v. 2Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text APV (Small) (Underhill, L. A. W. Descendants of Edward Small. 1934) v. 3Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • A brief record of our family.

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    • Riverside, Culverden, N.Z., 1952.
    • 1952
    • 1 Item
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    Text APWL (Roberts) (Roberts, E. T. Brief record of our family)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Coat of arms of the Roberts family.

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    • Asbury Park, N.J. : Martin, 1915.
    • 1915
    • 2 Items
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    Text ARZ (Roberts) (Martin, G. C. Coats of arms of the Roberts family)Offsite
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    Text NYGB G R 5432Offsite
  • Louis Robert et ses descendants : laboureurs, voyageurs, soldats : etude généalogique.

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    • Manchester, NH : Imprimerie Lafayette, 1943.
    • 1943
    • 1 Item
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    Text APB p.v. 75 no. 1-9Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Le Grand ancestry of Pierre and Jacques Robert, of Santee River, St. James Parish, South Carolina. (Also sisters, Madeleine & Eliz.) taken by the Mayor of Caen in Normandie, France, from the French archives in 1919. Presented by J.R.M. ...

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    • [New York, 1922]
    • 1922
    • 1 Item
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    Text APT p.v. 148 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Descendants of Reuben Roberts of Amherst, Mass.

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    • Fitchburg, Mass., Sentinel Print. Co. [190-?]
    • 190
    • 1 Item
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    Text APB p.v. 109 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Pencoyd and the Roberts family.

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    • New York [1961?]
    • 1960
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (Roberts) (Loth, D. Pencoyd and the Roberts family)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Taylor family of Essex Co., N.J.; allied families: Osborne, Van Brackle, Crane, Baldwin, Dodd, Ward, Hand, Denison, Roberts [and] Bond.

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    • [East Orange? N.J., 1948]
    • 1948
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Taylor) (Tallmadge, G. H. Taylor family of Essex Co., N.J.)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Ancestry and descendants of Joseph Blocher and Elizabeth Roberts / compiled by Marjorie Blocher Kinsey.

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    • Evansville, Ind. : M.B. Kinsey, 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Blocher) 98-9434Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • My ancestors and related families : Virginia and Kentucky descendants and pedigrees / compiled by Alice Roberts Fobister.

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    • [Williamsburg, VA : A. R. Fobister], 1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 99-4682Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Roberts--Billman families [microform] / compiled by James H. Roberts.

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    • Shelby, Ohio : J.H. Roberts, 1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZI-806Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Retracing Roberts roots : a brief history of the Robert Morgan Roberts family : the ancestors, descendents, and kin / by Wafel Ann Nunamaker Smith.

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    • Tulsa, Okla. : W.A.N. Smith, c1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Roberts) 02-5192Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Cabin fever : the Roberts-Farris cabin : a campus, a cabin, a community / edited by A. Carolina Castillo Crimm.

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    • Huntsville, Tex. : Texas Review Press, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
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    Text ITRM (Walker Co.) 03-4912Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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