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“John Friend Sr. of Friendsville, MD”
by Pat (Friend) Thompson
We are pleased to announce
the next book in our series on the Friend Family. “John Friend Sr. of
Friendsville, MD” by Pat (Friend) Thompson focuses on the patriarch of the
Friend Family in Garrett County, and the founder of Friendsville MD. This marks
the first major work about “Old John” and his descendents since Evelyn G.
Olsen’s “Indian Blood” (1967). This material, gathered over a twelve year
period, is an attempt to assemble and correlate the vast amounts of information
concerning John Friend Sr. and his descendents. The primary goal of this work is
to preserve the Old John’ history and that of his family before it is lost to
time. This book catalogues the pedigree of John Friend Sr. and will be presented
in an outline format. The text includes transcriptions of family pedigrees,
Bible records, land deeds, US Census data, death certificates and military
records. Several hundred photographs (comprised of people, places, US Census
images, maps, Civil War pension papers and gravestone images) have also been
incorporated into the book. Because of the enormous volume of information, two
of John Sr.’s sons (John Jr. and Joseph) will be featured in the future books.
John Jr. and Joseph Friend, as well as their descendents, are briefly outlined
in this book. This very large reference book is comprised of 446 pages,
fully indexed and presented in an outline format. Pat Thompson has made
every attempt to accurately convey the life of John Friend Sr. and family. The
author openly welcomes and encourages any additions and/or corrections to this
information. Pat Thompson can be contacted through the Friend Family Association
of America (FFAA) at Friendsville, MD or by e-mail through the FFAA web-site (www.friendfamilyassociation.com).
The
initial cost of printing the book has been donated to the FFAA. Proceeds from
the sale of this book will go to the FFAA, which is a non profit organization,
so all sales are tax deductible. Each book in the initial offering will be
signed by the author. Black and white spiral bound copies can be purchased for
$45 (plus $10 S&H) as well as a CD at $20 (plus $5 S&H). The CD contains a
color copy of the book in a PDF format (requiring Acrobat 7.0). Earlier
versions of Acrobat can open the text, but not all the images.
Credit card purchases can be made
by using Pay Pal at the FFAA web-site.
Orders paid by check (made payable to the FFAA) should be sent to:
Pat Thompson,
Vice President of FFAA
5910 Lawrence Ct.
Adamstown MD
21710
Book $45.00 (shipping and handling $10.00)
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Catalogue # FFAA0075 - Book
CD $20.00 (shipping and handling $5.00)
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Catalogue # FFAA0075 - CD
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