Dear Folks, For those researchers interested in Rosemary Batchelor's work leading up to the new book on her family line, here is where you can find it. John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA ********************************************* CALL NUMBER US/CAN BOOK AREA 929.27305 B314e TITLE The Epistle : a bi-monthly magazine for the Batchelder, Carpenter and Rice families. -- Vol. 1 no. 1 (July 1974) - vol. 13 no. 6 (Nov 1987). PUBLICATION INFORMATION Machias, Maine : News-Journal, 1974-1987. COPYRIGHT DATE 1974 FORMAT 13 v. : ill., geneal. tables, ports. NOTES Monthly: vol. 1 no. 1 (July 1974) - vol. 5 no. 12 (Aug 1979); bimonthly: vol. 6 no. 1 (Nov 1979) - vol. 13 no. 6 (Nov 1987). Subtitle varies: monthly log of genealogical correspondence and research tips for our families Batchelor, Carpenter, Rice, Richmond (v. 1-2); a monthly magazine for the Batchelor, Carpenter and Rice families (v. 3-5); a bi-monthly magazine for the Batchelder, Carpenter and Rice families Editor: Rosemary E. Bachelor & Harriet A. Webb Continues: The Epistle was a merger of three quarterly periodicals, The Batchelor family news-journal, The Carpenter family new-journal, and The Rice family news-journal, to make one monthly periodical dealing with each of the three families and their inter-relationship. Continued by: A split into three periodicals, "Batchelder review" by Shirley Penna-Oakes, "Carpenter chronicles" by Bette Butcher Topp, and "Rice remembers" by Susan Weeks Konantz, the latter of which has been in publication sisnce 1985. Publication ceased with vol. 13 no. 6 ((Nov 1987). Some pages were filmed out of focus. Best copy available. CONTENTS Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Bachelor, Rice, Richmond and Carpenter families whose ancestors came mainly from Scotland, England and Wales, and who intermarried during the 1600-1700's in New England. Some early ancestors lived in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire during the 1600's. In the 1700's, some also lived in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Vermont. Some later descendants also moved to Ontario, New Brunswick and Quebec (Canada), and California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Texas Wisconsin, and elsewhere in the United States and Canada. Includes locality and surname indexes. Also includes queries. Also includes Bachelor, Batcheller, Bachiler, Batchelder, Bachellor, and other variant spellings. Also includes Auxier, Axtell, Clarkson, Crippen, Drake, Fullenwider, Galloway, Grover, House, Hull, Kirk, Llewellyn (Lewallen), Moulton, Perley, Raymond, Rees (Reese, Rhys), Rodabaugh, Ross, Stickney, and other related families. LIBRARY HOLDINGS Library lacks v. 7 no. 5 (July 1981). Holdings: Vol. 1 no. 1 (July 1974) - vol. 13 no. 6 (Nov 1987). ADDITIONAL FORMATS Back issues on microfiche and microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987-1993. on 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. 36 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. US/CAN FICHE AREA Vol. 1 nos. 1-12 (1974-1875) ---------- 6046655 Vol. 2 nos. 1-12 (1975-1976) Vol. 3 nos. 1-12 (1976-1977) Vol. 4 nos. 1-12 (1977-1978) Vol. 5 nos. 1-12 (1978-1979) Vol. 6 nos. 1-6 (1979-1980) Vol. 7 nos. 1-4 & 6 (1980-1981) Vol. 8 nos. 1-6 (1981-1982) Vol. 9 nos. 1-6 (1982-1983) Vol. 10 nos. 1-6 (1983-1984) Vol. 11 nos. 1-3 (1984-1985) Vol. 12 no. 1 (1985) US/CAN FILM AREA Vol. 11 no. 1-6 (1984-1985) ---------- 1481361 item 5 US/CAN ADDITIONAL COPIES FILM AREA Another filming of: Vol. 2 nos. 1-3 (1975) ---------- 1863193 item 10 Another filming of: Vol. 2 nos. 3-12 (1975-1976) ---------- 1887883 item 1 THIS RECORD FOUND UNDER 1. Batchelder 2. Batchelor 3. Carpenter 4. Rice 5. Richmond 6. Axtell 7. Fullenwider 8. Galloway 9. Grover 10. House 11. Llewellyn 12. Lewallen 13. Moulton 14. Perley 15. Rees 16. Hull 17. Rhys 18. Rodabaugh 19. Stickney I. Bachelor, Rosemary E II. Webb, Harriet A III. The Batchelor family news-journal IV. The Rice family news-journal V. The Carpenter family news-journal VI. Batchelder review VII. Carpenter chronicles VIII. Rice remembers