Thursday, October 27, 2011

Louisa Green and William Grant's Marriage Entry


Eliza Esdaile's daughter was Louisa Green, mother of Katherine Eliza Grant (1821), Louisa Margaret Quilliam Aitchison (1827), and Mary Rawlings Aitchison (1826). I wish I knew who William Grant's parents were.

The participants filled out a form in a bound book. The handwritten part is in italics.

Page 2?9

Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, in the County of Middlesex, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen

William Grant Esquire of this Parish Bachelor and Louisa Green of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by licence this Eighteen day of December in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen By me William Mead, Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us
William Grant
Louisa Green

In the Presence of
Margaret Glasgow
Wm Goodall
G Fournier
George Glasgow

Will of William Green, Eliza Esdaile's Son

Transcribed from microfilm.
Percy Crause Executor, Tho W Gibbs Commissioner
This is the last will and testament of William Green Deputy Commissary General at present residing at No 40 Pembroke Square Kensington in the County of Middlesex England I give and bequeath to my Son Henry Portrait of my Stepfather Thomas Esdaile the kindest and best friend I ever had and which I trust will be duly taken care of also the miniature of my dear Mother with the Gold Case or setting also my Silver Waiter and Silver Wine Funnel and to Edward Lester my Painting with clock and all other Paintings except the above mentioned and Prints also my Silver Vase Tea Kettle Stand and Lamp and all the Decanter Labels, and to Charles Alexander twelve plain Silver Table Forks and twelve Silver Tea Spoons, best, and one plain Gravy Spoon and to Frederick Thomas twelve Silver Table Forks and one plain Gravy Spoon and ten Tea Spoons best and ? Egg spoons also my Gold Watch by “Barwise” and Gold Chain and Key and to Arthur Martin one Silver Tea Pot and Stand & one Silver Coffee Pot Sugar Dish and Cream Ewer and four Silver Salt Spoons best and four Sugar Tongs best and to Margaret Agnes Ann twelve Silver Table Spoons and twelve Silver Desert Spoons and two Silver Sauce Ladles threaded pattern & one Silver Mustard spoon also one Silver Marrow and one Cream Spoon & four Salt Spoons to Caroline one Silver Saucepan one silver one Silver Soup Ladle two Silver Sauce ladles two Silver Gravy Spoons and twelve Silver Table Spoons and twelve Desert Spoons all threaded pattern one pair of silver Sugar Tongs and two Salt Spoons and to Alfred one Silver Fish slice one Silver Butter Knife one Punch Ladle with Coin in it one pair Silver Grape Scissors gilt two silver Scallop Shells(?) one silver Sallad Fork gilt one Silver Cheese Knife and two silver Sauce Ladles and I desire my Furniture excepting the articles specially disposed of shall be sold by my Executors and the proceeds applied as far as may be required to the payment of my just debts and the residue if any together with any money in my possession or due to me shall be divided among all my children above mentioned share and share alike I leave my house linen to my Son Alfred I give and bequeath to Emily wife of my Son Edward Lester my Ring set with Sapphire Brilliant and I bequeath to Sarah wife of my Son William George to her and her heirs all Lands in Upper and Lower Canada to which I may be entitled as heir to my Daughters Louisa Emily and Eleanora deceased belonging to the Estate of my Father in law the late John Gray also all plated Articles and to my Grandson William I leave my Books and Clothing and I desire that no unnecessary expense be incurred for my funeral that it shall be in all respects plain and simply respectable and I appoint my friend Percy Crause Esq and my son Edward Lester the executors and administrators of this my last Will In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty three—W Green—Signed by the said William Green the Testator in the presence of us present at the same time and in the presence of each other attest and subscribe our names as witnesses thereto—S D Mandy Merchant—John Mandy C.E.(?)—
Proved at Bristol the Twenty seventh day of April 1866 by the Oath of Percy Crause Esquire one of the Executors to whom Administration was granted. Power reserved of making the like Grant to Edward Lester Green (son of the deceased) the other Executor.
The Testator William Green was formerly of No 40 Pembroke Square Kensington in the County of Middlesex and late of No 3 Duke Street in the City of Bath in the County of Somerset a Deputy Commissary General and died on the Ninth day of April 1866 at Bath aforesaid. Under 450 pounds
In Her Majesty’s Court of Probate
The District Registry at Bristol
In the Goods of William Green deceased
I Stephen Day Mandy of 46 Belsize park Hampstead in the County of Middlesex Merchant make Oath that I am one of the subscribed Witnesses to the last Will and Testament of the said William Green formerly of No 40 Pembroke Square Kensington in the County of Middlesex aforesaid but late of No 3 Duke Street in the city of Bath in the county of Somerset a Deputy Commissary General deceased the said will being hereunto annexed bearing date the eighteenth day of May One thousand eight hundred and sixty three and that the said Testator executed the said Will on the day of the date thereof by signing his name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of me and of John Mandy the other subscribed Witness thereto both of us being present at the same time and we thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will in the presence of the said Testator and at his request—S D Mandy—Sworn at No 46 Belsize park Hampstead in the County of Middlesex this twenty fourth day of April 1866 before me Jno Thos White a London Commissioner to administer Oaths in Chancery

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Adelia Gregg Thomas' Family

Our cousin from the Thomas line, Susan Ertsgaard, kindly shared this treasure from her mother's house. It was written by Adelia (she calls herself Leila here) for her children. Adelia was the wife of Louis Albert Thomas and the mother of James Emmert(1894), Marion Rawlings (1895), and Katharine Louisa Margaret Thomas (1903).


In the early 1830s five Gregg brothers came from near Wheeling West Virginia to the territory of Iowa. After taking up land and building log cabins, Benjamin and John sent for their wives, the two Boan girls, Melissa and Emily, 17 and 19 years of age.

The rivers were the common highways in those early days, and it must have been a long, tiresome journey for the two young sisters, down the Ohio to Cairo, and up the Miss. to Burlington where they were met by their eager husbands, who proudly took them to the one room log cabins near Burlington. The prairies were wild and barren, and Indians still roved up and down. Summer winds were hot and winter blizzards fierce, but the fields when broken were easy to cultivate after their experience with those of the rocky east, and the corn and wheat a rich reward for their labor. The log cabins soon had added rooms, and were finally replaced by brick houses, with a fireplace in each room. The barren yards had tree lined driveways, and gardens of vegetables and small fruit. Thirteen children came to the cabin of John and Emily, and eleven to Benjamin and Melissa. Of the latter was your great grandfather, James Bonar Gregg. All of the children had their part in the work of the home, and between chores they attended school at Burlington, about three miles away, walking and carrying the meager lunch. At Christmas time, a Mississippi river packet brought a supply of oranges, and each child had a quarter of one as a special treat. Mother squeezed oil from a walnut to oil the clock. James was a dreamy boy and wasted much time (according to his father, Benjamin) building aircastles, and reading books. There was a college in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Wesleyan, about 25 miles away, and James Bonar and his two older sisters, conceived the idea of doing light housekeeping there, and attending the college. They rented a few rooms and brought food and wood from home, so that it cost very little. Then the Civil War broke out, and James enlisted with the Mt. Pleasant Co., most of them college students. They drilled on the campus, and then Co. K, 4th Iowa Cavalry rode away, most of them never to return. Although wounded and once in the St. Louis hospital with typhoid fever, James returned after 4 years service. During the “Reconstruction” period, he went back to college, this time alone, for his sisters had finished their work and gone home, and married returning soldiers.

Back in college, he bet and after graduation married another student, Josephine Mills. They lived for a time in Burlington, where James studied law in the office of a leading lawyer there. During this time Leila was born. After completing his law course, Josephine with baby Leila remained with her parents, in Mt. Pleasant, while James built a new home in western Iowa, a new country, but promising. What later was called the C B & Q RR was being built through southern Iowa, and a number of Burlington and Mt. Pleasant young people were planning to settle in Red Oak. James went out with team and wagon to investigate. He found the prospects for a lawyer, who would combine Real Estate with law problems incident to the settling of a new country very promising. So he purchased a half block between 7th and 8th St. on Reed, in R.O., and hauled material from Council Bluffs for a house. It was a long haul, for there were few bridges, and many ‘detours’. The roads wound over the lovely prairies, flower strewn, scarcely a tree in sight, and nothing to hide the view for miles and miles. Plenty of time to dream of the little home for the lovely “Josie” and baby girl, over on the Red Oak hill.

In November, 1868 Josie and Leila came out from Mt. Pleasant. The railroad had been completed half way across the state, and the latter part of the journey was by stage coach. All the Red Oak people were young folks like themselves. James’ law and real estate business prospered. Six children, 5 girls and a boy, came to the little house on the hill at 7th and Reed streets. They all attended Lincoln School, graduated from high school and then went to college. After graduating from Iowa State Teachers College, Leila taught in the Atlantic HS. There she met and in 1892 married a young physician, Louis A. Thomas. They moved to Anthon, Iowa, where on Feb. 23, 1894 James Emmert was born. In 1897 they came to Red Oak, where they have since resided.

Your father can best give you the rest of your autobiography.

Now for a little of your great grandmother Gregg’s background. Josephine Mills was born in Chillicothe Ohio in 1845 to Levi Mills and Mary Booth, whose parents came from Mass. Levi Mills and family came from Ohio in a “moving wagon” to the northern part of Iowa. Finding the country there very undeveloped, they moved (again by wagon) to Mt. Pleasant, that the daughters might have the advantage of the schools there and Iowa Wesleyan College. Levi was a carpenter and cabinet maker. In later years he bought a grocery store which he ran until his retirement. Josephine, after her graduation from Iowa Wesleyan, married James Bonar Gregg, with whom she went to Red Oak in 1868, where they both resided until their deaths.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

George Fournier, Friend or Relative?

George Fournier of Tavistock Square, formerly of Staines in the county of Middlesex, drafted a will in 1834 and added many codicils before it was proved 9 June 1841. PROB 11/1947
From the will, here's a list of relatives known to me, how Fournier identified them, and the amounts of his legacies to them:
William Green of Halifax, Nova Scotia, son of Mrs. Esdaile 500 pounds sterling
Each of William Green's children (he doesn't name them but we know there are a lot) living at (Fournier's) death: 100 pounds when they turn twenty-one
Mrs. Esdaile, William Green's mother: 300 pounds
Louisa Aitchison, Mrs. Esdaile's daughter: 300 pounds
Helen Bayley, the wife of John Bayley and sister of the late William Goodall: 300 pounds
Henry Farr, son of Mrs Bayley and now at the blue collar school: 100 pounds
William Green Jr., son of William Green of Halifax, Nova Scotia: 300 pounds to assist him in his profession which he is going to practice in St John, Newfound Land
Katherine Grant and the two other children now living of Mrs. Aitchison 100 pounds each.

Using a retail price index, the Economic History Association website values a hundred 1834 pounds as £8,650.00 in 2011 or about $13,000 US.
http://eh.net/hmit/

So who is George Fournier to us? He was one of the bankruptcy assignees for William Goodall of Garlick Hill in 1817. That's from a cached google page of the Cornwall Council Record Office. That's all I know for now!

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Sketch Including the Pyramus

William Grant, Eliza Esdaile's son-in-law was the Purser on the Pyramus 36, which is the ship on the far right of the sketch.


Ships in Portsmouth Harbour off the Dockyard, 1825
PAI0925
John Christian Schetky (1778-1874)
National Maritime Museum


Eliza Esdaile's Sudley Cottage

You can get a picture of Eliza Esdaile's Sudley Cottage from the following website:
http://www.westsussexpast.org.uk/pictures/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive2&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28%28text%29=%27sudley%27%29AND%28%28text%29=%27cottage%27%29%29

 

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Eliza Esdaile's Burial Record

My great grandfather, Louis Albert Thomas, wrote that Eliza Esdaile was buried in Chichester Cathedral. We descendants have been bothering them for generations about her grave, in person and by mail. Now the personnel at the Cathedral can put their feet up. Familysearch.com has posted  her burial record: New Fishbourne, Sussex, 9 January 1835. Look out New Fishbourne!

Bishop's transcripts for New Fishbourne, 1591-1911, Church of England. Parish of New Fishbourne (Sussex). Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. FHL BRITISH Film 1041593 Item 1



New Fishbourne not far from Chichester

Still Waiting for Carlos Finlay

Adult Yellow Fever Mosquito

Cousins, our ancestor William Grant's death was evidence in the heated debate over whether yellow fever was spread by contagion or by miasma. The argument was fueled by economic interest as well as by medicos defending their dogma. Where the contagion faction prevailed, quarantines and consequent trade disruption followed. One expert arguing for miasma was Dr. Musgrave of Angtigua in the West Indies.

To bolster his argument (and unwittingly to flesh out our family story) Dr. Musgrave includes an appendix with the report of Dr. Hartle, the Navy medical officer on shore in Antigua when the Pyramus landed with its crew of yellow fever victims early on the first of November 1821.

“I immediately went on board, and was surprised to find that an officer (lieutenant) had died the day before with only a few hours illness—that the purser [Eliza Esdaile's son-in-law William Grant, though he is never named in this article] and six men lay dangerously ill. . .”

The ship’s surgeon was ill himself, so a loblolly boy had attended them. “He had bled them, and given them some cathartic medicine, but it did not appear to me that the bleeding had been either to a sufficient extent or from a proper orifice, and unfortunately , the time for its repetition was passed as the disease was in its second stage. To this, therefore I attribute the misfortune of losing the three first attacked, (purser and two of the men) for organic derangement had already taken place.”

“The purser had nausea but no vomiting; he bled profusely from the nose, and, a little before he died, he passed, involuntarily, a large quantity of black fetid blood, per anum.”

People by the dozens kept getting yellow fever on the Pyramus.  On inspection, the Pyramus looked like a nice clean ship, but Dr. Hartel, suspecting miasma, had the limber boards pulled up. Underneath was rotting wood debris from a refitting job done at Portsmouth just before the ship left port. The wood scraps mixed with coal tar had clogged the limber holes, leaving nine inches of stagnant water and muck that couldn’t reach the pump wells. The stench was horrific, not possible to describe. Everyone involved in the inspection and subsequent clean up, including  Dr. Hartel and, remarkably, even some black men, became ill. Yet nobody on shore caught yellow fever. This proved that miasma caused yellow fever. At least it proved it to Dr. Musgrave of Antigua. 

You can follow the yellow fever controversy as it unfolded using Google Books.  This blog post is from:
Musgrave, Anthony.  Facts and Observations in Refutation of Sir Gilbert Blane’s  Doctrines as to the contagious Nature of Yellow Fever. The Medico-Chirurgical Review, and Journal of Medical Science Quarterly , Volume IV, No 16  (March 1824) p. 979. (Available on Google Books)

Friday, August 19, 2011

Yellow Fever on the Pyramus

Eliza Esdaile's daughter Louisa Green first married William Grant, a purser in the Royal Navy (December 1816). My great-grandfather wrote that William Grant died of yellow fever in Antigua. William Grant's will was proved 16 December 1822, but it doesn't say where he died. The Navy List shows William Grant to be the purser on the Pyramus in December 1821 and J Jones to be the purser by March 1822. Between December 1821 and March 1822 the Pyramus was indeed in the West Indies. While not proving anything, this google book deals specifically with the terrible outbreak of yellow fever on the Pyramus in 1822: The Medico-chirurgical review, Volume 6 by James Johnson.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Eliza Green and Thomas Esdaile's Parish Registry Entry 8 July 1809

Cousins, we see here that Eliza was sometimes called Elizabeth. The witness William Green may have been Eliza's son William Goodall Green. Or maybe not. 
This is a form they filled out. I'll put the handwritten part in italics.
from the Parish Registry of Marlebon page 34, year 1809, FHL British film 584228

No. 101 Thomas Esdaile esq of Bognor in the County of Sussex Bachelor and Elizabeth Green of this Parish Widow
were Married in this Church by Licence this Eight Day of July in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and nine By me Benj'm Lawrence Curate This Marriage was solemnized between Us Thos Esdaile Elizabeth Esdaile
in the Presence of Samuel Elliott 
Eliz Eliott
Willm Green

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Crypt at St. Martin in the Fields

     For my birthday I received Bill Bryson's book, At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Doubleday, Random House: New York, 2010 (thanks Chuck & Joey!). I think anyone interested in English genealogy  will also be interested in the factual matter of this book, and Bryson is a good story teller. Bryson cites a passage describing the crypt of St. Martin in the Fields church in 1859 as being full of thousands of coffins stored every which way (p. 270-271). No footnote, but the bibliography led me to the charming book by Malcolm Johnson, St Martin-in-the-Fields, published in Chichester, West Sussex by Phillimor in 2005.
    According to Johnson, the vaults were cleaned in 1817, and in 1841 3,250 coffins were re-stacked. No new burials were allowed after 1853. In 1859 the church wardens put ads in the newspapers asking relatives to remove coffins. After 1 Feb 1859, the remaining coffins went to St. Martin's cemetery in Camden town or they (1,857 of them ) were bricked up in three new vaults in the south-east corner of the crypt under Adelaide Street and Duncannon Street.  All but 246 of them were listed by name (Johnson p. 35-36). Here Johnson cites Westminster City Archives, St Martin's Parish Records, F6102, so let's check that out!
     In 1938 three thousand lead coffins and other human remains from the crypt were taken (by night) to the Brookwood cemetery in Surrey to make way for office space (Johnson p. 62).
     If you're a descendant of Eliza Esdaile, you may also be a descendant of Richard Thomas who was buried in St. Martin's crypt in 1826. Richard's son George Thomas married Eliza Esdaile's granddaughter Kate Grant. I will think of the neatest way to document this and give you some citations in another post.












    

Mrs. Esdaile's House Moved from Aldwick

"Bognor Cottage adjoins Sudley Lodge, and was erected by Mrs. Esdaile, having been removed from Aldwick in consequence of the encroachment of the sea. It is now the property and residence of Christopher Teesdale, Esq."

The Bognor Guide, Containing the History of Bognor, and the History and Antiquities of Several Adjoining Parishes, including and Account of Goodwood, Arundel Castle, etc., etc. and the Roman Remains at Bignor , Petworth: Printed by John Phillips, 1838, page 16.

Check out the Earl of Arran's 1830's resort development plan on google books:
Bognor Guide

Eliza Esdaile hits up Her Royal Highness in 1831

A copy of a letter to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle is signed by Eliza Esdaile. It is dated "Sudley Cottage, Bognor, May 8th 1831". Eliza makes the following statements:
*She encloses documents showing that she and her family were friends with Edward Duke of Kent as of 1793 in Canada.
*Her husband, Mr. Esdaile, left her with plenty of money.
*But her house was going to be washed into the sea so she had to move it to the Earl of Arran's and now she's broke.
*And she got her husband & his friends to lend the Duke money several times, and in particular, when the Duke was going to Belgium in 1817 she lent him 500 pounds of her own of which he paid back 200 and gave his word he'd get her the other 300.
*But not in writing, and then he died.

Ref. no:RA pp/vic/1/5855

http://www.royal.gov.uk/The%20Royal%20Collection%20and%20other%20collections/TheRoyalArchives/TheRoyalArchives.aspx

The registrar in 2004, Miss Pamela Clark, kindly wrote that the archives have no further correspondence with or about  Eliza Esdaile, and Miss Clark was not able to say if Mrs. Esdaile got any more money.
 
Five hundred 1818 pounds is a bit over $38.6 thousand now. http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/numimage/currency.htm

I learned about the existence of this letter from the journalist Mollie Gillen's book, The Prince and His Lady, published in paperback in 1985 by Goodread Biographies of Toronto, Canada. Her book has a bibliography and footnotes, but I've found them to be either inaccurate or not detailed enough to check on. This is an exception. I found out about Gillen's book from  a cousin's husband, Steve Hayes (Thanks Steve!) at http://www.gencircles.com/users/hayesst.

Eliza Green and Thomas Esdaile's Marriage License Allegation

This is a form he filled out. I'll put the handwritten part in italics:
6th July 1809
London Diocese}
Appeared personally Thomas Esdaile Esquire and made Oath, that he is of Bognor in the County of Sussex a Bachelor and intendeth to marry with Elizabeth Green of the Parish of Saint Mary le bone in the county of Middlesex a widow and that he knoweth of no lawful   Impediment, by reason of any Precontract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful means whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage, and prayed a Licence to solemnize the same in the parish Church of  Saint Mary le bone and further made oath, that the Place of Abode of her the said Elizabeth Green hath been in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone for the Space of four weeks past. Tho Esdaile
Sworn before me ??

FHL [Family History Library] Microfilm
British Film 561593 1809-1811, Marriage License Allegations in the Register of the Bishop of London Diocese of London 1597-1900.


authors:Church of England. Diocese of London, (Main Author)
format:Manuscript/On Film
language:English
publications:Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968-1998
physical: 279 microfilm rolls, 35 mm.











Eliza Esdaile's Will

For 3.50 pounds, you can download Eliza Esdaile's will.
Here's the link: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
Look under "wills", and you'll find 

Description Will of Eliza Esdaile, Widow of Pagham , Sussex
Date 16 October 1835
Catalogue reference PROB 11/1852
Dept Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
Piece Name of Register: Gloster Quire Numbers: 551 - 600


This will, written in 1818 and amended in 1830, establishes many relationships. Eliza is the widow of Thomas Esdaile, her daughter is Louisa Grant (amended to Aitchison), her son is Wm Goodall Green, Commissary General in Canada, her grandson is William George Green, her daughter-in-law is Margaret Green wife of William Goodall Green, her granddaughter is Kate Grant, and her brother is Thomas Green of Quebec, her son-in-law is William Grant. Witnesses are Wm Goodall of Tottenham, Middlesex, Merchant, and Sarah Dickinson and Elizabethe Farley, servants of Mrs. Esdaile of Bognor. Her executor is Sir Alexander Bryce.


Bryce's 1832 obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine may give some genealogical clues, as he served in North American in the 1790s:  http://books.google.com/books?id=d_gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA474&lpg=PA474&dq=%22sir+alexander+bryce%22&source=bl&ots=JGTmmc9iTu&sig=yMA-lyhxWGg2Bngd2q3lTejHXoQ&hl=en&ei=-dMgTcTiKoOdlgeqtOisDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=%22sir%20alexander%20bryce%22&f=false


















Sherlock Holmes lived in Eliza and Thomas Esdaile's House

Cousins, when you saw "Baker Street at Portman Square" on Eliza Esdaile's will, 72 Baker Street on her Sun Fire Insurance Records, or on  the Old Bailey proceedings of her servant's trial for wine stealing, did you think "Baker Street--Sherlock Holmes"? Check out Peter Liddell's site:  http://www.sherlockian.net/world/221b.html

I admit this has nothing to do with primary sources! :)

Three Bottles of Wine Stolen from Eliza Esdaile

Follow this link, cousins, and explore the wonderful world of 19th century crime & punishment:

Link: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?ref=t18130113-84

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 17 June 2008), 13 January 1813, trial of Sarah Brown (t18130113-84), consulted 2 January 2011.

Let's Get Some Primary Sources!

Dear cousins, this blogspot is named for Eliza Esdaile (died 2 January 1835) because she's so wonderfully googleable. This year I'll post links, transcripts, and, where reproduction isn't allowed, abstracts of primary sources relating to our ancestry, all with citations following Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills, available at most libraries. I hope you'll join me.

Book: Mills, Elizabeth Shown,  Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.

http://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Citation-Analysis-Family-Historian/dp/0806315431/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293998021&sr=1-3