History Books on CD for Branch County and Coldwater, Michigan for sale.

Some new books and two screen savers have been added below.

 

1. History of Branch County Michigan, Illustrations and Biographical Sketches,  1879.  By Everts and Abbott, 392 pages   price 12.50

 

2. Branch County Michigan Directory and Historical Record 1870-1871, Author Stehens & Conover.  315 pages   Price 12.50  County directory of heads of household in all townships and towns.

 

3. Portrait and Biographical album of Branch County, Michigan 1888, by Chapman Bros. 650 pages.  Price 13.00 

 

4. Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan 1882, Published by A.G. Nedham Co. 282 pages.   Price 10.00  This book list all of the heads of household and post office and occupation of each person in all of the townships, city Bronson, Union City, Coldwater, Quincy. It also lists merchants and numerous advertisement pages.

 

5. Coldwater City Directory 1907 by W.C. Bailey. This book cover the city of Coldwater only and list all of the occupants at each address, employment, house number and street name. There is also a city map of Coldwater. 142 pages  Price 10.00

 

6. Coldwater City Directory 1909. List notable event in the history of Coldwater, city map of Coldwater, List all occupants of each household in Coldwater, street address and occupation. 153 pages.  Price 10.00

 

7. Coldwater City Directly 1874-5 by Burch, Montgomery Co., Publishers. List residence and businesses in Coldwater, businesses in each township in the county and list the businesses in Hillsdale County in each township. 256 pages  Price 10.00

 

8. NEW  The 20th Century History and Biographical Record of Branch County, Michigan 1906 by Rev. Henry P. Collin M.A.  1006 pages  Price $15.00

9. NEW   Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren County Iowa 1885. Published by Chapman Brothers, Chicago, IL.  Price 13.00

10. NEW  Coldwater, Michigan Screen Saver. This screen saver is made up of numerous old picture post cards from Coldwater and the surrounding area. There are 170 pictures in the screen saver so you won�t be bored looking at the few same old pictures over and over again. The screen saver is made for PC�s running Windows 95 or better and requires at least 40MB of hard drive space.  Price $10.00

11. NEW  B-29 Heavy Bomber Screen Saver. This is for the WWII history buffs. The screen saver is made up of 115 actual pictures from the Pacific Theater of Boeing B 29 bombers based in Guam and Tinian Islands. Most of the pictures are black and white with a few colored. You will find some nose art on some of the planes featured. This screen saver is made for PC�s running Windows 95 or better and at least 30 MB of hard drive space. Price $10.00

 The books on CD's are actual scanned images of each page from the original book. The images are saved as Adobe Acrobat PDF files and requires Acrobat Reader to view the pages. Adobe Acrobat version 6 is supplied on each CD free of charge to install on your computer if needed. The book is one file so that you only have to load the book once from the CD to read through the pages. There is no need to refer back and forth to the CD to view the next page. Each page is printable on your printer or you can print off the whole book. To view the pages simply use a forward or reverse button to advance the pages. You can zoom in and out on each page to improve your reading.

 All of these old books are no longer in print and are rare to find even in poor shape. The history books have been found to sell on Ebay for an average price of $100.00 or more. The city directories average $15-$50 in variable condition. Having these books on CD will save the worry of handling old books and preserving their integrity. They also save space in your home library and the CD last for a long time if handle with some care. 

I have listed these books on Ebay for the above noted starting price in bidding. I will sell them for the same above price outside of Ebay. Shipping and handling for each CD is $4.00 or $5.00 for two or more CD's to the same purchaser.

 

Contact David Bickford at bgenealogy@verizon.net if you are interested in purchasing any of the CD's. I accept cash, personal check or money orders only,

 

David Bickford

376 Airview Dr.

Coldwater, MI 49036

 

 

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