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RESOURCES

This page contains a list of resources that the group has found helpful for researching Swick surname information. Following is a list of books and web sites noted to have Swick-specific information. Also included is a Swick archives section, containing downloadable files of Swick information.

Books

As far as books go, I have found both "The House of Swick" and "The Swicks of Kosciusko County" in the LDS Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City.

Sources for the book abstracts (unless specifically noted) are from the LDS Family Library History Catalog (� 1987, Mar 1997)

The House of Swick

Swick, Harriet Jackson, 1895 -
Descendants of some early settlers of the Trumansburg - Covert,
N.Y. area : the Swick family.

CONTENTS
Johannes Swick, probably of Dutch lineage, married Barbara (Egie) Covert,
and they had six children between 1730-1748 in Somerville, New Jersey.
Descendants and relatives lived in New Jersey, New York, Michigan,
Minnesota and elsewhere.
Includes index.
Includes Case, Hatt, Lowe, Phelps, Stillwell (Stilwell), Voorheis and...

 

John Swick was born April 27, 1763. He married Magdalene Covert,
daughter of Abraham Covert and Sarah Clawson.
Includes index.

 

The above book abstract is from the LDS Family Library History Catalog (� 1987, Mar 1997)

Information in the book is mainly from the Tunis I side of the family, and the family's migration from New Jersey to Virginia to New York.

 

This book is also known as "The House of Swick"

 

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Swicks of Kosciusko County

Byrnes, Eleanor Louise Carte, 1937 -
Swicks of Kosciusko County.

CONTENTS
Peter Swick (b.ca. 1788-1791) was born in New Jersey, and moved to
Pennsylvania. By 1830 the family was living in Ohio, and in 1863 they
moved to Indiana. He died after August 1863. Descendants and relatives
lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, California and
elsewhere. Includes some ancestry in Switzerland and elsewhere.
Includes index.
Includes Keller, Kerschner, Kreis, Shoup, Summe, Weiss and related...

 

The above book abstract is from the LDS Family Library History Catalog (� 1987, Mar 1997)

Information in the book is mainly from the William Swick (son of Peter II) side of the family, and the family's migration from Pennsylvania to Ohio to Indiana.

 

 

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The 'Rev. Jack Swick' book

Rev. Jack Swick

CONTENTS:

This book has been noted as having good information on dates, locations and biographies for Johannes Swick and family, but no one in our group has actually seen the book. We also don't know where or when it was actually published.

 

Please email us if you have any information regarding this book.

-- abstract by Adam L. Swick

 

 

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The Swicks in America

Halbert's

CONTENTS:

If you are a Swick, you may have received a letter in the mail from a 'David W. Swick' in Bath, Ohio, describing a book called, "The Swicks since 1753". The letter also notes that the following information is included:

• Family Associations
• "Information to help you trace..."
• Reproduction of the Swick coat of arms
• The latest Swick International directory

I first purchased this book, hoping to find a wealth of information about the history of the Swicks. I did not find that when I received the book, and at first was a little unhappy with my purchase -- the history part of the book is generic, and is really a high-level American history that would apply to research on almost any surname. Also, a strange thing -- the latter part of the book was a duplicate of the first part of the book (for Swick), but was for the surname 'Tackett'. The only part of the book I found interesting was the Swick address listing by state, but then I thought, I could also find this information by doing a name search in Yahoo.

 

After I recently got interested in genealogy, I picked up the book and looked a little deeper. The book contains a wealth of information for the beginning genealogist. Sample forms are included and pages upon pages of addresses on where to obtain specific genealogical information. The book also has an entire chapter dedicated to the Federal Census -- it is very informative on the census history, includes a listing of the "S200" Soundex names, and also includes a sample listing of census records and graphs. I note the list as 'sample', since I was not able to find listings for certain states/years I had already found in census indexes. The last part of the book includes a list of all of the Swicks by state (as mentioned above).

 

Altogether, the book is very good for the person who is interested in genealogy, and is excellent for a beginning Swick genealogist. You could also fill-in the sample tree forms included in the book, and pass it on as a family heirloom (such as a family bible) -- it would make a great gift. I believe the book is available in both paperback and leather editions.

 

-- abstract by Adam L. Swick

 

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Web Sites

The geographic web sites may not have Swick-specific information. Since Swicks have resided in these locations at one time or another, the sites are included to aid in research (finding genealogical addresses, posting queries, and so forth). Most of the sites are part of the US GenWeb project. The Swick Tree web sites are personal trees found to contain a Swick or two within them, as well as researchers who may not have a web page advertising their lineage.

Geographic-based Genealogy Sites

Swick Family Trees (sorted by webmaster/researcher)

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Archive

This section contains links to documents authored by project members and other tools we've found useful and collected here for your convenience.

Each entry has a title, a summary, a list of authors, a date of publication or when it was last updated, and links to the material in various formats. Each entry also has its bookmark noted, to help authors making links to it from other web pages.

Documents

1920 Soundex S200 for Swicks in NE and SD.

Contains a lisitng of Swick households in Nebraska and South Dakota in 1920, including individual information for county of residence, birthplace, and age.

By:           Adam Swick
Date:         January 11, 1998
Formats:      Excel (29 k)
Bookmark:     1920NEandSD

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Tools

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