SHERMAN REFERENCES
February 12 2001
References are shown in parenthesis in the manuscript, and located at the end of the event it refers to.
References used infrequently are shown in clear text. However, references used frequently are coded as
shown below:
1812/VET
1888/VET
1890/CSSx
1890/VET
1894/VET
1914/VET
1976/VET
AJS/J
AMWS
Atlas
Census
DGM
DHCF
Directory
DPS
DWS
FDS
Soldiers of War of 1812: Who are buried in Michigan, ©1940. Copy at the Burton Historical
Collection, of Detroit Public Library.
Post Office Addresses of Soldiers Residing in MI in 1888, by MI Adjutant General Office.
Copy at the MI Archives. Also LDS film number 0925488
1890 MI Veterans Census Data, by Lee Dilts, Index Publishing Co, PO Box 11476, Salt Lake
City UT 84147, ©1985. A MI index to following Item (1890/VET).
1890 Census, Special Schedule: Surveying Soldiers, Sailors & Marines, and Widows who
served US during the war of the rebellion.
1894 State Census, extract showing living Civil War veteran, by the Clinton County
Genealogical Society. Original source may be Census of the State of MI Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines, Vol III, by Washington Garndner Secretary Of State, ©1896.
WW-1 Card Index of Soldiers, by MI Adjutant General. Copy at MI State Library, also LDS
film number 1001960.
Graves Committee of the Civil War, by Centennial Observance Commission, undated [1976].
Lists grave sites of Civil War veterans in MI cemeteries.
Alonzo J Sherman's (1857-1921) Journal Number 1, Jan 1 1916 to May 31 1919. Only copy
in the possession of the compiler.
American Men and Women of Science, published by R R Bowker, NYC, ©1990.
The date and title is shown in the text about the event. *
US Population Census. The Year, State, County & Town/Township of the Census is stated in
the text. The first census was taken 1790. The Census was taken the first year of the decade,
eg 1850, 1960, 1880 etc. The enumeration district, sheet number, page number, dwelling
number & family number when known is placed in parentheses at the end of the text, the
typical entry is (e66/p132/d234/f257). When different page numbers are given in different
indexes or references, both are shown eg (e66/p29p132/d234/f257). Prefix codes are: e =
enumeration district; s = sheet number; p = page number; d = dwelling number; f = family
number. Note "s" and "p" are used interchangeably for sheet/page number. See Soundex
below.
Detroit Society For Genealogical Research Magazine, by Detroit Society For Genealogical
Research, Detroit MI.
Descendants of Hartman & Catherine Freeland: 1760-1938, by Dorothy Hoover, ©1987.
The date and title is shown in the text about the event. *
Some Descendants of Philip Sherman, by Roy Vivian Sherman, 840 Warren Way, Palto Alto
CA 94303, 662 pages, ©1968. A Supplement to this is on p289-393 of NES.
Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield MA, by Mary Lovering Holman, The
Mumford Press, Concord. 529 pages, ©1936.
Frank Dempster Sherman (1860-1916). He did more work on the genealogy of the Sherman
families in America, who came from England, than any other person up to his time. He
prepared a 4x6" file card on each person and filed them alphabetically, and then assigned a
number to each card. There are 4,570 cards. His original cards are retained in the New York
Public Library. They are also available on two reels of 35mm microfilm from any LDS/FHC,
film numbers 1405270 and 1405271 titled Sherman Genealogy.
Philip Sherman, v1-6 p1-2457.
Samuel Sherman, v7 p2458-2958.
Rev John Sherman, v8 p2959-3143.
FGQ
FT
GAR/Cem
GAR/P
Gazetteer
GRC
History
IRAL
LDS/
LDS/AF
LDS/AIS
LDS/ANI
LDS/IGI
LDS/MIL
LDS/PNI
LDS/SNI
LDS/SNR
LDS/SSD
LGSR
LHSR
LSL
Map
MB
MBI
mc/___
MCH
MG/____
Michigan
Censuses
Michigan
County
Codes
Michigan
Court House
Records
Capt John Sherman v9 p3144-3482.
William Sherman of Marshfield MA and
William Sherman of Darmouth MA, v10 p3583-3991.
Sherman lines not found, v11 p3993-4417.
Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Sherman Portraits, v12 p4418-4570.
Flint [MI] Genealogical Quarterly.
Family tradition, verbal family information without supporting documentation.
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Index 1860-1960, Copy at the MI Archives/Library.
Also LDS film number 0915947.
Grand Army of the Republic Post Records, by MI State Library Archives. Must inquiry by
Post number. Also LDS film number 0915947
The date and title is shown in the text about the event. *
Graves Registration Committee, by Michigan Civil War Centennial Observation Committee,
©1965. Copy in Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.
The date and title is shown in the text about the event. *
Internal Revenue Assessment List. 1862/65. On microfilm available at the Mi Archives.
LDS Morman Church, Family History Centers: Microfilm indexes to all Genealogical
Material at Salt Lake City UT, that can be ordered for used in the local FHCs. Some FHCs
have computers with much of the information immediately available.
LDS/ Ancestor File (on computer only)
LDS/ Accelerated Index System: Index to US Censuses.
LDS/ Author's Name Index of the Family History Library.
LDS/ International Genealogical Index (on computer & microfiche).
LDS/ FtWayne Military Index, 150,000 names of soldiers who died in the Korean and Viet
Nam wars (on computer only).
LDS/ Place Name (locality) Index of the Family History Library.
LDS/ Surname Name Index of the Family History Library.
LDS/ Surname (family) Registry.
LDS/ Social Security Death List: 1962-88. Social Security Numbers and information on 39.5
million deceased persons (computer only).
Local County Genealogical Society Records.
Local County Historical Society Records.
Lucy Sherman's (1891-1868) Letters. Compiler has only copy.
The date and title is shown in the text about the event. *
MI Biographies, by MI Historical Commission, Lansing MI.
MI Biography Index, compiled by Francis Loomis, Reference Department, Detroit Public
Library, ©1949.
Miscellaneous Correspondence, compilers personal files.
MI Centennial History (5 vols), The Lewis Publishing Co, Chicago, ©1939.
MI Gazetteers, also shows the town or county and date.
These were taken between the US Census, eg 1854, 1864, 1874 etc. The format is basically
the same as the US Census.
A three letter code is used to designate the Michigan counties in this genealogy. The first
three letters are used for most of the counties. The exceptions are: GTE = Grand Traverse,
GTT = Gratiot, KAS = Kalkaska, MAK = Machinac, MTC = Montcalm, MTM =
Montmorency, & OSD = Oscoda. Also, GLM = Maritime activities, MIT = MI Territories &
SMI = State of Michigan. These are often combine with the following Michigan Court House
Codes.
A two letter code is used to designate the type of Court House Record: BR = birth, DR =
death, MR = marriage, ER = divorce, LR = land, NR = naturalization, PR = probate, VR =
veteran's discharge, XR = mortgage. The are often used as a suffix on the Michigan County
MiQ
MM
MMN
MORT
MOW
MPHC
MSNI
MSS
nb/___
NEFGM
NEH
NEHGR
NES
NYGBR
Plat
REHS
RH
SA/
SA/CoNB
SA/GARx
SA/KWx
SA/MBWx
SA/PRx
SA/RPIx
SA/SAWx
SA/WW1x
SA/WW2Dx
SAF
SAR
SD
SFG
SG
Soundex
Codes. For example, TUS/DR 3-237, indicates a Tuscola County Michigan death recorded in
libre 3 page 237.
Michigan Quakers: Abstracts of Fifteen Meetings of the Society of Friends, 1831-1950, by A
Conrad Burton, ©1989.
MI Manual: Official Directory & Legislative Manual, MI Secretary of State, Lansing MI,
volumes published each two years from 1889.
Mayville Monitor (Newspaper), Tuscola County, Mayville MI.
Mortality Schedule: A Supplement to the 1850/80 US Federal Population Censuses.
MI In The War, by Jno Robertson Adjutant General, Lansing MI, ©1880. Includes
biographies of officers in MI Units in the Civil War.
MI Pioneer & Historical Collections, by MI Historical Society, 40 volumes from 1874.
MI Surname Index, by Michigan Genealogical Council, Library of MI, Lansing MI 48090,
©1984 & ©1989.
MI Soldiers & Sailors [Civil War], by MI Secretary of State, Lansing MI, ©1915.
Notebooks, compiler's personal research recording notebooks.
New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, by Richard Cutter, NY, ©1914.
A New England Heritage, by F Barreda Sherman, Mill Valley CA, ©1969.
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, quarterly volumes since 1847.
The New England Shermans, by Roy Vivian Sherman, 840 Warren Way, Palto Alto CA
94303, 548 pages, ©1974.
New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, yearly volumes since 1869.
The date and title is shown in the text about the event. *
Records of Elihu & Hannah Sherman, by Alden R Sherman, 56 pages, Rochester NY, Sep
1955. Copy at The Cayuga County Historian, County Office Building, Auburn NY 13021.
Also a copy online at <www.sherman-roots.com>.
Roll of Honor, Government Printing Office, ©1867. List of Union soldiers and sailors who
died in the Civil War.
State of Michigan Archives files.
SA/ County Note Books.
SA/ Grand Army of the Republic Members Index.
SA/ Korean War Veterans Index.
SA/ Mexican Board War Veterans Index.
SA/ Prison Records Index.
SA/ Rural Property Inventory Index.
SA/ Spanish American War Index.
SA/ World War 1 Veterans Index.
SA/ World War 2 Deserters Index
Sherman And Allied Families, by Bertha L Stratton, 79 Sommers Lane, Staten Island 14 NY,
printed by Edward Brothers Ann Arbor MI, 310 pages, ©1951. [Her current address is 3000
Daurine Ct, Gilroy CA 95202]
Sons of the American Revolution
Sherman Directory, by John H Sherman, 651 Sinex Ave, Apt C-112, Pacific Grove CA
93959, ©1991. 4 Volumes including 25,000 Shermans taken from about 800 genealogical
books.
The Sherman Family Genealogy, Loren Albert Sherman, ©1911. Copy at the Port Huron
Public Library, and compiler has copy.
Sherman Genealogy 1433-1990's, by Alonzo, 308 W Dwight, Oscoda MI 48750,
<shermanaj@hotmail.com>, a working computer database of about 500 printer pages.
The "Soundex" is an alphabetical name index for the 1880 through the 1920 Censuses. The
1880/1900 and 1920 Soundex reference number is the enumeration district and sheet number.
The 1910 Soundex visitation number has three parts, the first part is not shown on the census
Tombstone
TSS
vf/___
Wills-Estates
WWM
WWMW
WWW
Yates Co
sheet or in any Archives explanations I have seen, and is unknown to me and is not shown in
the manuscript, the second part is the enumeration district, and the third part is the family
number. See Censuses above.
The inscription of the tombstone is shown in the text. This may be a direct reading of the
tombstone or taken from a publication. *
Sherman Genealogy, by Thomas Townsend Sherman, Tabious A Wright NYC, ©1920.
Vertical Files, compiler's personal records.
Sherman Wills & Estates, compiled by Alonzo J Sherman, 308 W Dwight, Oscoda MI,
©1990, 56 pages. Includes 21 wills and 12 estate records, spanning 16 generation from 1492
to 1968. These wills & estates are also available at <www.sherman-roots.com>.
Who's Who in MI, vols since 1935.
Who's Who In The Midwest, volumes since 1949.
Who Was Who, published by A N Marquis Co, Chicago IL.
History & Directory of Yates County [NY], by Struttford Cleveland, Penn Van, NY, ©1873.
* Specific title and authors for maps, plat books, atlases, gazetteers, directories, histories & cemetery records
are not given. These references are rather easily found in the local libraries, genealogical & historical
societies, or the state library, by using the date and county or cemetery name shown.
Miscellaneous Correspondence Files
mc/ajb
mc/am
mc/baag
mc/bod
mc/cch
mc/hfs
mc/ia
mc/jc
mc/jch
mc/jds
mc/js
mc/kfs
mc/lak
mc/lmj
mc/lvf
mc/mb
mc/mj
mc/mm
mc/mwh
mc/no
A J Butler
Armand Milner
see David Sherman b1803
see Russell Sherman b1916
Harvey F Sherman, 7901 Center Rd, Millington MI 48746, 517-795-2552,
<harvey@flint.umich,edu>.
? Atkins
Janet Christensen, 1718-88th Dr NE, Everett WA 98205, 425-397-7925.
James C Hutton, 3 Timberfield Way, Pittsford NY 14534-2161, 716-381-8473.
Joseph Sherman, 124 E Allegan St, Otsego MI 48078.
Lea Ann Kelley, 7124G 28th, Tucson AZ 85710, 520-885-5582, <lkelly@juno.com> or
<aaj170c@prodigy.com>.
David Sherman b1803
Maxine Babcock, Vassar MI
Marshall James Sherman
Mark William Harris, 25214 Gratiot, Apr #34A, Roseville MI 48066, 810-776,810-293-4292.
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? p353/4, about England.
? about Jabez Sherman. v24p84, Revolutionary was record
? about Philip1