Ed has completed a family history book on the Butler family, entitled The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family. It was self published with the assistance of GenPub, a Dallas publishing company that specializes in genealogy books. This book contains over 3,000 different family members in 29 generations from Thomas Pincerna, who was born in 1180 in England. "Pincerna" is Latin for Butler. Immediately after the Norman Conquest in 1066, Latin served as the official language at court. There are many barons, earls and knights who bore the Butler name. The book has 592 pages of text and a 45 page, double column every name index. The index lists all women by both their maiden name (if known) and married name.
The Foreword was written by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, C.G.R.S., who is a well known professional genealogist.
Other family names that appear frequently (8 or more individuals) in this book are:
| Abbott Adams Allen Ashby Austin Autry Bains Baker Bateman Beacham Bennett Bonham Boteler Bowers Boyd Bracken Brackin Brinkley Brooks Brown Butteler Buttellet Butteller Campbell Claiborne Cochran Cole Cox Creswell deClare Ellis Emerson Graves Green Griffin Hale Harris Holder Jones Jordan Joyner Kee King Lee Lewis Marlow Marshall McArthur McAuley McKnight Moore Nolen Nordin Norwood Owens Parish Perryman Pickler Pierce Roberts Robertson Robinson Rogers Sanders Selph Shipman Smith Smothers Spellings Sugg Thomas Tilley Vaughan Watson West Williams Woods |
This book is now in its third printing. The Dallas Genealogical Society recently named this book as the recipient of its First Place Award for 1997 in its Division III, Category 1 - A Documented Family Genealogy, over five other entries. Comments from the judges included the following:
"Wonderful volume - very impressive - excellent example of what a family history ought to be".
"The author is taking previous research and building on it for the benefit of future generations. The writing is literate, vocabulary is good".
"Very nice presentation".
The following is a review of the book in the column, Genealogical Genie, in the Brownsville State-Graphic, Brownsville, TN on June 26, 1997:
"We'd like to quote a paragraph from the page Judge Butler included entitled: "Are People with Proven Pedigrees Better than Anybody Else?"
"...by tracing one's pedigree, we discover patterns among our ancestors. Intelligence, health, appearance, work ethic, patriotism, honesty, artistic talents, courage, loyalty, faithfulness, bravery, scholarship, ingenuity and tenacity are only a few traits that we derive from our ancestors. The offspring of some families have a tendency to hold public office, perform military service, to be explorers and pioneers and to have good personalities. Many family traditions are merely repetitions of similar social or economic patterns over several generations.
"Most of the genealogy game are just curious. We want to know who our ancestors were and where they came from. We vicariously enjoy reading about their exploits. History comes alive for us. Finding a royal ancestor is just the icing on the cake. [end of portion of book being quoted]
"To my way of thinking, this pretty well sums up most of our feelings about genealogy!" The author of Genie is Reese J. Moses, a volunteer with the Elma Ross Public Library of Brownsville.
The cost of the book is $79.50 including postage and handling. Orders should be mailed to:
Copies of the book are available for review at the following locations:
U.S. Library of Congress, 10 First St. S. E., Washington, D.C., 20540
Kent County Historical Society, Church Alley, Chestertown, MD 21620
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD
Maryland Genealogical Society, 201 W. Monument, Baltimore, MD 21201
Southern Historical Collection, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
North Carolina Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1492, Raleigh, NC 27602
New York Public Library, 11 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
Crockett Memorial Library, 314 East Church St., Alamo, TN 38001
Emma Ross Public Library, 1011 E. Main Street, Brownsville, TN 38012
Benton County Library, 122 West Walnut, Camden, TN 38320
Humboldt Public Library, War Memorial Bldg., Humboldt, TN 38343
Carroll County Public Library, 159 E. Main St., Huntington, TN 38344
Jackson - Madison Co. Library, 433 E. Lafayette, Jackson, TN 38301
Everett Horn Public Library, 702 West Church St., Lexington, TN 38351
U of Tennessee, Martin, TN
McKenzie Public Library, 141 N. Broadway, McKenzie, TN 38201
Memphis Public Library, 1850 Peabody, Memphis, TN 38104
Mildred T. Field Library, 1075 A East Vanhook, St., Milan, TN 383358
Rutherford County Library, 105 West Vine, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Highland Rim Regional Library Ctr., 2102 Mercury Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Public Library of Nashville and Davidson Co., 222 8th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37219
Tennessee State Archives, Nashville, TN
Smyrna Public Library, 304 Walnut St., Smyrna, TN 37167
Gibson Co. Public Library, 303 South High St., Trenton, TN 38382
Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX 75228
Plano Public Library, Plano, TX
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Virginia State Archives, 5001 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23230
Virginia St. Library, 1101 Capitol, Richmond, VA 23211
National Genealogical Society Library, Alexandria, VA
State Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706