BOOKS ABOUT KUYKENDALLS

 

A directory of books about Kuykendalls, and location of same: (note: these are taken in part from Gene Kuykendall's web page written in 1997, from the Online Records of the Library of Congress and from my personal library). Corrections and additions are welcome.

 

1. History of the Kuykendall family since its settlement in Dutch New York in 1646, with genealogy as found in early Dutch church records, state and government documents, together with sketches of colonial times, old log cabin days, Indian wars, pioneer hardships, social customs, dress and mode of living of the early forefathers ... by George Benson Kuykendall, M.D.,Portland, Or., Kilham Stationery & Printing Co., 1919. 11 p., l., 645, [20] p. front., illus., ports., fold. geneal. tab. 24 cm. Library of Congress Control Number: 19018600

2. All-Name Index for The History of the Kuykendall Family by G. B. Kuykendall, Developed and privately published 1995 by Eugene Lee Kuykendall. Submitted to the Family History Library for microfilming.

3. Kuykendall Families of America, volumes 1-5: 1980-1984, volume 6: 1995, index to volume 6: 1995, by Velma Kuykendall Wynn. vol. 1 = 271 pg; vol. 2 = 352 pg; vol. 3 = 380 pg; vol:4 = 417 pg; vol. 5 = 384 pg; vol. 6 = 324 pg; Index to vol. 1- 6 450 pg Available on microfilm at Family History Libraries: Vol. I Film # 1033715 Item 1 Vol. II Film # 1035624 Item 3 Vol. III Film # 1035624 Item 4 Vol. IV Film # 1035624 Item 5 Vol. V Film # 1035624 Item 6 Vol. VI (with Index) Soon to be available

4. A Forest of Many Trees, by Velma K. Winn, 1976. 326 pages + pedigree chart to 486 pages.(Traces author's line - descendant of Matheus van Kuykendall, also includes results of research of old Dutch records in the Netherlands). Available at Family History Centers: film # 1036783 item 11

5. Our Dutch Heritage: The Family of Theodore P. Kuykendall, compiled by Eugene Lee Kuykendall. [New City, N.Y.] : E.L. Kuykendall, 1984. Part I: Updated compilation of all research findings on the ancestors and family of Luur. Part II: Traces author's line . Library of Congress Control Number: 90137283 xii, 530 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Available at Family History Centers.

6. Our Dutch Heritage II : The Descendants of Pieter van Kuykendaal : Kuykendalls, Cuykendalls & Coykendalls : a continuation of the 1984 publication, Our Dutch Heritage, the Theodore P. Kuykendall family, compiled by Eugene L. Kuykendall.[Sloatsburg, N.Y.] : E.L. Kuykendall, [1989?] Library of Congress Control Number: 90153872 vi, 422 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. Available at Family History Centers.

7. America's Nomads; An Historical Novel by Emily Stowell, Iris Press, Del Mar, CA, 1998. ISBN: 0-9658817-7-6. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-72102. Iris Press, 238 Torrey Pines Terrace, Del Mar California 92014.

8. Frontier Days, by Judge William Littlebury Kuykendall, published by J. M. and H. L. Kuykendall, Denver, copyright 1917 by J. M. Kuykendall. (There is also an original manuscript handwritten in a notebook in the Colorado State Historical Museum, which contains material for a planned political expose that was never published.)

9. Andrew Kuykendall from Kentucky: A Family History, by Jerry M. Kuykendall. Filer, Idaho : Kuykendall, c1977. Library of Congress Control Number: 77156118 (Traces author's line - descendant of Matheus van Kuykendall) xiii, 252 p., [35] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.

10. Ouders, by William A. Kirkendale, 1981. (Traces author's line - descendant of Cornelius van Kuykendall. Also includes results of research of old Dutch records in the Netherlands.)

11. Curve-in-Valley, by William A. Kirkendale. (An unpublished update of Ouders, completed just before the author's death in 1984. Suggests a different theory on origin of the surname Kuykendall.)

12. Jacob Luyersen, by William A. Kirkendale Holland Society of NY, de Halve-Maen, Vol LVII No. 1, December 1983. (Research findings of author and others on our Dutch immigrant ancestor.)

13. Looking Back Vol. I, by Edwin D. Kuykendall, 1984. (Traces author's line - descendant of Matheus/Cornelius (?) van Kuykendall. One of the "lost souls' who are unable to prove their line back to Luur. Includes extensive transcriptions of reference records.)

14. Matt and Daisy Dell Kuykendall Crownover: Their Ancestry and Posterity, by Ernest Elder Crownover, 1986. (Traces author's line - descendant of Matheus/Cornelius (?) van Kuykendall. Another of the "lost souls' who are unable to prove their line back to Luur.)

15. History of the Kikendall Family, by Robert L. Clifford. Manuscript, copy at Library of Congress.

16. Descendants of William Coykendall of Wantage, Sussex co, NJ, by Chester Johnson, 1982. Manuscript, copy at New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

17. Descendants and Forebears of James Kuykendall Byers and Ary Ann Burch: A Southern Family, by Norma (Harris) Garbert, 1989. (Well researched book on NC descendants of Matheus or Cornelius van Kuykendall.)

18. Ancestors & Descendants of Cornelius Kuykendall 1813-1890, by Barry Underwood, 1992. (Descendants of Matheus or Cornelius van Kuykendall)

19. Abraham (Kuykendall) of Flat Rock, Pauline B. Beye, 1992. (Famous son of Matheus or Cornelius van Kuykendall. Flat Rock, NC celebrates an annual Abraham Kuykendall Day.)

20. Catherina (Glass) Koehler: Descendant of Jacob Luurszen van Kuykendall. Research Manuscript , updated by Warren R. Kukendall. A compilation of the descendants of Leur Kuykendall/Kikendall/Kirkendall (son of Cornelius van Kuykendall)

21. Benjamin Kuykendall, Gentleman - "Jersey Ben' Kuykendall, by Arlene Saffell, Yesteryears Magazine, Winter 1968. (on file, Tioga co, NY Historical Society) (Author's research on "Gentleman Ben" and "Jersey Ben" Kuykendall.)

 

 

 

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