I’m clearing out some “extras” in my genealogy hard-copy files. Some I now have in digital format, so only need to keep one hard copy. I originally had these photocopied for the planned appendix that was to accompany the first edition of The Complete Loy History…but things didn’t go as planned. :p Several of these items can be seen digitally from the Loy website.
Since I have quite a few, I was thinking of putting these in the recycle bin, but maybe some of you might want them. If so, just email me and I’ll send my address so you can send a business letter size SASE. (That is, Self Addressed Stamped Envelope: what genealogists used to do before the Internet and email!) For my email address, click on the Loy website link under Loy Links at right and I’ll send my snail-mail address. With your SASE, just tell me which ones you want and how many. When all are gone, I’ll edit this post and set the count below to zero.
Papers are as follows and number of copies I have are in parenthesis:
(40) Goodspeed’s History of East Tennessee, 1887, pg. 1179. Bio sketch on John W. Loy, son of Jacob Loy, son of “Fisher” John Loy, son of George Loy, son of Martin Loy.
(35) Herringshaw’s American Blue Book of Biography, 1914, pg. 618. Has four-line, two-sentence bio on F.W. [Ferdinand W.] Loy, son of Thomas M. Loy, Sr., son of John Henry Loy, son of Henry Loy, son of Martin Loy.
(35) Effingham County [IL] History, 1910, pp. 807-809. These pages include bios on the following Loys:
Calvin C. Loy, son of John Henry Loy Jr., son of John Henry Loy, son of Henry Loy, son of Martin Loy.
James H. Loy, son of James B. Loy, son of Joseph C. Loy, son of John Henry Loy, son of Henry Loy, son of Martin Loy.
John H. Loy, son of Joseph C. Loy, son of John Henry Loy, son of Henry Loy, son of Martin Loy. This is my ancestor, and note that bio gives wrong year for his father’s birth (should be 1809), for when his parents married (should be 1828), wrong date for his first marriage (should be 28 August) and wrong birth year for son Fidellos (should be 1879).
(40) [UPDATED COUNT 24 Sept] History of Effingham County, Illinois, pp. 203-211, missing pg. 205. These mention the Loys. UPDATE: 24 Sept: I found more papers!! This book is digitally available on the Online Books section of the Loy website, too.
(35) A one-page newsclipping from 1988 on Solomon Loy kiln excavation. Solomon son of Henry Loy, son of John Loy, son of Martin Loy.
(25) The next (oversized) photocopy is a rarity because I obtained the original record myself. Folded in half, it’ll fit in a 9×12 envelope. It’s the Orange County, NC land sale record from 1814 of land bought by George Foust from the heirs of Margaret Loy (widow of Henry, son of Martin): George Sharp, Mary Sharp [daughter of Margaret Loy and wife of George Sharp], John Loy, and Elizabeth Loy. [At that time Elizabeth was married to Henry Edward Caley, but Margaret's will, if any existed, was probably under Elizabeth's maiden name, so that's why she had maiden name here.] Margaret’s younger son Daniel had died by then, so wasn’t listed. There are two sheets of paper to this record.
(35) Veteran’s Day Tribute (1 page) telling of USS Loy Christening and Commission, with short bio on Jackson Keith Loy, for whom it was named. “Jack” was 2nd cousin to my grandmother, Susan (Loy) Walls, while Jack’s sister Freda married my grandpa Jesse (“Jack”) Walls’ 2nd cousin Chris Walls. I corresponded with Freda for several years and she lived in same apartment complex as my dad’s sister. A cousin sent me this article when I first started tracing the Loys in my teens. Unfortunately, at that age, wasn’t always citing my sources. As a result, I don’t have name of publication this page is from, other than it was on “page 7.” If anyone knows, please tell me!!
Eventually I want to add census links for Martin’s other children and grandchildren. As Archive.org holdings include census as late as 1930, I plan linking household census pages to later generations, once I set up THE Loy database (in lieu of a pdf book).