• Re: Prather : looking for info

    From Aashika@aashika2196@googlemail.com to soc.genealogy.medieval on Tue Feb 13 12:25:30 2024
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    On Wednesday 16 May 2001 at 07:14:32 UTC+1, Draco52079 wrote:
    I'm doing some research on the family name Prather also Prater around Wiltshire
    England, in 1604 I can use anything since im kinda stuck.
    hi!
    This is a reach, but I am looking the the book Praters in wiltshire 1480-1670. Do you know where I can buy it from?
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  • From Aashika@aashika2196@googlemail.com to soc.genealogy.medieval on Tue Feb 13 12:26:57 2024
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    On Wednesday 16 May 2001 at 11:42:58 UTC+1, The...@aol.com wrote:
    Wednesday, 16 May, 2001

    Hello 'Draco',
    As a fellow Prather (Prater) descendant, I can steer you first to the secondary sources you would want to consult, before moving on to what primary
    source I am acquainted with.
    First, I would recommend Praters in Wiltshire, 1480-1670 by John
    William Prather, Jr. (1987). He has extended the ancestry of Thomas Prater, the emigrant (b. 1604) 4 generations, and has also included some helpful details about the wives of the Praters of Latton, co. Wilts and of West Kingston, co. Wilts.
    Following that, finding what record you can in the Visitation of
    Wiltshire (I think the 1565 Visitation is in the Harleian series) would be a good 'next' step.
    As you may be aware, the relationship of Thomas Prater, the emigrant and Jonathan Prather, who migrated to Maryland and is the ancestor of all the Praters/Prathers I know of (including my own line), is taken as probable be not proven.
    Let me know of any information you may be searching for (I have the information from Prather's book). Also if you would post any 'finds' you should document to this list, it would be greatly appreciated by myself and the other Prather descendants in the group.
    Good luck, and good hunting.
    John


    Hi John!
    I would love to purchase the book. Would you be selling it or know of anyone who is?
    Thanks!
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  • From taf@taf.medieval@gmail.com to soc.genealogy.medieval on Tue Feb 13 15:29:50 2024
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    On 2/13/2024 12:25 PM, Aashika wrote:
    On Wednesday 16 May 2001 at 07:14:32 UTC+1, Draco52079 wrote:
    I'm doing some research on the family name Prather also Prater around Wiltshire
    England, in 1604 I can use anything since im kinda stuck.
    hi!
    This is a reach, but I am looking the the book Praters in wiltshire 1480-1670. Do you know where I can buy it from?

    I doubt you can buy it at this point - it is almost 40 years old, out of print, and my guess would be it had a very small print run to begin
    with. Checking 'the usual suspects' returned no available copies. That
    means you are left with waiting for a pre-owned copy to reenter the
    market, which amounts to periodically doing a Google search and hoping
    you get lucky, or posting to Prather message boards hoping to find an
    owner willing to part with their copy for the right price.

    taf
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  • From Jan Wolfe@janetpcwolfe@gmail.com to soc.genealogy.medieval on Wed Feb 14 14:12:27 2024
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    On 2/13/2024 6:29 PM, taf wrote:
    On 2/13/2024 12:25 PM, Aashika wrote:
    On Wednesday 16 May 2001 at 07:14:32 UTC+1, Draco52079 wrote:
    I'm doing some research on the family name Prather also Prater around
    Wiltshire
    England, in 1604 I can use anything since im kinda stuck.
    hi!
    This is a reach, but I am looking the the book Praters in wiltshire
    1480-1670. Do you know where I can buy it from?

    I doubt you can buy it at this point - it is almost 40 years old, out of print, and my guess would be it had a very small print run to begin
    with. Checking 'the usual suspects' returned no available copies. That
    means you are left with waiting for a pre-owned copy to reenter the
    market, which amounts to periodically doing a Google search and hoping
    you get lucky, or posting to Prather message boards hoping to find an
    owner willing to part with their copy for the right price.

    taf
    World Cat indicates that more than 40 libraries have copies of at least
    one of the two volumes of this book. Perhaps you can borrow it via interlibrary loan.
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