Myra Esarey Evans Resource

Downloadable Family History Volumes

NOTE: As of July 2010, all these family history reference volumes have been scanned and are offered for FREE download.


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Logan Esarey: His Ancestors and their Descendants (1949)

The original mimeographed edition (165 pages), distributed by Myra Esarey Evans and Laura Pearson Esarey.

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Logan Esarey: His Ancestors and their Descendants (1968)

The comprehensive genealogical volume by Myra Esarey Evans. Approximately 500 pages plus a 337-page name index. This is the foundation resource for Esarey genealogy.

The 2010 version corrects many errors in the original versions.

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Volume IIA: John Ewing (1975)

By Myra Esarey Evans and John Logan Van Kesteren. Pages 1-229.

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Volume IIB: John Ewing (1975)

By Myra Esarey Evans and John Logan Van Kesteren. Pages 230-528.

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About Myra Esarey Evans

Myra Esarey Evans was the daughter of Logan Esarey, the Indiana historian who first assembled the Esarey family history. Building on her father's work, Myra created the monumental genealogical volume that documents thousands of descendants of John Essery and Sarah Hester Clark.

Her work remains the foundational resource for anyone researching the Esarey, Esrey, Esry, and related family lines.

Missing Pages from 2001 Reprint

Pages 232 and 232a were accidentally omitted from the 2001 facsimile reprint. These pages document the Branchville smallpox epidemic of 1903.

Download the newspaper coverage of the smallpox epidemic