The Baptismal Register Of Fort Duquesne, (From June, 1754, To Dec. 1756)

On a contested frontier where empires clashed, ordinary lives were quietly inscribed into a sacramental record. Every name tells a story. The Baptismal Register of Fort Duquesne (June 1754 to December 1756), presented by historian-priest Andrew Arnold Lambing, gathers colonial baptism records from the French stronghold at the forks of the Ohio, Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh's earliest European outpost. As a catholic parish register kept in the very years of the French and Indian War, it preserves the beginnings of early Pittsburgh Catholic history in 18th century Pennsylvania, setting down parents, godparents, dates and more in an exact, unfaltering hand. For anyone tracing colonial American genealogy or exploring french and indian war history, these historical church records offer a rare, unfiltered glimpse of frontier faith and fragile community. For genealogists, local history enthusiasts and scholars engaged in French colonial America research, Lambing's careful work stands as an indispensable genealogy research resource: Pennsylvania parish records that may be the only surviving written trace of a family line. For historians it is a firm cornerstone for any historians reference collection on western missions, colonial baptism records and church life in the imperial borderlands. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this classic has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, renewing access to a foundational document of Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh and the lived reality behind french and indian war history.