Download or read book A Nation of Descendants written by Francesca Morgan and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From family trees written in early American bibles to birther conspiracy theories, genealogy has always mattered in the United States, whether for taking stock of kin when organizing a family reunion or drawing on membership—by blood or other means—to claim rights to land, inheritances, and more. And since the advent of DNA kits that purportedly trace genealogical relations through genetics, millions of people have used them to learn about their medical histories, biological parentage, and ethnic background. A Nation of Descendants traces Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage through three centuries. Francesca Morgan examines how specific groups throughout history grappled with finding and recording their forebears, focusing on Anglo-American white, Mormon, African American, Jewish, and Native American people. Morgan also describes how individuals and researchers use genealogy for personal and scholarly purposes, and she explores how local businesspeople, companies like Ancestry.com, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Finding Your Roots series powered the commercialization and commodification of genealogy.
Download or read book Wilkes Family History and Genealogy written by Ivan Ernest Bass and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Marshall Family written by Oscar Sloan Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descendant of the Mayflower the Roots of My Life written by Janice Tuttle Friel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Roots of My Life" book is a genealogical history of a family verifying direct lineage to the Mayflower which landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The book is a riveting account of the descendants of the Mayflower as the Tuttle family establishes itself in the New World, America.The book tells a story of faith, sacrifices, suffering, joy, adventure and fleeing religious persecution. The book accurately documents the lives, successes, and failures of a family tree as it enters the 21st century beginnings with that first step onto Plymouth Rock. This families history transports the reader through the earliest settlements to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, both World Wars and into modern day society. Follow the Tuttle family as it's legacy unfolds the birth of a nation.
Download or read book Slavery by Another Name written by Douglas A. Blackmon and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude thereafter. By turns moving, sobering and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals these stories, the companies that profited the most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.
Download or read book When Descendants Become Ancestors written by David A. Kendall PhD and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Excerpt from When Descendants Become Ancestors "Congratulationsyoure going to be an ancestor (someday). You cannot escape it. Nor can I. Nor can anyone else. Thats not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your beliefs about an afterlife, but each body ultimately ceases to exist. We all know that. From the moment of birth, each of us begins a journey that must ultimately conclude with our entrance into ancestry. As we research our own ancestors and mourn the lack of information available to us, we forget that we are the future ancestors of our descendants. And if we dont leave to them the kinds of information about our lives that we crave to know about our own forefathers, then we are merely perpetuating the problem." How often have you regretted your failure to engage the elder generations of your family for information about their lives and memories? How many times have you wanted just one more hour with a deceased relative who could answer that one burning question that you suddenly thought about, and that no one else can answer? Perhaps you remember a time when an older acquaintance wanted to share with you some stories about the good old days, but you couldnt be bothered. Most of us have had regrets like these, as will our descendantsunless we seek to record and preserve some stories for their use. Whether our stories are short and simple or long and complex matters not, but these stories will become part of their heritage and can certainly influence their lives. Though our contributions may not be recognized for decades, our lives matter to future generations and our stories should be told. The rest is up to each of us.
Download or read book The Family Tree written by Sairish Hussain and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO’S ‘HIDDEN GEM’ AWARD ________
Download or read book Papal Genealogy written by George L. Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-08-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papacy has often resembled a secular European monarchy more than a divinely inspired institution. Roman pontiffs bestowed great wealth on their families and forged strategic alliances with other powerful families to increase their power. Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), for example, forced his daughter Lucrezia into a series of marriages for political reasons. When her marital alliance was no longer advantageous, as was the case in her second marriage, her husband was brutally murdered. Many papal families also intermarried in hopes of forming a hereditary papacy; at least two members of the Fieschi, Piccolomini, Della Rovere, and Medici families served as pope. Papal families since the early history of the church are fully covered in this comprehensive work. Genealogical charts graphically show the descendants of the popes, presenting in many cases the interrelationships between the papal families and their relationships with many of the leading families of Europe. Detailed histories examine the impact of the papacy on each pope's family and how each influenced the history of the church.
Download or read book The Prichard Family written by Martha Abigail Coleman Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Prichard (ca. 1746-1818/1821) married Elizabeth Hughes about 1775, served in the Revolutionary War, and moved from Maryland to Jefferson (later Shelby, later Henry) County, Kentucky about 1786. Descendants lived in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Florida, California and elsewhere.
Download or read book A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck written by Ira Ballou Peck and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Soul of the Family Tree written by Lori Erickson and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers may find themselves ordering their own DNA testing kit upon finishing this." —Publishers Weekly "The Soul of the Family Tree posits that a spiritual grounding in one's family history can combat 'historical amnesia' and nurture a sense of belonging." —Foreword Reviews Growing up in a passionately Norwegian-American Iowa town, Lori Erickson rolled her eyes at traditions like Nordic Fest and steaming pots of rømmegrøt. But like many Americans, she eventually felt drawn to genealogy, the "quintessential hobby of middle age." Her quest to know more about the Vikings and immigrants who perch in her family tree led her to visit Norse settlements and reenactments, medieval villages and modern museums, her picturesque hometown and her ancestor's farm on the fjords. Along the way, Erickson discovers how her soul has been shaped by her ancestors and finds unexpected spiritual guides among the seafaring Vikings and her hardscrabble immigrant forebears. Erickson’s far-ranging journeys and spiritual musings show us how researching family history can be a powerful tool for inner growth. Travel with Erickson in The Soul of the Family Tree to learn how the spirits of your ancestral past can guide you today.
Download or read book The Genealogy Of The Cushing Family An Account Of The Ancestors And Descendants Of Matthew Cushing Who Came To America In 1638 written by James S. Cushing and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book A History of the Hanna Family written by Charles Elmer Rice and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Olney written by James H. Olney and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Genealogy written by Frederick Clifton Pierce and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies written by Hugh F. Gingerich and published by Pequea Bruderschaft Library. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia for Amish genealogists is certainly the most definitive, comprehensive, and scholarly work on Amish genealogy that has ever been attempted. It is easy to understand why it required years of meticulous record-keeping to cover so many families (144 different surnames up to 1850). Covers all known Amish in the first settlements in America and shows their lineage for several generations. (955pp. index. hardcover. Pequea Bruderschaft Library, revised edition 2007.)
Download or read book The William Ward Genealogy the History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury Mass 1638 1925 written by Charles Martyn and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
