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 Dear Descendants written by Columbia J. Mankin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digitally scanned version of a two-volume type-written family history. The chapters were dictated by Columbia to Orla and later typed by Orla. Also includes "Orla's addendum," which contains comments and writings of Orla Vaughan, plus family photos

Download or read book The Descendants written by Kaui Hart Hemmings and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne Fortunes have changed for the King family, descendants of Hawaiian royalty and one of the state’s largest landowners. Matthew King’s daughters—Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old, and Alex, a seventeen-year-old recovering drug addict—are out of control, and their charismatic, thrill-seeking mother, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boat-racing accident. She will soon be taken off life support. As Matt gathers his wife’s friends and family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult situation is made worse by the sudden discovery that there’s one person who hasn’t been told: the man with whom Joanie had been having an affair. Forced to examine what they owe not only to the living but to the dead, Matt, Scottie, and Alex take to the road to find Joanie’s lover, on a memorable journey that leads to unforeseen humor, growth, and profound revelations.

Download or read book The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Making of AfricaTown USA written by Natalie S. Robertson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how African captives endured capture, imprisonment, the middle passage, and slavery in America only to persevere and found a free and vibrant community in America.

Download or read book History written by Josiah Lafayette Seward and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Boyd Family and Descendants written by William Philip Boyd and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Historical Journal of the More Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adam and Anne Mott Their Ancestors and Their Descendants written by Thomas Clapp Cornell and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book John Lee of Farmington Hartford Co Conn and His Descendants 1634 1900 written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of Horse Racing A Large Collection of Historical Articles on Horse Racing in England and America written by Various Authors and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A History of Horse Racing” contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of horse and horse racing in England and the Unites States. Contents include: “Every Horse Owners Cyclopedia, By J H Walsh”, “The American Trotting Horse”, “The Atlantic Monthly, By John Elderkin”, “A History Of The Turf And The Trotting Horse In America”, “Horse Racing Greats, By Alfred E T Watson”, “Mr. Peter Purcell Gilpin”, “The Badminton Magazine Of Sports And Pastimes - April 1904, By E. Somerville Tattersall”, etc. This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of horse racing. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on horses used for sports and utility.

Download or read book Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record written by Stephen Paschall Sharples and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book St Nicholas written by Mary Mapes Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book St Nicholas written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historical Collections of Harrison County in the State of Ohio written by Charles Augustus Hanna and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Survival The Saga of My Ancestors written by Lynne Gross and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: Survival: The Saga of My Ancestors describes five generations that emanated from Germany and Italy. It is based on research through ancestry.com and other internet sources as well as interviews with relatives and discoveries in long-forgotten closets and scrapbooks. It includes tales of immigration, settling, and dealing with successes and failures. The people depicted are hard-working, most of them in the steel related industries of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In addition to chapters on each of the four branches of the author's heritage, there are chapters that deal with the research process.

Download or read book Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their Descendants in America to the Present Generation written by Charles Edward Potter and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile reprint by Higginson Book Company.