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Book A Norwegian Family in Colonial America

Download or read book A Norwegian Family in Colonial America written by Peter R. Christoph and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradt Family

Book A Norwegian Family in Colonial America

Download or read book A Norwegian Family in Colonial America written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also includes the family of Arent Andrieseen Bradt, brother of Albert Andriessen Bradt, and ancestor of the Schenectady, New York, branch of the Bradt family.

Book Navigating Colonial Orders

Download or read book Navigating Colonial Orders written by Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in Antarctica; large-scale plantation owners in Mozambique and Hawai’i; big business men in South Africa; jacks of all trades in the Solomon Islands; timber merchants on Zanzibar’ coffee farmers in Kenya; and King Leopold’s footmen in Congo. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that are often ignored or obscured by the national histories of former colonial powers. It charts the entrepreneurial routes chosen by various Norwegians and the places they ventured, while demonstrating the importance of recognizing the complicity of such “non-colonial colonials” for understanding the complexity of colonial history.

Book Journey to a New Land

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joan Bradt Wood
  • Publisher : Oakville, Ont. : The Author
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Journey to a New Land written by Joan Bradt Wood and published by Oakville, Ont. : The Author. This book was released on 1999 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written as a social history, this book involves the Bradt family originating with two brothers from Fredrikstad, Norway, perhaps as descendants of the Vikings. It traces their journey to the Netherlands , and in 1637, to North America. The author surveys the family's establishment in Albany and Schenectady, New York State...through the era of the American Revolution, including the families that moved to Ontario, Canada at the end of the Eighteenth Century as United Empire Loyalists...The progeny from the two brothers who sailed from Amsterdam in 1637 now numbers in the thousands across North America 360 years later"--Back cover.

Book Historic Tales of Bethlehem  New York

Download or read book Historic Tales of Bethlehem New York written by Susan E. Leath and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bethlehem's bucolic countryside and bustling suburbs reflect the town's rich history. Uncover the stories that shaped the town from its Dutch settlement to today. Nathaniel Adams, along with his wife, Rhogenia, opened a stagecoach inn and became the first postmaster in what is now Delmar. The opening of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad broadened travel and freight transportation. The LaGrange family farmed the same land for over two centuries and exemplified the region's deep agricultural roots. Suburbs flourished in the region following World War II. Drawing from her articles that first appeared in Our Towne Bethlehem, town historian Susan E. Leath celebrates the enduring community spirit of Bethlehem with this fascinating collection of essays.

Book The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide

Download or read book The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide written by David A. Fryxell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trace your Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish ancestors! This convenient guide will help you discover your Northern European family history while optimizing your research time. Highlights include: • Strategies for identifying immigrant Scandinavian ancestors, plus how to trace them back to Europe from North America • Methods for locating Swedish genealogy records, Norwegian genealogy records, or Danish genealogy records within your family's town of origin • Detailed guides to finding and decoding common Scandinavian records, including: church records, civil registration records, census returns, property deeds, military records, and many more • Quick guides to Scandinavian history, geography, and language • Historical timelines, sample records, and resource lists that will bring your family history to life If your family tree includes Swedish roots, Danish roots, or Norwegian roots, The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide is a must-have for your genealogy research.

Book History of the Norwegian People in America

Download or read book History of the Norwegian People in America written by Olaf Morgan Norlie and published by Minneapolis, Minn. : Augsburg Publishing House. This book was released on 1925 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background history of Norway, immigration, organizations and people in Norweigna-America.

Book Norwegian American Studies

Download or read book Norwegian American Studies written by Norwegian-American Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity

Download or read book Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity written by Magdalena Naum and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​ ​In Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians present case studies that focus on the scope and impact of Scandinavian colonial expansion in the North, Africa, Asia and America as well as within Scandinavia itsself. They discuss early modern thinking and theories made valid and developed in early modern Scandinavia that justified and propagated participation in colonial expansion. The volume demonstrates a broad and comprehensive spectrum of archaeological, anthropological and historical research, which engages with a variation of themes relevant for the understanding of Danish and Swedish colonial history from the early 17th century until today. The aim is to add to the on-going global debates on the context of the rise of the modern society and to revitalize the field of early modern studies in Scandinavia, where methodological nationalism still determines many archaeological and historical studies. Through their theoretical commitment, critical outlook and application of postcolonial theories the contributors to this book shed a new light on the processes of establishing and maintaining colonial rule, hybridization and creolization in the sphere of material culture, politics of resistance, and responses to the colonial claims. This volume is a fantastic resource for graduate students and researchers in historical archaeology, Scandinavia, early modern history and anthropology of colonialism

Book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record

Download or read book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record written by Richard Henry Greene and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Opening Statements

    Book Details:
  • Author : Albert M. Rosenblatt
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • Release : 2013-07-09
  • ISBN : 1438446594
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book Opening Statements written by Albert M. Rosenblatt and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No society can function without laws, that set of established practices and expectations that guide the way people get along with one another and relate to ruling authorities. Although much has been written about the English roots of American law and jurisprudence, little attention has been paid until recently to the legacy left by the Dutch. In Opening Statements, a broad spectrum of eminent scholars examine the legal heritage that New Netherland bequeathed to New York in the seventeenth century. Even after the transfer of the colony to England placed New York under English Common Law rather than Dutch Roman Law, the Dutch system of jurisprudence continued to influence evolving American concepts of governance, liberty, women's rights, and religious freedom in ways that still resonate in today's legal culture. "Opening Statements addresses only a short chapter in the long history of America. Its judgments will not be without dispute, but then, as the eminent Dutch historian Pieter Geyl once wrote: 'History is an argument without end.' There can be no doubt, however, as to the value of those seeds of freedom that were deeply planted in New Netherland. They produced a revolutionary harvest that causes us to appreciate what the Dutch inspired. A small country, the Netherlands—yes—but always a powerful ally for America in the unending struggle for a well-ordered society where freedom and justice prevail." — from the Foreword by William J. vanden Heuvel

Book Deacons  Accounts  1652 1674  First Dutch Reformed Church of Beverwyck Albany  New York

Download or read book Deacons Accounts 1652 1674 First Dutch Reformed Church of Beverwyck Albany New York written by Janny Venema and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Margaret Elizabeth Ferrel Hayes and Her Ancestors

Download or read book Margaret Elizabeth Ferrel Hayes and Her Ancestors written by Edward R. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Scandinavian

Download or read book The American Scandinavian written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Writing the Family Narrative

Download or read book Writing the Family Narrative written by Lawrence P. Gouldrup and published by Ancestry Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last! Here is a clear, concise, and highly readable explanation of how to write your family history. This book was written for the genealogist who has compiled scores of pedigree charts and family group sheets, has spent years poring over forgotten manuscripts and staring into dimly-lit microfilm readers, and who now wants to bring it all together into a final narrative form. In a timely and interesting manner, the author shows how you can compose a controlled and focused rendition of your family's story.