History And Genealogy
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Author | : François Weil |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2013-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674076370 |
The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, established local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kinship ties. This long and varied history of Americans’ search for identity illuminates the story of America itself, according to François Weil, as fixations with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way in the twentieth century to an embrace of diverse ethnicity and heritage. Seeking out one’s ancestors was a genteel pursuit in the colonial era, when an aristocratic pedigree secured a place in the British Atlantic empire. Genealogy developed into a middle-class diversion in the young republic. But over the next century, knowledge of one’s family background came to represent a quasi-scientific defense of elite “Anglo-Saxons” in a nation transformed by immigration and the emancipation of slaves. By the mid-twentieth century, when a new enthusiasm for cultural diversity took hold, the practice of tracing one’s family tree had become thoroughly democratized and commercialized. Today, Ancestry.com attracts over two million members with census records and ship manifests, while popular television shows depict celebrities exploring archives and submitting to DNA testing to learn the stories of their forebears. Further advances in genetics promise new insights as Americans continue their restless pursuit of past and place in an ever-changing world.
Author | : North Carolina Genealogical Society |
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Release | : 1996-02-20 |
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ISBN | : 9780936370248 |
Author | : Robert M. Taylor |
Publisher | : Mercer University Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780865541689 |
This book discusses the history of genealogy in the United States, and tries to not only bring genealogy into the main stream of historical sources, but also demonstrate the serviceability of genealogy to historians.
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Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2000-11 |
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Ancestry magazine focuses on genealogy for today’s family historian, with tips for using Ancestry.com, advice from family history experts, and success stories from genealogists across the globe. Regular features include “Found!” by Megan Smolenyak, reader-submitted heritage recipes, Howard Wolinsky’s tech-driven “NextGen,” feature articles, a timeline, how-to tips for Family Tree Maker, and insider insight to new tools and records at Ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine is published 6 times yearly by Ancestry Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com.
Author | : Charles Nash Page |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Thomas Page was living at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, in 1755, when he was admitted to full communion in the Lunenberg Congregational Church. He was perhaps the son of Samuel Page (1672-1747?) of Lunenburg, and a descendant of Sir Hugh Page, who lived at Ebor, Yorkshire, England, in 1257. Thomas Page married Dorothy Houghton (d. 1758) in December 1755 and they moved to Leomister, Massachusetts. They had two children, 1756-1758. He married 2) Mary Knight in 1759. They had seven children, 1760-1764. Thomas served in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts. They family migrated to Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1788, to Westminster, Vermont, in 1788, and to Rockingham, Vermont, ca. 1790. Descendants listed lived in Vermont, New York, Ohio, Ontario, and elsewhere.
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Publisher | : Clearfield |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2011-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780806312989 |
Author | : Charles James Fox Binney |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2017-10-11 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780265175682 |
Excerpt from The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, Etc., From 1631 to 1883 The writer would express his thanks to those who have sent many records in their line. Especially to L. 11. Prentice.of Chicago, for his valuable aid and interest in the work, without which he would have abandoned it as a thankless task, in trying to preserve information valuable to the name. Though there appear to be no millionnaires of the name, the stock is good, and each pursues his individual calling in comfortable circumstances, as believed, and respected by neighbors and friends. A number follow Franklin's profession. Should a gathering of the whole clan be had at any time, with those connected, it would bring a small army together, and be a pleasant reunion, as a few separate branches have had heretofore. The writer now intro duces the present to the past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2005-09 |
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Ancestry magazine focuses on genealogy for today’s family historian, with tips for using Ancestry.com, advice from family history experts, and success stories from genealogists across the globe. Regular features include “Found!” by Megan Smolenyak, reader-submitted heritage recipes, Howard Wolinsky’s tech-driven “NextGen,” feature articles, a timeline, how-to tips for Family Tree Maker, and insider insight to new tools and records at Ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine is published 6 times yearly by Ancestry Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com.
Author | : Hiram Carleton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1070 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Vermont |
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Author | : Ezra Scollay Stearns |
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Total Pages | : 838 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : New Hampshire |
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