Meet Your Ancestors

Meet Your Ancestors
Author: Diane Marelli
Publisher: How To Books Ltd
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781857039085

Provides an introduction to the whole process of discovering your own family history. Topics covered include searching for birth, marriage and death cerificates, census and church records, newspaper archives, and using the Internet. How to think laterally to solve mysteries, asking for help, storing your records and other useful tips.

Meet Our Ancestors

Meet Our Ancestors
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 562
Release: 1994
Genre:
ISBN:

Ancestors include: John Loudin (fl. 1789-1795) of Ireland, Pennsylvania, and Harrison County, Virginia; Adonijah Thomas (b. ca. 1790) of Virginia and Tennessee; and John Hembree (b. ca. 1795) of Tennessee; Joseph Baird (ca. 1774-before 1811) of Ireland and North Carolina; and William Walden (ca. 1808-after 1870) of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Honoring Our Ancestors

Honoring Our Ancestors
Author: Harriet Rohmer
Publisher: Children's Book Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1999
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780892391585

Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.

Meeting the Family

Meeting the Family
Author: Donovan Webster
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2010
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN: 1426205732

Relates the author's DNA-guided quest for his ancestry, which took him through time and across continents, learning lessons about evolution, genetics, and the amazing diversity of human culture along the way.

Meet the Ancestors

Meet the Ancestors
Author: Julian D. Richards
Publisher: BBC Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Presenting archaeological examinations of nine burials, this book unearths the secrets of the past and pieces together ancient clues to deduce how each individual lived and died. Each of the nine chapters focuses on one burial, the story of which unfolds as the excavation and analysis progress.

Lessons from Our Ancestors

Lessons from Our Ancestors
Author: Raksha Dave
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Join archaeologist Raksha Dave on an unforgettable journey back through time as she explores ancient cultures that built sustainable cities, established public hospitals, supported gender equality, and more in Lessons from Our Ancestors: Uncovering Ancient World Wisdom, featuring illustrations by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong. Rediscover the ancient world as you’ve never seen it before and meet: The women and children who painted the world’s oldest-known cave art Black pharaohs, forgotten from Ancient Egypt’s history The Indus civilization who built a sustainable city Female warriors who led battles in Ancient China Workers who migrated to Machu Picchu Peaceful Viking traders The African engineers behind Great Zimbabwe Indigenous peoples of North America who built cosmopolitan cities and lived in harmony with nature and more . . . Archaeologist and broadcaster Raksha Dave casts a spotlight on forgotten histories and misrepresented stories using 50 objects unearthed during archaeological digs to show how we discover more about ancient civilizations. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on our past to inspire you to build a better future.

Our Ellsworth Ancestors

Our Ellsworth Ancestors
Author: German Edgar Ellsworth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1959
Genre: Mormons
ISBN:

Josiah Ellsworth was born about 1629 and immigrated about 1646 from England to Windsor, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Holcomb in 1654, and died in 1689. Some of his direct descendants became Mormon converts. Includes Edmund Lovel Ellsworth's autobiography.