Excerpt from The Deland Family in America: A Biographical Genealogy Genealogy is history as related to our forebears and their issue. This should be a fascinating study to those whose line of descent is clear and whose ancestors and relatives, as in case Of many Old American families, have been persons Of creditable character and achievements. It passes under standing how anyone can be interested in examining and classifying remains of prehuman life or in discovery Of ancient pots and coins indicative of the kind Of existence which primitive races of men experienced yet care little or nothing for the records Of his own people. 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.