The Long Way Home (Family Tree #2)

The Long Way Home (Family Tree #2)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545576474

Four girls. Four generations. One family.The second entry in the beautiful new series from Ann M. Martin. Dana is Abby's daughter -- but she's always been much closer to her father, Zander. He's a celebrated New York author who encourages Dana's artistic talents . . . even if he sometimes drinks too much. Dana is on his side in any argument, regardless of whether he's wrong. And then her father dies. After years of moving, often with her mother and three siblings, Dana is angry at Abby and wants nothing more than to leave her family and get back to New York City. She moves in with her young, bohemian aunt Adele, determined to study art, attend school, achieve independence, and avoid all the mistakes her mother made. But can she leave her family and Maine behind?

Isla's Family Tree

Isla's Family Tree
Author: Katrina McKelvey
Publisher: EK Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781925820379

Isla isn’t happy that her family is changing, so her mother creates a clever family tree with Isla to teach her how to accept that families always grow. Her mother hands her two new leaves, but Isla doesn’t think they belong. "There’s no room left on our branch — it’s full!" she says. Isla tries to make them fit somewhere, maybe with her cousins, at Aunty Violet and Aunty Jasmine’s house, or at Aunty Daisy and Uncle Doug’s. There’s definitely no room on her branch though! However, once she meets her new brothers she has a change of heart. She falls in love and finds room for them after all — "Our branch grew a little," says Isla. "Our family is never too full." Isla’s Family Tree is the perfect book for any family needing to find a way to introduce new family members, or to show children how they belong in their own family. The book explores important issues surrounding familial change and acceptance, while also providing a glimpse into a diverse family. Including adopted cousins and same-sex couples, it highlights that every family is normal. There are no rules about what a family looks like in a forest full of family trees.

The Kids' Family Tree Book

The Kids' Family Tree Book
Author: Caroline Leavitt
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781402747151

Uses projects and ideas for research to show children how to trace their families' histories.

Me and My Family Tree

Me and My Family Tree
Author: Joan Sweeney
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524768502

Where am I on my family tree? A beloved bestseller that shows children how to understand their place among their relatives, now refreshed with new art from Emma Trithart. Who is part of your family? How are they related to you? In this edition of Me and My Family Tree, with new art by Emma Trithart, a young girl uses simple language, her own childlike drawings, and diagrams to explain how the members of her family are related to each other and to her. Clear, colorful, detailed artwork and a fill-in family tree in the back help make the parts of the family--from siblings to grandparents to cousins--understandable to very young readers.

Family Trees of the Bible

Family Trees of the Bible
Author: Willard W. Pulkrabek
Publisher: Vantage Press, Inc
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780533156078

Simply fascinating for Bible scholar and neophyte alike, these family trees shed new light on the lineages of biblical men and women from Aaron to Zimri, their marriages, illicit affairs, and the offspring they produced. This encyclopedic study of over 130 main characters in the Christian Bible provides reference sources for Bible study as well as a better visualization of the relationships between various characters.

Your Family Tree Online

Your Family Tree Online
Author: Graeme Davis
Publisher: How To Books
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2009-07-31
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1848033559

This is a step-by-step guide to using the wealth of online records to trace your family tree from your own computer, without the need to travel to national and regional record offices. Whether you are a novice or an experienced genealogist, and whether you plan to devote just a few hours of your time or embark on a life-time hobby, this book will guide you through the mass of records available - birth, marriage and death, the census, and much, much more - so that you can trace your line back hundreds of years. You will also learn how to upload your results to the internet, both to preserve your family's heritage and to connect with relatives, so that you can exchange photos and reminiscences. Contents: Welcome!; 1. What the internet offers the genealogist; 2. How to start; 3. Finding records of birth, marriage and death; 4. Using census records; 5. Other major sources; 6. Military; 7. Wills and where to find them online; 8. Migration; 9. Newspapers; 10. Occupations; 11. The poor and workhouse records; 12. Noble ancestors; 13. Directories; 14. School and university records; 15. Working with the wider context; 16. Family medical history; 17. DNA; 18. Working with names; 19. Recording your family tree; 20. Online recording options; 21. Problems of online trees; 22. Finding living relatives; 23. Genealogical miscellany; 24. Accent and dialect; 25. Final; Key websites; Index

The Family Tree Problem Solver

The Family Tree Problem Solver
Author: Marsha Hoffman Rising
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2011-03-23
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1440311951

Proven Solutions for Your Research Challenges Has your family history research hit a brick wall? Marsha Hoffman Rising's best-selling book The Family Tree Problem Solver has the solutions to help you find the answers you seek.Inside you'll find: • Ideas on how to find vital records before civil registration • Tips for finding ''missing'' ancestors on censuses • Instructions for investigating collateral kin to further your pedigree • A look at advanced court records and how they can help you find answers • Work-arounds for lost or destroyed records • Techniques for correctly identifying and researching ancestors with common names • Methods for finding ancestors who lived before 1850 • Case studies that show how to apply the author’s advice to real-life research roadblocks • Strategies for analyzing your problem and creating a successful research plan This revised edition also includes new information about online research techniques and a look at the role of DNA research. Plus you'll find a glossary of genealogy terms and more than a dozen templates for charts and logs to help you organize and record your research. Let The Family Tree Problem Solver help you find the answers you need today.

Doing Family in Second-Generation British Migration Literature

Doing Family in Second-Generation British Migration Literature
Author: Corinna Assmann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2018-09-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 311060387X

Due to the large-scale global transformations of the 20th century, migration literature has become a vibrant genre over the last decades. In these novels, issues of transcultural identity and belonging naturally feature prominently. This study takes a closer look at the ways in which the idea of family informs processes of identity construction. It explores changing roles and meanings of the diasporic family as well as intergenerational family relations in a migration setting in order to identify the specific challenges, problems, and possibilities that arise in this context. This book builds on insights from different fields of family research (e.g. sociology, psychology, communication studies, memory studies) to provide a conceptual framework for the investigation of synchronic and diachronic family constellations and connections. The approach developed in this study not only sheds new light on contemporary British migration literature but can also prove fruitful for analyses of families in literature more generally. By highlighting the relevance and multifaceted nature of doing family, this study also offers new perspectives for transcultural memory studies.

The Invisible History of the Human Race

The Invisible History of the Human Race
Author: Christine Kenneally
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2015-01-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1458798704

A New York Times Notable Book of 2014 We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? What role does Neanderthal DNA play in our genetic makeup? How did the theory of eugenics embraced by Nazi Germany first develop? How is trust passed down in Africa, and silence inherited in Tasmania? How are private companies like Ancestry.com uncovering, preserving and potentially editing the past? In The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally reveals that, remarkably, it is not only our biological history that is coded in our DNA, but also our social history. She breaks down myths of determinism and draws on cutting - edge research to explore how both historical artefacts and our DNA tell us where we have come from and where we may be going.