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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours > Family history
Family history research has come a long way in the last few years
as the interenet makes information easily accessible to all.
However, the documents and records are still the same whether
viewed electronically, on microfilm or fiche, or in their original
form. This practical book focuses on these essential documents in
England and Wales, and guides you through them clearly and
sensibly. It explains where to find them and how to get the most
out of them when you do. Written by a professional researcher, it
will answer your questions and help solve your problems before they
arise, ensuring that you enjoy the fun and exhilaration of tracing
your family history.
This Book Is In Italian. Due to the very old age and scarcity of
this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the
blurring of the original text.
Beginning in Canadas earliest days, our ancestors were required
to perform some form of military service, often as militia. The
discovery that an ancestor served during one of the major conflicts
in our history is exciting. When you find a family name on a
Loyalist muster roll, a Canada General Service Medal with an
ancestors name engraved on it, a set of First World War attestation
papers, or a box of Second World War medals, you realize that one
of your ancestors faced challenging events beyond the scope of
ordinary living. There are ways to trace their journeys and thus
flesh out a more complete story of the history of your family.
A Call to the Colours provides the archival, library, and
computer resources that can be employed to explore your familys
military history, using items such as old photographs, documents,
uniforms, medals, and other militaria to guide the search. The book
is generously illustrated with examples of the sorts of artifacts
and documents you can find.
The origins of this book date from the 1990s when the author began
to research the history of his own country house in the Kent Downs
at Trimworth, near Canterbury. These early investigations led him
to see how Trimworth could be used as a case study in a voyage of
discovery which others could also enjoy. The book will be most
relevant to owners of country houses, providing a methodology for
the less experienced to trace an exciting pathway of inquiry. It is
based on an exploration of a wide range of maps and documentary
sources available from local, regional and national archive
centres. This fully illustrated guide encourages a systematic
process of research into the fascinating and topical subject of
house history and makes frequent reference to online sources.
The Cornish have for a long time long considered themselves a race
apart from the English and their origins are indeed more related to
those of the Welsh, Scottish and Breton peoples than to most others
east of the River Tamar. Almost every town and village in Cornwall
has been used as a surname, and the traditional Cornish trades of
fishing and mining have also provided inspiration for family names.
Features of the landscape such as hills and rivers have had a huge
effect, with many of these containing elements of some names which
can be tracked back to the old Celtic language, for example the
prefixes Pen (headland) and Pol (pool). A lot of names are tied to
a particular area of Cornwall: Rodda and Bottrell are seldom found
east of Penzance, whilst names like Odgers, Opie and Wearne are
most common in mid-Cornwall around the mining areas of Redruth and
Gwennap. Surnames can reveal a lot about family history, but their
origins can be difficult to trace. This handy lexicon, drawn
together from an exhaustive research, serves as an ideal starting
point for tracing ancestry. Packed with information about notable
families and migration, this is also an ideal book for anyone
interested in the story of Cornish people.
Winner of the Colorado Author's League Award for Creative
Nonfiction A 2010 Colorado Book Awards Finalist A FEAST Ezine Best
of 2009 (Nonfiction) Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative traces
Linda Tate's journey to rediscover the Cherokee-Appalachian branch
of her family and provides an unflinching examination of the
poverty, discrimination, and family violence that marked their
lives. In her search for the truth of her own past, Tate scoured
archives, libraries, and courthouses throughout Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, and Missouri, visited numerous
cemeteries, and combed through census records, marriage records,
court cases, local histories, old maps, and photographs. As she
began to locate distant relatives - fifth, sixth, seventh cousins,
all descended from her great-greatgrandmother Louisiana - they
gathered in kitchens and living rooms, held family reunions, and
swapped stories. A past that had long been buried slowly came to
light as family members shared the pieces of the family's tale that
had been passed along to them. Power in the Blood is a dramatic
family history that reads like a novel, as Tate's compelling
narrative reveals one mystery after another. Innovative and
groundbreaking in its approach to research and storytelling, Power
in the Blood shows that exploring a family story can enhance
understanding of history, life, and culture and that honest
examination of the past can lead to healing and liberation in the
present.
Winner of the Colorado Author's League Award for Creative
Nonfiction A 2010 Colorado Book Awards Finalist A FEAST Ezine Best
of 2009 (Nonfiction) Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative traces
Linda Tate's journey to rediscover the Cherokee-Appalachian branch
of her family and provides an unflinching examination of the
poverty, discrimination, and family violence that marked their
lives. In her search for the truth of her own past, Tate scoured
archives, libraries, and courthouses throughout Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, and Missouri, visited numerous
cemeteries, and combed through census records, marriage records,
court cases, local histories, old maps, and photographs. As she
began to locate distant relatives - fifth, sixth, seventh cousins,
all descended from her great-greatgrandmother Louisiana - they
gathered in kitchens and living rooms, held family reunions, and
swapped stories. A past that had long been buried slowly came to
light as family members shared the pieces of the family's tale that
had been passed along to them. Power in the Blood is a dramatic
family history that reads like a novel, as Tate's compelling
narrative reveals one mystery after another. Innovative and
groundbreaking in its approach to research and storytelling, Power
in the Blood shows that exploring a family story can enhance
understanding of history, life, and culture and that honest
examination of the past can lead to healing and liberation in the
present.
The Fens remained remote until the advent of the railways in the
1860s. Even when transport links improved many of the
long-established Fen families stayed put for the next 100 years,
wedded as they were to a way of life that was unique to this part
of England. Now, in the early years of the twenty-first century,
there are still long-established businesses, trades and professions
throughout the Fens that have been in the same family for
generations - and are still thriving, despite pressures from the
modern world of multinationals, cheap imports and online shopping.
Well-known local author Rex Sly, whose own family has been living
in the Fens since 1545, has researched the history of the
best-known Fenland families, names that everyone who lives in the
region will recognise. He has also interviewed many family members
and visited their homes, shops and businesses to build up a picture
that encompasses not only life in this unique area over the last
few centuries but also the thriving life of the Fens today.
Starting from a photograph and writings left by her grandmother,
acclaimed African-American novelist Thulani Davis goes looking for
the white folk" in her family, a Scots-Irish family of cotton
planters unknown to her-and uncovers a history far richer and
stranger than she had ever imagined. Her journey challenges us to
examine the origins of some of our most deeply ingrained notions
about what makes a family black or white, and offers an immensely
compelling, intellectually challenging alternative.
Farmers That Helped Shape America chronicles the settling of the
untamed wilderness that is today's western Maryland and the
participation of Isaac Van Sickle and his relatives in the Civil
War. It also explores other historical developments, such as
westward expansion; the building of the National Road; the B&O
Railroad and the C&O Canal and their impact on the mid-Atlantic
region. This recounting begins with the Van Sickle family, which
was one of the earliest settling families in today's western
Maryland. The Van Sickle family and a number of relatives played a
vital role in the Battle of Monocacy (commonly referred to as the
battle that saved Washington, D.C.) due to their service in the
Union army as members of the Third Potomac Home Brigade. The Van
Sickles's adventures were shared by untold tens of thousands of
hard working, poorly educated, patriotic young men from both the
north and south; Collins's retelling offers a unique insight into
their Civil War era service. This story of hardships, survival, and
courage of Collins's ancestors will remind the reader of the
selfless sacrifices that their own ancestors made in making and
defending freedom. The Van Sickles's story honors our past,
present, and future soldiers.
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