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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours
This work is a treasure trove of Link history and genealogy. The
history section opens with a discussion of the early history of the
Link family, followed by an examination of why the family patriarch
John Jacob Link left Germany and migrated to America, and his
arrival in America. This section includes individual chapters
devoted to over a dozen significant Links, including "Ida and Her
Sons-the Eisenhowers." The bulk of the text is devoted to a
detailed Link genealogy, spanning eight generations. Facsimile
reprints of original documents, portraits, maps, appendices, a
bibliography, and a full-name index enrich this work.
Publisher's Note: This title is not available in trade paperback
format. Please call 1-888-795-4274 x.141 for further information.
The popularity of amateur genealogy and family history has soared
in recent times. Genealogy, Psychology and Identity explores this
popular international pastime and offers reasons why it informs our
sense of who we are, and our place in both contemporary culture and
historical context. We will never know any of the people we
discover from our histories in person, but for several reasons we
recognize that their lives shaped ours. Paula Nicolson draws on her
experiences tracing her own family history to show how people can
connect with archival material, using documents and texts to expand
their knowledge and understanding of the psychosocial experiences
of their ancestors. Key approaches to identity and relationships
lend clues to our own lives but also to what psychosocial factors
run across generations. Attachment and abandonment, trusting, being
let down, becoming independent, migration, health and money, all
resonate with the psychological experiences that define the
outlooks, personalities and the ways that those who came before us
related to others. Nicolson highlights the importance of genealogy
in the development of identity and the therapeutic potential of
family history in cultivating well-being that will be of interest
to those researching their own family tree, genealogists and
counsellors, as well as students and researchers in social
psychology and social history.
In over 300 densely packed, oversized pages (including 140 index
pages), members of the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society have
rendered a faithful accounting of over 5,000 marriages and
applications for marriage on file from the county's inception until
1881. In all, these records touch on roughly 50,000 brides and
grooms, plus their parents and witnesses.
This book traces the history of the Fitzhugh Family of
Bedfordshire, England from the first Hugh and his wife Joyce, who
were living in 1223 and from whom the family name derives, down to
William Fitzhugh the Immigrant (1651-1701) who founded the Fitzhugh
Family of Virginia. For the first four centuries it draws upon the
work of the late Terrick V. H. FitzHugh, a noted genealogist. The
latter pages of the book continue from William's son John in an
unbroken line to the present author. There are 509 pages, 152,000
words, 778 footnotes and endnotes, a synoptic summary, 21 pages of
family trees, 14 maps, 16 illustrations, and 47 photographs. A
total of eleven Appendices discuss subjects such as the correct
Coat of Arms of the Family, the Fitzhugh China Pattern, family
sites in Bedfordshire, and the relationship of our Family to the
Barons FitzHugh, the Magna Carta, and other Fitzhugh families. A
full index is provided.
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