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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.
This newly updated illustrated guide provides a detailed insight
into the origins and history of tartan, from the very earliest
samples, through those worn by the warring clans in the Stuart
rebellions, to the Katsushika Japanese Dancers. The first section
details the story of tartan, with information on the way the fabric
and weaves developed, and how it became a symbol of resistance. The
main part of the book is a directory illustrating the major clan
tartans followed by international and modern tartans, with a wealth
of history and background to each. From the ancient Bruce family to
Neil Armstrong, who took his family tartan to the moon, tartan is
one of the most enduring symbols of national pride and individual
reputation. It is also a peculiarly inclusive, adaptable way of
proclaiming allegiance and belonging.
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.
This must-have third revised and newly expanded edition of the
only single reference source for information about state symbols
features over 300 information updates plus three new chapters,
updated license plate illustrations, and a newly formatted design
for ease of use. Libraries that hold earlier editions of this work
need this edition to keep their information on the states and
territories current. With the addition of new chapters on state and
territory universities, state and territory governors throughout
U.S. history, state professional sports teams, and a complete
revision of the chapter on state and territory fairs and festivals,
the work now totals 17 chapters of essential information that is a
treasure trove for students.
This completed redesigned reference work features chapters on
state and territory names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags,
capitals, flowers, trees, birds, songs, legal holidays and
observances, license plates, postage stamps, miscellaneous
designations, fairs and festivals, universities, governors,
professional sports teams, and a bibliography of state and
territory histories. The work features full-color illustrations of
every state and territory seal, flag, flower, tree, bird,
commemorative postage stamp, and license plate (updated for this
edition).
Descendants of Matthew Russell and Related Families of Jackson
County, Alabama, depicts the life of Matthew Russell and identifies
his descendants and their related families; some of whom settled in
Jackson County, Alabama. The book is divided into thirteen
independent Parts with each part representing the earliest known
progenitor and lineage of that particular family. Some of the
families identified herein are Allen, Allison, Arnold, Cabe,
Crawford, Davis, Doran, Harwell, Henry, Jenkins, Loyd, Lyda,
McClatchey, McCrary, Millican, Owens, Phillips, Prince, Rorex,
Rudder, Sanders, Smith, Stewart, Talley, Taylor, Thomas, Thornton,
Walker, Wallace, Williams, Wimberly, and Wynne, plus many more. For
continuity purposes spouses are shown in both families and children
are initially identified with their parents; when appropriate
children are further identified within the text. Connections
between various families are shown by cross-references. Collecting
and organizing this vast amount of information and materials
occurred over a period of thirty-five years. It represents the
efforts of many family historians who shared their carefully
preserved memorabilia with the author to assure that memories of
their families would never fade. Many contributors are identified
within the text while others are shown in endnotes. The combined
efforts of everyone involved in this endeavor accumulated more than
eight thousand individually indexed names. Expanded Foreword and
Introduction inserts, hopefully, will enhance the readability of
the work. The Foreword defines and describes the book's
organization and presentation. The Introduction attempts to create
an awareness in the reader of the conditions someimmigrants faced
in their country of origin that probably influenced their decisions
to undertake the arduous ocean voyage to America; it also touches
on various problems they immediately encountered upon arrival and
subsequent settlement. Family units diminish with the passing of
each generation. Genealogy provides a record and link of our
forefathers to those families of the future. Through genealogy
there will always be a record of a family's journey through time.
In arguing that the early Stuarts maintained a consistent yet
uncomplicated policy of encouraging cooperation among their
subjects, this work offers a new perspective on the role of
multiple monarchy in the early modern British kingdoms. It has been
generally accepted that James VI (James I of Britain) abandoned
most efforts aimed at British unity following the failed
Anglo-Scottish union negotiations of 1604-1607. This study asserts
that James' desire for British unity and inter-kingdom cooperation
should not be assessed within the context of that aborted political
effort but, instead, should be analyzed as a long-term project.
Union designs predated his ascension to the English throne by some
twenty years and continued up to his death in 1625.
James was mindful of the possibilities for cooperation which
were inherent in inter-kingdom defense policies, trade practices,
colonial projects, and foreign policy. Many of the assumptions that
caused James to project encompassing policies were continued by
Charles I, an unstudied element of British continuity between the
two reigns. Ultimately, failure to emphasize the need for British
unity in relation to a variety of civil policies would be an
important factor in the fall of the Stuart monarchy during the
British civil wars of the 1640s.
Traitors of The American Dream Base On True Events. We have
corruption among our justice, legal system and polititicians.We
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unprotected poor and middle class people payed a horrible
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"Contrary to popular wisdom, American Quakers did not first appear
in Pennsylvania, the Quaker State, in 1682. Rather they appeared in
1655 in Virginia. In the 330-odd years thereafter, the Friendly
Virginians, as I have come to call them, have stood for peace and
against violence, for religious freedom, civil rights and women's
rights. They have striven to end war, change the penal system and
aid Native Americans. Their world view has affected their lives and
characters and also, as you read, the ways of the larger society."
*From the Preface. Chapters include: The Quaker Way Comes to
Virginia, 1655-1660 which opens on a street corner in the city of
London in the summer of 1654; Virginia's Quakers and the Right to
Worship as One Wishes, 1660-1663; In Which the Truth is Crushed to
Earth, 1664-1677; The Friendly Virginians Become Somewhat
Respectable, 1677-1700; At Last within the Law, 1700-1733; West of
the Blue Ridge, 1733-1750; The Quaker Way Alters Course, 1750-1763;
Farewell, Britannia, 1763-1775; The Friendly Virginians and the
American Revolution, 1775-1781; After So Many Ages, 1782-1800; To
the Westward Waters, 1800-1820; The Blood of Christ, 1820-1833; On
Laying Down Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1833-1850; O, Virginia
Virginia 1850-1865; They Leap the Hedge, 1865-1900; Thee Interests
Me, 1900-1950; and, I Think of the Great Work, 1950-Now.
Photographs, a map, an appendix listing Quaker Meetings in
Virginia, a bibliography, and a full-name index enhance the text.
"The silence of Barbara Synge" provides a fascinating companion
volume to Bill McCormack's acclaimed "Fool of the Family" (2000), a
biography of the playwright J.M. Synge (1871--1909).
Taking the alledged death of Mrs John Hatch (née Synge) in 1767
as a focal point, this book explores the varied strands of the
Synge family tree in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland.
Key events in the family's history are carefully documented,
including a suicide in 1769 which is echoed in an early Synge play,
the effects of the famine which influenced The "Playboy of the
Western World" in 1907, and the behavior of Francis Synge at the
time of the union.
"The Silence of Barbara Synge" is a unique work of cultural
enquiry, combining archival research, literary criticism, and
religious and medical history to pull the strands together and
relate them to the family's literary descendent J.M. Synge.
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