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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).
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.
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.
The long reign of Henry III (1216-1272) was one of the most
significan in English history. It was the implantation of the Magna
Carta into political life, the development of parliament and the
rise of English national feeling. Reforms in 1258 reduced the king
to a cipher and led to a civil war which culminated in the rule of
Simon de Montfort: revolutionary events which had no parallel until
the 1640's. In recent years, D.A. Carpenter has played a leading
part in this reinterpretation of this momentus and exciting period.
The Reign of Henry III contains important new pieces on the dating
and making of Magna Carta; on justice and jurisdiction under John
and Henry III; on the beginnings of parliament; on Matthew Paris
and Henry III's speech at the exchequer in 1256; and on the burial
of Henry III, the regalia and royal ideology.The volume also
discusses the whole nature of Henry III's personal rule, the
immediate causes of the revolution of 1258, the rise of Simon de
Montfort, the explosive development of English national feeling,
the social and economic position of the gentry, the role of
peasants in politics, and Henry III's relations with both the Tower
of London and the Cosmati work at Westminster Abbey. This
wide-ranging volume of essays will be indsispensable for students
of English medieval history.
Traitors of The American Dream Base On True Events. We have
corruption among our justice, legal system and polititicians.We
have law maker that make laws that leave American citizen rights
unprotected poor and middle class people payed a horrible
price.This book will make it plain how.they do it.This corruption
has been going on for more than twenty years..I have proof that go
back twenty years.It's happening right now all over American people
rights volated for greed.They don't tell on themselves.I love
America and all its peaple.This book will tell you. what will
happen.If the issues in this book are not address.. America can not
move forward.The republican party can't go back and can't go
forward.The republican party old and out dated for changing.
America and the world, They don't have a plan and they want to put
President Obama health care plan in tollet.For most American that's
all they need to know.I can clearly see who cares about the
american people.This book has and important message for america
'The particular Bellamys I am writing about here arrived in the New
World very early on, certainly no later than 1710 and possibly as
early as 1634. It was a time of great upheaval in England, from
whence they came, and we do not know expressly why they came. But
there are a number of likely reasons.."
Joe David Bellamy's "The Bellamys of Early Virginia" provides
the historical background as well as the hard evidence for a
clearer understanding of this quintessentially American family. It
is based on over a decade of original research into the genealogy
and family history of the early Bellamys in areas of Virginia where
many of the vital records were destroyed in the Revolutionary War,
the War of 1812, and the Civil War. This book cites numerous
previously undiscovered sources, corrects many misconceptions, and
puts forth compelling suggestions for further research.
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