[PDF] American And English Genealogies In The Library Of Congress 2nd Ed eBook

Author : Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806316673

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This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

Author : Loretto Dennis Szucs
Publisher : Ancestry Publishing
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781593312770

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Genealogists and other historical researchers have valued the first two editions of this work, often referred to as the genealogist's bible."" The new edition continues that tradition. Intended as a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary resources, The Source also functions as an instructional tool for novice genealogists and a refresher course for experienced researchers. More than 30 experts in this field--genealogists, historians, librarians, and archivists--prepared the 20 signed chapters, which are well written, easy to read, and include many helpful hints for getting the most out of whatever information is acquired. Each chapter ends with an extensive bibliography and is further enriched by tables, black-and-white illustrations, and examples of documents. Eight appendixes include the expected contact information for groups and institutions that persons studying genealogy and history need to find. ""

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Subject catalogs
ISBN :

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A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.

Author : François Weil
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 23,71 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674076370

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The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, established local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kinship ties. This long and varied history of Americans’ search for identity illuminates the story of America itself, according to François Weil, as fixations with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way in the twentieth century to an embrace of diverse ethnicity and heritage. Seeking out one’s ancestors was a genteel pursuit in the colonial era, when an aristocratic pedigree secured a place in the British Atlantic empire. Genealogy developed into a middle-class diversion in the young republic. But over the next century, knowledge of one’s family background came to represent a quasi-scientific defense of elite “Anglo-Saxons” in a nation transformed by immigration and the emancipation of slaves. By the mid-twentieth century, when a new enthusiasm for cultural diversity took hold, the practice of tracing one’s family tree had become thoroughly democratized and commercialized. Today, Ancestry.com attracts over two million members with census records and ship manifests, while popular television shows depict celebrities exploring archives and submitting to DNA testing to learn the stories of their forebears. Further advances in genetics promise new insights as Americans continue their restless pursuit of past and place in an ever-changing world.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806316680

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Previously published by Magna Carta, Baltimore. Published as a set by Genealogical Publishing with the two vols. of the Genealogies in the Library of Congress, and the two vols. of the Supplement. Set ISBN is 0806316691.