[PDF] Evertons Genealogical Helper 1976 eBook

Author : E. Kavasch
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,99 MB
Release : 2003-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595273971

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Ancestral Threads: Weaving Remembrance in Poetry & Essays & Family Folklore is a master piece of research, charting more than 20 years of delving into the secrets of mixed bloodlines. Poetry, dreams, essays, shamanic journeys, & family folklore embroider the pages amidst old photographs & early maps that help to weave more than 30 generations together reaaching back through time. The mysteries of mixed bloodlines & mingled ancestries blossom here with unusual color & grow evermore interesting when you see how everything weaves together. Ancestral Threads is an inspiring, multi-generational, multi-family saga honoring the ancestors & celebrating their enduring spirits with special affection. The Language of Flowers & Elizabethan Ethnobotany of Shakespeare embellish the early part of the book. Special essays, haiku, & haibun help sketch together some amazing experiences. This inspiring work delves deeply into the origins of names and sources of family origins in most stimulating ways!

Author : Erica L. Ball
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 22,64 MB
Release : 2017-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0820350842

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This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection—the first of its kind—invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize. The 1977 television adaptation was more than a blockbuster miniseries—it was a galvanizing national event, drawing a record-shattering viewership, earning thirty-eight Emmy nominations, and changing overnight the discourse on race, civil rights, and slavery. These essays—from emerging and established scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies—interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power in the United States and abroad. Taken together, the essays ask us to reconsider the limitations and possibilities of this work, which, although dogged by controversy, must be understood as one of the most extraordinary media events of the late twentieth century, a cultural touchstone of enduring significance. Contributors: Norvella P. Carter, Warren Chalklen, Elise Chatelain, Robert K. Chester, Clare Corbould, C. Richard King, David J. Leonard, Delia Mellis, Francesca Morgan, Tyler D. Parry, Martin Stollery, Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang, Bhekuyise Zungu

Author : Francesca Morgan
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1469664798

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From family trees written in early American bibles to birther conspiracy theories, genealogy has always mattered in the United States, whether for taking stock of kin when organizing a family reunion or drawing on membership—by blood or other means—to claim rights to land, inheritances, and more. And since the advent of DNA kits that purportedly trace genealogical relations through genetics, millions of people have used them to learn about their medical histories, biological parentage, and ethnic background. A Nation of Descendants traces Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage through three centuries. Francesca Morgan examines how specific groups throughout history grappled with finding and recording their forebears, focusing on Anglo-American white, Mormon, African American, Jewish, and Native American people. Morgan also describes how individuals and researchers use genealogy for personal and scholarly purposes, and she explores how local businesspeople, companies like Ancestry.com, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Finding Your Roots series powered the commercialization and commodification of genealogy.

Author : Outlet
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Reference
ISBN :

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Here, at last, is the book that will provide you with the shortcuts and sure-fire ways of tracing your ancestry, in simple, easy-to-understand language. Guaranteed to make you a winner in the genealogy game, "Tracing Your Roots" tells you what kinds of records are available and where to find them; how to gather information and record your findings; and how to avoid the pitfalls and deadends. It's all the practical advice you'll need to uncover your lineage. Are there any skeletons in your closet? You'll find out by tracing your roots.' from back cover.