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"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter,...
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[2021]
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English
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"Contending that the U.S. was the earliest western country to embrace genealogy on a mass level, Francesca Morgan traces Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage from the early republic to the present day, showing how it evolved from a largely elite phenomenon practiced by white men of western European descent to a commercial enterprise reaching people of diverse backgrounds. In the first half of the book, Morgan examines how specific groups...
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"Family history researchers are shown in this book the importance of American land records, especially for the time period when vital records don't exist and when census records only listed the head of the household. The book also shows how to use and interpret land records, with examples."--Goodreads.com.
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[2024]
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English
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"A writer in search of his roots discovers stories of African American struggle, sacrifice, and achievement. In The Garretts of Columbia, author David Nicholson tells a multigenerational story of Black hope and resilience. Carefully researched and beautifully written, The Garretts of Columbia engages readers with stories of a family whose members believed in the possibility of America. Nicholson relates the sacrifices, defeats, and affirming victories...
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2020.
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"More than 30 million people may be descended from the Mayflower passengers. Here, for the first time, are gathered lineages of the most famous descendants of the Pilgrims, ranging from John Adams and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Amelia Earhart and Katherine Hepburn, among scores of other notables"--Page 4 of cover
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Special publications of the National Genealogical Society volume no. 102
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2011.
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English
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Special publications of the National Genealogical Society volume no. 108
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2013.
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English
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[2020]
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English
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"Between the late 1700s and 1924 New York was a key gateway for millions who journeyed to the United States to establish new lives. Today, millions of Americans descend from immigrants who passed through Ellis Island and Castle Garden. Tracing Immigrants through the Port of New York: Early National Period to 1924 details the records and research strategies for use when tracing immigrants who passed through New York City. Genealogists, family historians,...
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1724
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English
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The Henry W. Pilch Collection documents the history of land usage in Northern New Jersey along with many of the families who lived and worked there. Pilch enjoyed a long career as an attorney, and these records represent the product of years conducting research on real estate transactions. He also spent decades working as a local historian and genealogist, and was active in many societies dedicated to the preservation and use of historical records....
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