Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
History and Genealogy of the Elliot Family in America
Author: Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. KaminkowPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316642
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
The Hazen Family in America
Author: Tracy Elliot HazenGenealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905
Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot EmersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
American and English genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: M.A. GilkeyPublisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Writings on American History
Author: A List of Some American Genealogies which Have Been Printed in Book Form
Author: Family Trees
Author: François WeilPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674076370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
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.
The Felmeres
Author: Sarah Barnwell ElliottPublisher:
ISBN: 9780988304406
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Bound by duty and honor to her father, the beautiful Helen matters her cousin, Philip Felmere, in hopes that love will follow. That same dedication to duty and honor prevent Helen from following her heart as she meets Felix Gordon. The genuine goodness of Felix brings a spark of life to Helen and inspires her own creativity. Having been raised with logic and reason in an age of faith, Helen is yet attracted to strong faith in others, like Felix. The ongoing battle between faith and reason plays itself out as a struggle within Helen, who ultimately must decide where she stands. This first Sarah Barnwell Elliott was well received and very favorably reviewed on its first publication in 1879, with two more printings following.