Author: Doris Cline WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The Heritage of Old Buncombe County
Author: Doris Cline WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, North Carolina: 1987
Author: Doris Cline WardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780894592492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Asheville and Buncombe County
Author: Forster Alexander SondleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asheville (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Black Heritage of Western North Carolina
Author: Lenwood G. DavisPublisher: Grateful Steps
ISBN: 1935130552
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print
Author: To Right These Wrongs
Author: Robert R. KorstadPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807895741
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
When Governor Terry Sanford established the North Carolina Fund in 1963, he saw it as a way to provide a better life for the "tens of thousands whose family income is so low that daily subsistence is always in doubt." Illustrated with evocative photographs by Billy Barnes, To Right These Wrongs offers a lively account of this pioneering effort in America's War on Poverty. Robert Korstad and James Leloudis describe how the Fund's initial successes grew out of its reliance on private philanthropy and federal dollars and its commitment to the democratic mobilization of the poor. Both were calculated tactics designed to outflank conservative state lawmakers and entrenched local interests that nourished Jim Crow, perpetuated one-party politics, and protected an economy built on cheap labor. By late 1968, when the Fund closed its doors, a resurgent politics of race had gained the advantage, led by a Republican Party that had reorganized itself around opposition to civil rights and aid to the poor. The North Carolina Fund came up short in its battle against poverty, but its story continues to be a source of inspiration and instruction for new generations of Americans.
DNA for Native American Genealogy
Author: Roberta EstesPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780806321189
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Written by Roberta Estes, the foremost expert on how to utilize DNA testing to identify Native American ancestors, this book is the first to offer detailed information and advice specifically aimed at family historians interested in fleshing out their Native American family tree through DNA testing. Figuring out how to incorporate DNA testing into your Native American genealogy research can be difficult and daunting. What types of DNA tests are available, and which vendors offer them? What other tools are available? How is Native American DNA determined or recognized in your DNA? What information about your Native American ancestors can DNA testing uncover? This book addresses these questions and much more. Included are step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, on how to use DNA testing at the four major DNA testing companies to further your genealogy and confirm or identify your Native American ancestors. Among the many other topics covered are: tribes in the United States and First Nations in Canada; ethnicity; chromosome painting; population genetics and how ethnicity is assigned; genetic groups and communities; Y DNA paternal direct line male testing; mitochondrial DNA maternal direct line testing; autosomal DNA matching and ethnicity comparisons; creating a DNA pedigree chart; native American haplogroups by region and tribe; ancient and contemporary Native American DNA. Special features include numerous charts and maps; a roadmap and checklist giving you clear instructions on how to proceed; and a glossary to help you decipher the technical language associated with DNA testing.
Genealogy Division Subject Catalog, 1976-1984: A-O
Author: Indiana State Library. Genealogy DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
School Segregation in Western North Carolina
Author: Betty Jamerson ReedPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786487089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Although African Americans make up a small portion of the population of western North Carolina, they have contributed much to the area's physical and cultural landscape. This enlightening study surveys the region's segregated black schools from Reconstruction through integration and reveals the struggles, achievements, and ultimate victory of a unified community intent on achieving an adequate education for its children. The book documents the events that initially brought blacks into Appalachia, early efforts to educate black children, the movement to acquire and improve schools, and the long process of desegregation. Personnel issues, curriculum, extracurricular activities, sports, consolidation, and construction also receive attention. Featuring commentary from former students, teachers and parents, this work weighs the value and achievement of rural segregated black schools as well as their significance for educators today.
The Stackhouses of Appalachia
Author: Jacqueline Burgin PainterPublisher: Grateful Steps
ISBN: 9780978954819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Amos Stackhouse was born 31 March 1819 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Rebecca Snow (d. 1846) in 1843. They had one son, Ellison Stackhouse (1845-1925). Amos married Anna Williamson in 1849. They had six children. He married Anna Myers (1851-1916) in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida. They had four children. He died in 1909 in Stackhouse, North Carolina.