Genealogy category: 715 books

In this quick read (less then 4,000 words) family historian Jessica Coupé outlines her proven system to help you find your English ancestors. This book contains links to the online sources, examples and a sample of a completed timeline.

Filled with practical advice that will help anyone obtain the information they seek through Italian records, Italian Genealogical Records is a comprehensive guide to the complexities and nuances of what could otherwise be a daunting task. In this book, the author discusses the history and development...

Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: The Egypt and Palestine Campaigns is the first book explicitly aimed at helping the descendants of those who fought in this part of the Middle East find out more about their ancestor’s actions, experiences and achievements. Their wartime lives were very different...

At noon on Sunday, March 26, 1933, the only son (the last in a family of seven children) was born to Frank H. Sr. and Myrtle A. Graff. A devout Christian mother would instill in her son at a very early age a love for the Christian Bible.

"The Lost Children" is a true story about two kids who wander too far from home. "The Brave Peasant" is a legendary figure of a small town who stood up to the oppression of his people. "A Son's Love" tells of a son and his desperate search to find his father during a...

Finding Your German Ancestors is a brief but thorough introduction to German research. It presents the most up-to-date sources and resources for successful German research. Many German archives are accessible via the Internet, and Finding Your German Ancestors is the first reference work to include...

THE UNTOLD STORY is a depiction of a chosen people who civilized the continents of Africa and Asia. These chosen people were Ethiopians. There are five central characters in this book: Enoch, Noah, Moses, Abraham and Jesus Christ. The Untold Story provides a vivid and accurate account of a chosen...

Looking for that perfect name for your baby, but dont want it to be on the list of most popular baby names? Then youre in luck. Middle school teacher Rasheema Owens has compiled this eclectic collection of baby names for those wanting a unique and special moniker for their child. The names in this...

We steamed on up the valley, past peaks nine, ten, and eleven thousand feet high; then wecrossed the river and climbed into a narrower valley. Somebody told me to look out for the GreatDivide. This is the division not only between two provinces, but also of a small stream into twoyet smaller branches....

Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors is the ideal handbook for readers and researchers who are keen to find out about their Roman Catholic ancestors and for anyone who wants an introduction to Roman Catholic history in general. Stuart Raymond provides a brief historical account covering the Roman...

By Joyce Stokes Jones and Michele Jones Galvin For the first time, descendants of Harriet Tubman tell the story of the famed abolitionist within the context of their family lineage. This creative nonfiction work is an intricate mix of family lore, memoir, and historical reconstruction. It captures...

Almost half of all Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the United States through Ellis Island (also called America's Gateway""). In Ellis Island: Tracing Your Family History Through America's Gateway, leading family history author and researcher Loretto Dennis Szucs explains...

This book relates the tragic tale of the efforts of Paul Johnson Moore to locate his step-mother and his disabled sister, both of whom went missing during the devastating Great Hurricane of 1938. Together with 40 other houses on Fort Road on Napatree Point in Watch Hill, the Moore cottage was swept...

BEFORE I FORGET is a richly readable account of the life of a young RAF serviceman during WW2. It is a personal memoir of wartime through the eyes of one young man determined to live life to the full while always trying to do the decent thing. Sometimes even finding fun during the fight against fascism....