Author: Francesca Morgan
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469664798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
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.
A Nation of Descendants
Author: Francesca Morgan
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469664798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
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.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469664798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
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.
A History of the Hanna Family
Author: Charles Elmer Rice
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Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Pages : 372
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Wilkes Family History and Genealogy
Author: Ivan Ernest Bass
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ISBN: 9780740467523
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Languages : en
Pages : 641
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Languages : en
Pages : 641
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A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Olney
Author: James H. Olney
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Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Pages : 344
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A History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Taynter
Author: Dean Willis Tainter
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Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Pages : 146
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The Marshall Family
Author: Oscar Sloan Marshall
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Pages : 272
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Genealogy of the Descendants of John Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut
Author: Judson Keith Deming
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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William Cornwall and His Descendants
Author: Edward Everett Cornwall
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Pages : 202
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Bond Genealogy
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Pages : 282
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A Genealogy of the Descendants of Peter Vilas
Author: Charles Harrison VILAS
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Pages : 244
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