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This confessional book for kids is the best!!! This book shows kids how God works in their life, and what they can do to show God's love to others. My kids are only 5,3, and 1, so they don't know how to read yet. I read the book to them and I have my older kids repeat it back. Its great family time, plus I get the added benefit of learning so much myself. The Scriptures and the confessions are powerful. The confessions are put in a language level that kids understand. The book itself is a nice hardback book. The back of my book says it is for kids 4 and up, though my 3 year old likes it. I would highly recommend this book for your own children as well as for baby gifts. I personally am going to start giving this book for baby shower, Christmas, and birthday gifts. This book will not only give knowledge of God to kids but also start a relationship between God and kids. Kids can really get to know who God is and about HIS LOVE. Truely empowering.

I bought this book because some ancestors fought in the 47th Viginia and many lived in the Fredericksburg, VA area, where the 47th took most of its men. This book tells how it was to fight in the Civil War. Not only were the strategies and thinking of the commanders explained, but it also told the hardships and lives of the regular soldier. Contained an invaluable listing of officers and men that served in this unit. Anyone with ancestors in this unit, this book is a must.

We love this book and have completed several hikes so far. It is also useful for finding bike trails. The info we have used has been accurate and complete. Good details included, like whether hunting is allowed on or around the trails (important in rural area during certain times of the year). Two thumbs up!

When the words "700 Years..." are in the title of ANY genealogy book about a family, one instantly wonders about how accurate it is. Yet "700 Years of the Beville Family" is just that: a meticulously researched and documented account of a family whose origins began with two Norman knights who aided William the Conqueror in his quest for the English Crown by crossing the Channel and fighting with him at the Battle of Hastings in the year 1066 A.D.

The book begins with a brief review of how the Duchy of Normandy came into being with the invasion of the Norsemen ca. 911 A.D., and its relation to the rest of the then Frankish kingdom. It covers how Duke William of Normandy came to lay claim to the English throne and the political environment of England at the time of Edward the Confessor leading up to The Conquest.

It next documents the actions of William the Conqueror and the two "de Beuville" brothers, William and Humphrey (noblemen from the town of Beuville in Normandy) and in the subsequent invasion. The story then moves on, detailing the marriages, alliances, roles (including two Knights of the Bath and two members of Parliament), and property transactions of the Beville family for 600 years in the County of Huntingdonshire, England (surrounding present day Peterborough). It concludes with 100 years of the family in colonial America, when Essex Beville emigrated to Virginia, and the next three generations that descended from him.

Using wills, baptismal, marriage, and property records, and several excellent sketches (photographs are added in the 2nd edition), Mrs. Lichliter gives form to the lives of a family's people over 600 years in medieval England. For those with a familiar knowledge of English history, some of the passages are quite revealing as one considers the contemporary events. And the updates made by Frank Pierce and Nancy Beville Pierce provide a very unexpected and fascinating link to both the current Royal family of England, and to the early noble and royal families of England in the centuries after The Conquest.

Specific sources down to the archive, volume and page numbers of references and historical records are given for each revelation and snippet of family history described throughout the work, including references from the Domesday Book of 1086.

Originally published in 1976, the Pierce's have done a masterful job of updating and adding to the original work by the late Asselia Lichliter, including information obtained by other members of the Beville family since 1976.

This work will defintely be of interest to any Beville, Bevill, Bevil, (or variation thereof) and their related family descendants as an authenticated account of their history begining in the year 1066.

It will be of interest to genealogists in general, especially amateur genealogists as Mrs. Lichliter was an "ordinary" woman with an exceptional interest in her family's history. It can also add body to desciptions of feudal society in England for those interested in history.

Exceptional, amazing and fascinating. This story of one ancient family's history is sure to become a genealogy classic.

I was answering a question on askville and came across this cookbook. I had put it away and now am thankful that I came across it again. The recipes are all homecooking, not too difficult, even for the beginner.One section, that I really like, has great recipes for things like Apple Butter, Pickled Cabbage, a great Raisin sauce. This cookbook was given to me by my mother-in-law. I had best give her a call and thank her again.

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The book explained in detail how to purchase furniture andwhat to be aware of when buying from discount stores. It also gave alist of all of the reputable stores in North Carolina - HighPoint.

I highly recommend this book.

Published as the first volume in a series of Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, this collection has become a standard reference work for researchers in the period of colonial Augusta County history and that of its parent county, Orange.

As Continental forces and Virginia militia units were engaged in winning independence, American quartermasters and provisioners struggled to provide these units with all the necessities of life, from meals and guns to meat, fodder for horses, the horses themselves, firewood, and every other type of material. Much of this was requisitioned from the civilian population and certificates were issued payable in either continental or state funds, depending on the units supplied, upon presentation to court authorities. Thousands of these certificates issued to Virginians were duly entered by the courts, and they provide a fascinating insight into the period of the Revolution. These "Publick" Claims booklets contain interesting and useful information about the contributions of ordinary people to the Revolutionary War. They provide some details of people's service in the militia or as guards for prisoners of war; they indicate where some bodies of troops were at particular times; and they identify providers of horses, wagons, cattle, grain, or other supplies. Much of the information in these booklets cannot be found anywhere else, which makes the surviving records particularly valuable. Also remarkable is the fact that records survived from virtually every county in the state at that time with the exception of the newly formed Kentucky counties. This makes the collection even more valuable in covering areas which heretofore in this time period have suffered from a lack of personal data. The "Virginia Publick Claims" are published by counties. In addition to a faithful transcription by Janice Luck Abercrombie and the late Richard Slatten, a complete index is provided for each county booklet. This series is an extremely important genealogical tool for searchers in Revolutionary-era materials.

Aching Heart-Burning Soul: Surviving Catholicism is the straightforward and intimate memoir of Virginia A. Ward. Readers are provided with an autobiographically based exploration of the Catholic church in America today, from the strong memories of growing up amidst dogma, to repercussions of how human views on infallibility affect the Church itself to this very day. An amazingly thoughtful, detailed, and intriguing discussion, Aching Heart-Burning Soul is highly recommended reading -- especially for anyone concerned with the contemporary social issues and public scandals involving the Catholic church.

I found this to be an excelllent book. It lights the way to activation of the God within us. Reading the book is a very moving experience and going though the yoga postures, although a challange, can be very rewarding, if done on a regular basis. I recommend this book to all who are willing to make the effort to futher themselves on their spiritual path.