Genealogy Books

I found the book to be very resourceful. Having many useful references that would otherwise be left unidentified. Explores the do's and dont's. Very helpful.

Lists the Prouty family members in the Old Burial Ground behind the Spencer, Mass. Congregational Church. The cemetery was walked in 2000 by the author who compared it with the earlier transcription.

This book is an absolute treasure trove of information for those seeking not only information about those buried in Colonial Park Cemetery, but also for those looking for an insight into the early years of Savannah's history.

Elizabeth Carter Piechocinski does an excellent job of telling both the background information for a general overview, and the minute details that will make any history buff happy.

Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina has done the NY Irish genealogical research community a tremendous service by undertaking such an enormous task. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of hours were spent at Old Calvary Cemetery carefully transcribing tombstone inscriptions mentioning a place of origin in Ireland -- need I explain the value of such a project to genealogists? She also includes inscriptions from stones which were in danger of soon becoming unreadable, as well as stones with intriguing historical and personal information.

Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1746 included the counties of present day Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania, Bedford, Franklin, Henry, and Patrick counties. If your genealogical research includes any of these counties this is a good research tool for you.

New Kent County, Virginia, was created from York and a portion of James City County in 1654, and it was itself the parent county of King & Queen and King William counties. Dr. Malcolm Harris' two-volume history and genealogy of "Old" New Kent County (the three present-day counties in the aggregate) is one of the great achievements of Virginia local history of the last century. Clearfield Company is honored to have been selected by the Harris family to reprint a hardcover edition of Old New Kent County at this time. Privately published and out of print for many years, this work takes on even greater importance in light of the loss of county records in New Kent and in King & Queen counties and the survival of mere fragments for King William County prior to 1865.

The scope and arrangement of Old New Kent County are both entertaining and extraordinarily informative. Because the author's objective was to aid researchers in locating the sites and the inhabitants of the region during the colonial period, a pleasing narrative-supported by numerous photographs-links New Kent's plantations, ancestral homes, landmarks, and artifacts with its ancestors and their descendants. The work is arranged by county and thereunder according to the Episcopal parishes that comprised each county, namely Blisland and St. Peter's in New Kent; Stratton Major, St. Stephen's, and Drysdale in King & Queen; and St. John's and St. David's in King William. Besides the local and family histories, the publication boasts of an inventory of extant records at each county clerk's office, a number of lists of landowners (including a comprehensive list of King William County land tax assessments for 1782), marriage or other source records, and a comprehensive name index.

Of greatest interest to genealogists, of course, are the genealogies and sketches of Old New Kent families. Following is a list of most of the main families covered in this extraordinary work. (Researchers should bear in mind that many more surnames will be found in the index to the work.)

New Kent: Adams, Allen, Apperson, Armistead, Bacon, Bassett, Bathurst, Boyd, Burnet, Butts, Chamberlayne, Christian, Clayton, Clopton, Cousic, Crump, Dancie, Dandridge, Daingerfield, Davies, Ellyson, Foster, Goddin, Graves, Jones, Lacy, Lafayette, Lewis, Littlepage, Lyddall, Macon, Massie, Meaux, Mossom, Otey, Parke, Parkinson, Poindexter, Pollard, Scott, Semple, Stewart, Tarleton, Terrell, Tunstall, Vaiden, Martha Washington, Webb, Wilks, Williams, Winslow, Woodward, and Wyatt-Field-Jefferson.

King & Queen: Bagby, Bates, Baylor, Beverley, Bird, Boyd, Brooke, Camm, Campbell, Coleman, Corbin, Dame, Dew, Didlake, Dillard, Dixon, Dunlap, Field, Fleet, Gaines, Gardner, Gatewood, Govan, Gregory, Gresham, Gwathmey, Hill, Hockley, Holmes, Hoomes, Hoskins, Howell-Fielding-Dixon, Hubbard, Leigh, Lewis, Livingston, Lumpkin, Lyne, Madison, Meredith, Milby, Pendleton, Pollard, Richards, Roane, Robinson, Rootes, Ryland, Sears, Semple, Shackleford, Smith, Soanes, Spencer, Strachey-Metcalfe, Taliaferro, Taylor, Todd, Tunstall, Walker, Ware, Wyatt, and Young.

King William: Arnold, Aylett, Banks, Boothe, Braxton, Buckner, Burwell, Butler, Campbell, Carr, Catlett, Chamberlayne, Chiles, Claiborne, Cocke, Cownes, Dabney, Dandridge, Ellett, Fontaine, Fox, Frazer, Garlick, Harris, Hickman, Hill, Hoomes, Huntington, Johnson, Jones, King, Langbourne, Lipscomb, Littlepage, McGeorge, McGhee, Marshall, Martin, Maury, Mill, Moore, Nelson, Palmer, Perrin, Pollard, Power, Quarles, Ragsdale, Richeson, Ruffin, Seaton, Skyren, Southerland, Spencer, Starke, Taliaferro, Temple, Toler, Tompkins, Valentine, Waller, Webber, West, Wormley, and Winston.

This is a fresh and balanced appraisal of Foucault's social and political thought. It reviews the previous literature on the subject and argues for an interpretation centered on the debates between modernity and postmodernity, as an unfinished open-ended process. Oliveira focuses on the genealogy of these debates, starting from the crises of the modern world detected by both Kant and Hegel, and from the critique of western rationality presented by Nietzche. The book argues that Foucault elaborated, and adopted as central guideline, this approach to genealogy inherited from Nietzche. Each influence received by Foucault is seen in the light of genealogy. The consequences of this approach are also seen in current debates on contemporary society influenced by Foucault. Poststructuralists,liberals and comunitarrians can be considered inheritors of a western legacy of continuous debates on the limits, the importance, and the power, of modern rationality.

This elegant juxtaposition of personal stories with historical insights is a most welcome addition to the literature of the Holocaust. Using scholarly research and powerful, personal stories, Kolin has created a moving portrait that chronicles the experiences of one family during the Holocaust. The book traces the political aspirations of some of the members of the Kolniczanski family around the turn of the century, their involvement in the Polish fight for independence and their rise to political and economic success in Warsaw. It then uses both historical research and personal testimony to describe the family's tragic experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and in the concentration camps. The book also describes how the Holocaust affected the lives of family members who emigrated to France, how they fled Paris twice, and how the family business was taken over by Nazis. Stories of other family members, including those who fled to Denmark and the U.S. are also included. A poignant and powerful book.

Now in its second edition, One Family Before And During The Holocaust is an account of the personal lives of members of a Jewish family. Written by the son of a Holocaust survivor, One Family Before And During The Holocaust draws upon personal testimony, archival sources, photographs, and official documents to draw a vivid picture of how encroaching restrictions curtailed the family further and further until they were forced to attempt to run or hide, in effort to forstall deportation and execution. A profound and moving testimony, and a welcome contribution to Holocaust literature, the message of One Family Before And During The Holocaust is superbly summarized in its final words: "At least for those who survived, it can be said, their lives were not cut short by murderous hate. For those relatives whose lives were cut short I can only wonder what they could have accomplished if they had lived a full life."

This is a well-written history of Tecumseh, Michigan and its surrounding area, from the arrival of its first white settlers. Many old pioneer families are mentioned, and the author includes many anecdotes about early settlers. I've never been to Tecumseh, and I picked this book up just for fun, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone from the area - especially anyone doing genealogy work.