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The Secret Universe of Names
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The Secret Universe of Names
by Roy Feinson

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- Why are people whose names begin with the letter "J" 250 percent more likely to become millionaires than people with names beginning with the letter "N"? - Why are "I" people becoming doctors at four times the rate of "O" people? - Why do the Keiths of...
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International Vital Records Handbook
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International Vital Records Handbook
by Thomas Jay Kemp

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Contains updated forms and information on application forms and ordering information for vital records for each of the 50 states, as well as other countries of the world, in alphabetical order. Also furnishes details about records that were created...
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Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe
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Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe
by Paul Dickson

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In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for...
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Genealogy Online (Genealogy Online)
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Genealogy Online (Genealogy Online)
by Elizabeth Powell Crowe

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"With years of experience online, Elizabeth Powell Crowe has become an authority on online genealogical research. She explains how to trace your family tree in an easy-to-understand way that anyone can follow." --Terry Morgan, AOL Genealogy...
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Family Reunion Planning Kit for Dummies
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Family Reunion Planning Kit for Dummies
by Cheryl Fall

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This is the most complete reference to planning a family reunion The accompanying CD features planning tools, genealogy software, and more Don't be without this step-by-step guide that walks you through everything you need to know about planning a...
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The Oxford Guide to Family History
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The Oxford Guide to Family History
by David Hey

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Throughout the ages and across the world people have had a natural curiosity about their ancestors, but only recently have amateur historians begun to trace their forebears with such fervor and delight. Written by a leading authority in the field, The...
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Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family's History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet (National Genealogical Society Guides)
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Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family's History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet (National Genealogical Society Guides)
by Pamela Boyer Porter

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Researching family history is the second most popular topic on the Internet (after sex). In Online Roots, Pamela Boyer Porter, a Certified Genealogical Records Specialist, explains how to search effectively on the Internet, how to assess the value of...
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How Surnames Began
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How Surnames Began
by C. M. Matthews

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A simple introduction to the development of the English surname over the centuries, from its conception, to its unquestioned acceptance. This development was subject to historical events and social change, occurrences which shaped the lives of our...
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project
by Spencer Wells

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Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In "Deep Ancestry," scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny...
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From Whence We've Come: An African-American Tale of Survival
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From Whence We've Come: An African-American Tale of Survival
by Olufemi Floyd Iniko Adisa Ajene Johnson

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This book is written for my progeny and their off-spring. The intention is to give them answers to questions that were not satisfactorily answered during my childhood while building their self-esteem. It is an effort to help the reader see an authentic...
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Tracing Your Irish Roots
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Tracing Your Irish Roots
by Christine Kinealy

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Whether building a family tree or simply researching the history of their ancestors, people of Irish heritage will find the means to track down elusive family records and relatives in this detailed and practical handbook. Throughout history, genealogy...
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The Family Tree Guide Book to Europe: Your Passport to Tracing Your Genealogy Across Europe
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The Family Tree Guide Book to Europe: Your Passport to Tracing Your Genealogy Across Europe
by Erin Nevius

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Finding ancestors is inextricably bound up with questions of place: Where did they live, and where did they go? Where are those records? But when researchers are ready to "jump the pond" and start tracing their roots in "the old country," the...
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Who Was Your Granny's Granny?: How to Grow Your Family Tree
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Who Was Your Granny's Granny?: How to Grow Your Family Tree
by Paul Blake

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Using a unique approach that starts with the questions to ask Mum, Dad and Gran, this is a detailed, step-by-step guide to genealogy to make it easier, quicker and immediately rewarding. Includes up-to-date reference tools, website contacts and...
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To Escape Into Dreams
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To Escape Into Dreams
by Helene Hinson Staley

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To Escape Into Dreams by H?l?ne Hinson Staley is a three-volumecollection kristina Normal kristina 1 0 2003-07-30T20:49:00Z 2003-07-30T20:49:00Z 2 248 1415 xlibris 11 2 1737 9...
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Surnames as a Science
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Surnames as a Science
by Robert Ferguson

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That portion of our surnames which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and so forms a part of the general system by which Teutonic names are governed, is distinctly a branch of a science, and such as has been treated by the Germans, upon whose lines...
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Planting Your Family Tree Online: How to Create Your Own Family History Web Site (National Genealogical Society Guides)
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Planting Your Family Tree Online: How to Create Your Own Family History Web Site (National Genealogical Society Guides)
by Cyndi Howells

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Planting Your Family Tree Online, written by the creator of "one of the best genealogy sites on the Web" (Smithsonian Magazine), takes you step-by-step through the process of creating your own Web site to honor the memory of your ancestors. This is not a...
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We Have Roots Too!
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We Have Roots Too!
by Mary Snider Greene

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This book contains anecdotes, documents and genealogy of several families; primarily Peterson, Freeland, Gardner, Swift, Arnold, Ochs, Barr, Wilder, Whitington, and Hampton....
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German-American Names
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German-American Names
by George F. Jones

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For anyone who has ever wondered about the difference between Schaeffer and Shafer or Baugh and Bach, this dictionary gives spellings, meanings, and variants of about 15,000 names. A lengthy introduction discusses the significance of given names, the...
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Walking with Your Ancestors: A Genealogists Guide to Using Maps and Geography
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Walking with Your Ancestors: A Genealogists Guide to Using Maps and Geography
by Melinda Kashuba

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From locating ancestor's homesite and where records might be kept to determining which route and roads forebears took when migrating from one area to another, maps and common tools in tracing family history. This book expands the reader's awareness of...
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Who We Are: Five Generations of Poetry & Prose
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Who We Are: Five Generations of Poetry & Prose
by Marceline Ross

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The authors of this book span five generations of Americans. As with all families, some people write, some people sing, some people express their faith through art, and some people reveal God's love in their caring for others. This book is a compilation...
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