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The House of the Burgesses

By: Michael Burgess,Mary Wickizer Burgess

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The House of the Burgesses

By: Michael Burgess,Mary Wickizer Burgess

A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County, Virginia. Complete with illustrations, photos, comprehensive given and surname indexes, and historical introduction.

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Wildside Press LLC

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0893704792

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9780893704797

Family Ties

English Families 1540-1920

By: Mary Abbott

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Family Ties

English Families 1540-1920

By: Mary Abbott

r s1mily Ties provides a vivid and accessible introduction to the dynamics of life in English families of all ranks from the mid-sixteenth century to the end of World War I. Sections on methods, approaches and sources allow readers new to the study of the past to explore some of the historian's fundamental concerns: cause and effect; continuity and change and the nature and reliability of evidence. The chronological and thematic organization of the book enables readers to examine a number of sub-themes such as the history of childhood or of marriage. Combining extensive contemporary quotations and an unusual variety of illustrations with a wide range of written and material sources, the book provides a fascinating insight into the history of the family and encourages the reader to become a sceptical and imaginative investigator, prepared to venture beyond the historian's traditional documentary sources.

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240

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Routledge

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1136141405

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9781136141409

Mississippi Quilts

By: Mary Elizabeth Johnson

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Mississippi Quilts

By: Mary Elizabeth Johnson

These examples evince both the art and the craft during a golden age of handcrafting, from the early 1800s until 1946, a time before the widespread use of motorized sewing machines, synthetic fabrics, and prefabricated batting."--BOOK JACKET.

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246

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578063582

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9781578063581

Good Genealogy Second Edition

By: Mary Gant Bell

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Good Genealogy Second Edition

By: Mary Gant Bell

Connect with the past and present through this genealogy of the Good Family. This is the Second Edition by this author, containing much more information, pictures and details than the first edition. This edition begins with John Good and Anna Davis and follows their three sons, documenting each generation that follows. Some of the allied families included in this family tree are: Bauer, Bell, Carr, Cook, Cox, Davis, Dixon, Frazier, Gregg, Griffith, Hadley, Holderman, Huntley, Jackson, Jordan, Marshall, Mitchell, Mumpower, Nash, Osborne, Page, Presnall, Rice, Scarlett, Sherman, Stalker, Stanley, Steward, Straight, Thompson, Vant, Way, Wilcox, and more. Information regarding the history of Valton, Wisconsin, is also included. If you are related to any Goods or are a history buff, this second edition is for you. The whole family will enjoy reading this family's history through the generations.

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282

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Lulu.com

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1387459708

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9781387459704

Alabama Quilts

Wilderness through World War II, 1682-1950

By: Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff,Carole Ann King

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Alabama Quilts

Wilderness through World War II, 1682-1950

By: Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff,Carole Ann King

Winner of the 2022 James F. Sulzby Book Award from the Alabama Historical Association Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682–1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory through the Second World War—a period of 268 years. The quilts are examined for their cultural context—that is, within the community and time in which they were made, the lives of the makers, and the events for which they were made. Starting as far back as 1682, with a fragment that research indicates could possibly be the oldest quilt in America, the volume covers quilting in Alabama up through 1950. There are seven sections in the book to represent each time period of quilting in Alabama, and each section discusses the particular factors that influenced the appearance of the quilts, such as migration and population patterns, socioeconomic conditions, political climate, lifestyle paradigms, and historic events. Interwoven in this narrative are the stories of individuals associated with certain quilts, as recorded on quilt documentation forms. The book also includes over 265 beautiful photographs of the quilts and their intricate details. To make this book possible, authors Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff and Carole Ann King worked with libraries, historic homes, museums, and quilt guilds around the state of Alabama, spending days on formal quilt documentation, while also holding lectures across the state and informal “quilt sharings.” The efforts of the authors involved so many community people—from historians, preservationists, librarians, textile historians, local historians, museum curators, and genealogists to quilt guild members, quilt shop owners, and quilt owners—making Alabama Quilts not only a celebration of the quilting culture within the state but also the many enthusiasts who have played a role in creating and sustaining this important art.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496831438

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Children for Families or Families for Children

The Demography of Adoption Behavior in the U.S.

By: Mary Ann Davis

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Children for Families or Families for Children

The Demography of Adoption Behavior in the U.S.

By: Mary Ann Davis

Do adoptions provide children for families or families for children? This book analyzes the complex interactions between adopters and adoptees using historical and current data. Who are the preferred parents and children, both domestically and internationally? How do the types of adoptions-domestic adoptions, private and public through the foster care system, and intercountry adoptions-differ? Domestic trends include a shift to open adoptions and a notable increase in "hard to place", foster care adoptions-typically older, siblings, minorities, with physical, educational, or emotional challenges. Adoptive parents are increasingly all ages (including grandparents); all types of marriages (single, married and same-sex couples); all income levels, with subsidized adoptions for children who would otherwise remain in foster or institutional care. Intercountry adoptions have followed waves, pushed by wars and political or economic crises in the sending country, and pulled by the increasing demand from the U. S. Currently there is a decrease in intercountry adoptions from Asia and Eastern Europe with a possible fifth wave from Africa with the greatest number from Ethiopia. This is a resource for family sociologists, demographers, social workers, advocates for children and adoptive parents, as well as those who are interested in the continuing research in adoptions.

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227

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9048189721

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9789048189724

White County, Tennessee Oldest Marriage Book, 1809-1859

By: Mary Fancher Mitchell,Sharon J. Doliante

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White County, Tennessee Oldest Marriage Book, 1809-1859

By: Mary Fancher Mitchell,Sharon J. Doliante

White County, Tennessee originally encompassed all of what is now Warren County, as well as parts of the counties of Cannon, Coffee, De Kalb, Franklin, Grundy, Putnam, and Van Buren. The 2,000 marriages in this book, as the title indicates, are the oldest on record. The marriages are arranged alphabetically by the names of the grooms and furnish the names of brides and officiating ministers, along with a number of genealogical annotations.

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110

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806350741

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9780806350745

Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

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Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802058566

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9780802058560

Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

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Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine.

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1026

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806309555

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9780806309552

We Have Roots Too!

By: Mary Snider Greene

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We Have Roots Too!

By: Mary Snider Greene

Anecdotes, tidbits and documents to provide insight into the lives of members of the Peterson, Freeland, gardner, Snider, Hurt and many other families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Also, data on the Arnold family of Texas, the Ochs family of Tennessee and New York, the Wilder family of Vermont, the Barr family of Pennsylvania, and many others."--Back cover.

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596

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0967279127

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9780967279121

Chaseworld

Foxhunting and Storytelling in New Jersey's Pine Barrens

By: Mary T. Hufford

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Chaseworld

Foxhunting and Storytelling in New Jersey's Pine Barrens

By: Mary T. Hufford

Chaseworld is a study of the foxhunters in the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey. Mary Hufford examines the activities that occur before, during, and after foxchases and analyzes the stories that hunters tell about chases. Through these activities and narratives, she contends, Pine Barrens foxhunters have collaboratively constructed an alternate reality—the Chaseworld.

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236

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512801801

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9781512801804

Stealing Dreams

A Fertility Clinic Scandal

By: Mary Dodge,Gilbert Geis

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Stealing Dreams

A Fertility Clinic Scandal

By: Mary Dodge,Gilbert Geis

When three whistle-blowers informed authorities and the media in 1995 that doctors at the prestigious and lucrative Center for Reproductive Health -- a fertility clinic operated by the University of California, Irvine (UCI) -- were taking eggs from some women and implanting them into others without donor consent, a scandal unfolded that ended careers, destroyed reputations, and forever altered the lives of many families. This first incident of egg and embryo theft, as well as claims of insurance fraud, research misconduct, and misappropriation of funds, grabbed headlines around the world and was featured on television programs from Primetime to The Oprah Winfrey Show. By the time the scandal had subsided several years later, two of the clinic's preeminent physicians had fled the country to avoid prosecution, one doctor was convicted on criminal charges in a highly controversial trial, and UCI had paid over twenty million dollars to settle laws suits filed by former patients. The full story behind the much-publicized case is unveiled for the first time in this riveting book. The authors untangle an intricate web of repeated cover-ups, scapegoats, evasions, self-interest, nastiness, and injustice. They scrutinize how a complex interplay of circumstances set the stage for wrongdoing at the clinic, reveal how the dramatic events were played out on both the public and legal battlefields, and examine the personal histories, motivations, and actions of the major players-the physicians, the whistle-blowers, the claimants, the lawyers, the various investigatory committees, the overzealous media, and UCI administrators. Stealing Dreams provides an absorbing, evenhanded look at the evolution of the fertility clinic scandal and illuminates the complex ethical, medical, and legal issues surrounding the largely unregulated field of reproductive medicine.

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UPNE

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1555535852

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9781555535858

Winning the White House in 2008

A Mandate for Concerned Citizens

By: Vernon Lucas Albright,Mary Helen Albright

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Winning the White House in 2008

A Mandate for Concerned Citizens

By: Vernon Lucas Albright,Mary Helen Albright

It's time the citizens of the United States take back America, and we all need to do our part. Winning the White House in 2008 is your essential guide to grassroots democracy. Political activist Vernon Lucas Albright provides strategies to win the White House in 2008 by exploring different ways to generate committed public service. Albright discusses grassroots campaign approaches designed for twenty-two battleground states and includes the Ten Basic Tenants needed to win elections. He also examines voter behavior, the grassroots potential of bipartisanship, political interest groups, and historical political strategies. With the wide availability of technology such as the Internet, cell phones, and personal computers, the average American citizen has the opportunity to be part of regional and nationwide movements. You can prevent the further decay of yeoman democracy; keep "town meeting America" from slipping further into history, and put America back in the hands of the people.

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iUniverse

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0595453643

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9780595453641

The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.

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847

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Routledge

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1317454162

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9781317454168

Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Presents an alphabetical reference guide detailing the lives and works of authors associated with Gothic literature.

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497

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Infobase Publishing

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1438109113

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9781438109114

The Great Oak Tree

By: Mary Ann Davis

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The Great Oak Tree

By: Mary Ann Davis

If this great oak tree could talk, imagine the stories from the three hundred years of the many footprints that traveled under its branches.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1644629100

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Building Sisterhood

A Feminist History of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

By: Sisters, Servants of The Immaculate Heart of Mary

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Building Sisterhood

A Feminist History of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

By: Sisters, Servants of The Immaculate Heart of Mary

The often forgotten role of Catholic sisters is told in experiences deeply rooted in self-realization and feminist methodology. In this collection of thirteen essays the contributors illuminate the little known world of a very creative and committed community of women—their aspirations, their values, their mission. An often neglected part of feminist research, this type of sisterly collaboration affirms the seminal paradigms in women's work and writing. These essays deal with many of the same issues of power, economic autonomy, friendship, spirituality, socialization, and professional commitment encountered in other feminist endeavors. Building Sisterhood gives the reader insight into the rigorous training involved in becoming a nun, including the complex relationships between the Monroe community, other IHM sites, and within the intricate church hierarchy. Feminist historian Margaret Susan Thompson places the essays within a historical context and provides detailed background for those unfamiliar with the life, duty, and experience of Catholic sisters. This book will make a unique contribution to feminist scholarship, religious studies, and women's history

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Syracuse University Press

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0815627378

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9780815627371

Disability, Difference, Discrimination

Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy

By: Anita Silvers,David T. Wasserman,Mary Briody Mahowald

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Disability, Difference, Discrimination

Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy

By: Anita Silvers,David T. Wasserman,Mary Briody Mahowald

How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled? Over fifty million Americans, from neonates to the fragile elderly, are disabled. Some people say they have the right to full social participation, while others repudiate such claims as delusive or dangerous. In this compelling book, three experts in ethics, medicine, and the law address pressing disability questions in bioethics and public policy. Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, and Mary B. Mahowald test important theories of justice by bringing them to bear on subjects of concern in a wide variety of disciplines dealing with disability. They do so in the light of recent advances in feminist, minority, and cultural studies, and of the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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Rowman & Littlefield

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084769223X

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9780847692231

Englewood and Englewood Cliffs

By: Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg,Arnold Brown,Mary Buchbinder,Betty Grossman,Lisa Levien,Irmari Nacht

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Englewood and Englewood Cliffs

By: Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg,Arnold Brown,Mary Buchbinder,Betty Grossman,Lisa Levien,Irmari Nacht

Discover the history of Englewood, "the Queen City of the Palisades," and Englewood Cliffs in this enlightening tribute to these communities. With images from pre-Revolutionary days to the opening of the George Washington Bridge, the Friends of the Englewood Library trace all aspects of life, including the expansion of political and social institutions. Drawing from public as well as private collections, the story of Englewood and Englewood Cliffs unfolds in this volume--from scenes of fishing villages to farms to grand mansions--tracing the progress of a once rural area that developed into residential communities with tree-lined streets, many parks, hiking trails, and nature preserves within a few miles of New York City. In this visual compilation of Englewood history, meet the founding families of the area as well as some of its notable residents. View the work of prominent architects and tour a variety of landmarks and eclectic buildings, from Dutch Colonial homes to a 600-foot-long wooden hotel.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738562025

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9780738562025

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