Family trees : a history of genealogy in America / François Weil.

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The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, establish local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their Bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kins...

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Main Author: Weil, François
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
United States > Genealogy > History.
Genealogy > Social aspects > United States.
National characteristics, American.
Genealogy.
Genealogy > Social aspects.
United States.
Genealogie.
USA.
Genealogieën.
Identiteit.
Verenigde Staten.
Genealogi > sociala aspekter.
Nationalkaraktär.
History.
Genre:
Genealogy
History.
Local Note:
LM copy 1 part of the Michigan Heritage Collection.
Physical Description:304 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
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Family Trees : A History of Genealogy in America

Authors: Weil, François
Published: Harvard University Press, 2013
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