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Family trees : a history of genealogy in America /

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.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects and Genres:
Genealogy > Social aspects > United States.
National characteristics, American.
Genealogy.
Genealogy > Social aspects.
Genealogie
Genealogieën.
Identiteit.
Genealogi > sociala aspekter.
Nationalkaraktär.
United States > Genealogy.
United States.
USA.
Verenigde Staten.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
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Table of Contents:
  • Lineage and family in colonial America
  • The rise of American genealogy
  • Antebellum blood and vanity
  • "Upon the love of country and pride of race"
  • Pedigrees and the market
  • Everybody's search for roots.

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