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Author
Publisher
Genealogical Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The question all beginners in genealogy research ask themselves is, 'Where do I begin?' 'Should I join a commercial subscription service like Ancestry.com?' ' What if I don't find what I'm looking for on the Internet?' 'How do I organize the information I'm gathering along the way?' Fortunately, this guide answers all those questions and engages neophytes with a book that takes an entirely fresh approach to the subject. Author Drew Smith has organized...
Author
Publisher
Wellfleet Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Genealogy offers you the opportunity to understand who you are through your family history. With this knowledge, you can embrace your identity, understand your own health and wellness, reconnect with your roots and family origins, and find an overall sense of wholeness. Finding Your Family Tree: A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your Family Tree is an ideal starting point for your own journey of self-discovery. You are eager to learn your ancestry,...
Publisher
Arlington Information Channel
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Interview with Sandra Florance about options for genealogy research. The program covered a number of resources for genealogy research, including Arlington Public Library books, the National Archives, VA room card catalog, microfilm, Library of Congress, DAR headquarters, Glebe House, and the VA room at Fairfax Library. At the end of the program, there is a bibliography of several library resources available for patrons.
Author
Publisher
New England Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Anne Hanson's dad first asked her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did she know what she was getting into. For two decades, despite all her digging, she failed to unearth even the tiniest speck of evidence that the families of her grandparents, Frank and Ida Hanson, had ever existed. If her quest were a detective novel, its title would have been, 'The Case of the Missing Ancestors.' Finally, Anne unearthed her grandparents'...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917: As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city where Christians, Jews, and Muslims live side by side. It is the first of many catastrophic events that will forever change this place and its people. Five years later, as the Turkish army pushes west through Asia Minor, young Katerina loses her mother in the crowd of refugees clambering for boats to Greece. Landing in Thessaloniki's harbor,...
7) Matteo
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
When eleven-year-old Matteo literally sprouts leaves and grows bark during one of his baseball games, he digs into his family tree to find out what it all means.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve. Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband's high-paying job. But a year after his death, the 36-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply in debt and living paycheck to paycheck with her three...
Author
Publisher
Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Find spiritual healing and everyday magic in this beautifully mysterious guide to communing with your ancestors. Picking up where The Book of Séances left off, artist, author, and witch Claire Goodchild delivers a guide that is truly the first of its kind: The Book of Ancestors, a map for seekers looking to develop a relationship with their ancestors. Through a combination of text and illustration, The Book of Ancestors explores the history of traditional...
10) Visita Pakistán
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
Nadia y Nadir vuelan al otro lado del mundo con sus padres para visitara su familia en Pakistan. Exploran el brillante y colorido pais con du primo. Nuevas comidas y experiencias les esperan a cada paso.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson’s mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she’s made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the “little sister” to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she’s...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Just as the oral histories of people around the world are disappearing amid rapid change, there is a risk that your family's personal stories, too, will be lost forever. In The Essential Questions, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover the unique memories of your parents and grandparents and to create lasting connection with them in the process"--
13) Familia
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"As the fact checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco believes in absolute, verifiable Truths - until they throw the facts of her own life into question. The genealogy test she took as research for an article has yielded a baffling result: Gabby has a sister—one who’s been desperately trying to find her. Except, as Gabby’s beloved parents would confirm if they were still alive, that’s impossible. Isabella Ruiz can still picture the face...
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