American Origins By L G Pine Genealogy Book

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American Origins
L.G. Pine
Volume  totaling
357
pages. Book  is in very good condition.  Just what you need for genealogy  research. AReview Written on This Book follows.
Examine the contents of any public library today, no matter      how small, and you will probably find some shelf space accorded to      genealogy. This is a book for those shelves, a handbook for anyone concerned      in tracing ancestry back to American origins in Europe, west of the Iron      Curtain. Specifically, this is not a book for those interested only in the      past so far as it relates to the United States. But if the earliest forebear      to come to these shores is known, and the country from which he came, here      is the book to use to go farther back. There are rather sketchy introductory      chapters outlining procedure here, sources of information, etc. There is      some fairly general data applicable to any investigation:-the legendary,      word of mouth sources of information, the beginnings of records, -- family      papers, publications of genealogical societies, town records, cemetery      inscriptions, wills, church records, census returns. But beyond this- and      across the water- what to do. Mr. Pine explores the historical backgrounds      of successive European countries, to chart the blood lines, the development,      the beginnings of record keeping. More space is given to England and other      parts of the British Isles, due to the demand being greatest there. The      sources to investigate, how to proceed, what it costs, what is the etiquette      of procedure, what delusions should be scotched, the difficulties- virtually      impossibility- of going back into medieval sources, the matter of titles and      heraldry, etc. The balance of the book treats more briefly with other      countries of Europe, even to the Baltic and Balkan countries, and the      difficulty of getting any information behind the Iron Curtain. A book of      specialized interest and use, but -- so far as we know- there is nothing      else like it.
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