Tracing Ancestors Among The Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Book

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Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes
Rachal Mills Lennon
Softbound volume totaling
156
pages. Book is in new condition. Just what you need for genealogy research.
Stories about Indian ancestors in the family tree are common among both black and white families whose roots go deep into the American Southeast, especially those with links to the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole (the Five Civilized Tribes). If the accounts of family elders can be believed, those ancestors lived in the not-too-distant past. Yet despite the strength of family convictions--and the prized portraits of forebears whose features suggest Indian heritage--most researchers who pursue these traditions feel they are chasing a phantom.
Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes
is designed to eliminate speculation and help you determine the truth about your Indian ancestry. It focuses on the toughest period to research--the century or so prior to the removal of the Southeastern nations to Indian Territory, the point at which records were regularly maintained. It provides the cultural, genealogical, and historical background needed to turn family stories into proved lineages. And it outlines a method of research that can carry you from the colonial period to the great tribal rolls of the mid-to-late nineteenth century, using the unique records kept by American, English, French, and Spanish governments.
THE AUTHOR
Rachal Mills Lennon traces nineteen branches of her family tree through five North American Indian tribes, although one of her more intriguing ancestors--the "Choctaw Princess" of family lore--remains a shadow among the pines at Dancing Rabbit Creek. She has been a Certified Genealogical Records Specialist since 1985 and is the author, editor, and compiler of five books, including Some Southern Balls and Florida's Unfortunates, as well as Southeastern ethnic case studies in the major genealogical periodicals.
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A Guide to Research. Second Edition
John Rowlands and Sheila Rowlands, eds.
Softbound   volume totaling
325
pages. Book is in new  condition. Per the publisher.
This handbook on Welsh genealogy deals primarily with those  aspects of family history research that are unique to Wales. Originally  published by the Association of Family History Societies of Wales, it is  considered the best book ever written on Welsh genealogy. It is certainly a very  comprehensive handbook, with over twenty chapters treating the essential  elements of Welsh genealogy. Each of the chapters is written by a specialist and  is designed to guide the reader through the pitfalls and challenges of Welsh  family history research. Chapters include: Archives in Wales, Family History  Societies of Wales, Parish Registers, Civil Registration and the Census,  Nonconformity, Surnames of Wales, Place Names, Basic Welsh for Family  Historians, the IGI for Wales, Estate Records, Maritime Records, Wills,  Education, and Parochial Records, Court Records, and Manuscript and Printed  Pedigrees.
For this new second edition, each author was given the  opportunity to update his or her text in the light of recent developments,  particularly in the area of local government and archives. While this has led to  significant changes in a number of chapters, the aims and objectives of the  first edition have been carefully preserved.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"If I had Welsh ancestry, I would want this book."--FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETIES FORUM, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 23.
"It is an excellent addition to foreign research manuals."--AMERICAN REFERENCE  BOOKS ANNUAL (1995), p. 205.
"Readers with 18th and 19th century Welsh ancestry will find this book to be of  immense value in providing necessary background information...Highly  recommended."--THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Vol. 125, No.  4.
"This book is strongly recommended as an educational tool for genealogists who  work at broadening their knowledge of research, as well as an essential guide  for anyone who has difficult Welsh lines or plans a trip to Wales itself."
--NATIONAL  GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol. 82, No. 3.
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