Are We Related?
Title | Are We Related? PDF eBook |
Author | Eve McLaughlin |
Publisher | Countryside Books (UK) |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Genealogy |
ISBN | 9781853067419 |
Guidance on tracing family through the ages.
700 Notable Persons of African Ancestry 1400 Bc to Present Day
Title | 700 Notable Persons of African Ancestry 1400 Bc to Present Day PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Burris |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2018-02-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1546212116 |
This book contains little-known yet factual information about famous and not-so-famous persons of African descent that you may not have learned about in traditional history books. It also discusses the racial stock of people in the Bible.
Some Prominent Ancestors
Title | Some Prominent Ancestors PDF eBook |
Author | Claudine Childers Prather |
Publisher | |
Pages | 773 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Pickens County (Georgia) |
ISBN |
A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families
Title | A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Chapman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1886 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Emperors and Ancestors
Title | Emperors and Ancestors PDF eBook |
Author | Olivier Hekster |
Publisher | |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198736827 |
Ancestry played a continuous role in the construction and portrayal of Roman emperorship in the first three centuries AD. Emperors and Ancestors is the first systematic analysis of the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented in the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted. Looking beyond individual rulers, Hekster evaluates evidence over an extended period of time and differentiates between various types of sources, such as inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, literary text, and particularly central coinage, which forms the most convenient source material for a modern reconstruction of Roman representations over a prolonged period of time. The volume explores how the different media in use sent out different messages. The importance of local notions and traditions in the choice of local representations of imperial ancestry are emphasized, revealing that there was no monopoly on image-forming by the Roman centre and far less interaction between central and local imagery than is commonly held. Imperial ancestry is defined through various parallel developments at Rome and in the provinces. Some messages resonated outside the centre but only when they were made explicit and fitted local practice and the discourse of the medium. The construction of imperial ancestry was constrained by the local expectations of how a ruler should present himself, and standardization over time of the images and languages that could be employed in the 'media' at imperial disposal. Roman emperorship is therefore shown to be a constant process of construction within genres of communication, representation, and public symbolism.
Prominent Families of New York
Title | Prominent Families of New York PDF eBook |
Author | Lyman Horace Weeks |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | New York (N.Y.) |
ISBN |
In Search Of Our Ancestors
Title | In Search Of Our Ancestors PDF eBook |
Author | Megan Smolenyak |
Publisher | Adams Media Corporation |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2000-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
In this companion to a new PBS series beginning in April, "In Search of Our Ancestors" features over 100 true stories of the amazing luck, unexpected kindnesses, and unusual serendipity encountered by researchers as they track down their family's records.