A hurricane wind lashed over Galveston Island on the night of September 8th, 1900, and over 6000 people did not survive. The letters, memoirs and oral histories collected in this volume allow the survivors to tell, in their own words, what they witnessed and experienced during the disaster.

Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press

From Joe and Rose's private wedding in the Archbishop of Boston's personal chapel, full circle to John and Carolyn's secret nuptials in a former slave chapel on a secluded island, Kennedy Weddings takes you to each event, with photographs, anecdotes, memories and souvenirs. For three generations the Kennedy family has been in the public eye, and for three generations their ...

Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Written By: Jay Mulvaney

Manufacturer: Irish Academic Press
Written By: Edward MacLysaght

A reference on British royalty, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom over a thousand years. Portraits are woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles -and even the royals we think most familiar are shown in a sometimes surprising light. This paperback, a revised and shortened ...

Manufacturer: Robinson Publishing
Written By: Mike Ashley

In 1908, Englishman Sydney Gibbes was appointed tutor to the children of Tsar Nicholas II, and over the next 10 years, he became deeply attached to the Imperial family—and they to him. Here, Frances Welch draws on a wealth of unpublished material to cast new light on the fabled Romanov story, telling it from the tutor’s unique point of view. Ultimately, the tragic events of the Russian ...

Manufacturer: Short Books
Written By: Frances Welch

In this account of Monticello's ownership after Thomas Jefferson's death, Marc Leepson turns the spotlight on a family that contributed to the preservation of history, providing evidence of the Levys' role in saving the house.

Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press
Written By: Marc Leepson

Introducing the first true beginner's guide to German ancestral research. If you haven't worked with German records before, this compact guide will warm up your cold feet quickly and make intimidating foreign sources seem like old friends in no time. Anyone who has worked with foreign records knows that the language can be intimidating. In order to overcome this research barrier, ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: Kevan M Hansen

The best source for tracking down records in Ireland.Irish Records is your guide to locating Irish genealogical sources in Ireland.For the period of greatest interest to family history researchers -- the late eighteenth and early to middle nineteenth centuries -- Irish family records are sparse. However, sources are available -- civil registers, censuses, land records, church records -- and ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry Publishing
Written By: James G. Ryan

Dig Up Your Past and Establish Your Roots! Tracing your heritage can be fun. It's exciting to discover the roots of your family, and The Everything Family Tree Book will help you to explore and record your own unique family history. Whether your family goes back to the Mayflower, Napoleon, or Julius Caesar, tracing your family tree can be both fun and rewarding. In The Everything ...

Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation
Written By: William G. Hartley

America is a nation of immigrants. Through naturalization records, genealogists, historians, and other scholars trace the immigration stores of individuals and groups that traveled from afar to call themselves Americans. They Became Americans provides an accurate, readable, and interesting historical framework for the citizenship process. It suggests ways of finding ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: Loretto Dennis Szucs