Manufacturer: Lark Books
Written By: Lark

Most books about Vietnam focus on the French who colonized it or the Americans who sought to "save" it. This combination of memoir and family history shows the Vietnamese "as they saw themselves as the central players in their own history." The author's perspective is particularly enlightening because her relatives, though unquestionably better-educated and better-off than the typical Vietnamese, ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: Duong Van Mai Elliott

This brand new edition of the fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including newly created names and traditional names that have been newly discovered. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all yourquestions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: Patrick Hanks, Hardcastle Kate, Flavia Hodges

Genealogy Online presents a lot of information, much (but not all) of it having to do with finding facts about family lineage on the Internet. Mostly, this is a directory of big genealogy Web sites, newsgroups, mailing lists, and commercial services. It's also an introduction to Web communities and the tools you need to participate in them. These are the things you'll need to understand in ...

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Written By: Elizabeth Powell Crowe

Chances are excellent that your ancestors came to America from somewhere-England, Spain, Germany, China, Africa. Can you imagine how they felt as they left their homes, what they left behind? Do you want to know? Would you know where to even start looking for the details? Author and genealogist John P. Colletta prepares you to undertake the search. He tells you not only what fundamental facts you ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: John Philip Colletta

June 14 is Flag Day, but with so many American flags proudly displayed, every day seems like Flag Day. Perfect for reading together with a young child, F Is for Flag shows in simple terms how one flag can mean many things: a symbol of unity, a sign of welcome, and a reminder that-in good times and in bad-everyone in our country is part of one great big family. Illustrated by ...

Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
Written By: Wendy Cheyette Lewison

Family historians know the value of preserving precious family heirlooms--old letters, diaries, photographs, Bible pages. Yet most have limited, if any, knowledge of the technology needed to safely save these items. Digitizing Your Family History gives readers the tools they need to keep these records permanently. They'll learn to: * Utilize a scanner to best save photos and documents ...

Manufacturer: Family Tree Books
Written By: Rhonda R. McClure

The Baker Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Baker name. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection. Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: Ancestry.com

Genealogists and non-genealogists alike love old photographs and many people have photo collections of their ancestors. Preserving Your Family Photographs shows them how to organize and store these photos so that future generations can also enjoy them. Readers will learn how to care for family photos, identify different types of damage, learn basic conservation techniques, buy the proper ...

Manufacturer: Betterway Books
Written By: Maureen A. Taylor

"Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood," writes Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes. "Worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." Welcome, then, to the pinnacle of the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Born in Brooklyn in 1930 to recent Irish immigrants Malachy and Angela McCourt, Frank grew up in Limerick after his parents returned to Ireland ...

Manufacturer: Scribner
Written By: Frank McCourt