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Books on: genealogy search

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English Genealogy

Book by Anthony Richard Wagner, Richmond Herald; Clarendon Press, 1960

Subjects:

Great Britain--Genealogy

Collections: History, Entire Library

...professional genealogists and record searchers; the staff of genealogical institutions...equally practical day to day interest in genealogy. The great political and social changes...in their pedigrees. Modern scientific genealogy, indeed, originated in this period...
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Starting with Foucault: An Introduction to Genealogy

Book by C. G. Prado; Westview Press, 1995

Subjects:

Foucault, Michel, Genealogy (Philosophy)

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...history so conceived is genealogy, which "opposes itself to the search for origins...distinction between the search for origins and genealogy, Foucault considers...historical data that search for grand designs, genealogy attempts to "identify...
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Father Figures: Genealogy and Narrative Structure in Rabelais

Book by Carla Freccero; Cornell University Press, 1991

Subjects:

Father Figures In Literature, Fathers And Sons In Literature, Genealogy In Literature, Narration (Rhetoric)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...linguistic as well: many chapters enact the search for and the impossibility of finding...contingency implied by the failure of such a search. The end of the quest exposes the fictions...French Middle Ages , 107. 2 Pantagruel: Genealogy and Filial Succession Rabelaiss text...
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Starting with Foucault: An Introduction to Genealogy

Book by C. G. Prado; Westview Press, 2000

Subjects:

Foucault, Michel, Genealogy (Philosophy)

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

In this clear, straightforward introduction to Foucault's thought, Prado focuses on Discipline and Punish and the first volume of The History of Sexuality, in which Foucault most clearly comes to grips with the historicization of truth and knowledge and the formation of subjectivity. This ...
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In this clear, straightforward introduction to Foucault's thought, Prado focuses on Discipline and Punish and the first volume of The History of Sexuality, in which Foucault most clearly comes to grips with the historicization of truth and knowledge and the formation of subjectivity. This introduction is especially suited for readers with a background in Anglo-American or "analytic" philosophy.
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Nietzsche's Genealogy: Nihilism and the Will to Knowledge

Book by Randall Havas; Cornell University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm--1844-1900, Truth

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...questioning. Behind both the philosophical search for grounding our interpretations of...the opposed demand to give up such a search and instead acknowledge the so-called...death of God. Though the practice of genealogy is a direct descendant of the original...

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Journal Articles on: genealogy search

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Is There a Genealogy of Cultures?

Journal article by Raphael Falco; Criticism, Vol. 42, 2000

Subjects:

Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Culture--Origin, Genealogy--Analysis, Literature and society--Analysis, Renaissance--History, Seznec, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Virgil--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...begetters."(6) Seznec notes that in the search for justificatory ancestors "originate...responsible for the form of cultural genealogy by which the humanists justified their...early modern authors instituted cultural genealogy across the disciplines. We might even...
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"Fast Ti'd Unto Them in a Golden Chaine": Typology, Apocalypse, and Woman's Genealogy in Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

Journal article by Marie H. Loughlin; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 53, 2000

Subjects:

Apocalyptic literature--Evaluation, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, European poetry--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Genealogy--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Judgment Day--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Typology (Linguistics)--Research, Women authors--History, Women in the Bible--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...in Lanyers typological and apocalyptic genealogy, the women of her dedications are urged...from the profane and forces the godly to search diligently for understanding: the mysteries...thereof be the more stirred up to the searching out of divine mysteries" (43). In short...
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A Genealogy of the Genital Kiss: Oral Sex in the Twentieth Century

Journal article by Alan Hunt, Bruce Curtis; The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol. 15, 2006

Subjects:

Genealogy--Research, Marital sex--Analysis, Marital sex--History, Oral sex--Analysis, Oral sex--History, Sex in marriage--Analysis, Sex in marriage--History, Teenagers--Analysis, Teenagers--Sexual behavior, Youth--Analysis, Youth--Sexual behavior

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...prominent in the United States, has been attempts to promote sexual abstinence. But as Zygmunt Bauman (1997, p. 151) notes, this search for a sexual purity confined within the family, results in the family itself being "purified" of love and sexual suspicion coming...
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Genealogies of the Grid: Revisiting Stanislawski's Search for the Origin of the Grid-Pattern Town

Journal article by Reuben S. Rose-Redwood; The Geographical Review, Vol. 98, 2008

Subjects:

Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Genealogy, Grids (Cartography), Stanislawski, Dan--Criticism and interpretation, Stanislawski, Dan--Works, Urban geography, Writers--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...as my own, the search for a unitary...a comparative genealogy of the grid...critiquing the search for origins...entitled "Nietzsche, Genealogy, History" (1971...Foucauldian-inspired genealogy "opposes itself to the search for origins...
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In Search of Naunny's History: Reproducing Gender Ideology in Family Stories

Journal article by Nick Trujillo; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 25, 2002

Subjects:

Genealogy--Social aspects, Oral tradition--Social aspects, Patriarchy--Social aspects, Sex role--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...where Naunny was born. Tim and Jimmie also searched under the ground, using the new metal...hidden it from view. As we continued to search for it, we remembered the story Naunny...The search for ones family history may take a person...

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Magazine Articles on: genealogy search

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African-American Genealogy: A Personal Search for the Past

Magazine article by Dee Parmer Woodtor; American Visions, Vol. 8, December 1993

Subjects:

African Americans--History, Genealogy--Research--Technique

Collections: Entire Library

African-American genealogy: a personal search for the past by Dee Parmer...unless it is to find a book about genealogy); your first step is to find out...follow a sequence in their record searching. Once all documents from family...
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Families Trees in Full Bloom: As the Web Opens Access to Information, Genealogy Has Never Been More Popular

Magazine article by Karen Goldberg Goff; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, December 31, 2001

Subjects:

Genealogy--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Guide to Online Genealogy. "Using the Internet...genealogists can search out leads to their...also can conduct searches at one of the librarys...the comprehensive genealogy Websites -- such...you find a local genealogy society, join it...Mokotoff advises those searching for records in foreign...
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Genealogy Notes: The Southern Claims Commission, a Source for African American Roots

Magazine article by Reginald Washington; Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 59, October 1996

Subjects:

African Americans--History, Freedmen--Finance, Genealogy--Research, Reparations--History, United States Southern Claims Commission--Records and correspondence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...served with the U.S. Colored Troops. A search of these files provided evidence that...elusive information that is necessary in the search for their family roots: Were you a slave...Center for Legislative Archives for a search of information relating to the claim among...
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Taking Root: A New Web Site Provides Serious News and Commentary-And Genealogy-To the Black Community

Magazine article by Roxana Hadadi; American Journalism Review, Vol. 30, April 2008

Subjects:

Fulwood, Sam III--Interviews, Journalists--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

...a mainstay on the site--a search for Obama on March 18 yielded...allows readers to trace their genealogy through a family tree-like...This amalgam of news and genealogy is part of what makes The...And thanks to that news-and-genealogy combination, Fulwood says...
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Our Genealogical Forebears

Magazine article by Simon Fowler; History Today, Vol. 51, March 2001

Subjects:

Genealogists--Practice, Genealogy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...well indexed that much time is lost in searching for facts. An approach to Queens College...Counties and any manuscripts relating to genealogy, family history and heraldry. In addition...there may have been Lynes, asking them to search the registers. In many parishes his enquiries...

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Newspaper Articles on: genealogy search

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Looking Back through Your Family History; STARTS TODAY: A New Two-Week Series to Help You Explore the Fascinating World of Genealogy Martin Rigby Introduces Our New Genealogy Series, and Explains How to Get Involved

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), June 4, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Get Involved. GENEALOGY is the worlds fastest-growing...people joining the search for their ancestors...revolution is ed genealogy, but it goes deeper than that. The search for your familys...lived and worked. Genealogy is a form of escapism...brick walls in your search-but the fun is that...
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How to Grow Your Family Tree; Genealogy in the First of a Series of Features on Genealogy, Marking Local History Month, Laura Davis Finds out How to Start Tracing Your Ancestors

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 3, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of a Series of Features on Genealogy, Marking Local History Month...branch of the family (a one name search) or try and get an overview...rootsweb is like the Facebook of genealogy sites, offering users the opportunity...Reunited spin-off allows you to search more than 500 million ancestors...
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Getting Back to Your Family Roots; Genealogy in the Second Part of Our Genealogy Series, Laura Davis Finds out How to Glean Information from a Census

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 10, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Genealogy in the Second Part of Our Genealogy Series, Laura Davis Finds out...ancestors in your family history search. "Theres a hundred-year rule...noting down references when searching, in case you need to come back...identifying alternate places to search for baptisms, marriages and...
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Genealogy Research Is like a Good Mystery

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 23, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...church records. "I have always loved mysteries," Umlauf said. "Genealogy is like being a detective, and there is such satisfaction in...it on your own." For those just beginning their family tree search, Umlauf suggests starting with one grandparent and going as...
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How to Climb the Family Tree: Miniseries, Book Aid Novices in Genealogy

Newspaper article by Pat Butters; The Washington Times, January 25, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...book aid novices in genealogy by Pat Butters...over the nation began searching to find their roots...primary focus of your search. "Understanding some...principles and tools about genealogy and family history at...in her genealogical search. She also joined the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: genealogy search

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Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...works that include De genealogia deorum gentilium on the genealogy of the gods of the gentiles, a collection of classical myths...and Discorsi the discourses, in which he studies Livy in a search for classical values. The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare...

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