Family Lineage Organization and Social Change in Ming and Qing Fujian


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This work is the result of more than a decade of research on the Chinese household and lineage in the southeastern province of Fujian during the Ming and Qing period (1368-1911). It offers new interpretations of the Chinese domestic cycle, the relationship between household and larger kinship groups, and the development of lineage society in south China. Using hundreds of previously unknown lineage genealogies, stone inscriptions, and land deeds, Zheng Zhenman provides a candid view of how individuals and families confronted the crucial issues of daily life: how to minimize taxes or military conscription; how to balance the ideological imperatives of ancestor worship with practical concerns; how to deal with the problems of dividing the household estate. His research leads to an exploration of issues such as the relation of state to society and the compatibility of Chinese culture and capitalism. This complete translation allows access to some of the most exciting new research being done in Chinese social history. Zheng's book draws on important materials largely unknown to Western scholars, comes to novel conclusions about society in late imperial China, and illustrates the importance of the non-Western perspective in studying the history of the world outside the West.




Cottrell-Lashbrook-Brashear-Campbell Family Lineage Volume I Cottrell Ancestry


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In This four volume set the author traces his Cottrell, Lashbrook, Brashear, and Campbell Family Lineage from Europe to the present day. Details on descendants of each generation is carried down through at least four descendant generations when known. Volume I and II cover the author's Father's beginnings (Cottrell and Lashbrook Lines). Volume III and IV cover the author's Mother's beginnings (Brashear and Campbell Lines). Sources are extensively documented. Timeline and ancestor charts are also included as well an "all name" index for each volume that provides page number references for each individual found in the respective volume. This Volume (Volume I) traces the author's Cottrell ancestry to William Cottrell who was born around 1615 in Stockport, England. William's son Thomas Cottrell, the author's seventh great-grandfather, who was also born in Stockport in 1635 was the first Cottrell in the author's lineage to immigrate to the New World and settle in New Kent County, Virginia.




Family Lineage Healing


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Many of us are disconnected from our ancestors. However, there is a deep and undeniable connection between us and them. Our ancestors' DNA flows through our veins, and their experiences are imprinted on our souls physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. For those with PTSD, birth-related trauma, in-utero trauma, adult trauma, or childhood abuse and neglect, the journey toward healing often begins with exploring our family history. Family Lineage Healing: Pain, Patterns, Trauma, and Emotions brings awareness to the importance of understanding family lineage and ancestral healing. In this easy-to-read guide, Dr. Alda Sainfort walks us through how our ancestors' legacies continue to influence us profoundly in ways we may not even realize, from understanding the pain and trauma they endured to appreciating the blessings they passed down. By focusing on the powerful and transformative process of family lineage healing, Family Lineage Healing: Pain, Patterns, Trauma, and Emotions helps us to connect with our roots, heal inherited wounds, and fully embody our gifts and potential. Your holistic well-being is your dream, which can ultimately lead to greater peace, purpose, and joy in your life. Family Lineage Healing: Pain, Patterns, Trauma, and Emotions is the roadmap to making that dream a reality.




The McKee Family History of Noble County, Ohio


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David McKee is known as the progenitor of the McKee family of Noble County, Ohio; however, with our current lifestyles and social terms, Martha, David's wife, may well be included in this status. David died rather suddenly in 1815, leaving Martha to raise and oversee their family as they continued to live in the wilderness. David and Martha were together for twenty-eight years. They had seven sons and two daughters, who went on to prosper in the local community. Several McKee descendants continue to live in Noble County today. They too follow the same family values that David and Martha instilled in their sons and daughters. They were a pioneer settler family, who were of the front line of defense against the native Indians as trouble took place.




Family Trees of the Bible


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Simply fascinating for Bible scholar and neophyte alike, these family trees shed new light on the lineages of biblical men and women from Aaron to Zimri, their marriages, illicit affairs, and the offspring they produced. This encyclopedic study of over 130 main characters in the Christian Bible provides reference sources for Bible study as well as a better visualization of the relationships between various characters.




A History of the Van Sickle Family, in the United States of America


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Ferdinandus Van Sycklin (ca. 1635-ca. 1712) emigrated from Holland, Netherlands to Kings County, Long Island, New York in 1652. He married Eva Antonis Jansen about 1660, and settled as pioneers on Long Island. Descendants (chiefly spelling surname Van Sicklen or or Van Sickle) and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and elsewhere.




The General Theory of China’s Genealogy


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This book offers the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the origins and development of China’s genealogy, as well as its fundamental role in eugenics, ethics, politics and culture throughout China’s history. This book is divided into two parts: chronological research and thematic research. The first part explains the definition, origin, birth, development, transformation, optimization, popularization and contemporary status of China’s genealogy, while the second addresses its styles, content, quantity, family names, format and value, illustrations, functions and other related issues. The book, for the first time in China’s genealogy, proposes several new concepts and perspectives, such as dividing the history of China’s genealogy into seven stages; redefining genealogy; and analyses of the transformation, popularization and value of China’s genealogy. Given its scope, the book offers a groundbreaking and authoritative resource for a broad readership.







The Mary Hattie Casby Family Lineage


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This book was written for the purpose of providing a reference for family members to continue the search for the Casbys and Hardamans. Knowing where you came from can answer so many questions about yourself. After tracing the maternal or paternal lineage of our ancestry over hundreds of years of living and struggles, we are able to visualize the trails our ancestry had to endure through documents, pictures, family storytellers, old home videos, and maps, while surviving a journey across countries and from state to state, leaving behind generations of Casbys and Hardmans around world. The center of this book is Mary Hattie Casby—before, during, and after chronicling her family history and life and time she lived through.




The aristocratic families in Tibetan history, 1900-1951


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The Aristocratic Families in Tibetan HistoryThis book was written by an expert of Tibetan studies, introducing the life of Tibetan aristocratic families in old Tibet between 1900 and 1951. It is written in easy words with scores of precious historical photos, providing important data for the research into social systems in old Tibet.