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This is a true story written in Honolulu, Hawaii, during and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, December 7, 1941. The authors are our parents, Mr. Levi M. Faufata and Mrs. Matilda E Wilson Faufata, and our sister Elsie Miraflor. The surviving family members, Mr. Levi M....

For anyone looking to create a useful, lasting history of your family: This is a book that should adorn the library or bookshelves of all genealogists! Whether you're an amateur or professional, chances are the ultimate goal of your research is to produce a quality family history. Producing A Quality...

On April 6, 1948, a significant portion of the population of the village of Ecsny in Somogy County, Hungary, was expelled from their homeland. This was the result of Protocol XIII of the Potsdam Declaration of 1945 calling for the orderly and humane transfer of German populations now living in Poland,...

If your ancestors were American, chances are good that at least one of them was involved in an American war. And each of the more than forty wars and conflicts in which America was involved generated some kind of record. Though they can sometimes be complicated, military records are fantastic family...

Memoirs of a Jewish couple born in Belarus and the Ukraine, as they traveled to Palestine, expelled to Poland, spending the Second World War in The Soviet Union, and coming back to Poland after the war. In 1961 they immigrated to Israel with their two children, and stayed there until their deaths.

Based on the true story of an immigrant Pioneer family's journey from their home country of Germany in the 1880's. They settled on the new frontier of Minnesota at a place called Otter Falls, at the edge of the vast White Pine Forest, on the banks of the Ottertail River. Here, they established their...

Delve into German history with beautiful historical maps and useful, comprehensive timelines. This book will help you untangle the complicated mess that is German history, tracing how state boundaries have changed throughout the centuries. With 100-plus full-color maps, this gorgeous atlas will guide...

Techniques for including the memories that will become the human-interest stories are also profiled. Emphasis is placed on recording details of our own life stories now, in order to leave a legacy for generations to come. Unlike other reference books of its kind, fun and creative ways to journal...

Vera’s journey begins with the story of her ancestors, who left Spain and Portugal hundreds of years ago to escape the Inquisition. They migrated to Mexico in the late sixteenth century, and eventually went northwards into New Mexico and Colorado. The first part of the book focuses on the Jewish...

Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide is the ultimate resource to help you learn if the luck of the Irish is in your blood or not. This easy-to-use guide will teach you to make use of the many Irish family history records that have become available in recent years. Explore the best family...

Isabel's name was randomly plucked from a government list of over 10,000 individuals, who had died intestate. Her details were used, by amateur genealogist John Daffurn, in an attempt to discover why professional heir-hunters had failed to identify her living heirs. Isabel had died in 1995 and his...

“Where’s Merrill?” is a uniquely crafted mystery thriller based upon real life historical events. In fact, it is two inter-related stories in one novel set in different time-frames, namely the past and the present. An Irish genealogist called Jed is commissioned by Tim, an American client, who...

The Fox family history follows 12 generations of the Fox Family from England to America.  This American line lived in South Carolina.  

This FORBES family starts in 1100 Scotland and goes to Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Memphis, Tennessee.  They migrated to America in the 1740's.    Join me in discovering 26 generations on this Forbes family line.     This history is full of interesting Revolutionary War soldiers, a story of a scalping by Indians and real Scottish royalty who lived in real castles.