Lanterna Rally

Author: Andrew Henshaw Ward

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781331993964

Excerpt from A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice Genealogical researches are not a favorite pursuit with many persons. Yet the information derived from them is gratifying to all, and they are not few, that desire a knowledge of their ancestors and collateral kindred; but in general have not the opportunity, without the aid of others, to acquire it beyond two generations. The results of such researches are likewise gratifying to the genealogist; not more for the information he thereby obtains for himself, than as furnishing him materials wherewith to oblige and gratify others. We think he feels no ordinary gratification, who obtains a record of his family race from a remote period to his own time; one that he can consult and refer to at his own leisure and at his own fireside, and at length leave to his children as a Messenger, that would introduce to them, as it had to him, numerous ancestors and kindred they never saw, or had heard of before; but with whom they might commune with joy, yet not without sadness; for although long since departed, they yet speak - speak through Record and tell of olden times; of when and where they lived; of their cotemporaries; of their trials, and of the names of their children; all past away, and, with many they once knew, forgotten. How many reminiscences of individual and family incidents will be thus called up, that had come down from generation to generation, and become lost through failure of memory and lapse of time! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.