Lanterna Rally

Author: William Howard Tucker

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781230368436

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVII. GENEALOGIES. No one who has not made genealogical researches, can form a just idea of the difficulties of gathering facts requisite to completeness in the work. The formation of a historical memorial of a family, even of the least volume, cannot be accomplished without the co-operation of many willing hearts and hands, especially in the absence of full and complete written records, such as should be kept by every family in the land. It is surprising that there are so many people who take but little, if any, interest in the story of their lineage, or in the perpetuation of their own memory, or, at least, sufficient interest to lead them to prepare and carefully preserve a memorial relating to the special branch of the family to which they belong. How few there are who know anything of their ancestry back of their grand parents! And, why is it that many people who are able to trace their paternal ancestry back for several generations, are unable to trace their maternal ancestry even to their grand parents? During the compilation of the following family records the author has written at least 500 letters to obtain facts and dates. A large number of these letters, accompanied by return postage, fell into the hands of those who appropriated the stamps, but maintained a careless or impatible silence--(there are few forms of ill-breeding more ungracious than this)--other letters elicited brief or superficial outlines of family histories, while some brought a large harvest of facts; but the information obtained was such as should have been found recorded in family Bibles within the town. The author has endeavored to arrange the following genealogies in such a way that each branch of the family at large, and of every specific...