Genealogy

Studies in Early Jewish Epigraphy (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, 21)

Studies in Early Jewish Epigraphy (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, 21)


J. W. Van Henten, Jan Willem Van Henton, Pieter Willem Van Der Horst



Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac is the only complete reference guide to the telecommunications technologies and ...
Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Vol. 5: May 28, 1853-Oct. 24, 1853

Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Vol. 5: May 28, 1853-Oct. 24, 1853


P. William Filby



Continuing in the tradition of the world-famous Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics, The Washington Manual®...
Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence (Proceedings of the British Academy)

Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence (Proceedings of the British Academy)


Elaine Matthews, Simon Hornblower



This volume offers dramatic illumination of the ways in which the ancient Greeks both created and interpreted their world throu...
The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol

The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol


Malcolm Quinn



Despite the enormous amount of material on the subject of Nazism, there has been no substantial work on its emblem, the swastika. ...
Isami's House: Three Centuries of a Japanese Family

Isami's House: Three Centuries of a Japanese Family


Gail Lee Bernstein



In this powerful and evocative narrative, Gail Lee Bernstein vividly re-creates the past three centuries of Japanese history by fo...
The Art of Boat Names: Inspiring Ideas for Names and Designs

The Art of Boat Names: Inspiring Ideas for Names and Designs


Laurie Churchman



Shouldn’t your boat’s name look as distinctive as your boat? A well-chosen and well-designed name on a transom o...
Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed: Aberdeen Sailing Ships and the Emigrant Scots They Carried to Canada, 1774-1855

Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed: Aberdeen Sailing Ships and the Emigrant Scots They Carried to Canada, 1774-1855


Lucille H. Campey



The days when Aberdeen's "fast sailing and copper-bottomed" ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada are brought to life in this fas...
Jewish Given Names and Family Names: A New Bibliography

Jewish Given Names and Family Names: A New Bibliography


David L. Gold, Robert Singerman



This work identifies and describes over 3000 books, essays in books, and articles on Jewish given names and family names throughou...
How to Do Everything with Your Genealogy

How to Do Everything with Your Genealogy


George Morgan



Anyone interested in discovering their family genealogy should carry a copy of this book everywhere. Written by internationally re...
European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution

European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution


Ewart Oakeshott



Both a work of scholarship, and a treasury of information, for anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms fro...
Saints, Signs and Symbols

Saints, Signs and Symbols


Edward N. West, W.Ellwood Post



This handbook, enlarged for the second edition, contains all the main symbols used in the Church with notes on their origin, meani...
Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy

Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy


Christine Rose, Kay Germain Ingalls



You're no idiot, of course. You know your grandmother's maiden name and the story of how your great uncle decided to settle in Ok...
Medieval Heraldry

Medieval Heraldry


Richard Hook, Terence Wise



Coats of arms were at first used only by kings and princes, then by their great nobles, but by the mid-13th century arms were bein...
Samurai Heraldry

Samurai Heraldry


Angus Mcbride, Stephen Turnbull



The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of...
Flags of the Third Reich: Wehrmacht

Flags of the Third Reich: Wehrmacht


Brian Davis, Malcolm Mcgregor



The decision to reintroduce unit Colours for the armed forces of the new Wehrmacht involved many problems. No unit flags and stand...