History Research

The year is 1974, and Grace and Allen’s granddaughter Sophie arrives in Beulah to open up the cottage on Crystal Lake. She visits Gran’s old friend Chloe McGrath and hears the story of a long-ago road trip. In 1924, Grace has been in her cottage for a year when she is called to Detroit to care for her Papa, who is seriously ill. While there she learns her Uncle Charles married a Chippewa woman and lived in the Upper Peninsula. Arriving at the Chippewa camp, Grace discovers that their daughter has been taken to a Native American boarding school. Grace’s friend Hannah needs to go to ...

You’ll learn how to use free websites and tools to gather information and build your personal family tree. Find and meet living relatives who can help you research and share more information, including stories, photos, and vital documents. In addition to the helpful tips and “how-to” information, you will also be inspired as you hear true stories from people just like you who witnessed miracles as they researched their own family information. Even kids will become interested in helping you search for more information about your family!

Do you have a Ancestor that is famous? Would you like to find out. Have you run into a wall and can't find that missing Grandparent, or just don’t know where to start. You will discover everything while unveiling your family's history with "Ancestry.com: Frequently Asked Questions" in this ultimate guide to genealogy.This is Book 2 of the Genealogy Frequently Asked Questions Series about the Website Ancestry.com With over 200 questions answered, this book provides you with a roadmap to navigate the world of family research through Video’s and step by step guides. * * Buy now before the ...

From New York Times business reporter Nelson D. Schwartz comes a gripping investigation of how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life, creating a friction-free existence for those with money on one side and a Darwinian struggle for the middle class on the other side.

Four arms of the author’s family, corresponding with the surnames of his grandparents. The Warrender arm of this history starts in the beautiful Lake District of the 1790s, moves to Preston, and then plays out in and around Salford, Lancashire. That is until a wife in a bad marriage moves herself and her children from Salford to Cardiff, following a new love. The Holt arm starts even earlier in the 1520s and features heavily the picturesque seaside town of Branscombe, Devon. Relatives there were agricultural labourers with wives and daughters that were lace makers. Times were tough and ...

'The History & Mystery of Parapsychology' is a comprehensive guide that balances curiosity with critical thinking. From extrasensory perception and psychokinesis to hauntings and near-death experiences, this book delves into the historical roots, scientific investigations, and psychological perspectives behind these intriguing phenomena. Whether you're a believer, a sceptic, or simply curious, this book takes you on a journey through the methodologies and challenges of studying the unexplained. Explore pioneering research, such as Zener cards and the Ganzfeld experiment, alongside ...

Big Message Big Mission is part of the Women Innovators series published by Women Innovators Publishing and features 9 unique and diverse stories from women who have created a life and career based on a big message and bigger mission. Through an interview process, each woman was asked to define why she started her mission and how she can expand her message through this book.

Tales of My Ancestors is like watching the History Channel broadcast via "The Twilight Zone." It will take you on a journey through time with historical figures like Bat Masterson, Queen Elizabeth, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Cochise, Saint Margaret of Scotland, and players from the last Chicago Cubs team to win a World Series. You'll be there to witness the Salem Witch Trials, the Civil War, the signing of the Magna Carta, and the first steps onto colonial American soil. You'll run into William the Conqueror and a pale horse of death, learn how Shakespeare might have been inspired to ...

An unbelievable series of events led to the establishment of the Northwest Electro-development Laboratory, later the U.S. Bureau of Mines Albany Research Center. Though the fledgling lab had difficulty securing staff due to World War II, world-renown metallurgist William J. Kroll was hired early on as a consultant after fleeing Nazi occupation. Kroll, who had pioneered a method for producing commercial titanium, worked with his core group of associates to develop malleable zirconium, just as a need arose for the little-known metal.

This audiobook covers the Egyptian hieroglyph metaphysical language of images/pictures - the language of the mind/intellect/divine; the scientific/metaphysical realities of pictorial images (hieroglyphs) as the ultimate medium for the human consciousness that interpret, process, and maintain the meanings of such images.

This book reveals the ancient Egyptian roots of Christianity, both historically and spiritually. This expanded version of the book consists of three parts. The first part demonstrates that the major biblical ancestors of the biblical Jesus are all ancient Egyptian prominent characters. The second part demonstrates that the accounts of the “historical Jesus” are based entirely on the life and death of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Twt/Tut-Ankh-Amen. The third part demonstrates that the “Jesus of Faith” and the Christian tenets are all Egyptian in origin.

At age 22, Grace Dorsch has her hands full keeping house for her father, stepmother and two younger siblings in 1920s Detroit, Michigan. Suddenly, a letter announcing a bequest of a cottage in the tiny village of Beulah, in northern Michigan, turns her world upside down. Awaiting her there are new friends and further puzzles to solve: who willed the cottage to Grace, and who is resorting to violence to force her out of it? Was she born in Detroit or in Beulah, and was Herman Dorsch really her father? A genealogy mystery with timeless implications and old-fashioned, on-the-ground research, ...

If the financial crisis has taught us anything, it is that Americans save too little, spend too much, and borrow excessively. What can we learn from East Asian and European countries that have fostered enduring cultures of thrift over the past two centuries? Beyond Our Means tells for the first time how other nations aggressively encouraged their citizens to save by means of special savings institutions and savings campaigns.

Egyptian alchemy and Sufism, with a coherent explanation of fundamentals and practices. This audiobook explains how ancient Egypt is the origin of alchemy and present-day Sufism and how the mystics of Egypt camouflage their practices with a thin layer of Islam. The audiobook also explains the progression of the mystical way toward enlightenment, with a coherent explanation of its fundamentals and practices. It shows the correspondence between the ancient Egyptian calendar of events and the cosmic cycles of the universe.

Thanks to the various components that have been put together, the International Space Station is bigger and brighter than all other artificial satellites. With relatively low power magnification, people can see the solar panels radiating outward from the numerous international modules which make up the ISS. The reality of that platform, at the edge of the ocean of space, is pretty astounding when looked at from the perspective of history. Only 120 years ago, mankind did not know if it was possible to fly in a heavier-than-air vehicle.

HowExpert Guide to Microbiology is a compilation of all the major aspects of microbiology for one to get to know microbiology in the best way possible. It includes all minor and major points regarding Microbiology, from a basic introduction to depth and complexity. A very simple yet scientific writing style is adopted for the better understanding of the listeners, because the main aim of this book is to acknowledge every individual irrespective of the scientific background, to grasp the beauty of microbiology.

In four decades, bookended by the Pope’s visits to Ireland in September 1979 and August 2018, Ireland has become one of the wealthiest and most progressive nations in the world. Characteristically brilliant and timely, Renaissance Nation is a thrilling account of Ireland’s vertiginous rise and a timely exploration of its conflicted present, where stark decisions await the next generation of would-be revolutionaries.

Coal, iron ore, and oil were the key productive assets that fueled the Industrial Revolution. Today data is the vital raw material of the information economy. The explosive abundance of this digital asset, more than doubling every two years, is creating a new world of opportunity and challenge. Data-ism is about this next phase, in which vast, Internet-scale data sets are used for discovery and prediction in virtually every field. It is a journey across this emerging world with people, illuminating narrative examples, and insights.

In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster's flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France's royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible—how could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand species?

Take a step further into the fascinating world of horticultural history with "The Fruits of History: Volume 2." Join author Dennis Santaniello, a seasoned farmer and expert fruit vendor with over twenty years of experience, and dive into some of our most beloved fruits' exotic origins and profound cultural impacts. This eagerly awaited sequel, rich with diligent research and advanced AI tools, unlocks enchanting new tales of fruit that shaped human history. Explore the lush narratives of the tangy plum and the mystical pomegranate, among others, and discover how these fruits have influenced...