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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Names, like people, have lives of their own, which is why Lloyd Bockstruck's new book about the serendipity and life's choices that can alter our family names is must-reading for every researcher. Mr. Bockstruck, one of America's foremost genealogists and the former genealogy librarian at the Dallas Public Library, has distilled the wisdom of a lifetime about the vagaries of names into this work. Eminently readable, The Name IS the Game is a collection of illustrations and cautionary tales that can help family historians surmount the obstacles or avert the pitfalls associated with naming practices throughout the centuries.…

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Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Names, like people, have lives of their own, which is why Lloyd Bockstruck's new book about the serendipity and life's choices that can alter our family names is must-reading for every researcher. Mr. Bockstruck, one of America's foremost genealogists and the former genealogy librarian at the Dallas Public Library, has distilled the wisdom of a lifetime about the vagaries of names into this work. Eminently readable, The Name IS the Game is a collection of illustrations and cautionary tales that can help family historians surmount the obstacles or avert the pitfalls associated with naming practices throughout the centuries.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Used - Very Good.

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Soft cover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 85 pages ; 22 cm. ; wraps. Names, like people, have lives of their own, which is why Lloyd Bockstruck's new book about the serendipity and life's choices that can alter our family names is must-reading for every researcher. Mr. Bockstruck, one of America's foremost genealogists and the former genealogy librarian at the Dallas Public Library, has distilled the wisdom of a lifetime about the vagaries of names into this work. Eminently readable, The Name IS the Game is a collection of illustrations and cautionary tales that can help family historians surmount the obstacles or avert the pitfalls associated with naming practices throughout the centuries. The book is divided into five chapters, and it engages the reader at the get-go. For instance, in the introductory first chapter Bockstruck relates a number of first-hand accounts that fostered his early fascination with names, such as his initial failure to find the tombstone of German great-aunt Barbara Baker (born Barbara Becker). The introduction's high point is the incredible story of the peregrinating Scots colonist Ian Ferguson, whose name was recorded as Johann Feuerstein when he was among the Pennsylvania Palatine immigrants, and was later recorded as John Flint when he moved to Philadelphia. Two generations later, one of his grandsons, Peter Flint, moved to Louisiana, where he was recorded as Pierre a Fusil, only to end up as Peter Gunn when he settled in Texas after the Civil Wa.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear including crease near spine. Address label on back. Contents: Liles, Bedford County tithables, 1764. Ward, Who was Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Bass of Chesterfield? Grundset, The tobacco inspectors book, 1782-1782. Liles, Brunswick County bastardy bond. Webb, Edward Temple - gone to Virginia. Chiarello, George Harrison Sanford King's card file. 1785 state census: Botetourt County. Bockstruck, The will of Colonel Willis Riddick of Nansemond County. An update on Wisdom(e) of Spotsylvania and Orange Counties. Weisier, Cumberland County insolvents, 1768. Hiatt, Of ethnicity and migration: Hester Davis v James Allen, Loudon County. Little, Defense of the Western frontier. Pippenger, A King William County tidbit. 9.0" tall; 82 pages.…

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Soft cover. Condizione: New. Beginning in 1800, pensions for U.S. naval personnel were awarded on the basis of death or disability during active service. Under various acts of Congress, the number of pensions awarded between 1800 and 1851 grew from 22 in 1802 to 1,228 in 1851. Taking Index. vii + 222 pp. [486-G].…

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1st edition. Ex history society library - bookplate, spine label; spine neatly covered in clear adhesive film. Otherwise VG Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Naval Pensioners of the United States, 1800-1851. Book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Light shelf wear to the spine and corners.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Names, like people, have lives of their own, which is why Lloyd Bockstruck's new book about the serendipity and life's choices that can alter our family names is must-reading for every researcher. Mr. Bockstruck, one of America's foremost genealogists and the former genealogy librarian at the Dallas Public Library, has distilled the wisdom of a lifetime about the vagaries of names into this work. Eminently readable, "The Name IS the Game" is a collection of illustrations and cautionary tales that can help family historians surmount the obstacles or avert the pitfalls associated with naming practices throughout the centuries. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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