| Description |
1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 349 pages : illustrations)) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Getting in touch. Yesterday's news -- What do the Mormons think ...? -- The indomitable overcoming the inevitable -- pt. 2. The course of Adam. What's the plot? -- The grammars of genealogical ascent -- A big imperial engine? -- Resistance, submission, subversion -- pt. 3. The saints come marching. God's massive engine? -- Appendices. A. The poverty of terminology -- Inbreeding and incest -- False-paternity -- False-maternity -- Genetics as genealogical evidence. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
In our age of information, genealogical research has become one of the most popular activities in the world and the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most important resources. This book explains and evaluates the history and functioning of this massive undertaking, in the process providing an insightful study of the Mormon scriptures and their implications for genealogical work. One of his central arguments is that there are four basic genealogical forms. The supporting evidence runs from the Solomon Islands to classical China to ancient Ireland. Highly significant on its own, it also provides the information needed to assess the Latter-day Saints' efforts to provide a single narrative of how humanity keeps track of itself. Appendices cover topics of vital interest to historians, genealogists, and ethnographers--the use and limits of genetic data in genealogy, the reality of false-paternity as a widespread phenomenon in genealogical lines, the vexing matters of incest and cousin-marriage. Taking a unique perspective on a neglected topic, Akenson draws far-reaching conclusions about the stories cultures tell themselves. Some Family will be of interest not only to religious scholars but also to anyone who has ever used the Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to explore their ancestry--From publisher description. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library -- History.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library. |
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History. |
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library -- History. |
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Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours. Family History Library -- Histoire. |
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Genealogy.
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Genealogy. |
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Latter Day Saint churches.
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Latter Day Saint churches. |
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Latter Day Saints.
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Latter Day Saints. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780773532953 |
| ISBN |
9780773575677 (electronic book) |
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0773575677 (electronic book) |
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9780773580435 (electronic book) |
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0773580433 (electronic book) |
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9780773532953 (bound) |
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9780773537279 (paperback) |
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0773532951 (bound) |
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0773537279 (paperback) |
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