Bücher von Nancy Bronte Matheny

Daniel Matheny: Maverick Tailor from Virginia, 1829 - 1876, recounts the incredible journey of a 19th-century tailor who transforms himself from indentured servant through hardship and struggle to free man on his own terms. The biography offers terrific insight into Daniel's motivations, movements, and determination accompanied by a bounty of original court and land records, every-name index, and complete genealogy of his descendants. A mystery for decades to his own people, Daniel comes to life in the compelling story of a restless soul on a mission. Against the backdrop of wild Appalachia, Daniel travels an unmoored life through six wives and twelve children. Follow Daniel and by extension follow the history of the Matheny family on a uniquely American journey.

American Made: Discover your amazing ancestor at work in the USA is a light-hearted guide designed to help beginning Genealogists find ancestors using historical documents created by and about American business. American Made enlightens the reader about how historical business documents are used to prove one's pedigree and paint a colorful backstory. The guide further teaches the reader about the vast array of primary and secondary business sources available for the hunt. Most importantly, the reader learns where and how to find the good stuff, in repositories entrusted with preserving business sources online and off. American Made contains an extensive bibliography of chiefly digital sources to help the Genealogist begin the search. A tale of trial, torment, and triumph await the reader whose ancestor left a work life paper trail in search of the American Dream in American Made.