Descendants of the Hoffman and Schemal (Schamel) families. These families emigrated from Germany, lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri and elsewhere. Includes the related families of Unterreiner, Welker, Dickinson, Hoehn, Rudisaile, Clifton, Hotop, and others.

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

Twelve essays on the sociology of the family in Singapore in the modern period.

Richard Nunnally was among the earliest English settlers into America and found his way into Virginia where he married in about 1666. Descendants lived mostly in the South but others live in other parts of the United States. Thomas Ferrill was born about 1728 in North Carolina and his descendants lived mostly in the South.

The definitive guide to the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States. With origins, variations, rankings, prominent bearers and published genealogies.

Previous editions titled: Genealogical books in print

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Stefan Johannes Stapel who was born 20 June 1796 in Germany. He was the son of Johann Bernard Aussel Stapel and Anna Maria Willemann. Stefan adopted the Wibbenmeyer surname when he married Anna Maria Elizabeth Wibbenmeyer 20 February 1827 in Germany. Anna died 15 April 1837 and Stefan married Elisabeth Anna Maria Heimann. They immigrated to America and landed in New Orleans 14 January 1850. Stefan and Elizabeth lived in Apple Creek Township, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri and were the parents of three sons and four daughters. Descendants lived in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, California and elsewhere.