The McKitricks and Roots of Ulster Scots
The McKitricks and Roots of Ulster Scots

Author: Fred L. McKitrick

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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"William McKitrick (1724-1819) and his wife, Agnes Heron (1709-1798) are the immigrant ancestors of almost all McKitrick families . . ." in the United States, arriving in 1755. They were of Scottish lineage, and settled in Felton, Pennsylvania.

McKittrick Canyon
McKittrick Canyon

Author: Donna Blake Birchell

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1625853491

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The Guadalupe Mountains hold what some call the most beautiful spot in Texas. Once home to the Mescalero Apaches, McKittrick Canyon is an alluring wonderland of lush and abundant flora and fauna. It is named for Captain Felix McKittrick, who acquired the land for ranching in 1869. Legends of lost Spanish gold mines drew many unsuccessful prospectors before the turn of the century. Later, through the monumental efforts of early landowners J.C. Hunter Sr. and Wallace Pratt, the canyon was preserved as a pristine portion of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Each fall, eager visitors witness a vibrant show headlined by bigtooth maple and a variety of oak trees. Join author Donna Blake Birchell in an exploration of McKittrick Canyon's colorful history.

Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Genealogies in the Library of Congress

Author: Marion J. Kaminkow

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2012-09

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 9780806316673

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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.

Of Irish Descent
Of Irish Descent

Author: Catherine Nash

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2008-05-26

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780815631590

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What does it mean to be of Irish descent? What does Irish descent stand for in Ireland? In Northern Ireland? In the United States? How are the categories of “native” and “settler” and accounts of ethnic origin being refigured through popular genealogy and population genetics? Of Irish Descent addresses these questions by exploring the contemporary significance of ideas about ancestral roots, origins, and connections. Moving from the intimacy of family stories and reunions to disputed state policies on noble titles and new applications of genetic research, Nash traces the place of ancestry in interconnected geographies of identity—familial, ethnic, national, and diasporic. Underlying these different practices and narratives are potent and profoundly political questions about who counts as Irish and to whom Ireland belongs. Examining tensions between ideas of plurality and commonality, difference and connection that run through the culture and science of ancestral origins, Of Irish Descent is an original and timely exploration of new configurations of nation and diaspora as communities of shared descent.