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This book connects almost every Burpee, including grandchildren, to Thomas Burkby Burpee, the first Burpee. It is loaded with lots of information for just about every Burpee in the book giving such history as family stories, pictures, biographies, census data, wills, dates and places. There are essays, and discussions about the origin of the Burpee name and a family tree of the first six generations of the sons that had children and passed on the Burpee name. Over 480 pages of fine print, over 6,400 names all directly connected to Thomas Burpee or is a spouse. This 3rd edition just published Dec 2015, has approximately 30% more detailed information than the 2ns edition and over 50% more ...

This is an inspirational story about a quadriplegic, taken from the prime of his life, who finds a way out of the short and desperate lifestyle, typical to most quadriplegics. Friendly Freddie, his mother called him from the time he was little. That never changed much. Growing up in an upper-middle-class town gave the illusion of good home life. Nothing could be further from the truth. From an early age, around difficult family problems, and working long hours to help with the financial problems of his family, this would be the easy part. After he broke his neck, losing the ability to move his arms or legs, it wouldn't be more than two or three years before he would be facing these probl ...

In 2013, Ms. Fisher set out to discover her roots in the southern United States. Her research took her to Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee. She not only discovered her family but two mysteries about her ethnicity and the true identity of the family's oldest patriarch. The book includes facts, photos, and descendant lists of one Pikeville's oldest families.

From the pages of this book emerges a story of courage, of lives well spent, of self-sacrificing men who lived only for service to their God and to their neighbor. Here is evidence of hundreds of thousands of persons grasping and devouring knowledge, persons who are being rewarded with peace of mind and security of heart. These see and face the issue squarely: “Will you continue to support and bear up a system of things that has filled the earth with suffering, sorrow, sin and death? Or will you choose, and fit yourself for God’s love-filled new world?” Here is a story of faith tried and purified in the crucible, yet it is a joyful account filled with radiant optimism. Speaking of the h ...

This is the second volume that tells the story of my life as a firefighter for the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), mostly in Alaska. Volume II covers the years 1979 through the 1984; volume I covers the years 1973 to 1978. The first person text traces my experiences and observations chronologically and relies on both original source materials and on personal memories. I have included many color photographs to supplement the text and provide a visual historical reference that would otherwise be missing from a purely textual account. The book may have the greatest appeal to firefighters past and present, but it may also appeal to individuals interested in a very specific segment o ...

The author worked for the federal Bureau of Land Management as a wildland firefighter on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula during the summer fire seasons of 1976-1978. This volume chronicles his experiences in both text and numerous color photos. The second volume by this title covers his experiences with BLM while working out of Galena, Alaska during the fire seasons of 1979-1984.

Dr Joan Rawlins was born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, and spent her early years in Savanna- la-Mar, where she attended Manning’s High School. At age fourteen, she migrated to the United Kingdom with her parents. On completion of High School in the UK, she embarked on a brief, but empowering education in the field of “health”, graduating as a registered nurse (SRN), a qualified Midwife (SCM) and as a Health Visitor (Public Health Nurse) in five years. Following her nursing education, she married and returned to the Caribbean, where she attended the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, obtaining the BSc. and MSc. degrees in Social Sciences. She later went on to achieve a doctorate ...

“Full-Name Index to The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” is an essential tool for any family historian or genealogist with ancestors who lived in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma during the 1800s and 1900s. “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” is a rich history of an area that would become and eventually did become Sequoyah County. Attention is given to the history of communities, churches, clubs and organizations, businesses, and schools. Probably the most fascinating portion of the book is the vast amount of family stories. The family stories of “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” are written by various authors. Most of these authors were family members who provided deta ...