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The title of this book is Ancestors and Descendants Two, More Genealogy and Stories of Families from the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a continuation of information first presented in the book entitled Ancestors and Descendants, Genealogy and stories of families from the U.S. Virgin Islands. In this book some information from the first book may be repeated with updates added. Lots of new information will be presented, along with more pictures. Additional extended families have been identified and some of their information presented. Some of the names of families mentioned in the book are: Daniel, Drummond, Millin, de Jongh, LaFrank, Wallace, Roberts, Reese, Carty, and Smith.

Ancestry research is truly fascinating, especially when it tells a story that society does not fully know. Already aware of my multicultural and mixed heritage, it wasn't until my father gave me his family bible that I was able to discover an entire genealogical history, beyond just one surname and family lore. After combining research from experts and documents, along with detailed DNA results, I was able to successfully create an astounding yet accurately historical family tree for my son, from roots to leaves, filled with an exciting story of genealogy. I hope you will enjoy reading about my deeply involved family history, traveling through my exciting journey back with them in time, ...

On October 14, 1944, Joe Ostrander, 1st Lt. United States Army Air Corp, dropped his eggs in the early morning breakfast line at his Air Force base in southern Italy. He thought, "oh well, I'll just get some more tomorrow". His next eggs would be seven months away, as that morning his B-24 Liberator was shot down while bombing oil refineries over Ploesti, Romania. Join Joe as he takes us on his harrowing journey behind enemy lines. It's the stuff Hollywood movies are made of - except it's all TRUE.

From the mountains of Wyoming, a river flows across Montana, scattering seeds along the way. Somewhere on the eastern plateau of the Great Northern Plains, the last of the seeds wash up onto the river bank. There, in a foreign habitat, they take root and grow into tall, white-barked trees crowned by yellow leaves. Indian legend calls it the Spirit Grove. In 1879, homesteader Silas Rye, discovers the unlikely grove and claims the land on which they stand. Weathering years of drought and hardship, he creates Aspen Grove Ranch. His granddaughter, Fanny, struggles to hold onto the ranch through two World Wars, the Vietnam conflict, and the attack on 9/11. Drawing her strength from the mystic ...

Backyard Evangelism Reaching America – one neighborhood at a time. When we moved to Georgia our children were 5, 3, and 1. We found a ranch house in a small, quiet neighborhood. Our backyard quickly became the neighborhood playground. During our 11 years there we established several fun traditions which God used to reach many of our neighbors. This is a how to book. In its pages you will find all you need from coloring books to costume patterns so that you to can have a party with a purpose. Not only can they be great memory making traditions for your family, they can also bring your neighbors together and provide opportunity for fellowship and evangelism. When we sold our home ...

This book is a partial chronology and a list of reflections about some of the people, events, activities, and experiences that shaped my life, the lives of my 13 siblings, and numerous cousins. It is also a brief history of our journey.

Bohemian Skipper is a collection of stories that I have compiled after having spent more than three quarters of a century on three of our country's most famous rivers, the James and Appomattox in Virginia and the Niagara River that straddles New York an Ontario, Canada. This book is unique in two ways. first, each story stands alone, yet all 28 chapters will come together to tell a much larger and richer story. And secondly, as a child from age four years I would ride the tugboats that my dad skippered and learn many trades and crafts from old world shipwrights and fender makers. And in later years I would learn that my playground had been the town of Henricus, America's second English ...

Having grown up as the son of the last private owner of Bonneyville Mills in Northern Indiana, Carl Mauck and his sister Carol Jean had an idyllic childhood there. Although there have been numerous articles in newspapers and periodicals through the years, no writer has ever told the complete story or done justice to the lives of the men and women who have kept Bonneyville so vivid in the minds and hearts of the residents of Elkhart County and Northern Indiana. Even in a biography preface of Edward Bonney, who built the Mill in 1837, there was no mention of Bonney's life in "our" Bonneyville. This book which compiles and shares previously unpublished photos and information about the Mill, ...