Most of the people living in Europe today are descended from the many tribes that migrated into the Roman Empire, beginning in about 200 BC. The book examines the history of these Nordic, Germanic, Arabic, Magyar and Slavic tribes, from the time of the Great Migration until they formed the European states that we know today. It also provides thirty-nine documented genealogies of the leaders of these tribes until modern times. After many centuries of intermarriage, these people, from all over Europe, are all now related to one another. All thirty-nine documented genealogies lead, in a direct...
Most of the people living in Europe today are descended from the many tribes that migrated into the Roman Empire, beginning in about 200 BC. The book ...
This book, volume 2, contains the notes and source references to A Genealogical History of Europe volume 1, third edition. The 5,498 references and notes in this volume are displayed as endnotes. In the Kindle E-book, second edition, the text, references and notes were all included in the same volume, because in the E-Book, the reader can click the superscript reference number, and it switches immediately to the reference. In a printed book, this is not possible. Because of the large number of references, footnotes are not possible, and it was necessary to use the less desirable alternative...
This book, volume 2, contains the notes and source references to A Genealogical History of Europe volume 1, third edition. The 5,498 references and no...
This book presents histories and genealogies of the Randolph family in Scotland, England, Colonial Virginia, and the United States of America. In addition to the Randolphs, it includes the histories and genealogies of seven important English families that are ancestors of the Randolphs. In Scotland, the Randolph name can be traced, with confidence, back to Sir Thomas Randolph, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland in about 1250, but the family was probably founded in about 1190 in Littelsdaleshire, Scotland. The genealogical line itself can be traced with confidence back to Crinan of Dunkeld died...
This book presents histories and genealogies of the Randolph family in Scotland, England, Colonial Virginia, and the United States of America. In addi...
Karl McCreight was born in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1965. When he was seven months old, the family moved to England, two years later to Sweden, then back to England. Karl began kindergarten in Belgium. He started school in Wedel-Holstein, Germany and finally graduated, with a German Abitur, in Hofheim am Taunus, Hessen, Germany. While in his teens, Karl took a job on a freighter and sailed around the Mediterranean Sea. He landed in a number of harbors in Europe, Arabia, Israel and other parts of North Africa. Karl trained as a piano builder at the Seiler Piano Company in Kitzingen,...
Karl McCreight was born in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1965. When he was seven months old, the family moved to England, two years later to Sweden, the...
The Alexander family of Scotland, Ireland and North America is descended from the MacDonald clan, which is itself descended from Norwegians, who settled on the islands of what is now Western Scotland in the mid-12th century. The sons of the Norwegian leader Somerled were related through marriage to Malcolm III, son of King Alexander I of Scotland. Somerled and his eldest son were killed at the Battle of Renfrew in 1164. Somerled' grandson Donald founded the house of MacDonald (son of Donald). Donald's grandson Alexander founded the house of MacAlexander, which later became simply Alexander....
The Alexander family of Scotland, Ireland and North America is descended from the MacDonald clan, which is itself descended from Norwegians, who settl...
The earliest known McCreight family originated in Scotland near Glasgow. William McCreight was there born in 1645, according to an entry in the McCreight family Bible. This was also stated in a letter from Mary Randolph (1826-1901) to her brother Edward Graves Randolph. William first appeared in the historical record in a land lease in 1695. This book deals with the history and genealogy of his descendants. England confiscated the land of the Irish nobles and colonized Ireland with Anglo-Normans and Scots. In about 1650, the English landlords began sending large numbers of Scots to re-settle...
The earliest known McCreight family originated in Scotland near Glasgow. William McCreight was there born in 1645, according to an entry in the McCrei...
