The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's GenealogyGenealogical Publishing Com, 1999 - 298 pagini "By law and by custom women's individual identities have been subsumed by those of their husbands. For centuries women were not allowed to own real estate in their own name, sign a deed, devise a will, or enter into contracts, and even their citizenship and their position as head of household have been in doubt. Finding women in traditional genealogical record sources, therefore, presents the researcher with a unique challenge, for census records, wills, land records, pension records--the conventional sources of genealogical identification--all have to be viewed in a different perspective if we are to establish the genealogical identity of our female ancestors. Whether listed under their maiden names, married names, patronymic/matronymic surnames or some other permutation, or hidden under such terms as "Mrs.," "Mistress," "goodwife," "wife of," or even "daughter of," it is clear that women are hard to find. But while women may never be as easy to locate as their male counterparts, Christina Schaefer here pioneers an approach to the problem that just might set genealogy on its head! And her solution is simplicity itself: Look closely at those areas where the female ancestor interacts with the government and the legal system, she advises, where law, precedent, and even custom mandate the unequivocal identification of all parties, male and female. According to this thesis, the legal status of women at any point in time is the key to unraveling the identity of the female ancestor, and therefore this work highlights those laws, both federal and state, that indicate when a woman could own real estate in her own name, devise a will, enter into contracts, and so on. The first part of the book--a lengthy and informative introduction--deals with the special ways women are dealt with in federal records such as immigration records, passports, naturalization records, census enumerations, land records, military records, and records dealing with minorities. All such records are discussed with reference to their impact on women, as are a group of miscellaneous, non-governmental records, including newspapers, cemetery records, city directories, church records, and state laws covering common law marriages and marriage and divorce registration. The bulk of this absorbing new reference work, however, deals with the individual states, showing how their laws, records, and resources can be used in determining female identity. Each state section begins with a time line of events, i.e. important dates in the state's history, following which is a detailed listing of eight key categories of information: (1) Marriage and Divorce (marriage and divorce laws and where to find marriage and divorce records); (2) Property and Inheritance (women's legal status in a state as reflected in statute law, code, and legislative acts); (3) Suffrage (information as to when any voting rights were granted prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920); (4) Citizenship (dates when residents of an area became U.S. citizens); (5) Census Information (special notes on searching federal, state, and territorial enumerations); (6) Other (information on welfare, pensions, and other laws affecting women); (7) Bibliography (books and articles relating to women in the state, historical and biographical sources, and publications regarding legal history and jurisprudence); and (8) Selected Resources for Women's History (addresses of state archives, historical societies, and libraries; women's studies programs, women's history programs, and more). This engrossing new work is as amazing as it is informative: amazing because it shows how women have been written out of genealogical history; informative because it demonstrates how their identities can be recovered. This is a new and promising path in genealogy, suggesting fruitful avenues of research and many new possibilities."--Amazon. |
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... York 185 North Carolina 191 North Dakota 195 Ohio 199 Oklahoma 203 Oregon 209 Pennsylvania 213 Rhode Island 219 South Carolina 223 South Dakota 227 Tennessee 231 Texas 235 Utah 241 Vermont 247 Virginia 251 Washington 257 West Virginia ...
... York 185 North Carolina 191 North Dakota 195 Ohio 199 Oklahoma 203 Oregon 209 Pennsylvania 213 Rhode Island 219 South Carolina 223 South Dakota 227 Tennessee 231 Texas 235 Utah 241 Vermont 247 Virginia 251 Washington 257 West Virginia ...
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... York . Widows who married Revolutionary War veterans after their service , and before 1 January 1800 , may apply for pensions . Oregon Donation Land Act provides that half of a land grant be in the name of the wife . By the Gadsen ...
... York . Widows who married Revolutionary War veterans after their service , and before 1 January 1800 , may apply for pensions . Oregon Donation Land Act provides that half of a land grant be in the name of the wife . By the Gadsen ...
Pagina 2
... Federation of Women's Clubs is formed . 1 Corinne K. Hoexter , From Canton to California : The Epic of Chinese Immigration ( New York : Four Winds Press , 1976 ) , 125 , 239 . Introduction 1891 1892 1895 1896 1898 1904 1906 1907 1910 2.
... Federation of Women's Clubs is formed . 1 Corinne K. Hoexter , From Canton to California : The Epic of Chinese Immigration ( New York : Four Winds Press , 1976 ) , 125 , 239 . Introduction 1891 1892 1895 1896 1898 1904 1906 1907 1910 2.
Pagina 3
... York for processing , detaining , and deporting alien arrivals . Of forty - six states : in fourteen states a wife's wages still belong to her husband ; in thirty - seven states a married woman has no legal right over her children ; and ...
... York for processing , detaining , and deporting alien arrivals . Of forty - six states : in fourteen states a wife's wages still belong to her husband ; in thirty - seven states a married woman has no legal right over her children ; and ...
Pagina 5
... York from 1847 to 1896 are not indexed on microfilm . The Balch Institute for Immigration Research at Temple University in Philadelphia has the original manifests and has indexed them in a database . Some indexes have been published by ...
... York from 1847 to 1896 are not indexed on microfilm . The Balch Institute for Immigration Research at Temple University in Philadelphia has the original manifests and has indexed them in a database . Some indexes have been published by ...
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DELAWARE | 81 |
NEVADA | 169 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | 173 |
NEW JERSEY | 177 |
NEW MEXICO | 181 |
NEW YORK | 185 |
NORTH CAROUNA | 191 |
NORTH DAKOTA | 195 |
OHIO | 199 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 85 |
FLORIDA | 89 |
GEORGIA | 93 |
HAWAII | 97 |
IDAHO | 103 |
ILLINOIS | 107 |
INDIANA | 111 |
IOWA | 115 |
KANSAS | 119 |
KENTUCKY | 123 |
LOUISIANA | 127 |
MAINE | 133 |
MARYLAND | 137 |
MASSACHUSETTS | 141 |
MICHIGAN | 147 |
MINNESOTA | 151 |
MISSISSIPPI | 155 |
MISSOURI | 159 |
MONTANA | 163 |
NEBRASKA | 165 |
OKLAHOMA | 203 |
OREGON | 209 |
PENNSYLVANIA | 213 |
RHODE ISLAND | 219 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 223 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | 227 |
TENNESSEE | 231 |
TEXAS | 235 |
UTAH | 241 |
VERMONT | 247 |
VIRGINIA | 251 |
WASHINGTON | 257 |
WEST VIRGINIA | 261 |
WISCONSIN | 265 |
WYOMING | 269 |
GLOSSARY | 273 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 277 |
Index | 297 |
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The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy Christina K. Schaefer Vizualizare fragmente - 1999 |
The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy Christina K. Schaefer Vizualizare fragmente - 1999 |
Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Geneology Christina K. Schaefer Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2000 |
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19th Amendment Alaska Arizona Arkansas available online Baltimore Bibliography census census film CENSUS INFORMATION CITIZENSHIP civil Colony Colorado community property Connecticut County Clerk County Courthouse County marriage county records Dakota Territory district courts Divorce Records dower Family federal fiche files Find Marriage Florida Genealogical Publishing Genealogical Society Georgia granted Hawaii Hidden Half Historical Society husband Idaho Illinois Immigrant IMPORTANT DATES Indian intestacy Jersey jurisdiction Kansas Kentucky land Library Louisiana manumissions Marriage and Divorce marriage licenses marriage records married woman Maryland Massachusetts Mexico Michigan Missouri nation until 1924 Native Americans Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania probate PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE Quilts receive complete suffrage Records Marriages registers RESOURCES FOR WOMEN'S Saint SELECTED RESOURCES separate estate separate property Soundex South suffrage by passage Supreme Court Tennessee Territory Texas Thirteen Colonies University Press Utah Vital Records Vols Washington widow wife Wisconsin women receive complete Women's History York
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Pagina 29 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Pagina 236 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property; and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife, in relation as well to her separate property, as to that held in common with her husband.
Pagina 120 - any married woman may carry on any trade or business, and perform any labor or services, on her sole and separate account, and the earnings of any married woman from her trade, business, labor, or services shall be her sole and separate property, and may be used and invested by her in her own name.
Pagina 210 - The property and pecuniary rights of every married woman, at the time of marriage or afterwards, acquired by gift, devise, or inheritance shall not be subject to the debts, or contracts of the husband; and laws shall be passed providing for the registration of the wife's seperate (sic) property.
Pagina 129 - ... in no case shall they enter into any agreement, or make any renunciation, the object of which would be to alter the legal orders of descent, either with respect to themselves, in what concerns the inheritance of their children or posterity, which either may have by any other person, or in respect to their common children...
Pagina 87 - Daughters of the American Revolution 1776 D Street NW Washington, DC 20006...
Pagina 91 - Names and Abstracts from the Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, 1822-1845 (Tallahassee: Florida State Genealogical Society, 1991).
Pagina 141 - Court, that if any shall make any motion of marriage to any man's daughter or mayde servant, not having first obtained leave and consent of the parents or master...
Pagina 120 - All the provisions hereinbefore made in relation to the widow of a deceased husband shall be applicable to the husband of a deceased wife. Each is entitled to the same rights or portion in the estate of the other, and like interests shall in the same manner descend to their respective heirs.
Pagina 77 - Any person who uses any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned. Section 54-196 provides: Any person who assists, abets, counsels, causes, hires or commands another to commit any offense may be prosecuted and punished as if he were the principal offender.