Here is information about a historic family: Devoney Looser, Regents and Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University, has uncovered new information on the family of English novelist Jane Austen that establishes the family’s direct ties to the anti-slavery movement. With an increased worldwide awareness surrounding the history of race and racial justice, the …
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New Information Revealed on Jane Austen’s Family Ties to Slavery and Abolitionism
Here is information about a historic family: Devoney Looser, Regents and Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University, has uncovered new information on the family of English novelist Jane Austen that establishes the family’s direct ties to the anti-slavery movement. With an increased worldwide awareness surrounding the history of race and racial justice, the …
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 14 June 2021
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: This week FamilySearch added 4M new indexed records from Find A Grave Index, plus Argentina Cemetery Records 1882–2019, England Middlesex Parish Registers 1539–1988, the Netherlands Archival Indexes Vital Records 1600–2000, and thousands more Catholic Church records for Peru (Huaraz) 1641–2016 and Venezuela 1577–1995. US collections added Arizona Divorce Records 1877–1937, Georgia Tax Digests 1787–1900, Louisiana Orleans Parish Cemetery Records 1805–1944, and Missouri Civil …