You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Jan/John Pietersz van Deventer (1627-ca. 1692) married Marie/Marieken Hoogeboom at Houten, Netherlands, in 1652. In 1662, they immigrated to New Netherlands and settled on Long Island. Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) became Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States under President Taft. Descendants scattered throughout the country.
Second supplement to original 2 vol. set.
None
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Lists about 2500 books found in major libraries throughout the U. S. containing genealogies of families from Virginia and West Virginia. The books listed deal with families of Virginia origins but often follow their descendants far and wide across the continent. Each book is listed under the surname of the primary Virginia family covered in it. Many of the titles listed deal with several families, not all of which may have Virginia roots. Citations to all these allied families are listed in a cross-reference table, regardless of the geographic focus of the family, making this bibliography of use to researchers with interests outside Virginia also.
In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the same time the agricultural sector worldwide faces numerous daunting challenges. Not only is the agricultural sector expected to produce adequate food, fiber, and feed, and contribute to biofuels to meet the needs of a rising global population, it is expected to do so under increasingly scarce natural resources and climate change. Growing awareness of the unintended impacts associated with some agricultural production practices has led to heightened societal expectations for improved environmental,...