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000347461 1001_ $$aAkenson, Donald H.,$$d1941-
000347461 24510 $$aSome family :$$bthe Mormons and how humanity keeps track of itself /$$cDonald Harman Akenson.
000347461 260__ $$aMontreal :$$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$$cc2007.
000347461 300__ $$ax, 349 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000347461 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000347461 5050_ $$aPt. 1. Getting in touch. Yesterday's news -- What do the Mormons think...? -- The indomitable overcoming the inevitable -- pt. 2. The course of Adam. What's the plot? -- The grammars of genealogical ascent -- A big imperial engine? -- Resistance, submission, subversion -- pt. 3. The saints come marching. God's massive engine? -- Appendices. A. The poverty of terminology -- Inbreeding and incest -- False-paternity -- False-maternity -- Genetics as genealogical evidence.
000347461 520__ $$aIn our age of information, genealogical research has become one of the most popular activities in the world and the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most important resources. This book explains and evaluates the history and functioning of this massive undertaking, in the process providing an insightful study of the Mormon scriptures and their implications for genealogical work. One of his central arguments is that there are four basic genealogical forms. The supporting evidence runs from the Solomon Islands to classical China to ancient Ireland. Highly significant on its own, it also provides the information needed to assess the Latter-day Saints' efforts to provide a single narrative of how humanity keeps track of itself. Appendices cover topics of vital interest to historians, genealogists, and ethnographers--the use and limits of genetic data in genealogy, the reality of false-paternity as a widespread phenomenon in genealogical lines, the vexing matters of incest and cousin-marriage. Taking a unique perspective on a neglected topic, Akenson draws far-reaching conclusions about the stories cultures tell themselves. Some Family will be of interest not only to religious scholars but also to anyone who has ever used the Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to explore their ancestry--From publisher description.
000347461 61020 $$aChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.$$bFamily History Library$$xHistory.
000347461 650_0 $$aGenealogy.
000347461 650_0 $$aMormon Church.
000347461 650_0 $$aMormons.
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