Genealogies in a sentence

Smart's books cover lists of Domesday manors, Island family genealogies, governors and town mayors, all brought to life by 600 photographs.

Professor Robert Hamers is among the UW–Madison chemistry professors whose "chemical genealogies" reach back to the late 1700s.

According to the genealogies, the last king of Lindsey was named Aldfrith, and the identification of this king with an Aldfrith who witnesses a charter of Offa's in 787 led at one time to the belief that Aldfrith was still ruling at that date.

A.D. Pusalker, History and Culture of the Indian People, Vol I, Chapter XIV, p.273 However, this would imply improbably long reigns on average for the kings listed in the genealogies.

After a few more chapters, Martin perceived his new book as a fantasy story and started making maps and genealogies.

A number of kings are named in the Duan Albanach, and in royal genealogies, but these are rather less reliable than we might wish.

As for the ruling Qwabe, they began re-inventing their genealogies to give the impression that Qwabe and Zulu were closely related in the past.

At this point in the biblical narrative, two genealogies of Esau's family appear under the headings "the generations of Esau".

During his life, Cabell published fifty-two books, including novels, genealogies, collections of short stories, poetry, and miscellanea.

During the Song Dynasty, ordinary clans began to organize themselves into corporate units and produce genealogies.

Examples of early genealogies among the royalty can be found in Sima Qian 's Historical Records, which contain tables recording the descent lines of noble houses called shibiao (Zh).

Given that Conan was well established in genealogies as the founder of Brittany, this account is certainly connected to an older tradition than Geoffrey.

He references in this regard the fact that the genealogies in these two gospels list twenty-six (Luke) to forty-one (Matthew) completely different ancestors for the generations from David to Jesus.

In addition to copying errors, compiled sources (such as published genealogies and online pedigree databases) are susceptible to misidentification errors and incorrect conclusions based on circumstantial evidence.

Includes many oral and scholarly histories, and genealogies for some Levantine Turkish families.

Manipulation of royal genealogies, in this and other sources, to enhance the claims of present rulers was common.

Many of the Druze feudal families whose genealogies have been preserved by the two modern Syrian chroniclers Haydar al-Shihabi and al-Shidyaq seem also to point in the direction of this origin.

Oral history traces local traditions and genealogies back several hundred years. citation Inhabitants followed Polynesian mythology with the local god Tui Tokelau ; and developed forms of music (see Music of Tokelau ) and art.

Some have reconstructed more complete genealogies based on this information as follows: Shem.

Some of the problems in the Wessex genealogies may have come about because of efforts to integrate Ceawlin's line with the other lineages: it was very important to the West Saxons to be able to trace their ancestors back to Cerdic.