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Neva "Grandma" Burright was born on a race track in 1883, and her 57-year career as a harness racing driver spanned the county fair circuit to the early years of pari-mutuel harness racing after World War II. During the 1940s and 1950s, major newspapers from Boston to Honolulu reported on Grandma Burright's exploits as a harness racing driver. In 1943, she became the first woman to win a Grand Circuit race. In doing so, she defeated the lege...

Burright Family History covers the story of the Burrights (then Barheits) from their time in Recife, Brazil, during the mid-1650s to New Netherland and beyond. The reader will follow Cornelius Burright from New York to the Old Northwest and each of his children and their descendants as they took part in the settlement of the west. It is not an exaggeration to say that Burright history is American history. Chapter 1 covers the Burright family ...

Genealogy is the second most popular hobby in the United States after gardening. A search for "genealogy" in Amazon.com's book directory finds over 60, 000 results! Many of these books on genealogy are outstanding resources. However, very few of these books are about East Frisian genealogy. In fact, a search for "Friesland genealogy" finds four books concerning the Banta family's genealogy, a book about a missing uncle in Nazi-occupied Holland...

The history of the Groenhagen families in Ostfriesland, Germany, and the United States. Groenhagen Family History covers Harm Siebelts Groenhagen's (Groenhagen's second great-grandfather) descendants to the present and his ancestors back to Geert Garrels (the family didn't use the surname Groenhagen until about 1811), who was born about 1640. The book also discusses Geert Garrels' descendants in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and G...

The history of the Groenhagen families in Ostfriesland, Germany, and the United States. Groenhagen Family History covers Harm Siebelts GroenhagenÕs (Groenhagen's second great-grandfather) descendants to the present and his ancestors back to Geert Garrels (the family didnÕt use the surname Groenhagen until about 1811), who was born about 1640. The book also discusses Geert GarrelsÕ descendants in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and G...