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Family Trees

A History of Genealogy in America

François Weil

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ISBN 9780674045835

Publication Date: 04/30/2013

320 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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François Weil is the Chancellor of the Universities of Paris. He is professor of history and a former president of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

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