The Godbe Family Heritage Book

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Beatrice Bayley, Inc, 1984. Hardcover. Very good +. Octavo [24 cm] Dark green leatherette with ornamental gilt stamping on the backstrip and boards. Prior owner's name and brief inscription on the front pastedown. This book guides one through the act of creating a personal family history, in this case the Godbe family history. A book with information already compiled, but also a book that allows information to be added. The book includes chapters entitled "History of Ethnic Origins," "The Meaning and Origin of Heraldy," "Origin of Names," "Prefixes and Suffixes," "Common Names and Their Meanings," and "Managing Your Search." With periodic notations relating to the Godbe family on the Personal History Sheets. Scarce.