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Letters From India, 1971 Richard A. Stanford During the summer of 1971 I was a participant in a seven-week study abroad seminar for a dozen Davidson College faculty and four members of faculties of neighboring colleges and universities. I was the fortunate Furman faculty member to be selected to participate in the seminar. The project, focused on culture in the South Asian subcontinent, entailed travel and intense study in India and Nepal. The seven-week journey was organized and directed by Professor Frederick H. Gaige of Davidson College. During the journey I may have written 30 or more letters to my wife Louise and our daughter, Mary Louise. In the following transcriptions, greetings. conclusions, and personal matter have been redacted. Photographs taken during the journey have been inserted in the redacted letters where appropriate, and photographs depicting visits to sites made after the first 20 letters have been added.  <Blog Post Essays>   <Thi...

Bible Ancestry Tracing Charts, Back in Time <Return to Lineage Tracing the Bible> <Essays Menu> MyHeritage screenshot of Stanford Family tree: Stanford Family tree: This is a screenshot of the base of the MyHeritage Stanford Family Tree. There are over 8600 records in this family tree; I can find any name in the tree, but not any historical person not in the tree. Lineage descends from earlier parties; ancestry tracing ascends toward earlier parties. One can't start an ancestry trace just anywhere; one must start with the MyHeritage account owner’s record and trace back in time by successively adding parent and grandparent records. Chart 71. RAS Paternal Ancestry to 1675: Chart 71. RAS Paternal Ancestry to 1675: This paternal ancestry trace was composed from several screen shots using copy-and-paste in the Windows Paint app. This ancestry trace ends with confidence at 1675 with my 5th-great grandfather; It is possible to trace beyond my 5th-great grandfather, ...