The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England Book

	Acknowledgments
	Notes on Contributors
	Introduction
Sect. I	Two Historians' Views on Family History and Genealogy
	Families and the Decorative Arts	1
	Creating Lineages	5
Sect. II	Family Representations and Remembrances
	Decorated New England Family Registers, 1770 to 1850	13
	"Keep Sacred the Memory of Your Ancestors": Family Registers and Memorial Prints	60
	Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: The Family Tree Lithograph in America	75
Sect. III	Families and Portraiture
	New England Family Record Broadsides and Portraiture, and the Letterpress Artist of Connecticut	91
	The Family in Portraiture	114
	Tokens of Sorrow: New England Portrait Miniatures and Mourning Jewelry	127
Sect. IV	Representations of Passage
	One Moment in Time: The Family Portrait Mourning Piece, a Unique American Form	145
	"By this you see we are but dust": The Gravestone Art and Epitaphs of Our Ancestors	150
Sect. V	Patterns of Inheritance and Acquisition
	Sterling Memories: Family and Silver in Early New England	177
	The Abigail Ball Box: The History of an Initialed Object	191
Sect. VI	Patterns of Family Legacies
	Preserving a Legacy	201
	Commemorating Colonial New England's First Families: The Triumph of the Pilgrims	222
Sect. VII	Genealogy and Historical Research
	On the Importance of Genealogical Methodology in Researching Early New England Folk Portraitists	245
Sect. VIII	Checklists
	Selected Checklist of Manuscript, Watercolor, and Needlework Family Registers and Family Trees in New England, 1780-1846	275
	Checklist of Printed Family Registers and Memorial Prints, 1790-1900	283
	Name Index	301
	Subject Index	327