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Family Histories

October is Family History Month. Enjoy these family histories and come visit the San Mateo County Genealogical Society's resources at the San Mateo Main Library.

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San Mateo Public Library

47 items

  • The Age of Disenchantments

    the Epic Story of Spain's Most Notorious Literary Family and the Long Shadow of the Spanish Civil War

    Shulman, Aaron,
    BookNew York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — 920 PANER
  • Ancestor Trouble

    a Reckoning and a Reconciliation

    Newton, Maud,
    BookNew York : Random House, [2022] — BIO NEWTON
  • The Astors, 1763-1992

    Landscape With Millionaires

    Wilson, Derek A.
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1993. — 929.2 A
  • The Bin Ladens

    An Arabian Family in the American Century

    Coll, Steve
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2008. — 920 BIN
  • Blood on Their Hands

    Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

    Matney, Mandy,
    BookNew York : William Morrow, 2023. — 364.1523 MATNE
  • The Brothers Warner

    the Intimate Story of a Hollywood Studio Family Dynasty

    Sperling, Cass Warner, 1948-
    BookStudio City, CA : Warner Sisters, c2008. — 920 WARNE
  • The Browns of California

    the Family Dynasty That Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation

    Pawel, Miriam, 1958-
    BookNew York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. — 979.4092 BROWN 2018
  • The Cartiers

    the Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire

    Brickell, Francesca Cartier,
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, [2019] — BIO CARTIER
  • BookNew York : W.W. Norton, 2011. — 920 CHURC
  • Daughters of the Winter Queen

    Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots

    Goldstone, Nancy, 1957-
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — 940.22 GOL
  • The DiMaggios

    Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream

    Clavin, Tom, 1954-
    BookNew York, NY : Ecco, [2013]. — 796.35709 DIMAGGIOS
  • Dynasty

    the Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

    Holland, Tom,
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2015] — 937.07 HOLLA
  • The Feud

    the Hatfields & McCoys, the True Story

    King, Dean
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013] — 975.44 KING
  • Forty Autumns

    a Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall

    Willner, Nina, 1961-
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — 929.2094 W683f
  • The Grimkes

    the Legacy of Slavery in An American Family

    Greenidge, Kerri K.,
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] — 921 GRIMKE
  • Hell's Half-acre

    the Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

    Jonusas, Susan,
    Book[New York] : Viking, [2022] — LAW TRUE CR JONUSAS
  • The Hiltons

    the True Story of An American Dynasty

    Taraborrelli, J. Randy,
    BookNew York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014. — 923.8 H563t