History and Genealogy of the Page Family From the Year 1257 to the Present: With Brief History and Genealogy of the Allied Families Nash and Peck by Charles Nash Page
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This was incredibly disappointing and nearly a total waste of my time, though not entirely which I why I gave it two stars. It’s weird because there are many very good Family books out, allied to the Page family in particular. Among them are many Randolph and Cary books, but also books on the Carter, Worthington, Arundel, Dudley, Jefferson and so many other families. And then the proud Page family, another of the great early FFV families (First Families of Virginia), in which most of the first governors, signers of the Declaration, merchants, soldiers, members of Congress, etc., have been part of. I recall my mother (this is on my maternal line — Mother came from the Pages on her maternal side) was happy to show Dad and myself as a boy her/our ancestors’ graves at the famous Episcopalian church there in old Williamsburg VA. It was inspiring.
So you would think the authors of any Page family books would be up to the task, ready to meet the Randolphs, Nelsons, Carys and Harrisons head on, yes? No. The only decent one I’ve ever found has been the one most researchers know — the Genealogy by Richard Channing Moore Page, itself not perfect.
This author speculates about nearly all of the old alleged ancestors one gets the damn book for! “In the 1200s, a ‘Sir … Page” appears here,” another mentioned in land and/or tax transactions in the 14th and 16th centuries, etc. OK, anything actually tangible? Cause I can almost pull that off myself. That’s not impressive research, that’s damned embarrassing. If nothing’s there, don’t write a freaking book! And then moving forward to when Pages started migrating to America, well that’s been done and much better, and besides it also is not very good. This book really deserves one star but sadly I’m actually saving that for one other I recently stumbled across that is so wretchedly bad, it’s possibly the worst “written” book attempt I’ve ever seen, out of the tens of thousands I’ve seen. I didn’t know that anyone could be this bad. I’ve been saving it because there’s so much to say and I have so little time, I’m not sure how to handle it.
Regardless, in reference to this book, if you want to read gossip, guesses and professed ignorance on potential older Page ancestors, feel free to take a look at this book. Otherwise don’t waste much time on this. Not recommended!
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