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American
Dynasties.
Meet the people.
Follow the connections.
15 families68 people118 sourced relationships
01 / THE FAMILIESFifteen names.
Fifteen names.
Many ways into history.
EXPLORE
These groups are editorial entry points. Family membership and individual relationships are sourced in each dossier.
THE CONNECTION MAP
An American register
Open a surname to see its people and generations.
COMPARE
Refine the view All eras · all relationships
Recorded lifeParent → childMarriageInterpretive grouping
Follow a person to their immediate connections.Early centuries are compressed; the labeled axis shows the change in time scale.
People & institutions in this family
THE RECORD BEHIND THE PICTUREHistory has faces.
History has faces.
Every line has evidence.
A selective register of fifteen families, with documented relationships kept separate from interpretive social groupings. Portraits are archival images with their own attribution records; missing images are identified rather than invented.