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The book is 8.5" x 11" format and contains 600 pages.
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Following are the first few pages of the book.
Copyright 1989
Fortney - Fortna Genealogy Family, Inc.
All rights reserved
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SUBJECT PAGE NO:
PREFACE ..........................................................iv
SPECIAL THANKS ....................................................v
EDITORIAL STAFF ..................................................vi
PICTURING OUR PAST ..............................................vii
DEDICATION .....................................................viii
LIST OF ORIGINAL AND PRESENT OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ...............x
SPONSORS .........................................................xi
PATRONS .........................................................xii
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOHN EVAN FORTNA .....................xiii
MEMORIAL GIFTS IN MEMORY OF RELATIVES ...........................xiv
CHAPTER I - FAMILY HISTORY ........................................1
CHAPTER II - THE FIRST FORTINEUX OF AMERICA - AN INITIAL
ANTHOLOGY OF EVIDENCE (FORTNEY, FORDNEY, FORTNA) .....3
CHAPTER III - A GENEALOGY IS BORN ................................51
CHAPTER IV - ACCOUNTS OF THE TWO INTERNATIONAL REUNIONS OF THE
FORTNEY-FORTNA GENEALOGY FAMILY AND THE 1986
FURTNEY REUNION .....................................53
CHAPTER V - MILITARY HISTORY .....................................59
CHAPTER VI - GUNSMITHS OF THE FORTNEY, FORTNA, FORDNEY FAMILY ....75
CHAPTER VII - EXPLANATION OF THE LETTERING-NUMBERING SYSTEM
USED TO EXTEND THE FAMILY LINES FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION ...........................81
GENERATION I .....................................................83 GENERATION II ....................................................91 GENERATION III ...................................................98 GENERATION IV ...................................................111 GENERATION V ....................................................132 GENERATION VI ...................................................178 GENERATION VII ..................................................249 GENERATION VIII .................................................327 GENERATION IX ...................................................401 GENERATION X ....................................................448 GENERATION XI ...................................................469
MISCELLANEOUS - FORTNEY/FERTNEY .................................473 MISCELLANEOUS - FORDNEY .........................................491 MISCELLANEOUS - FORTNEY .........................................504 MISCELLANEOUS - FURTNEY .........................................531 CONTEMPORARY FORTNEY/FORDNEY LINEAGES ...........................537
BIBLIOGRAPHIES ..................................................541 ALPHABETICAL NAME INDEX .........................................545