A History of the American and Puritanical Family of Sutliff Or Sutliffe: Spelled Sutcliffe in England. the First American Family (A.D. 1614) Connected ... the Settlement of the Original English Poss Hardcover – 8 August 2015

The print is very good and easy to read. The pictures are at best just shadows or outlines. Since I did not get it for the photos I was very satisfied.

This is a genealogical goldmine, if you are tracing the correct Nathaniel Sutliff. Unfortunately I'm returning mine because it would be tracing the line of my 7th Great-Grand Uncle, not my 8th Great-Grandfather about whom I thought this book was written - so I'm writing a review so the next person purchasing can purchase the right book. (My correct line was mentioned in this book, as a note that another Sutliff genealogical book was written about John Sutliff, b. 1674, son of Nathaniel (Sr) Sutliff by Bennett Hurd Sutcliffe - another of the various spellings explained in the book I'm now reviewing). What I noticed about this book (vs the correct book for my line) is that the print is crisp and clean; any pages that are faded are printed a second time (which feels a bit redundent but it tends to be where there were photographs, to show more contrast and it tends to be a crisper photo too) and it's easy to follow the storyline.The Nathaniel (Jr) Sutliff that this book follows was born in (approximately) 1672 and married Sarah Savage. The history of the family, including background information on Nathaniel (Sr) and his wife Hannah Plympton are also described. Did you know that Nathaniel Sr and Hannah's father, John, both helped fund Harvard? *I* didn't know that, but it's mentioned in the preface in this book.The book covers each member in as much detail as was given. Each direct relation has a number, each child has a corresponding number - and if they married (with date, if given) and had more children, their children are also numbered further in the book under the number/name combination of their parent. Birth and death dates are given as well, for as many as are known. Often in these books, the author has reached out to family members and has put together information per written documentation - letters, bibles, etc.This book was published, originally, in 1909, and republished in 2017 with no additional updates. The information in the book is from 1614 through 1909. This is a reprint (photocopy) of a book that at some point made it to the City of Boston's Public Library. Samuel M. Sutliff signed it December 31, 1909 - and you have the photocopy of his autograph in these pages. And the author was kind enough to also put a key in the front of the book so that one can follow, forwards or backwards, your specific family's line.I used a different book (as this one isn't my direct line) to insert names (as this is considered a primary resource) into Ancestry and then from 1909 forward I was able to use Census Records to find my way to living members whom I've friended on Facebook...And people love hearing that their family is listed in a book's pages.If ever I finish my direct lines, I will come back and purchase this book and find the lines here as well - because we are all related...but just a bit more distantly than I was looking for at the time I was interested in buying a book about my family :)

print is too light, faded or totally missing - very disappointing considering the expense of it

Good resource