November 18, 2022 Widespread DNA testing has meant the revelation of many family secrets. One of the consequences of this has been a surge in books about how those secrets were uncovered and what it meant to the people whose secrets were revealed. Some of the books are well-written and entertaining. Books such as Bill …
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Strangers No More
August 12, 2022 Genetic genealogy has become widespread in the United States. Almost every genealogist as well as lots of other folks have taken DNA tests. This has spawned a new category of books that I call DNA Shock memoirs. These books detail the shocking findings that people have received in their DNA results. …
Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America
July 1, 2022 David Hackett Fischer’s Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America is my favorite genealogy book. I’ve recommended it dozens of times over the last twenty years. Most of the folks I’ve recommended it to later told me how much they’d enjoyed the book. They all agreed it was “must reading” for anyone …
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