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Using other peoples’ facts to build a deeper genealogy picture of your own family.
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Chain Migration
The links that connect families, and the links that are missing.
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The Birds’ Revenge
Pheasants, part II.
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Hello New Readers!
I write about people that I find in graveyards, and sometimes other places. Part of my deal is that I’m really taken with the idea…
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Everybody’s So Creative: Thoughts on Self-Invention in Genealogy
Identity, alias, and personal invention.
● Ms. Snoop
There’s no official club for Folks Who Get All Up in Dead People’s Business, but in the barest sense, that’s what I do.
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