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Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing : : Adventures in Discovering News-Making Connections, Unexpected Ancestors, Long-Hidden Secrets, and Solving Historical Puzzles

Smolenyak, Megan. Book - 2012 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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On t.p., author's surname is followed by a superscript "2."
Includes index.

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Interesting for Genealogists submitted by sdunav on July 20, 2012, 2:59pm This was an impulse grab off the library's new book shelf - it's short essays about genealogy and genealogical and historical research. Interesting if you're into those subjects - probably not so much if you're not.

There were pieces on celebrity genealogy (Obama's Irish ancestors traced back to a pub in Ireland), DNA testing (one of the better chapters - the author discovered an uncle was only a half-uncle - her deceased grandmother had an affair!), research for unclaimed bodies at coroner's offices and for the Army (mostly Korean war vets), a Civil War case, etc. It's fairly well-written but the author does blow her own horn a lot.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Citadel Press, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xiv, 256 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780806534466

SUBJECTS
Genealogy -- Anecdotes.
United States -- Anecdotes.