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"The Mysterious Death of Anna T. McPhillips"
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10 Million Names Project
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April 2024 DO YOU HAVE A GENEALOGY TIDBIT TO SHARE?Send your tidbits to: chulavistagenealogysociety@gmail.comGenea-Musingswww.geneamusings.comHave you visted Randy Seaver's genealogy blog, Genea-Musings? It features genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary and genealogy humor. He talks about San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories. YOU, TOO, CAN BE A CITIZEN ARCHIVIST. | For Your Reading Pleasure--BooksThe Selling of America Through Maps “Mapping America: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings that Created the United States,” by Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Neal Asbury, is “the story of the exploration and birth of America . . . told through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period.” The New York Times wrote, “Antiquarian maps from the 1400s onward reveal historical Western notions of geography and image reproduction, central in the founding of this country.” Grow Your Family Tree to Standards in 2024 “Genealogy Standards” (Second Edition Revised) is available on Amazon and at bookstores. This is the official manual from the Board of Certification for Genealogists that “provides standards for genealogical researchers to assess their own and others’ work.” Are you on a budget? Save money by purchasing the Kindle edition. "Slaves in the Family" Writer Edward Ball’s ancestry includes the Ball family plantations that were in operation between 1698 and 1865 when an estimated four thousand Black people were born into slavery or bought by the Balls. In his narrative nonfiction book that won the National Book Award, Ball applies genealogical investigation to find and meet the descendants of his family’s slaves. “Slaves in the Family” was first published in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and is now available in paperback. |