Listening to the Voices of Our Ancestors: A Practical Manual for Developing Your Intuitive Genealogical Abilities by Megan Reilly Koepsell takes the reader on a journey of discovery. Genealogy is generally something approached in a manner that chalks similar experiences in a family up to...

Uncovering Roots: The Rheas of Augusta, Bath and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia is a genealogical history of the Rhea family. The author, Lillian “Sissy Crone” Frazer, traces the family as far back as the 1680s to Scotland. There, the facts give way to supposition. Rhea family...

Italians of Northeastern Pennsylvania is not the first book Stephanie Longo dedicates to the history and presence of Italian immigrants in North America. With her considerable efforts, Longo is helping to fill the void that still makes the experiences and lives of these people largely...

The Lodge Women, Their Men and Their Times by Emily Lodge is a genealogical memoir in which Emily talks about several generations of family members right from the time of their arrival in America and their subsequent lives and lifestyles. In this book, Emily starts...

Because of her family history, a woman begins to realize she has a very high chance of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Being the competitive yet sympathetic person she is, she takes steps to take control of the situation and to create a record for...

Rufus: James Agee in Tennessee is a biographical work put together by Paul F. Brown. Focusing on American writer James Rufus Agee, most famous for penning the classic novel A Death In The Family and the screenplay for The African Queen, Brown chooses to home...

A Daughter’s Secret by Jacqueline McDonald is a personal account of what a simple DNA test can uncover. Jackie’s biological mother and father have not been together since she was a child, having broken up and gotten back together so many times, no one ever...

From Hill Town to Strieby by Margot Lee Williams is an educational book. In 1879, Islay Walden, once a slave, returned to North Carolina as an ordained minister in Southwestern Randolph County. He was also a missionary for the American Missionary Association, living with his...

I was excited to read Elsie's Story: Chasing a Family Mystery by Doris Green. The story is about Doris's Aunt Elsie who died unexpectedly. There were always questions surrounding her death. It was not until adulthood that Doris was able to investigate it. This story...

Not everyone can trace their roots and A Walk Through Minden: In the Lives of the Crone and Vegh Families by Lillian Frazer shows just how much they may be missing. Beginning with great-great-grandparents, most of whom immigrated from Europe in the mid 19th and...