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“Who Do You Think You Are” – Followup

Posted in Family History, Genealogy Software, Genealogy Tips, History on Mar 9th, 2010

An earlier posting suggested the Public Broadcasting System(PBS) series Who Do You Think You Are as a worthwhile dive into genealogy as seen through the eyes of famous people in entertainment, such as Meryl Streep, Sarah Jessica Parker, Yo Ma Ma and Eva Longoria Parker. I am coming back to this now having seen several [...]

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Another Oriental Look at Genealogy

Posted in History on Jun 4th, 2009

I just finished reading “Factory Girls” by Leslie Chang.  She is a Chinese-American author who lived in China for 10 years while working for the Wall St. Journal.  The book is about the lives of the migrant factory population in China, told mainly through two women in their twenties.  While the author was interviewing these [...]

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