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A noted genealogist reveals what it is like to be a history detective using twenty-first-century techniques and technology, and discusses some of the cases she has solved, including the families of celebrities and work for the Army and the FBI.
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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
2012, Citadel Press
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080653446X 9780806534466
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Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing
2012, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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1306667267 9781306667265
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Table of Contents
No man left behind (for real)
Famous cousins
Serial centenarians
Alex Haley was Scottish?
Egyptian roots in a hurry
A house divided, a Bible shared
There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama
Unclaimed persons
Adventures in TV land
Finding Melvina, Michelle Obama's great-great-great-grandmother
The road to a First Lady's roots
King of America
Skeletons in the turret
Anatomy of an adoption search
The slave who rescued freedom
No, your name wasn't changed at Ellis Island
Paralyzed prostitute
Half a negro boy
A lonely tombstone on the sidewalks of Manhattan
Grandma stepped out
The call me Yak-yak
Annie Moore, Ellis Island's first.
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Includes index.
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