3. How to Make Sense Out of a
Family of Individualists
IN HER “GENEALOGY GEMS” PODCAST with author John Paul Godges, host Lisa Louise Cooke calls Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century “not only a fascinating read but also a wonderful example of what to strive for in writing your own family’s history.” She extracts genealogy gems and writing gems. Part 3 plays below.
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“In today’s world, it seems like more and more people are so inward focused, and yet your book makes it so abundantly clear that we are all connected, whether we know it or like it or not, that we are all products of what was going on around us.”
Running time: 12 minutes, 21 seconds.
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The complete podcast is also available free through iTunes, the iPhone and iPad app, the Android app, the Genealogy Gems Toolbar, and the Genealogy Gems website, linked from the podcast logo above.
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