Review Archives - Albuquerque Genealogical Society https://abqgen.org/category/blog/review/ A Non-Profit Organization Founded in 1972 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:53:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://abqgen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Review Archives - Albuquerque Genealogical Society https://abqgen.org/category/blog/review/ 32 32 How Were the Americas Settled? https://abqgen.org/blog/review/how-were-the-americas-settled/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:53:24 +0000 https://abqgen.org/?p=7402 by AGS member John A. Farris Many of us are curious about when and how the Americas were settled. There have been many theories, but a new book pulls together all of the available information as of 2022. This book is: ORIGIN: A Genetic History of the Americas by Dr. Jenifer Raff Published in 2022, […]

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]]> Book Review: The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England https://abqgen.org/blog/review/book-review-the-art-of-family-genealogical-artifacts-in-new-england/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:38:27 +0000 https://abqgen.org/?p=6487 by AGS Member Michael Blackledge The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England (2002, published by New England Historical Society) by D. Brenton Simons and Peter Benes presents several interesting viewpoints you may wish to consider regarding your family history and legacy. The 370 page book is a collection of 15 essays and two […]

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]]> Stories of Early Albuquerque https://abqgen.org/blog/review/stories-of-early-albuquerque/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:16:44 +0000 https://abqgen.org/?p=4337 review by AGS member Mike Wilson Some of you might not know that AGS member and former Quarterly editor Rosemary McNerney Winkler compiled the stories she wrote and commissioned about early Albuquerque families into a book that is now available. You might like to have a copy, or it could be a perfect present for […]

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]]> Review: Boston University Genealogy Studies Program https://abqgen.org/blog/review/review-boston-university-genealogy-studies-program/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://abqgen.org/?p=4139 by AGS Member Laura Weber Like so many at the start of the pandemic, my time at work was a little less while my time at home was a great deal more – a genealogy hobbyist’s dream! I started to explore opportunities to expand my training and education and in addition to countless webinars, I […]

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]]> Kill Less Trees While Researching Ancestors https://abqgen.org/blog/review/kill-less-trees-while-researching-ancestors/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:55:24 +0000 https://abqgen.org/?p=3625 by Philip Spivey If you’re like me, a desk filled with scratch pads, spiral notebooks and information scrawled on bits of paper is a familiar sight. Let’s face it, we are constantly jotting things down in our search for ancestors. It might be a footnote reference or index listing we hope will lead us to […]

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