[Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major Character - Try Rett
MacPherson's Series
Elizabeth J. Culton
cultone at yhti.net
Mon Dec 4 22:43:19 EST 2006
For a real treat, try Rett MacPherson's 'Torie O'Shea' Mysteries. So
far, there are eight of them (the first is 'Family Skeleton). The main
character is a genealogist and every one of the books is a delight!
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3. RE: Fiction with Genealogist Major character (Drew Smith)
4. RE: Fiction with Genealogist Major character (Tracy Luscombe)
5. Fiction with Genealogist Major character (Comanche Public Library)
6. Re: Fiction with Genealogist Major character (Ellen Jennings)
7. Searching the archives (was RE: [Genealib] Fiction with
Genealogist Major character) (Drew Smith)
8. Re: 13th Century Univ. of Paris records? (Chris Tinney)
9. EPA Libraries (Ida Riordan)
10. Re: Rates for genealogy workshop leaders (Beth Oljace)
11. RE: Minolta MS6000 MKIII and MS7000 MKII
microformreader/printer (MPL Genealogy)
12. Free for postage (Alice Soles)
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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:50:14 -0600
From: "Tracy Luscombe" <tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org>
Subject: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
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I'm thinking I saw this discussed sometime over the past few years, but
couldn't find it on the various threads. Can anyone give the
names/authors of fiction books/novels that have a genealogist as a main
character? I've read Murder Runs in the Family by Anne George. I'm
currently reading Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell. Anybody know
of others they'd recommend?
Tracy E. Luscombe
Genealogy Librarian
McKinney Memorial Public Library
101 E. Hunt Street
McKinney, TX 75069
tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org
972-547-7343
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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:01:51 -0700
From: "Melanie Tucker" <MTucker at slco.lib.ut.us>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists"
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Fiona Mountain writes about a genealogist in England, and I've enjoyed
the two books she's written.
I'd appreciate other suggestions as well.
Melanie Tucker
Acting Assistant Manager
Hunter Library
4740 West 4100 South
West Valley City, UT 84120
(801) 944-7550
mtucker at slco.lib.ut.us
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Sent: Sun 12/3/2006 12:50 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
I'm thinking I saw this discussed sometime over the past few years, but
couldn't find it on the various threads. Can anyone give the
names/authors of fiction books/novels that have a genealogist as a main
character? I've read Murder Runs in the Family by Anne George. I'm
currently reading Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell. Anybody know
of others they'd recommend?
Tracy E. Luscombe
Genealogy Librarian
McKinney Memorial Public Library
101 E. Hunt Street
McKinney, TX 75069
tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org
972-547-7343
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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:09:55 -0500
From: "Drew Smith" <dsmith at mail.usf.edu>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
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Tracy,
After the topic was discussed on GENEALIB, Julie Kidd compiled a list
and
published it here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkidd/fiction.htm
Regards,
Drew Smith
GENEALIB List Administrator
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Luscombe
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 2:50 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
I'm thinking I saw this discussed sometime over the past few years, but
couldn't find it on the various threads. Can anyone give the
names/authors
of fiction books/novels that have a genealogist as a main character?
I've
read Murder Runs in the Family by Anne George. I'm currently reading
Always
Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell. Anybody know of others they'd
recommend?
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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:11:23 -0600
From: "Tracy Luscombe" <tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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Thanks Drew. I knew I remember it being discussed some time ago. Is
there an easier way to search the genealib archives than just clicking
on the subject of each thread?
Tracy E. Luscombe
Genealogy Librarian
McKinney Memorial Public Library
101 E. Hunt Street
McKinney, TX 75069
tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org
972-547-7343
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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 2:10 PM
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Subject: RE: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
Tracy,
After the topic was discussed on GENEALIB, Julie Kidd compiled a list
and published it here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkidd/fiction.htm
Regards,
Drew Smith
GENEALIB List Administrator
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Luscombe
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 2:50 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
I'm thinking I saw this discussed sometime over the past few
years, but couldn't find it on the various threads. Can anyone give the
names/authors of fiction books/novels that have a genealogist as a main
character? I've read Murder Runs in the Family by Anne George. I'm
currently reading Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell. Anybody know
of others they'd recommend?
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Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:14:11 -0600
From: "Comanche Public Library" <comanchepl at verizon.net>
Subject: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at lists.acomp.usf.edu>
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Our readers have enjoyed a series by Rett MacPherson. These are cozy
mysteries with Torie O'Shea as amateur genealogist and sleuth pulled
into the process on the way. Family Skeletons, the start-up, from 1997
got a favorable comment from Booklist and not quite as much from Kirkus.
The eight or nine titles in our collection are moving around well.
Margaret Waring
Comanche Public Library
Comanche, Texas
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Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:40:18 -0600
From: Ellen Jennings <e.jennings at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky will be released Feb. 7, 2007. Here is
the prepub blurb from Amazon.com's site:
*Editorial Reviews*
*From Publishers Weekly*
When Dana and Hugh Clarke's baby is born into their wealthy, white New
England seaside community, the baby's unmistakably African-American
features puzzle her thoroughly Anglo-looking parents. Hugh's family
pedigree extends back to the Mayflower, and his historian father has
made a career of tracing the esteemed Clarke family genealogy, which
does not include African-Americans. Dana's mother died when Dana was a
child, and Dana never knew her father: she matter-of-factly figures that
baby Lizzie's features must hark back to her little-known past. Hugh, a
lawyer who has always passionately defended his minority clients, finds
his liberal beliefs don't run very deep and demands a paternity test to
rule out the possibility of infidelity. By the time the Clarkes have
uncovered the tangled roots of their family trees, more than one
skeleton has been unearthed, and the couple's relationship-not to
mention their family loyalty-has been severely tested. Delinsky
(/Looking for Peyton Place/) smoothly challenges characters and readers
alike to confront their hidden hypocrisies. Although the dialogue about
race at times seems staged and rarely delves beyond a surface level, and
although near-perfect Dana and her knitting circle are too idealized to
be believable, Delinsky gets the political and personal dynamics right.
/(Feb.)/
Copyright C Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
All rights reserved.
*From Booklist
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/booklist.htm
l/>*
The old and illustrious New England Clarke family has a new member, and
she is not what the family envisioned. Elizabeth Clarke, a beautiful
daughter born to Hugh and Dana, possesses definite African American
traits, leaving the parents puzzled and the extended Clarke family
scandalized. Hugh's parents believed that he was marrying down when he
chose Dana, who has no idea who her father is and no desire to find out.
Now, on what should be a joyous occasion, the birth of their first
child, Hugh and Dana are struggling with issues of race, family, and
trust. As Dana's family history and fidelity are questioned, Hugh, who
thought he was above racism, now wants his wife to find out the truth
about her heritage. While Dana searches for her father and Hugh's family
pressures him to find out for certain if the child is indeed his, Hugh
must confront the truth about himself, his family, and their racist
attitude while also trying to reconcile his own attitude toward his
daughter. Delinsky often writes with insight about complex family
matters and here adds thought-provoking concerns about race in America
to the mix in a novel that will stir debate and inspire
self-examination. /Patty Engelmann/
/Copyright C American Library Association. All rights reserved/
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:49:42 -0500
From: "Drew Smith" <dsmith at mail.usf.edu>
Subject: Searching the archives (was RE: [Genealib] Fiction with
Genealogist Major character)
To: "'Librarians Serving Genealogists'"
<genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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Tracy,
The easiest way to search the GENEALIB archives is to use Google, by
including the following as part of the search:
site:lists.acomp.usf.edu/pipermail/genealib
For instance, to search for the discussion of genealogy-related fiction,
the
following search would work:
site:lists.acomp.usf.edu/pipermail/genealib fiction
Regards,
Drew
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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy
Luscombe
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 3:11 PM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Fiction with Genealogist Major character
Thanks Drew. I knew I remember it being discussed some time ago. Is
there an
easier way to search the genealib archives than just clicking on the
subject
of each thread?
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 21:04:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Tinney <vctinney at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Genealib] 13th Century Univ. of Paris records?
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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Suggested known earliest records noted at:
http://www.h-france.net/vol6reviews/dunbabin.html
. . . contains the account of just one collecta taken from masters and
students at Paris to cover the expenses of legal fees between 20
December 1329 and March 1330. . . .
yields a surprising amount of information about masters and the most
prominent students in Paris from a considerably earlier date than any
other source hitherto available (the only comparable extant account
dates from 1464).
Tom Mueller <tomm at cclib.org> wrote:
"Are there extant records of students who went to Univ. of Paris
mid-thirteenth century?
If so, where would they be? Are they accessible? And where would one
have searched, during that time period, for such records?"
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:32:59 -0800
From: Ida Riordan <iriordan at ucla.edu>
Subject: [Genealib] EPA Libraries
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20061203222848.0376bec0 at ucla.edu>
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Received an email from a local news service re the potential loss of
EPA Library materials.
Go to: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1201/p02s02-uspo.html for
information.
Ida B. Riordan
JGSLA Librarian
10943 Pickford Way
Culver City, CA 90230
Phone: 310-837-9851
FAX: 310-837-6510
email: iriordan at ucla.edu
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:29:32 -0500
From: "Beth Oljace" <boljace at and.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Rates for genealogy workshop leaders
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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I'm not allowed to charge anything if I'm doing a workshop in my own
community. I can do it "on work time" but that's as far as it goes. I
represent the library and the library doesn't charge for programming.
We've had genealogists do programs here and they generally charge
between
$25 and $100.
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From: Cynthia Van Ness <bettybarcode at yahoo.com>
To: genealib <genealib at lists.acomp.usf.edu>
Cc:
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:46:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Genealib] Rates for genealogy workshop leaders
I've been invited to present a basic genealogy workshop for the
staff of a college library here and was asked what I charged.
It would be separate from my job and on my own time. What rates
are workshop leaders charging for this service these days?
*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-*
Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com
http://www.BuffaloResearch.com
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City
living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people.
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:11:48 -0600
From: MPL Genealogy <history at eok.lib.ok.us>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Minolta MS6000 MKIII and MS7000 MKII
microformreader/printer
To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists' <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Message-ID: <002c01c717b6$85f5be70$5b72a8c0 at genealogy>
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Elaine,
I have an MS6000 hooked to an internet connected PC. Here are some of
the questions that might help you.
Will the MS6000 or MS7000 be hooked up to a print controller system?
If so, what are the software requirements and how will these affect the
scanning software?
Will you require server security on the PC the scanner is hooked up to?
Will there be additional staff time for assisting patrons with saving to
flash drives or CDs?
If allowing saving to flash drives & CDs, will you offer purchasing
opportunities if a patron wants them?
Do you intend to offer the opportunity to email images? If so, will you
charge for this service?
Will the copy costs be in agreement with copying charges elsewhere in
the library?
Who will maintain the program that allows the scanner to connect to the
PC that allows all of the other functions?
I hope this helps,
Wally Waits
Muskogee Public Library
Local History/Genealogy Libn.
history at eok.lib.ok.us
918-682-6657 x257
"At most living memory endures for a hundred years or so. Thereafter,
even the barest outline of the past is forgotten, unless it is recorded
in writing..." John Morris in Londinium: London in the Roman Empire, p.
205.
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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Elaine
Hayes
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:39 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Minolta MS6000 MKIII and MS7000 MKII
microformreader/printer
Hello everyone,
My library is considering buying either a Minolta MS6000 MKIII or the
MS7000 MKIII digital microform reader/printer/scanner for a public
library Local and Family History department. We are looking for
something reliable, easy for patrons to use, and something that can
print to a networked printer. Other features such as saving to a CD or
USB drive, emailing etc. are also desired but not as important as
getting something extremely user friendly. Both models feature a one
button instant print feature but we've found before that these instant
print features on other machines don't always work well with our library
network security and we've have to disable them. If anyone out there
has experience with using either of these machine I'd appreciate hearing
from you (especially if in a public library). Also if you have one of
these machines printing to a networked printer/copier have you been able
to use the instant print feature or has your library network security
interfered with this?
Thank you for your assistance,
Elaine Hayes
Elaine Jones Hayes
Special Collections Librarian
Family and Local History
Laramie County Library System
2800 Central Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
ehayes at lclsonline.org
307-634-3561 x132
"There is a history in all men's lives." -- William Shakespeare
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:53:13 -0500
From: "Alice Soles" <alicesoles at columbusco.org>
Subject: [Genealib] Free for postage
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The following boxes of periodicals are free to a good home for the price
of postage (A few issues may be missing):
American Genealogist: 1980-4/2005, 1 box
National Genealogical Quarterly & NGS Newsletters/News Magazine:
1980-2005, 2 boxes
North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal: 1975-2000 (some bound), 2
boxes
Alice Soles, Interlibrary Loan & Local History
Columbus County Public Library
407 N. Powell Blvd.
Whiteville, NC 28472
910-641-3979/3976
NEW EMAIL ACCOUNT FOR LIBRARY QUERIES:
alicesoles at columbusco.org <mailto:alicesoles at columbusco.org>
http://www.columbusco.org/dotnetnuke_2/library/LocalHistoryGenealogy/tab
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The opinions in this message may not necessarily be that of this agency.
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