[Genealib] book for young genealogists

[Kemp, Tom]

FYI-

Tom

 

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From: Valerie A. Metzler [mailto:vmah at keyconn.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:10 PM
To: The Archives & Archivists (A&A) List
Subject: [archives] book for young genealogists

 

I got this on my RootsWeb Review.  I have not read the book.

 

"Young Adult Novel for Budding Genealogists

 

What do you do with all of the fascinating stories you've gathered

about your ancestors? You could turn them into a young adult novel, as

Stephen Davidson did in "Letters for Elly."

 

As a fifteen-year-old, Elly has to spend the summer with her great-

aunt and uncle. Their idea of a good time is visiting graveyards and

researching the family tree. It looks like Elly is doomed to have the

most boring summer of all time until she leans against an ancient

tombstone and begins to receive letters from the past on her laptop

computer. Are they really from seven siblings who lived through the

American Revolution? Using local archives, the Internet, and tombstone

data, Elly attempts to unravel the mystery. At the core of this novel

are the true stories of a family from Redding, Connecticut.

 

Suitable for inspiring young genealogists or helping students learn

about the loyalist experience, this illustrated paperback is available

for $15.00 CDN, online at www.carterhousetearoom.com"

 

 

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Valerie A. Metzler, M. A., C. A.

Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian

114 Ruskin Drive

Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602

814 940 0493

fax 940 0493

vmah at keyconn.net

 

 

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