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Book Review: Writing Family History Made Very Easy

Posted on June 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

Writing Family History Made Very Easy: A Beginner’s Guide, by Noeline Kyle This book is a bit frustrating to read for a variety of reasons, and there were a couple of things about this book that made it far less … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Genealogist’s Internet

Posted on June 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Genealogist’s Internet, by Peter Christian One thing that bothers me, and this is not so much an issue with the book as with the context in which I found it, is that my library stocks so many books about … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Educated

Posted on February 20, 2020 by nathanalbright

Educated, by Tara Westover I have to admit that when I started reading this book that I was a bit concerned about the tack that it was going to take.  I figured that it was a given that the book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Write A Thesis

Posted on September 5, 2019 by nathanalbright

How To Write A Thesis, by Umberto Eco In many ways, this charming and relatively short guide to how to write a thesis is somewhat obsolete in that it was written in an age of card catalogs before word processing … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Tracing Your European Roots

Posted on October 8, 2017 by nathanalbright

Tracing Your European Roots, by W. Daniel Quillen From time to time I enjoy reading about genealogy [1] and this particular book is part of a series that I was able to find in my library.  In starting this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Historians In Trouble

Posted on March 26, 2017 by nathanalbright

Historians In Trouble:  Plagiarism, Fraud, And Politics In The Ivory Tower, by Jon Wiener This book was disappointing. It took until the very end of the book for the author to be honest about his leftist agenda to the reader: … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Meredith’s Book Of Bible Lists

Posted on November 12, 2016 by nathanalbright

Meredith’s Book Of Bible Lists:  A One-Of-A-Kind Collection Of Bible Facts Presented In List Form, by J.L. Meredith This book is not the sort of book that most people would enjoy reading, but it makes for an immensely worthwhile reference … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Discipleship Journal’s Best Bible Study Methods

Posted on November 8, 2016 by nathanalbright

Discipleship Journal’s Best Bible Study Methods, edited by Sue Kline Sometimes when one is reviewing a book it is just as important to know what the book does not include as it does to know what it does.  For example, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Who Do You Think You Are?

Posted on November 3, 2016 by nathanalbright

Who Do You Think You Are?:  The Essential Guide To Tracing Your Family History, A Companion To The NBC Series, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak If you’ve ever seen the television show Who Do You Think You Are, which aired on … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: Discovering Your Roots

Posted on November 3, 2016 by nathanalbright

Discovering Your Roots:  An Introduction To Genealogy, by Professor John Philip Colletta As someone who greatly enjoys listening to cds in my car from the Great Courses collection [1], and who has a strong interest in genealogy and family history … Continue reading →

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