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GenTales tells the stories of ancestors and family trees in the context of history and heritage.

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Finding Matilda Kilgore Adams

Finding Matilda Kilgore Adams

While working on my paternal lineage, I ran across a very confusing ancestor. Her name was Matilda, or possibly Malinda, or Linda, or…

Alicia M Prater, PhD

Mar 10

Poet Richard Lovelace’s Sister and Political Murder

Poet Richard Lovelace’s Sister and Political Murder

Anne (Lovelace) Gorsuch escaped to the New World after her husband’s death

Alicia M Prater, PhD

Feb 21

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How To Use AI to Explain DNA Matching

How To Use AI to Explain DNA Matching

I used Google Gemini to explain the results I got from Ancestry

Jan 23

Chasing Down My Ancestors on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Chasing Down My Ancestors on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Uncovering the forgotten lives left behind by class divisions

Jacqueline Jannotta

Jan 22

Ambrotypes and Civil War Soldiers

Ambrotypes and Civil War Soldiers

Family photos resurface and beg for attention

Alicia M Prater, PhD

Jan 9

An Unexpected Genealogic Find

An Unexpected Genealogic Find

Finding family members on a junkyard sale

Jan 7

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