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Author:

Smolenyak, Megan.

Title:

Hey, America, your roots are showing : adventures in discovering news-making connections, unexpected ancestors, long-hidden secrets, and solving historical puzzles / Megan Smolenyak ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Publisher:

Kensington Pub Corp,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xiv, 256 p. : ill., facsim., photos. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Genealogy--Anecdotes.
United States--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.

Other Authors:

Gates, Henry Louis.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

A noted geneaologist reveals what it is like to be a history detective using twenty-first-century techniques and technology, and discusses some of the cases she has solved, including the families of celebrities and work for the Army and the FBI.

ISBN:

080653446x
080653446X
9780806534466

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

WMPC185 -- Marcus Public Library (Marcus)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)