It’s beyond fun to get to talk with you about Lineage, about how genealogy works and about your own experiences.
Since Lineage was published I’ve had the pleasure of talking with Liz Covart for the best history podcast, in my biased-but-that-doesn’t-make-it-wrong opinion, Ben Franklin’s World, and recorded a couple more including another favorite, Drafting the Past with Kate Carpenter. You can also listen to a short preview for Lineage on Ben Franklin’s World! I’ve visited bookstores (including Symposium Books in my new hometown, Providence, Rhode Island), and wonderful historical socitiues and public history sites including the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Virginia Museum of History & Culuture, the Washington Library at Mount Vernon, Winterthur Library and Museum, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. I’ve had the honor of speaking at libraries and with clubs and lineage societies of all kinds.
I’ve got a draft of a post about the questions people ask most often at these events, and will try to post that soon. So many interesting ideas and queries! I can’t quite believe that I’ve already booked some great events into the Spring of 2027. But first.
Upcoming public events, including registration, for Spring 2026, with registration information/ links:
- March 31 New York State Libraries Online https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/16479845
- April 14 Historic Annapolis https://www.annapolis.org/event/vls-lineage/
- April 10 The Providence Athenaeum Providence, RI and online Online https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-lineage/
- April 16 Wilton House Museum Richmond, VA https://app.theauxilia.com/Event/genealogy_and_the_power_of_connection_in_early_ame
- May 1 William & Mary Libraries Williamsburg, VA https://events.wm.edu/event/view/libraries/370735
And if you come to an event with a book, or they have books there, don’t leave without a bookmark. I loved having these made at our local letterpress print shop, DWRI Letterpress. They require a citation because they are an homage to/ were absolutely based on bookmark-cards made for/ by the brilliant historian and novelist Deb Harkness. Who also provided advance praise for Lineage.
