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GENEALOGISTS & GENEALOGY IN FICTION
One of the great excitements of genealogy is untangling the branches of the family tree and finding a lost relative. This usually involves spending long hours sifting through reels of microfilm or piles of documents. The genealogist becomes a detective, looking for clues, analyzing facts, deciding where to look next, and, in the best cases, organizing all the clues and shedding some new light on their families. It is not surprising then that, for all of these reasons, genealogists love mystery stories of all sorts. As an extra treat for family historians, in recent years there have been many mystery titles published that feature genealogists or have a genealogical thread. Genealogists and genealogy are also represented in other fiction titles, ranging from historical fiction to contemporary novels of family life. All of the titles below have genealogy or family history as a major theme. Titles followed by an (M) are mysteries. If you need any help locating these books or other titles, please ask for assistance at the reference desk.
- Barnard, Robert — At Death's Door (M)
- Brown, Rita Mae — Murder at Monticello (M)
- Churchill, Jill — From Here to Paternity (M)
- Coe, Jonathan — The Winshaw Legacy
- George, Anne — Murder Runs in the Family (M)
- Grimes, Martha — The Horse You Came in On (M)
- Harrington, Jonathan — The Second Sorrowful Mystery (M)
- Joyce, Brenda — The Third Heiress
Kunz, Kathleen — Murder once Removed (M)
- Landrum, Graham — The Famous DAR Murder Mystery; The Historical Society Murder Mystery (M)
- MacPherson, Rett — Family Skeletons; A Veiled Antiquity; A Comedy of Heirs; A Misty Mourning; Killing Cousins; Blood Relations (M)
- Martin , Lee — Genealogy of Murder (M)
- Moore, Brian — The Mangan Inheritance (M)
- Moore, Christopher — Santa and Pete
- Moring, Marcel — In Babylon
- Ragen, Naomi — The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
- Sayers, Dorothy L. — Unnatural Death (The Dawson Pedigree) (M)
- Westfall, Patricia Tichenor — Mother of the Bride
- Wright, Laurali — Mother Love (M)
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