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What is genohistory?

Genohistory is the study of an interconnected group of people, often a family or community, within the context of its own time and place. It’s the intersection of history and genealogy. History without genealogy risks becoming a faceless generality. Genealogy without historical context risks becoming a simple lineage sketch. Both are useful, valuable, and, for some researchers, enough. A growing number of us, though, long for more than a generality or a sketch. We want to wander around in an ancestral world, finding color and detail, life and meaning. We want to understand people in their own time and place — staying there as long as our curiosity demands it. Because this passionate and skilled pursuit deserves its own name, I am calling it “genohistory.” This site explores the why and how of genohistory, offering blogs, books, tools, training, and a growing sense of community with those of like minds.

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What does Genohistory.com offer?

Here, we will explore together the worlds of our ancestors with expanded vision, methods, and tools,
refining what it means to be a genohistorian.

Content

Blogs and other free content introduce readers to the concepts and methods of genohistory.

Products

For those ready to go deeper, books, tools, and training can refine genohistorical skill and understanding.

Community

Meet others who understand the desire to be truly skilled at genealogy and history combined.

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Your Facilitator and Guide

Donna Cox Baker

Donna Cox Baker has a Ph.D. in history and has enjoyed careers in technical and historical writing, editing, and publishing over several decades. She has enjoyed genealogy since the mid-1980s, beginning to integrate it into her career in 2014. She launched Golden Channel Publishing in 2018, creating publications and tools that support historical and genealogical research, including multiple websites. In Genohistory on Purpose, a blog launched in 2020, she combined her fields of knowledge to facilitate the researcher’s quest for the story of their ancestral world. In 2021, she pulled together the materials she has developed over the years to form Genohistory.com. Here, those of like mind can grow together in cultivating the convergence of history and genealogy. Late in 2021, she retired early from her university position to make Genohistory.com her central commitment.

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