Spanning thirty-three years from 1951 to 1984, The Roommates weaves the lives of four women into a story of friends who share consequences of love and loyalty, but also betrayal, molestation, and... More > even murder as fate brings them together in the house on Meadow Lane. Will their friendship be strong enough to survive scandal and death in this small college community in downstate Illinois< Less
a primer for beginning and organizing your quest for your family roots
Table of Contents
Chapter 1/The Genealogist: A Curious Nut on the Family Tree
Chapter 2/Prepping for the Past Lane
Chapter 3/In... More > the Beginning Is My End
Chapter 4/A Look at the Book and 'Zine Scene
Chapter 5/Your Research Takes Form
Chapter 6/Sense and Census-ability
Chapter 7/Dying to Get into a Cemetery?
Chapter 8/Happy Hunting Grounds
Chapter 9/They Went Data Way
Chapter 10/Now What?
Chapter 11/FUNdamentals and Farewells
Appendix
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Orphaned at fifteen, Katie Carson leaves her familiar surroundings in a small Midwestern town to seek her future in California. An accident sidetracks her dreams in the mountains of Oregon, where she... More > finds love with a young Minkodan doctor. In 1949 America, however, their love was forbidden by both her people and his, and she must leave him when he is forced to marry a woman from his tribe.
Spanning the years 1949 to 1962, this is the story of one woman, two identities, and two men who love her. She will give herself to one man for love and to the other for money in a desperate attempt to save the life of her child with the man she could not have. Can a small-town girl from Lester, Iowa, overcome the bigotry and heartache she encounters on the West Coast to return with her son to the Wading Place and complete the Minkodan cycle of love?< Less
Spanning thirty-three years from 1951 to 1984, *The Roommates* weaves the lives of four women into a story of friends who share consequences of love and loyalty, but also betrayal, molestation, and... More > even murder as fate brings them together in the house on Meadow Lane. Will their friendship be strong enough to survive scandal and death in this small college community in downstate Illinois?< Less
Spanning thirty-three years from 1951 to 1984, *The Roommates* weaves the lives of four women into a story of friends who share consequences of love and loyalty, but also betrayal, molestation, and... More > even murder as fate brings them together in the house on Meadow Lane. Will their friendship be strong enough to survive scandal and death in this small college community in downstate Illinois?< Less
Orphaned at fifteen, Katie Carson leaves her familiar surroundings in a small Midwestern town to seek her future in California. An accident sidetracks her dreams in the mountains of Oregon, where she... More > finds love with a young Minkodan doctor. In 1949 America, however, their love was forbidden by both her people and his, and she must leave him when he is forced to marry a woman from his tribe.
Spanning the years 1949 to 1962, this is the story of one woman, two identities, and two men who love her. She will give herself to one man for love and to the other for money in a desperate attempt to save the life of her child with the man she could not have. Can a small-town girl from Lester, Iowa, overcome the bigotry and heartache she encounters on the West Coast to return with her son to the Wading Place and complete the Minkodan cycle of love?< Less
a primer for beginning and organizing your quest for your family roots
Table of Contents
Chapter 1/The Genealogist: A Curious Nut on the Family Tree
Chapter 2/Prepping for the Past Lane
Chapter 3/In... More > the Beginning Is My End
Chapter 4/A Look at the Book and 'Zine Scene
Chapter 5/Your Research Takes Form
Chapter 6/Sense and Census-ability
Chapter 7/Dying to Get into a Cemetery?
Chapter 8/Happy Hunting Grounds
Chapter 9/They Went Data Way
Chapter 10/Now What?
Chapter 11/FUNdamentals and Farewells
Appendix
This Web page is registered with Published.com< Less
About Vikki L. Jeanne Cleveland
Vikki L. Jeanne Cleveland, who is a retired high school English teacher, is a former "Exemplary Teacher," a recipient of a "Yale Teaching Award," and a recent nominee for "Who's Who Among American Educators." She is also editor of a quarterly genealogical newsletter, Cleveland Family Chronicles. Her how-to book, Rooting Out Your AnceStory: a Primer for Beginning Genealogy, and her first novel, The Roommates, are currently available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ~ of course ~ here. She makes her home with her Fuzzy Half Dozen in her hometown of Salem, IL, where she is already working on her third novel.
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