Genealogy has become a widely popular pursuit, as millions of people now research their family history, trace their forebears, attend family reunions and travel to ancestral home sites. Geographers
Contributors identified only by name explore genealogy and family history as cultural practices, primarily leisure activity. Six of the 10 essays consider the tools, sources, and implications of geogr
North American and British geographers explore the norms, ideologies, behaviors, and everyday worlds of women embedded in the three principal monotheistic religions--Christianity, Judaism, and Islam--