My latest study (just out!) is “Legacies of #Legibility: Genealogical Story-Telling as an Echo of #State Power”, published in the Journal of #FamilyHistory. The paper uses ideas from #Foucault (#governmentality), #Scott, & #Tilly to assess the risks of genealogy #research that relies upon state #records (e.g., #census, #BMD, etc.) which were created for the purposes of state-formation. https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:60111/