Donna Cox Baker

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I own the Genohistory.com website, where I write about and facilitate the practice of genohistory--the study of an interconnected group of people, often a family, within the context of its own time and place. I have a PhD in history and recently retired from a career in historical publishing to be a full-time genohistorian. I cofounded the Beyond Kin Project (beyondkin.org), which encourages descendants of slaveholders to document the genealogy of the entire household or plantation.
WebsiteGenohistory.com
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Donna Cox BakerAug 5, 2023

Jane Doe #7 has a name and genetic genealogy has another reason to find its way into academia.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-expected-identify-another-victim-gilgo-beach-killings-source-sa-rcna98125

Gilgo Beach murder victim 'Jane Doe Seven' identified 27 years after she went missing

One of the victims in the Gilgo Beach murders, previously dubbed "Jane Doe Seven," has finally been identified, 27 years after her partial remains were found, officials announced Friday.

NBC News
Donna Cox BakerFeb 23, 2023

Another cold case solved using genetic genealogy....

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vermont-teacher-was-strangled-1971-suspect-death-was-just-identified-rcna71713?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Cigarette butt leads to suspect in strangling of Vermont teacher in 1971

The murder of a Vermont teacher more than half a century ago was solved after authorities linked a discarded cigarette butt to a suspect who became a Buddhist monk after the killing, authorities said Tuesday.

NBC News
Donna Cox BakerFeb 16, 2023

Another cold case solved...

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/gary-frank-sotherden-1.6740097?s=09

He disappeared 46 years ago. Thanks to forensic genealogy, his family finally knows what happened | CBC Radio

Steve Sotherden says he's been crying on and off since December, when police called with an unexpected update to his brother’s missing persons case.

CBC
Donna Cox BakerFeb 8, 2023
Doc Chaotic 🇺🇦🖖Jan 27, 2023
Donna Cox BakerFeb 8, 2023

Genetic genealogy IDs a John Doe Vietnam vet

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article270848832.html

Donna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023

Please respond with your point of view about the police using #DNA databases like #GEDmatch to solve cold cases. Let's assume we all value privacy, we all value crime resolution. But which do you value most when DNA you submitted to a database for genealogical research before police recognized this data source might be used now to find a criminal?

#GeneticGenealogy #crime #GenealogyEthics #Genohistory #Genealogy

Donna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023
SidabaFeb 5, 2023
Coat Hangers and Spring Cleanings (6/52/2023): Started some cleaning in a closet last week. Ran into a coat hanger from about 1925. Got stuck trying to find out who this tailor Wilhelm Koch was (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Koch-7046). Had to give up, the records just do not tell yet. So the address and the coat hanger is the only discovered remains of this tailor so far. #WikiTree #Neuwied At least the closet got finally cleaned 😃.
Wilhelm Koch (bef.1900-aft.1926) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Wilhelm Koch born bef. 1900 Neuwied, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutsches Reich died 1926 including research + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.

Donna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023

These color images of black life in the Great Migration destination of Chicago are stunningly clear.

https://www.newberry.org/news/new-acquisition-rare-images-from-the-great-migration

#USBlackHeritage #genealogy #chicago #Genohistory

New Acquisition: Rare Images from the Great Migration

A set of glass slides shows the lives Black migrants built for themselves in Chicago and other northern cities.

Newberry Library
Donna Cox BakerDec 31, 2022

Genetic genealogy gets it done again...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/31/us/bryan-kohberger-university-of-idaho-killings-suspect-saturday/index.html

Donna Cox BakerDec 26, 2022
Judy G. RussellDec 24, 2022
Enjoying some time off over the holidays? Well, it wasn't always so... #genealogy https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2022/12/24/the-laws-of-christmas-2022-reprise/
The laws of Christmas: 2022 reprise

It wasn't always a holiday Here in the holiday season of 2022 -- another crazy pandemic-impacted year -- The Legal Genealogist is trying again to hang on to as many holiday traditions as possible. Which, given the latest surge in the latest variant plus RSV plus the flu, isn't all that much. B

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