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.
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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
Show threadDonna Cox BakerApr 11, 2023
@Lissity Everything goes digital for me. Zotero is my tool of choice for managing all information that is not (or not YET) in my family tree. It saved my sanity in graduate school, then turned out to be perfect for genealogy, when I got back to it after the PhD. It's free, if you store your attachments on your own computer, rather than in Zotero's cloud.
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

Show threadDonna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023
@Space_Burger_Steve It has got me recognizing that I think very differently about personal privacy and information privacy. Yes, I want walls around me at home, in a public restroom or dressing room, etc. But I don't know that I ever really believed my data was private. I came along after J Edgar Hoover. I have a hard time mustering outrage, but I wonder if I should be.
Donna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023
@Ulrich_the_Elder @bethroots Yes, it is. And in need of a thread all its own because, wow. What if...
Donna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023
@Ulrich_the_Elder It is rather delicious to think how terrified the ones who were sure they got away with it must be now.
Donna Cox BakerFeb 5, 2023
@bethroots very interesting side concern...if police can tap in, can insurance companies? Food for thought...