For many years I have posted the books that Genea-Santa has put under my Christmas tree. You can see below for a list of links going back to 2014! This year was a small haul, but enough to keep me very busy reading.
I hope you find a few books on this list for yourself and your own family history research!
The first book is Robert Goodby's A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History. We were very lucky that in November Professor Goodby of Franklin Pierce College was the featured speaker at the Compact Day Luncheon held by the New Hampshire Mayflower Society. We were able to purchase an autographed copy of his newest book about the Native Abenaki who lived in our part of New England. He was a wonderful speaker, and if you hear about him speaking near you I would recommend you attend. I can't wait to read this book!
Santa found this book on the history of Eastham, Massachusetts. I have many ancestors from this town - Crosby, Bangs, Lumpkin, Mayo, Osborn, Mayhew, Davis, Hawes, and more. It will be fun learning more about their hometown, and perhaps finding additional information on my ancestors.
In 2021 we stayed at a campground on Cape Cod, and this book of essays by Henry David Thoreau was in our little Airstream trailer. During our weekend on the Cape I read several of these essays about Cape Cod and one about Mount Wachusett (near where I grew up and graduated at Wachusett Regional High School). I was hooked and hated to leave the book behind. Thank you, Santa! Now I can read all the other essays. (Purchased at the Concord Museum gift shop in Concord, Massachusetts)
This book looks like fun! New England's Hidden Past: 360 Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Misunderstood Landmarks by husband and wife Dan and Leslie Landrigan is a surprise. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know how much I like to post about unsual New England historical sites. This book might send me off on a few local road trips. Stay tuned!
For the truly curious:
Christmas Books 2021
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-did-genea-santa-bring-christmas.html
Christmas Books 2020
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/01/what-did-genea-santa-bring-christmas.html
Christmas Books 2018
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/01/christmas-books-from-santa-2018.html
Christmas Books 2016:
TY for sharing these Xmas books...giving me gift ideas for 2023! Have a great new year.
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