Eowyn is mentioned in AJ Jacobs new book!!

Question

OMG Eowyn!!

AJ Jacobs mentions you in his new book!! "It's All Relative"

In Chapter 25 - He calls you a Chief Cousin Connector!!

This is Wonderful and Exciting!!

So everyone here has GOTTA buy AJ's new book.

You even have a giveaway contest running right now!!

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/500428/did-you-notice-jacobs-back-connection-finder-plus-giveaway

While I dont know AJ - I DO KNOW YOU!!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jacobs-2987

Comments

Very cool. Congratulations, Eowyn!

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Further mentions of Eowyn in Chapters 27, 34 and the biggie (Utah and Rootstech) in chapter 35.

Answer 1

There are 46 chapters in total. I have read them all. Chapter 45 was the SHORTEST and I think funniest chapter!!  AJ has a wicked, wonderful and witty sense of humour!!

Chapter 46 was all about the Reunion itself - from AJ's POV. Since he began the book with a list of Pros and Cons, he would end with a list of good and bad things that happened.

The following Wikitree leaders were also mentioned BY NAME in the Acknowledgements section of AJ's Book, "It's All Relative"

Eowyn of Turning Hearts Genealogy mentioned as a team member in the acknowledgements

Acknowledgments - several others names from Wikitree also mentioned - Chris Whitten, Abby Glann, Ron Norman, Lucy Lavelle, Karen Tobo, Erin Breen, Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz, Kim Armstrong, Elizabeth O'Neal, Lianne Lavoie, Roland Arsenaeault, Tami Mize and Scott Fulkerson!!

Also mentioned were names from the following groups - Geni, My Heritage, Family Search, RootsTech, 23andme, Find My Past, FamilyTreeDNA and of course Ancestry.

Then come the Appendices (Appendix - singular).

 The first one is an article entitled - A Brief and Subjective Guide on Getting Started on your Family Tree - by Eowyn Langholf and A J Jcobs!! Plus - What the hell is a Second cousin versus a Twice-Removed cousin?

Comments

Ha! Amazing! I keep such a low profile around here I'm a bit surprised I was mentioned... guess that just goes to show how small ripples in the pond...

Well, I took a glance at the library - already there are a dozen or more hold requests for the book that hasn't even arrived at the library yet, so I threw my name into the pot. They will probably have to purchase more copies to cover the demand. I might have to poke the wife in the ribs (figuratively speaking, of course) to hint-hint that it would make a good Christmas present.

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I purchased the E-book version - at $18 CAD it was the cheapest.

If I am lucky enough to win a signed copy from Eowyn's giveaway, that will be good too, but I certainly wasnèt plannng on buying a print version.

My eyes are going quite bad and I havent gotten around to updating my glasses prescription yet. The health system doesnt cover glasses if you dont have diabetes!!

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Scott, you may try to keep a low profile, but you're one of the best cousin connectors around! Especially when a connection to a notable person is needed in a hurry, which seemed to come up frequently for AJ's project with all of the necessary promotion.

Answer 2

Abby Glann is mentioned in Chapter 38!!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-8212

Answer 3

You actually read it?

Comments

YES I actually read it!! Am still reading the book. Up to chapter 42 now!!

There are some GREAT PHOTOS!!

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Chapter 42 - This is what AJ wrote in chapter 42!!

Reunion Countdown - 3 weeks

The Team is stretched too thin. Take Eowyn, who is connecting cousins while wrangling volunteers while writing a blog while editing a reunion cookbook with recipes from far-flung cousins. I'm so frazzled that today, when trying to get my family to make a decision about what to eat, I actually heard this phrase come out of my mouth: "Every second counts." No excusing that.