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February 2014

Vol. 11 No. 2

Expanding Minds, Broadening Horizons Discussion Group Coordinator Sees World through Great Writers, Travel By Chelsea Peifer The moment you finish a great book is the moment you want to tell someone about what you read. Certain books stir questions and create a desire for discussion. But after high school and college, many people lose the groups and resources they previously had at their disposal to share about what they are reading. Book clubs can be a good fit for some readers, but a club tailored to deep discussion is something of a treasure these days. For the last five years, Dan Tepsic has had the privilege of coordinating the Great Books Discussion Group at his local library. “It’s an opportunity to read all of the great thinkers in the past,” explained Tepsic. “You get to read a vast selection, including economics, classic literature, poetry, politics, and religion. “You realize after reading all of these things that while the context has changed, human nature has not,” he said. The themes in historical literature are the same themes found in stories told and written in the present time. Group discussions commonly return to timeless themes of reality versus imagination, lust for greed, and so forth. please see HORIZONS page 12 Dan Tepsic seated in the meeting place of the Great Books Discussion Group.

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How to Guard Against Wintertime Heart Attacks page 6

Panama: the Country, the Canal, and a 100th Anniversary page 8

Salute to a Veteran

He Saw Up Close the Havoc from the A-bombs on Nagasaki and Bikini Atoll Robert D. Wilcox hen Gene George was in high school in Watertown, Mass., in the early 1940s, nobody had ever heard of a nuclear bomb. The fact that we were secretly working to develop one was perhaps the best-kept secret of World War II. But for George, those were carefree days, with the greatest challenge being to play the saxophone in his high school’s marching band and playing in a small combo that performed weekends at a Chinese restaurant. When he graduated from Watertown High School in 1942, however, the draft was in full swing. And in September 1942, he was drafted. A friend had told him of the wonders of service in the Coast Guard, so he thought he’d give that a try. But problems with his teeth caused the Coast Guard to turn him down. The best they could offer him was to

suggest he try importantly, the Navy. he had been When he did, one of the he found that men to the Navy was whom glad to have George had him. sold Soon he newspapers was on his as a high way to schooler. Sampson So they Naval were old The band put together by Charles E. (Gene) George Training friends, and (second from right, first row). Base in New that led to York state, a George’s huge, 2,500-acre base where more than being assigned to a cushy job in the 400,000 men were to train during the “broom closet,” as the guy who passed war. George was part of a company that out the brooms and mops rather then the was assigned to KP (kitchen police). guy who had to wield them. Remarkably, the Navy chief who was After basic, he trained at the Naval assigning men to specific jobs was Bob Medical Corps School in Portsmouth, Daughters, who had played second base Va., where he studied anatomy and first for the Boston Red Sox. More aid, learning to give shots and bandage

wounds. And that led to an assignment at the naval hospital in Portsmouth, where he served in the orthopedic ward. “I made a lot of lifelong friends there,” he says. “The head corpsman there was my best man when I married.” His next assignment was to the USS Sanctuary, a brand-new hospital ship that was headed for the Pacific. He says he was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, helping to load supplies for the ship, when a lieutenant asked him if he could form a band to perform on the ship. How did he even know that George was a musician? “I don’t know,” George says. “I suppose he spotted my saxophone that I carried with me. In any case, I rounded up a talented 17-member group, some of whom had played with the big bands. The drummer, for example, had played with Glenn Miller and was a good friend of Glenn’s.”

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The Sanctuary passed through the Panama Canal and arrived in Hawaii four days before the surrender of the Japanese on Sept. 2, 1945. “We then sailed to Nagasaki, Japan,” he says. “Our band played every night on the promenade deck before the movies were shown. In Nagasaki, I remember that we played at an afternoon tea at the Consulate. “I looked out the windows of the Consulate and saw everything simply flattened, from the Mitsubishi Aircraft Factory to the rest of Nagasaki. Everything was just a wasteland. The blast went north and south and, for some reason, not so much east and west where the camps holding American POWs were. “We picked up sick, injured, and ambulatory cases to bring them home. I remember that the captain who was our chief medical officer told our skipper

that we had room for barely holding our own. I 1,100. The skipper, who believe I might have been was only a commander, the only one on our ship said flatly, ‘We’re taking who wasn’t sick during them until they quit that blow.” coming.’ And we left for George later was San Francisco with 1,176 assigned to the troop aboard from six different transport ship, the USS POW camps. Wharton, when it sailed “On the way, we were in the spring of 1946 to hit with a typhoon, and I take observers to the have to say that I would Bikini Atoll for the first never want to do that nuclear bomb tests since again. We had two Nagasaki. destroyer escorts, and The Navy needed to they tucked in close investigate the effect of Gene George in 2003 while behind us so we could nuclear weapons on serving in a local honor guard. break the mountainous naval ships. One bomb waves and prevent their named Abel was taking water down their stacks and detonated at 500 feet above the atoll, and sending them to the bottom. another named Baker was detonated 90 “We were doing 21 knots, and the feet under water. Each was the equivalent waves were coming at 22, so we were of 23 kilotons of TNT, and the radiation

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contaminated all the target ships. Wasn’t George concerned about the effects of the radiation? “Not then,” he says. “It was a question of ‘ignorance is bliss.’ None of us knew anything about what radiation could do.” And did he have any effect from it? “Well,” he answers with a shrug, “I’m anemic, and that might have had something to do with that.” George retired from the Navy in July 1963 as a chief hospital corpsman. In civilian life, he worked as safety officer at the Naval Supply Depot in Mechanicsburg and is proud of having long served in his local honor guard, which honors our fallen heroes. He now lives in an area retirement community—and still fits in his World War II uniform. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Stained-Glass Windows Lori Verderame esopotamian potters discovered the method for making multicolored, opaque glass beads around 2,750 BC. Circa 1,100 AD, a window of colored glass was documented in Germany. Colored-glass windows were used in churches, monasteries, and other places of worship. Artisans, like worshipping pilgrims of the day who made pilgrimages to holy sites, traveled from church to church to work on stained-glass window projects during the medieval period. Most stained-glass windows were made of colored glass with images of saints painted onto the glass itself. The colorful images for each glass panel were kiln fired. This firing made the colored images a permanent part of the glass. The Arts & Crafts movement of the mid-1800s blossomed in England and America. A strong interest in handmade objects and quality workmanship was embraced by William Morris (1834-1896) and his company, Morris & Company. A popular artisan of the movement was Sir Edward BurneJones, who produced stained-glass windows for the Victorian collectors of the day.

Burne-Jones’ counterpart in America was an accomplished designer named John LaFarge (1835-1910), who worked along with W.J. McPherson. LaFarge made opalescent glass pieces and created stained-glass windows in opalescent glass in the late 1870s. This process made it unnecessary to paint the glass and fire it in a kiln. LaFarge’s stainedglass windows were highly detailed and highly decorative. Other stained-glass masters included the artisans Louis Comfort

Tiffany, who was commissioned to produce stained-glass windows for public institutions and private clients, and Frank Lloyd Wright, who integrated stained-glass windows into his architectural works. Tiffany first began experimenting with glass art in 1873 and established the Tiffany Glass Company in 1885. Tiffany windows were made using many different types of glassmaking techniques: opalescent, etched, and enameled glass. They featured landscapes and figures and were produced for significant buildings, such as churches and private homes. Today, stained-glass windows continue to attract collectors and enthusiasts as the art form has evolved. Contemporary artists, such as Clifford Ross, work in colorful, stained-glass window art forms with the aid of advanced digital imagery technology. Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel’s Auction Kings. To learn about your antiques: www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, @DrLori on Twitter, and (888) 431-1010.

Some Facts about Groundhogs In honor of Groundhog Day on Feb. 2, here are a few fun facts about groundhogs gleaned from the official site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club (www.groundhog.org), which celebrates the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil: • The average groundhog is 20 inches long and normally weighs from 12 to 15 pounds. (Punxsutawney Phil weighs about 20 pounds and is 22 inches long.) • Groundhogs are covered with coarse grayish hairs (fur) tipped with brown or sometimes dull red. They have short ears, a short tail, short legs, and are surprisingly quick. Their jaws are exceptionally strong.

• A groundhog’s diet consists of lots of greens, fruits, and vegetables and very little water. Most of their liquids come from dew on leaves. • A groundhog can whistle when it is alarmed. Groundhogs also whistle in the spring when they begin courting. • Insects do not bother groundhogs, and germs pretty much leave them alone. They are resistant to the plagues that periodically wipe out large numbers of wild animals. One reason for this is their cleanliness. • Groundhogs are one of the few animals that really hibernate. Hibernation is not just a deep sleep.

It is actually a deep coma, where the body temperature drops to a few degrees above freezing, the heart barely beats, the blood scarcely flows, and breathing nearly stops. • Young groundhogs are usually born in mid-April or May, and by July they are able to go out on their own. The size of the litter is four to nine. A baby groundhog is called a kit or a cub. • A groundhog’s lifespan is normally six to eight years. Phil receives a drink of a magical punch every summer during the annual Groundhog Picnic, which is said to give him seven more years of life. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Fragments of History

The Man Who Taught the World to Sing and Swing Victor Parachin n New Year’s Eve 1913, a 12year-old boy celebrated the night by firing his mother’s .38 caliber pistol. He was arrested and sent to the Negro Waifs Home for 18 months. What could have been a devastating experiencing for a young boy proved to be an auspicious, life-changing time. The juvenile home had a band master who took an interest in the boy, giving him a bugle and teaching him to play. Louis Armstrong fell in love with the instrument, learned to read music, and, before a year ended, was playing the cornet while leading the home’s brass band. Though the introduction to music was important, perhaps as vital was the sense of discipline he picked up and carried with him for the rest of his life. When Armstrong was released from the Negro Waifs Home in 1915, he

wasn’t old enough to work with a band, through the tiers of musical so he earned money from a variety of establishments, moving through sources: delivering coal and beer, selling nightclubs and riverboats to become one bananas, of the top brass February is peddling musicians in the newspapers, area. delivering milk, Then, in 1922, and foraging in his teacher and garbage cans for mentor, Oliver, food to bring invited Armstrong home or sell to to join his Creole restaurants. Jazz Band in Saving as Chicago. Though many pennies as he spent less than he could, two years with Armstrong began Oliver, the time to take trumpet was a huge boost lessons from Joe to Armstrong’s “King” Oliver, the outstanding exponent morale and provided him with greater of jazz in the New Orleans area. experiences in public performance. By age 16, Armstrong and his horn During this time he switched from the were inseparable, and he was playing cornet to the trumpet. nightly. Within five years, he glided Additionally, while playing with

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Oliver, Armstrong met and married his second wife, Lil Hardin, who convinced him to form his own band and to start making phonograph records. In 1925, Armstrong learned that Chicago’s Okeh Records wanted to assemble a small combo of New Orleans transplants to record jazz, and Armstrong invited a few friends to join him in cutting some records. That group—called the Hot Five and later the Hot Seven—revolutionized jazz. Armstrong and his group developed the melodic, rhythmic style that all the big bands of the 1930s and 1940s would adopt. He brought swing dancing to the world, and the world loved him in return. Armstrong became the first black crossover musician, whose music appealed widely to black and white audiences. please see SING page 10

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How to Guard Against Wintertime Heart Attacks Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, When I had a mild heart attack about six months ago, my doctor told me I needed to be extra careful during the winter when recurring heart attacks are more common. Is this true? How can the seasons affect your heart? – Leery Senior Dear Leery, Everyone knows winter is cold and flu season, but most people don’t know that it’s also the prime season for heart attacks too, especially if you already have heart disease or have suffered a previous heart

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• Snow shoveling: Studies have shown that heart-attack rates jump dramatically in the first few days after a major snowstorm, usually a result of snow shoveling. Shoveling snow is a very strenuous activity that raises blood pressure and stresses the heart. Combine those factors with the cold temperatures, and the risk for heart attack surges. If your sidewalk or driveway needs shoveling this winter, hire a kid from the neighborhood to do it for you or use a snow blower. Or, if you must shovel, push rather than lift the snow as much as possible, www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

during the holiday season and winter months, all of which are hard on the heart and risky for someone with heart disease. So keep a In the U.S., the risk watchful eye on of having a heart your diet this attack during the winter and avoid binging on fatty winter months is foods and alcohol. twice as high as it is

stay warm, and take frequent breaks.

• New Year’s resolutions: Every Jan. 1, millions of people join gyms or start exercise programs as part of their New Year’s resolution to get in shape, and many overexert during the themselves too • Shorter days: summertime. soon. Less daylight in the If you’re starting winter months can a new exercise cause many people program this to develop seasonal winter, take the time to talk to your affective disorder or SAD, a wintertime doctor about what types and how much depression that can stress the heart. exercise may be appropriate for you. Studies have also looked at heartattack patients and found they usually • Winter weight gain: People tend to eat have lower levels of vitamin D (which and drink more and gain more weight comes from sunlight) than people with

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So stay warm this winter, and when you do have to go outside, make sure you bundle up in layers with gloves and a hat, and place a scarf over your mouth and nose to warm up the air before you breathe it in.

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healthy hearts. To boost your vitamin D this winter, consider taking a supplement that contains between 1,000 and 2,000 international units (IU) per day. And to find treatments for SAD, visit the Center for Environmental Therapeutics website at www.cet.org. • Flu season: Studies show that people who get flu shots have a lower heartattack risk. It’s known that the inflammatory reaction set off by a flu infection can increase blood clotting, which can lead to heart attacks in vulnerable people. So, if you haven’t already done so, get a flu shot for protection. See www.flushot.healthmap.org to find a nearby vaccination site. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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Panama: the Country, the Canal, and a 100th Anniversary bricks of the locks. The right side of my brain wars with the left. ’m standing on the deck of a 24My husband and I are in Panama with passenger catamaran, watching the Grand Circle Travel, precisely because sun rise over the Pacific. Yes, that’s their tour offers country culture as well right. The sun is rising over the Pacific. as canal cruising. After all, there’s no Here, in the doubt that the Central famed waterway American has made the country of country a place Panama, which to be reckoned is positioned with. between two One hundred continents and years ago this two oceans, I year, on Aug. can see a bit of 15, 1914, the the Pacific that SS Ancon made Women of the Embera indigenous juts to the east, the first official community make baskets from poking into a canal passage the fibers of plants that grow near portion of the between the their village. Atlantic. So Atlantic and when the sun Pacific. By rises in the east, eliminating the it appears over long trip Pacific waters. around Cape I find this Horn, the intriguing but ocean-to-ocean at the same journey was time unsettling. shortened by But then, many more than things in 8,000 miles. High-school students perform traditional Panama force It was a feat Panamanian dances. me to rearrange that my mind. transformed The hotboth global pink hibiscus, commerce and the brightthe country of beaked Panama. toucans, the In 2015, swirling skirts after a $5.2 of the dancers billion … Everywhere expansion is I look, the completed, the country canal will be The canal is largely responsible for making pulsates with able to handle Panama City a hub for international the psychedelic larger ships, business. colors that thus further inspired Paul fueling the Gauguin, and country’s I’m on sensory overload for the first part economy and increasing its importance. of my trip. We begin our tour in the capital of Then, bingo, I board the MS Panama, Panama City, which has Discovery for my cruise through the morphed from a 15th-century settlement (now evident in the ruins of Panama La Panama Canal. The bright colors Viejo) to a 17th-century Spanish colonial disappear as I enter a more ordered world, one that’s muted, mechanical, and town (quickly becoming the go-to neighborhood for after-hours fun) to a often confined by the gray, cement By Andrea Gross

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21st-century metropolis that is both an international business center and a popular tourist destination. The city’s history is fascinating, the atmosphere electric, but still, I’m glad when we head out to the rural areas. In line with our travel company’s philosophy that meeting local people is as important as seeing historic sites, we stop at an agricultural cooperative where farmers work together to bring their produce to market, a sugar cane farm where a husband and wife have a small candy-making business, a school where youngsters perform traditional dances and their mothers serve us a homemade lunch, and a private home where the owner teaches us to make one of his grandmother’s favorite dishes. At each place our hosts talk freely, giving us insight into their daily lives. I emerge from these visits well fed and well informed. We learn about yet another Panamanian lifestyle when we meet the Embera people, members of one of Panama’s seven indigenous tribes. I step out of our dugout canoe to find a village of thatched huts perched on stilts, an open-air schoolhouse, a soccer field, a meeting hall, a woman weaving baskets, and an entire community of people in traditional attire.

There are several species of spider monkeys in Panama, and it is special, but not unusual, to see troops of 20 or 30 swinging from tree to tree.

Keel-billed toucans that live in the Panamanian rainforest often make forays into villages.

The gates open to allow the MS Discovery to enter the Gatun Locks.

The tribal spokesman explains that opening their village to outsiders allows the Emberas to earn a living while continuing to live according to the ways

of their ancestors. It’s a Margaret Mead experience, and I love every minute. In between people visits, we take mini treks through the rainforest. Unlike the

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He also brought scat singing into existence. Armstrong created scat during a recording session for the Okeh. After dropping his sheet music by accident, he had to improvise vocally until the recording director returned the sheets to him. As a result, Armstrong’s rasping, gravelly voice would eventually become as famous as the luxurious sound of his trumpet. In 1932 Armstrong made his first European tour; it was wildly successful, with Europeans gladly embracing his ebullient personality, talent, and natural public charm. It was during that European tour that

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he acquired the nickname “Satchmo” because a London music writer named P. Mathison Brooks inadvertently garbled his original nickname of “Satchelmouth,” which was given to him because of the size of his lips and teeth and the huge bellows his cheeks made when he played. As Armstrong became better and better known, an illustration of his lips and teeth on a billboard were enough to announce one of his coming performances. As his musical fame and reputation expanded, so did his opportunities. Armstrong began appearing in movies and Broadway shows and made guest

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Cold War, and people like Sammy Davis Jr. and Adam Clayton Powell denounced him. “You have this guy considered a throwback showing courage few AfricanAmerican entertainers were willing to do at the time.” Louis Armstrong died of heart failure July 6, 1971, at his home in Corona, N.Y. The house is now maintained by Queens College as the Louis Armstrong Archives. Very few people have ever risen as far in life as did Louis Armstrong. Beginning at the very bottom of American society, he emerged to become one of the most famous entertainers in the world. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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The group meets twice a month at their local library, and there are usually anywhere from six to 14 people in attendance. Each reading selection is between 20 and 40 pages, so the amount of reading required to be a part of the group is not overly intensive, said Tepsic. The Great Books Foundation in Chicago sponsors the discussion groups. The foundation began as a nonprofit organization in 1947 to promote critical thinking and to encourage the development of well-rounded individuals. Today the foundation continues to sponsor programs throughout the entire country, including some at high schools and colleges. Tepsic’s group is mostly retired individuals, but people of all ages are welcome to join the biweekly discussions. Variety makes the discussions more interesting, so people with all different backgrounds and personalities are encouraged to attend. “You can contribute as much as you want, or nothing,” said Tepsic. The group includes professionals ranging from a dietician to an accountant to lawyers, professors, and government managers.

“Everybody brings their own expertise to the discussion,” Tepsic said. “It’s interesting how different people interpret things.” One person is assigned to lead the conversation at each meeting. They provide some background on that particular selection or author and steer the discussion when need be. The foundation sends out a catalog with different genres for local groups to choose from. Tepsic’s group’s recent readings have included works from John Locke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tepsic himself is just the sort of “wellrounded individual” the foundation is looking to cultivate. Now 71, he retired at age 62 after working as the human resources coordinator for the Department of Corrections. He and his wife have two children and two grandchildren. They have always enjoyed traveling, but retirement has afforded them the time to take more trips than ever before. When it comes to world traveling, it can be hard to narrow it down to just one favorite, as each destination presents new experiences to savor. But if he had to choose, Tepsic said that New Zealand would be one of their

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their home and taking them to local sites like the state capitol building and Gettysburg. “You really get to learn about people and their cultures and food,” he said. Food is a portion of the Tepsics’ retirement as well—not because they are suddenly indulging, but because they spend time each week delivering it to others through Meals on Wheels. Patricia is a coordinator and Dan is a driver. A natural outflow of their service has yet again been friendships. For some of the people Tepsic delivers to, that small interaction might, unfortunately, be the most social part of their week. “We wanted to give something back, and it’s just our way of contributing to the community,” Tepsic said. Playing tennis is another great joy in Tepsic’s life, and he has continued competing on several local teams even after having open heart surgery in 2004 and hip replacements in 2006 and 2008. He picked up the sport after serving in the Army for two years after college and has been competing in doubles ever since. Last year the team he is part of through the Harrisburg Academy went to the Eastern Regional Finals in Princeton. Having major surgeries has not slowed him down at all in tennis or in life. “I’ve been given a new lease,” Tepsic said. To find a Great Books Discussion Group in your area, visit www.great books.org or call toll-free (800) 222-5870.

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favorite places to visit. They have traveled to about 20 nations so far, including Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Still high on their wish list of places to visit are Turkey and Greece. “I enjoy travel within the United States as well,” he said. “Out West is some of the most beautiful country in the world, such as Yosemite National Park and the Grand Canyon.” A lot of their travels are coordinated through the Harrisburg Area Friendship Force, an organization founded by former United States President Jimmy Carter to promote personal relationships between different cultures and nations. It is a division of the People to People Ambassador Programs. The program sets you up with a family to stay with when you are in another country, instead of sleeping in a hotel or hostel. The people who host you are able to show you much more of the area than you would get to see without the friendship of locals, said Tepsic. He and his wife have made friends around the world through the Harrisburg Area Friendship Force. They have seen their friends from New Zealand several times since they stayed with them there, when they both happen to be visiting other countries and when the couple comes to stay with the Tepsics on their trips to the United States. The Tepsics love hosting others at

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Saint Valentine, whose day we celebrate on Feb. 14, was a martyr. Although his story is well known, some say the real reason we associate him with the spirit of love comes from above— specifically, birds. Medieval Christians observed that many birds mated at the time of the Saint Valentine’s feast. From that rose a belief that all birds chose their mates on Feb. 14. From that belief, many people

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minutest details of their known relatives’ lives, yet could not care less whether their earlier ancestors came from Russia, China, Italy, or the moon! That’s admirably tolerant, but I feel they miss a lot by not extending their trees back in time. Doing so can help gain a perspective of the persons to whom you owe your existence and the ethnic, social, and regional forces that shaped them (and so, shaped their children and their children’s children, and ultimately, you). To the same ends, if you’re truly interested in your heritage, you should research sideways and forward to identify living relatives who share that heritage. Doing three-dimensional genealogy can help you to extend your family tree in all directions. If you know your fourth-great-grandfather was James Smith, and you know his siblings’ names, but you are unable to find his birth record, look sideways for the birth records of his siblings. If you know James Smith’s sister was Rosa, and you find Rosa Smith’s birth record, then Rosa’s parents were James’ parents. These would be your fifth-greatgrandparents, and you have gone backward in time by going sideways! Write to Angelo at genealogytips@aol.com or visit his website, www.bit.ly/AFCGen. He is the author of the book The Lady of the Wheel (La Ruotaia), based on his genealogical research of Sicilian foundlings. See www.bit.ly/ruotaia or www.amzn.to/racalmuto for more information.

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Backward Genealogy I have encountered many folks who initially have a simplified view of genealogy. Often they are interested only in determining a pedigree (family tree) that traces all the direct ancestors with their father’s surname (use “Smith” as an example) and are very happy and proud when they show me that they have the name and information of their fourth- or fifth-great-grandfather Smith. Here’s what they overlook: Say we consider your fourth-great-grandfather.

That’s six generations back (parents: one your direct ancestors, were your relatives. generation; grandparents: two In fact, the siblings of your ancestors in generations; great-grandparents: three each generation were (or are) your blood generations; etc.). relatives. Add two to the number of “greats” to These are called “collateral lines”; that determine the number of generations is, they are not your direct ancestors, but, back. Now, six generations back, barring for example, your fourth-great-uncle or intermarriages, you had 64 fourth-greatyour second-great-aunt, etc. grandparents (32 couples)! Forward You have Genealogy only 1/64 of From the Doing three-dimensional the “blood” collateral genealogy can help you to lines, (or DNA) of your fourthforward extend your family tree in greatgenealogy grandfather will reveal all directions. Smith. Those the children other 63 of all the fourth-greatsiblings of grandparents, each with different your direct ancestors in each generation, surnames, each contributed an equal leading to fifth cousins, third cousins portion of your ancestry, even though once removed, and so on. they didn’t all have the surname Smith. Many of these offspring of collateral So to be complete, your tree of direct lines could be alive today, so that you ancestors must go backward for every line may have relatives that share the of direct ancestor, male or female. If you bloodlines of not only that fourth-greatgo to the sixth generation back, that’s not grandfather Smith, but also of your other just six ancestors. The number doubles in 63 ancestors from that generation. each generation, and adding the Another trait of some researchers is ancestors from each, by the sixth that they may show no interest in generation that gives a total of 96, generations that they don’t remember: “I encompassing as many as 64 different don’t care about my great-grandmother; I surnames. never knew her.” They may want to know all about ancestors or relatives Sideways Genealogy whom they knew: “Where did my uncle Now, for the sideways part. Those 32 live as a boy?” or “How did my aunt couples from six generations back likely wind up in Chicago?” had siblings, and they, in addition to They may be concerned with the

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enealogy entails more than tracing a single line of ancestors, even though that line may go very far into the past. I’ll interrupt my analysis of Ancestry.com to discuss my approach to genealogical research. I like to think of genealogy as having three dimensions, which I characterize as backward, sideways, and forward. Researching your parents is backward genealogy, researching your siblings is sideways genealogy, and researching your children is forward genealogy. Even this simple example can quickly become complex. If you go sideways to include your siblings, to be complete, your tree must go forward for each sibling and include their children: your nieces and nephews. If you go backward to detail your parents’ lives, you must go sideways to chronicle your aunts and uncles and then forward again to account for your first cousins.

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