GeneaBabble

I’ve noticed this election that there’s been quite a few articles about the genealogy of political candidates, like this one about Sarah Palin, for instance.  I also wrote a bit about Obama’s genealogy (here and here) before. Now, I have to admit that I wasn’t paying much attention in the past, but have people always cared about the ancestry of the candidates? It is kind of interesting (especially to genealogists), but I just hope no one bases their vote on it!

I found this a couple of weeks ago while scanning through microfilm at the Lepper Public Library in Lisbon, OH:

It’s from a now defunct newspaper published in Lisbon called The Journal c. 1870 (I forgot to write down the issue date).  And some people say genealogy is boring!