GenClub
Episode 3
November 2025
For this episode of GenClub the panel read:
In the Beginning - Part 1: The Buckfoot Gang &
Trouble Compounded -Part 2: The Buckfoot Gang
by Cynthia Boatright Raleigh.
We invite you to read the posts before or after you watch the episode. Leave a comment on Julie’s them! We’d love to know what you think too.
Cynthia Boatright Raleigh
Author of Genealogy Storytelling
Cynthia is the author of the Perri Seamore genealogical mystery series, including Poison Branches, Buried Roots, and Drawing on the Past—a trio of novels that weave research, suspense, and family history into compelling narratives. She’s also the creator of the Lanthorne Ordinary Witches historical-supernatural series (Summoning the Winds and Sister of Wales), and the true-crime title The Kneeling Corpse Murders: Leslie “Mad Dog” Irvin.
Her book Dinner is Announced: Recipes Inspired by Murder Mysteries blends her love of storytelling with culinary creativity, offering a delicious companion to her mystery-writing world.
On Substack, Cynthia writes at Genealogy Storytelling, where she explores family history in a narrative style that brings archival research to life. Her Buckfoot Gang series, in particular, has captivated readers with its richly detailed look into Midwestern criminal history—told through a genealogist’s lens.
Here are the links to Cynthia’s Substack and collection of books.
Meet the GenClub Panel:
The GenClub Panel is made up of a group of Genealogy and Family History Substack authors who get together to talk about what we’ve read on Substack. Here are the members of the Panel:
Jane Chapman
I’ve been researching family history since the early 1990’s and incorporating DNA evidence since 2013. In 2024 I started a one-place study. My Substack publications mainly draw on material from my Websites on the weare.xyz platform
Julie Dove
Julie Dove is a writer and researcher exploring food, memory & the legacies we leave behind. After discovering over 200 vintage cookbooks in an abandoned house, she began piecing together the life of their owner—one recipe at a time.
Lynda Heines
I’m a writer, a textile artist, a genealogist, an iris lover, and a cat herder. My sis’ death in 2023 pulled me back into writing about my ancestors and my life journey. My hubby, two cats, and I live on a small piece of land in Newburgh, Indiana.
Anne Wendel
Teenage genealogist turned retired reading teacher living on Anne time now! Summer vacation every day. Read, blog, research, find cousins, live on ancestors’ land. Goals for rest of life: be pro genealogist, write my Roots, rebuild my Rev War house.
Lisa Maguire
Your family has a story. Your family were makers of history. ancestory is the place where family stories and history meet.
I’m your host,
Thank you for watching!
