Albion's Seed #1

Myrt's Book Club begins with reading David Hackett Fischer's Albion's Seed, as we compare & contrast the four British folkways evident in our personal genealogical research.

INSPIRATION
Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer.

This introductory session sets the tone, discusses the structure for upcoming sessions in the series with an eye to observing copyright. Our sessions broadcast live at 2:15pm Eastern (Daylight when applicable) as shown below.

• 10/13/2025 (Myrt) Introduction, persistence in regional cultures, copyright considerations. This is the orientation meeting for everyone and to answer your preliminary questions.

Future sessions include:

• 10/27/2025 “East Anglia to Massachusetts: English Puritans 1629-41” p 13-206.
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• 11/10/2025 “South of England to Virginia: Distressed Cavaliers & Indentured Servants 1642-75” p 207-418.

• 11/24/ 2025 “North Midlands to the Delaware: Friends Migration 1675-1725” p419-604.

• 12/1/2025 “Borderlands to the Back Country: Flight from North Britain 1717-1775”p605-782.

Of the numerous distinctive folkways the author describes among these migration groups, we are limiting our discussion to those indicated with the asterisk above as it relates to our personal genealogical research.

Hope you can join us! Your comments are important. And if you miss a session, they are automagically recorded thanks to YouTube technology.

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt
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Your (not so) retired friend in genealogy.