Ruth Craig, CG®
ProGen Member Overview
RUTHCRAIG.GENEALOGY: Ruth specializes in Family History Reports with images and full documentation.
Education
B.A., Zoology, 1974, Pomona College, Claremont, California
Ph.D., Pharmacology, 1984, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Certificate in Genealogical Research, 2014, Boston University, Center for Professional
Education, Boston, Massachusetts (online)
Experience
Research Associate, 1983–1987, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Assistant Professor, 1987–1993, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Associate/Full/Emeritus Professor, 1993–present, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth,
Hanover, New Hampshire
Editor, New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 2020
Publications & BLOGs
• Ruth Craig, “What Happened to the Jewish Infantryman? Did He Ship Out Before the Holocaust?,” Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 37, no. 3 (2016): 49–52.
• Ruth Craig, “Why did the 1918 flu kill so many otherwise healthy young adults?,” Smithsonian.com (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/), Search: Why did the 1918 flu kill so many otherwise healthy young adults.
• Ruth Craig, review of Early Vermont Settlers to 1771: Volume 1: Southern Windsor County, by Scott Andrew Bartley, National Genealogical Society Quarterly 106 (June 2018): 148–149.
• Ruth Craig, “Brick Walls: Confusion in Names,” Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 35, no. 1 (2019): 60.
• Ruth Craig, review of Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, vol. 4, edited by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, National Genealogical Society Quarterly 108 (June 2020): 148–149.
• Allessandra Ledoux, Ilana Grallert, Nora Ratcliffe, and Ruth Craig, “An Epidemic in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1797,” New Hampshire Genealogical Record 32, no. 1 (Fall 2020), 37–39.
• Ruth Craig, review of Ancestors and Descendants of Charles Le Caron and Victoire Sprague, by Kyle Hurst, National Genealogical Society Quarterly 108 (forthcoming 2020).