Ruth Craig has spent most of her professional career as a Professor at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She was drawn into the field of Genealogy when she applied for re-naturalized German citizenship based on her father's German-Jewish heritage. She focuses largely on tracing families that have resided in New England, New York, and/or French-Canada. She also enjoys expanding into new areas, such as research on immigrants to the U.S. from Italy or other European countries.

Services

Secretary of the Oxbow Chapter of the Vermont Daughters of the American Revolution; contribute to the Medical School Admissions Committee, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Geographic Specialties

ME, MA, NH, NY, VT, New England, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Germany, Italy

Publications/Media
R. Craig, Why Did the 1918 Flu Kill So Many Otherwise Healthy Young Adults? Smithsonianmag (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-did-1918-flu-kill-so-many-otherwise-healthy-young-adults-180967178/#k6wFzFTKWBGS3f08.01). Ruth Craig, review of Genealogy at a Glance: Ontario, Canada, by Lorine McGuinnis, National Genealogical Society Quarterly 110 (March 2022): 69?70. Princilla Minkah, Lily M. Waddell, Ilana Grallert, and Ruth Craig, ?Deaths of People of Color in Hanover, New Hampshire, 1779?1858," The New Hampshire Genealogical Record 34, no. 2 (Spring 2022), 23?29. Lily M. Waddell and Ruth Craig, ?Listings for 'Negroes' and 'Indians' in Early New Hampshire Town Records,? The New Hampshire Genealogical Record 34, no. 2 (Spring 2022), 31?36.

Lectures
Ruth Craig, webinar, ?Meaningful Tables and Graphs for Correlation in Family History,? Legacy Family Tree Webinars (https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php? webinar_id=938), 25 September 2019. Ruth Craig and Princilla Minkah, ?Student Research on Epidemics and Nonwhite Deaths in Hanover, New Hampshire,? Dartmouth Alumni Council, 222nd meeting, Zoom presentation, 14 May 2021.

Languages
Basic Italian (reading), Basic Spanish (Reading), French

Honorifics/Credentials
CG®

Certificates
Certificate in Genealogical Research (Boston University)

Affiliations
Memberships: Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR member #932843), Oxbow, Vermont Chapter. Vermont Society of Mayflower Descendants (Society No. 1746; General No. 87, 639). New England Historic Genealogical Society (member #412856). Awards and Selected DNA-related Patents: Dartmouth Medical School Excellence in Education, Distinguished Lecturer Award (2010); U.S. Patent Application number 5, 470, 955 "Antibodies which specifically bind the Mcl-1 polypeptide;" U.S. Patent Application number 09/687, 260 (joint with University of Sheffield) "Myeloid Cell Leukemia Associated Gene MCL-1.

Degrees
MA (Pharmacology), PhD (Pharmacology), BA (Zoology)