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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 is currently the editor of the New Hampshire Genealogical Record.

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

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

Publications/Media
Ruth 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," 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,"  New Hampshire Genealogical Record 34, no. 2 (Spring 2022), 31–36.
Carole Gardner and Ruth Craig, “Tracking the Children of Joseph² Ham (b. Dover, New Hampshire, 1678) Involves Going Up the Family Tree and Down Other Branches,” New Hampshire Genealogical Record 37, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 3–38.
   YouTube Videos:
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “On Location with Ruth Craig,” 7 June 2021, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYpgTNUvGRI).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “On Location with Ruth Craig,” 20 October 2021, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQV8YOGs3ME).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 34, No. 1,” 2 March 2022, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9nK-3T2Dk).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 34, No. 2,” 13 June 2022 YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BIrKwUjYM&t=23s).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 34, No. 3,” 21 October 2022, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgZrdSYVcG8).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 35, No. 1,” 1 March 2023, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6_h-jDq-U).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 35, No. 2,” 11 May 2023, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Z77PFukGg).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 35, No. 3,” 5 September 2023, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_w5G3_I0ck).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 36, No. 1,” 4 February 2024, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTF8KHUt7NY).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 36, No. 2,” 11 June 2024, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9hu6vFK53M).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 36, No. 3,” 4 October 2024, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMNFgCrw8cg).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 37, No. 1,” 11 February 2025, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWAPAHJ8I2Q).
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, “Overview of Vol. 37, No. 2,” 12 June 2025, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uHtAINouj0).

 

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.
Ruth Craig, “The Effect of Education on Longevity: Lessons from a Rural Town in New Hampshire a Century Ago,” Oxbow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Newbury, Vermont 17 July 2021; Pembroke Historical Society, 21 August 2021.
 

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century

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
BA (Zoology) 
MA (Pharmacology) 
PhD (Pharmacology)