Diana Bigelow

Diana J. Bigelow uses a demographic approach to genealogy that focuses on individuals in the context of their unique social and economic culture, uncovering some exciting insights. For years, Diana has been obsessed with why her Iowa Czech ancestors left their ancestral hometowns, and she shares the results of this approach in her talks and her book, Quitting Bohemia: Discovering the 19th Century World that Created the Czech Diaspora.