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Self-taught genealogist enjoys the chase
(pictured above: James Gist poses with some of his research.) City native James Gist is an addict. His vice? Genealogy. “It’s fun. You have to play detective sometimes, but that’s okay,” he said of researching his family’s history. The Atkins High School alumnus’ love affair with genealogy began more than three decades ago when he discovered […]