The Journey of Genealogist & Historian Anthony Blasi

Anthony is a 2019 graduate of the University of Maine Farmington where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History and minored in International and Global Studies. There, he was enrolled in one of the most rigorous undergraduate programs in the U.S. His senior thesis was on the history of genealogy in America. His classes included a study of anthropology and archaeology in the Peruvian Amazon and Andes Mountains; Central American geography and history; the Cold War; post colonialism; and French. Since graduating, he has worked in town government as a municipal clerk, and he resides with his family in Central Maine. His first book, Frontier Rangers of Colonial New England, was published in April, 2025, coinciding with the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.