About the Author

Kim Poinsett-Holmes is the founder of Poinsett Publications, Inc and the author of A Fitzgerald Genealogy in the American South. With more than three decades of professional experience as a medical writer and editor, she has published dozens of manuscripts in scientific and medical journals, working with leading organizations in healthcare and research. Her expertise in research and documentation, combined with her passion for genealogy, led her to undertake the challenge of tracing her own family’s story across fifteen generations. The result is a book that blends accuracy with narrative, honoring not just her ancestors but also the broader history of the American South.