There I found myself, in the unfortunate position of stumbling into a conversation with a Scientian (my word). You know who I mean. Stereotypically, they…
Category: Genealogy
Thankfully Distant Relations
I’m not a big ‘William the Conqueror’ fan. Yes, probably some of you out there wouldn’t care in the least about some guy who died…
Family Tree Update Live
I just uploaded the newest version of my family tree from my ancestral files. This will be the last update in 2012, but I’ll try…
Genealogy and Famous People
When I start talking about how fun it is to research genealogy, or how easily I can lose an entire day searching archives, and just…
Progress Happens
I wanted to chime in on something I’m seeing on the genealogical forums and blogs – resentment. There are some people whom, having researched for…
Whither Are We Rockefeller?
Quite by accident I discovered how we are linked to the Rockefeller family known widely in the United States. I was exploring up a side…
Frustrating Misnomers
Hawley. Holley. Holly. It’s a roadblock in the genealogical path I’m on. I have found so many people that could be the next missing link…
Would You Share?
I was researching my father’s ‘Wood’ family line today, and ran across this photo. Not entirely certain that everyone would be fine with this sort…
A Genealogy Wiki
I haven’t run a wiki in a long time. They’re kind of a headache, but for the purposes I’m after it might be just exactly…