Digging History

I like to say, "genealogy is not for the faint of heart". It's a challenge to find the records which prove the existence of our ancestors. It's tempting to copy information off someone else's tree, but what if their tree has been infected with inaccurate, and in many cases, dubious or phony, "research". Dubious research comes in several forms . . . . ever try researching a "Cherokee princess"?

Genealogical Fraud: Don’t Be Duped If you have been researching your family history for any length of time, you very well may have spent time in what I call the “rabbit hole”, à la Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. “Going down t…

The latest "Curious Kin" blog article . . .

Genealogically Speaking: Curious Kin (Thomas Jefferson Roach and His “Sister Wives”) Thomas Jefferson Roach and His “Sister Wives” I don’t mean to imply “Sister Wives” (as in the TLC reality show of the same name) meant Thomas Jefferson (“T.J.”) Roach was a polygamist. Quite the co…