Genealogy

• February 26, 2018

  Always Follow the Evidence

  My uncle once told me that when you assume things, you make an ass/u/me. In the genealogy world, evidence is everything. And yet, being human, we like to draw conclusions based on the limited evidence we have. Sometimes our hunches can be right, and can draw us to find the evidence that confirms our hunch,…

• February 23, 2018

  Lost on a deserted island

  Working on genealogy, genetic or otherwise, is much like being lost on a deserted island. The first thing you do once you’ve got your basics covered is to move the rocks to spell HELP so that anyone flying by can see it. I’ve attracted the attention of a few people by doing this, so I’d…