A "buzzword" is a word or phrase, often an item of jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular context. Ge...

Some time ago a commentator to a post I wrote accused me of being "unprofessional" because I failed to adequately prove, to the co...

Whenever a subject like the one suggested by the title to this post comes up, there is always a backlash. Even genealogy has its detractors ...

Genealogy, in many cases is a matter of connecting the dots. For immigrants to America and other places, the "dots" includes not o...

After many years of flirting with the topic of DNA and Genealogy, I decided it was time to seriously consider whether or not any of the spec...

A couple of years ago, I posted a list of Unanswered Questions . Interestingly, no one has answered (or even tried to answer) any of my ques...

OK, after this post, I will lay off posting about cemeteries for a while. But I did have a few more things to say. There are some important ...