“The previously staid world of genealogy is in the midst of a controversial revolution.
Category: Genealogy
“The Likelihood of having an Ancestor with an Identity Different than One’s Own Increases (Nearly)…
“The Likelihood of having an Ancestor with an Identity Different than One’s Own Increases (Nearly)…
Melungeons
The Melungeons are a tri-racial group, descended from Europeans, Africans, and Indians. Although the term Melungeon refers to a specific group, it has become a generic label for many similar groups: the Carmel Indians of southern Ohio, the Brown People of Kentucky, the Guineas of West Virginia, the We-Sorts of Maryland, the Nanticoke-Moors of Delaware,…
Women’s Name Changes
Some months ago I promised to find and post this quote about the practice in the Middle Ages of sometimes changing the given name of a wife. It wasn’t widespread, but it happened often enough to be worth noticing: “The wife was sometimes so completely absorbed into the family of the one man who had…
Rightful king of England
“Rightful king of England dies”, The Mirror, July 5, 2012. On a slow news day the papers love these little stories. Even when it’s not a slow news day, everyone loves the Wars of the Roses. Back in the day, Edward IV (1442-1483) was the penultimate king of the Yorkist dynasty. The Wars of the…