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The Real Lessons of Genealogy

Published on October 14, 2011 By ezekias

When I was in the third grade, I rode my bike to school, and all the way there my mind roamed the universe—castles and knights, cowboys, sports, outer space and comic book characters–but not one thought was given to school. I wasn’t interested in school. It was only an irritant and a constant interruption of [...]

The Twin Hats of a Genealogist

Published on March 22, 2011 By ezekias

Genealogists wear two hats. First hat is that of the rational, fact-finding researcher. This is the no-nonsense hat of the person who scours the information repositories, who photographs and scans, who copies, transcribes and indexes, who pins down significant dates and places, and who footnotes and documents every source. But there is another hat, that [...]

Lazy Genealogists: How to Make Your Ancestors Come to You

Published on March 10, 2011 By ezekias

If a genealogist from the past were to dog our steps these days, he would pound his fists while imagining how much more research he could have accomplished if he’d had access to a computer, and he could have done that research without having to travel. Travel? How about without leaving home? Or without even [...]

What Can a Genealogist Expect to Find in the Census?

Published on February 1, 2011 By ezekias

When the United States instituted a regular census to be held every ten years, it was the first country to do so. It was the Constitution itself which required that everyone but Indians be counted as a basis for tax collection and appropriation of House of Representatives seats. Nowadays, ancestor finders depend heavily on the [...]

The Dilemma of the Ancestress

Published on August 17, 2010 By ezekias

Ancestress is a good word. It indicates the female gender by itself, instead of adding the word, “female” to the word, “ancestor.” What’s so special about that? The patriarchal nature of our society’s history has subjected the legal and social status of women to the control of men. Take surnames, for instance. A female is [...]

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