September, 1965 Willard, Utah The present trend in our church and in the country seems to be, “Where did I come from” and genealogy is being stressed as a most important part of our church and family activity. This is rather hard on my generation, as we have only started to have time to look…
Category: philosophical
My “Whys” of Czech Family History Research
About six months ago I read a fascinating article in National Genealogical Society Quarterly called “Thinking Philosophically About Genealogy” by Stephen B Hatton. He writes: Th[e] substance and properties view, held by philosophers from about the fourth century BC until the 1780s, tends to focus on how people think and know. This view sometimes reduces…
Historical Fiction: the genre of choice for the genealogist
It was bound to happen sometime this year. I forgot to post on my blog yesterday. I should have these posts scheduled in advance, and in fact that is my end goal. But it just hasn’t happened. I’ve been listening to an audio book called “Saints” by Orson Scott Card. I love it. It is…