Stuff to read:

Is this brothel owner in my family tree?

Is this brothel owner in my family tree?

Week One of my prostitution project sent me on quite the rabbit hole. I was reading one of my bonus books, the very-well-written book Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery:...

Is this brothel owner in my family tree?

Week One of my prostitution project sent me on quite the rabbit hole. I was reading one of my bonus books, the very-well-written book Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery:...

Book List: Prostitution and Genealogy

Book List: Prostitution and Genealogy

I'm reading more than fifty books this summer in my attempt to understand how prostitution and family history intersect. I'm only a bit into my list and I can already...

Book List: Prostitution and Genealogy

I'm reading more than fifty books this summer in my attempt to understand how prostitution and family history intersect. I'm only a bit into my list and I can already...

Summer Study: Prostitution and Genealogy

Summer Study: Prostitution and Genealogy

For the next several months, I'll be diving into the history of prostitution in America between roughly 1750 and 1950. I've assembled a stack of books that is honestly a...

Summer Study: Prostitution and Genealogy

For the next several months, I'll be diving into the history of prostitution in America between roughly 1750 and 1950. I've assembled a stack of books that is honestly a...

Cemetery symbols you don't know: part one

Cemetery symbols you don't know: part one

Most people walk through a cemetery and notice two things: names and dates.  Genealogists, on the other hand, notice names, dates, and then spend the next twenty minutes wondering why...

Cemetery symbols you don't know: part one

Most people walk through a cemetery and notice two things: names and dates.  Genealogists, on the other hand, notice names, dates, and then spend the next twenty minutes wondering why...

How boring is genealogy??

How boring is genealogy??

Genealogy can be incredibly boring. Not a little boring. Not occasionally boring. Spectacularly, aggressively, mind-numbingly boring. Genealogy is scrolling through 847 pages of census records only to discover your ancestor...

How boring is genealogy??

Genealogy can be incredibly boring. Not a little boring. Not occasionally boring. Spectacularly, aggressively, mind-numbingly boring. Genealogy is scrolling through 847 pages of census records only to discover your ancestor...