Here’s a fun one. Even in the world of fantasy genealogy, some claims stand out. Every so often we hear the claim George Washington, the first American president, was a male-line descendant of Odin. Of course it’s not true, and of course it’s a fascinating idea. It all goes back to 1879, when Albert Welles…
Category: Genealogy
Hazel Mary Howery March 13th 2005
Hazel Mary Howery March 13th 2005
Interview with Grandma Hazel
The other day on Geni.com someone contacted me about a cassette they found in an old camcorder at a garage sale in Laramie. The tape turned out to be an interview my Aunt Bunny did with her mother, my grandfather’s wife, in 2005. What a wonderful find. I had no idea the tape existed. Neither…
Hazel Mary Howery nee Alloway March 13th 2005 Laramie, Wyoming
Hazel Mary Howery nee Alloway March 13th 2005 Laramie, Wyoming
Fictitious Habsburg Genealogies
Genealogists today often think of genealogy as a search for the truth about family relationships and history. But, for our royal and noble ancestors genealogy was something different. It was a two-pronged propaganda campaign. One goal was to prove they were an ancient and distinguished family. The other goal was to prove that they were…