Inspired by a well-done tribute to early Hollywood legend Lillian Gish on YouTube, I explored a fun web of Kevin Bacon style six-degrees-of-separation connections.
A Family Forest® kinship report for Lillian Gish reveals mostly everyday people, including probably many who have been enjoying her movies for years without having any idea that they share ancestors [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 27, 2007
Lillian Gish to Glenn Close
July 21, 2007
A Legendary Castle
An opportunity like this may only come along once in a lifetime.
A truly legendary castle, Bran Castle, famous in history as Dracula’s Castle, is being offered for sale.
The patterns illustrated in world’s largest maps of human migration show that this sale and the future promotion of the castle is a perfect opportunity for ancestral [...]
July 20, 2007
A Red Letter Day
Whenever I experience a remarkable day in the Family Forest® similar to the one I just had, I call it a red letter day.
A Family Forest® red letter day is defined as a day when changes of extraordinary and enormous impact happen. These are changes that are vast and far reaching, changes that personally relate [...]
July 15, 2007
What is an Ancestral History Cartographer?
Cartographer: one who produces maps.
When ancient mariners returned from their voyages of discovery, they turned their records and logs over to monastic type individuals (map makers, cartographers) who would turn that data into maps which other mariners would use on subsequent journeys to the same regions.
When those mariners returned, they turned their new records and [...]
July 14, 2007
What is an Ancestral History Tour Guide?
By dictionary definition, I am a genealogist. In reality, I am not what one usually expects a genealogist to be.
By analogy, think of true genealogists as master chefs. Highly trained professional experts who start from scratch and create precision works.
Think of an ancestral history tour guide as similar to a person who reviews fine dining [...]
July 3, 2007
So What, Who Cares?
Everyone would, if they only knew. And we would like to give them this special experience via the
Family Forest® Project.
A couple of recent comments suggest that the distant past is irrelevant and there is no good reason for knowing who one’s early ancestors were.
These opinions can only be held by someone who has not [...]
