Today, October 21, 2015, is Back to the Future Day! Why? Because in the iconic sequel, Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly and Doc Brown hop in their DeLorean time machine bound for a date far in the future – October 21, 2015. Wow, one can only imagine the impact such a machine would have on genealogy. We would go forward in time to see how things turn out. But we would love to go back and see how…
Anyone who tries to tell me that genealogy isn’t cool gets referred to the 1969 James Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, staring George Lazenby. In the film, James Bond goes undercover as a genealogist to research a lineage question surrounding a Bond villain’s claims to a noble title. There are a number of things James Bond, the genealogist, does right and at least one thing that’s definitely wrong. Here are a few examples of Bond’s excellent genealogical handiwork: Bond discusses conducting what…