Hoarding History
The bane of genealogy
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3 min readSep 16, 2023
I’ve been visiting family the last two weeks, which inevitably led to talking about other family members and telling stories. I’ve been able to talk about gaps in the lineages I published, such as one of my uncle’s marriages that was overlooked, and share sources for information that had been long sought after. But I also ran into the bane of genealogists everywhere, the hoarding of history.
