One of the fundamentals of genealogy is the various numbering systems used to make quick and easily-read lists of ancestors. Perhaps the most common method of listing ancestors is to create an ahnentafel. Yet I suspect that word confuses most newcomers. Here is a (hopefully) simple explanation. An ahnentafel is a list of one’s ancestors …
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Ahnentafel Explained
One of the fundamentals of genealogy is the various numbering systems used to make quick and easily-read lists of ancestors. Perhaps the most common method of listing ancestors is to create an ahnentafel. Yet I suspect that word confuses most newcomers. Here is a (hopefully) simple explanation. An ahnentafel is a list of one’s ancestors …
6 Ways the Past Stank—Literally
Ah yes, the good old’ days. Life was simpler back then… and smellier. Of course, that was before the days of sanitation laws, underarm deodorants, breath mints, and other modern marvels. A.J. Jacobs has written an article that reminds us that perhaps the good ol’ days perhaps were not quite as good as some of …