Av Lars H Alstadsæter (12.04.2006)

Her er Christopher Dunhams liste:

• 10. 4500 B.C. — Genealogy is invented in Mesopotamia when a man asks his parents for their names.
• 9. Jan. 7, 1847 — The premier issue of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register hits the newsstands, with handy tips for ridding your family of recent immigrants.
• 8. June 18, 1860 — Illinois census taker Jabez Crowley is fired for writing too legibly.
• 7. Sept. 2, 1893 — At a DAR luncheon in Washington, D.C., Mrs. Amelia Wetherbee reveals that her ancestors were Loyalists, whereupon she is promptly eviscerated.
• 6. Jan. 8, 1918 — Donald Knuth comes up with the idea of Soundex when he realizes that his surname sounds a lot like “Kennedy.”

.... og resten av lista finner du på Dunhams nettsted.

Der finner du også flere “10 på topp”-lister om slektsgransking, en oversikt over slektsgranskernettsteder han ikke hater (“Genealogy Websites I Don’t Hate”), og diverse annet nyttig og helst unyttig om slektsgransking.

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