When people hear the word blog, they often think of frequency, promotion, or commentary tied to the moment. That isn’t what this space is for. This site is built on Pages — carefully structured, intentional, and meant to last. Pages hold what we know, how we know it, and where the evidence lives. They are … Read more
For a long time, this project felt like it was always in motion. There was always another page to refine, another section to reorganize, another concept that needed to be clarified before anything else could move forward. Finishing the Pages changed that. Not because the research was done — it never is — but because … Read more
I didn’t sit down intending to write a letter. It started the way most research days do — with a question I thought I understood and a record I expected to confirm it. Instead, the record refused to cooperate. It didn’t contradict anything outright. It simply… stopped short. That kind of silence is familiar. Genealogy … Read more
There’s an unspoken pressure in genealogy to keep moving. Find the next record. Resolve the discrepancy. Push past the uncertainty and get to something that looks like progress. Slowness is often treated as a problem to solve rather than a condition to understand. Over time, I’ve learned that what slows research down is rarely inefficiency. … Read more
Not everything belongs in a Page. That wasn’t always obvious to me. For a long time, I treated every insight as something that needed to be formalized, structured, and made durable. If it mattered, I assumed it deserved permanence. Over time, that instinct proved limiting. Pages ask for authority. They require clarity, intent, and a … Read more
Not every discovery feels monumental. Some days, progress looks like correcting a misspelling that has quietly followed a family for decades. Other days, it’s realizing that two records don’t contradict each other after all — they were just telling different parts of the same story. These moments rarely feel worth formalizing. They don’t change timelines … Read more
This Journal doesn’t exist to be filled. That might sound strange, but it matters. The moment writing becomes expected, it stops serving the work and starts demanding attention of its own. The Pages carry the responsibility here. They hold what’s known, what’s supported, and what can be returned to over time. The Journal is different. … Read more