Archive for the 'Structural Genealogy' Category

Genealogist tries to solve Eagle head mystery

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

There is a rather unique article in the Morning Sentinel (MaineToday.com), Genealogist tries to solve Eagle head mystery, by Colin Hickey, about the head of the Maine Genealogical Society’s Taconnett Falls Chapter helping a man track down an artist from over a century ago. The hope is to build a biography of the artist, as well as the intended home of a carved eagle’s head (which originally kicked off the mystery).

More “Home Genealogy” - Researching your house’s history

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

Two articles in the Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky) that were published today examining the genealogy of homes. The first follows Amy Wilson’s research in digging up the history of the home, while the second is more of a how-to/tips section.

Opening the door to the real Rosslyn

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Interesting article in The Scotsman (Scotsman.com), by Sarah Howden, Opening the door to the real Rosslyn, concerning the history/genealogy of Rosslyn Chapel, which has been in the news a lot over the past several years, partly due to Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, but also due to various conspiracy theories that predated the book. It covers a new book coming out by Mark Oxbrow and Ian Robertson, Rosslyn and The Grail, which is about the history of the chapel. Interesting read if your into studying the genealogy of buildings.

Oldest Post Office in the World

Friday, September 30th, 2005

Family Research, a site dedicated to Scottish, Irish, and English genealogy, came across an interesting article by Iain Lundy on Scotsman.com, about the world’s oldest post office.

Genealogy - Not Just for People Part III

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

In the third of a series I’m calling “Genealogy - Not Just for People”, I came across an article by Peggy Conrad in the Woodland Progress (PA) about histories of buildings.

Genealogy - Not Just for People Part II

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Three weeks ago, I pointed out a twenty four year-old article from Mother Earth News, about people tracing the genealogy, as it were, of their homes.

An article by Kimberly Powell popped up this weekend at About.com, that is either brand-new, or has been updated recently, about this very topic.

Genealogy - Not Just For People!

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Came across an article by Catherine Allen from the July/August 1981 edition of Mother Earth News about the practice of “House Logs”, a genealogy of homes.