Both my father and grandfather were named Gilbert McClung Gillespie. According to my father, it was tradition for parents to give the last name of the Doctor who delivered them as a middle name. The story was the elder Dr. McClung delivered my grandfather and the younger Dr. McClung who was the son delivered my... Continue Reading →
Wisdom Wednesday: Indian Princesses and Self-Delusion
Finding random documents to support what we want to believe is not research. It's self-delusion. -- Elizabeth Shown Mills This from a Quick Lesson that ESM wrote about the ever popular family legend about Indian Princesses in the family tree. 1 There is no point in finding a forgotten story if it isn't true. Everyone... Continue Reading →