Ancestral Anomalies: A Miscellany of the Witty, the Sad, the Unusual, (& the Downright Erroneous) from the World of Genealogy

A pot-pourri of the witty, sad, unusual & erroneous from the world of family history: registration anomalies, unusual names & occupations, startling coincidences, sarcastic record entries, family 'skeletons', weird family traditions / tall stories, tales of extreme fortune or misfortune, examples of longevity, bizarre deaths... All this, and more, in an entertaining collection of all that is 'not quite normal' from people's meanderings through the record books, and their many and varied experiences along the way. It all goes to prove that this funny old hobby of ours can be... well... funny - among other things. Tired of trawling the Census? Sick of the sight of St. Catherine's? Then take heart - for here's a selection of those anecdotes that make it all worthwhile.