07/24/2022
I am no longer an active Accredited Genealogist who works for others, but rather I am catching up on my own genealogy -- 100% English -- which I hope to add to and then leave for my posterity to enjoy. They will be free to criticize and make changes, but I have been very careful in my research to use the best sources, copy the records accurately, and apply the evidence they possess to create an accurate and complete genealogy, as far as the records make such possible. The introduction of FamilySearch by the Mormons has made a great many more interested in their ancestry. Sadly, far too many of these new genealogists are prone to link generations by matching the names alone, without exhausting the evidence in all the records to be sure that the right links are made. Some of my own work has been changed by these newcomers, and after considering their additions and/or changes, I have had to inform far too many that they have made mistakes and point them to the evidence that should change their minds. FamilySearch shows many of these changes and how I have helped to resolve them. I welcome questions about my choices of evidence and will carefully study suggested changes.
Another name I have used professionally is Englandgen.com, which is presently still searchable online, but it too is not an appeal for new clients. It does give a fuller background of my experience, and I hope to integrate these qualifications in
published versions of my personal English ancestry, starting with my mother's Halls ancestry in Essex. The title of the coming publication is Through the Halls of History -- present URL hallsfamily.org
