Geneology

[McFarkus]

I find that the rogues and scoundrels usually had much more interesting life stories.)

I agree. My mother had a couple of 'little old lady' cousins who were working feverishly on genealogy and telling everyone about it until one day they were silent. Apparently they'd found a horse thief in the tree and were so embarrassed they just stopped.

One of the refreshing things to find among notes are things like 'executed', 'hanged, drawn & quartered', and 'murdered.' Though they often don't go into the reasons why. I like having rapscallions in the tree.