It's a toss-up which of James Pylant's titles I prefer: "The Case of the Axe-Wielding Grandma" or "Weaselhead, Devil and Drunkard: Surnames Originating As Insults." Both are featured at
GenealogyMagazine.com—a website founded in 2004 as the electronic successor to
American Genealogy Magazine. The site has articles by Pylant and others, biographies, photographs, and an eclectic collection of
databases free to browse. Limited
record searches in Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas may be requested for a fee. Don't miss the articles gathered in the section called
Research Tips—unless you already know what "pleading the belly" means.
