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I have incorporated Irish
genealogy. That is significant, because old Irish names are VERY confusing,
but the O'Neill's are apparently Sir William Johnson's direct forebears.
(The putative O'Neill line goes back some thousands of years. Sadly many ancient families indulged in liberal 'ancestor-adoption' to further their own claims to nobility.)
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I have encorporated Sir Alexander Mackenzie's History of the Mackenzies and have thereby included most historical Mackenzies.
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I have taken the main genealogical database back into Middle Eastern and Asian historical figures, and I have extended my historical sketches to include additional areas of history extending to China, Egypt, Persia, and Greece. My genealogical search appears to have been truncated at about 150 generations.
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Although I have relied upon secondary sources many original historical sources are well known. My secondary sources for Egyptian genealogy are all dependant upon earlier pharonic records. These records included other nations' records, Egyptian stone and papyrus details, an historical document known as the Judicial Papyrus of Turin, and the chronology of the Greco-Egyptian historian of c300 BC, Manetho, who wrote the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt).
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Basic genealogical family research
seems largely documented, although a few areas remain to be explored. (No genealogical
research is ever expected to be complete.) I have decided to reflect names in their native spellings - consistent with the Latin alphabet. (I have used familiar names in historical sketches.) I have translated most titles into the relevant historical language - often different to the individual's nationality. I have tried not to translate all geographical names too far away from a basic English spelling. These changes were necessitated by my use of non-English sources.
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I have spent months editing a database that I had thought completed and accurate: I am still finding errors. My approach is to seek the widest range of sources and to give more weight to more credible sources to try to resolve disagreements. I note that an explosion of internet-accessible data has become available.
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I decided to reflect names in native spellings - consistent with the Latin alphabet - because internet research is increasingly multilingual. I have also translated most titles into the relevant language - often different to the individual's nationality. I have tried not to translate geographical names too far away from a basic English spelling - a challenge for Celtic names.
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I have revised the European military Orders
of Battle for their North American-deployed forces. These are extensive, complex,
and often rely on obscure sources: they are quite difficult and took some
time to complete. I have completed a large database of European forts (in the Americas) and expanded colonial European histories to include European commanders and military units.
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My son Colin has collaborated with Google to create an additional on-line search capability. Goggle has 'inventoried' the entire site to create an ability to find any internal data you might seek.
