As a part of my genealogical studies in Boston university I sworn to adhere to the following practices of reliability:

The number one priority for every genealogical researcher is to obtain, organize and resurface family history in the most accurate way possible.

To achieve this goal, professional genealogical researchers are following five main guidelines which helps both as a quality standard and as a tool for new genealogical...

The Genealogy research is dealing with places, people, property, relations, science, money, culture, ethics …and human emotions. In all the variables mentioned above emotions are involved. All kind of emotions:  tension, hope, curiosity, disappointment, fear, shame, greediness, sorrow and joy.

When you sign a contract with a client to do a genealogy research your ethics and standards,  you take upon yourself an obliga...

R.K. was born in a kibbutz in the Jordan Valley about a year before the establishment of the State of Israel. She never knew her father, who was killed in battle defending the Jordan Valley. Therefore, she heard and knew very little about him, perhaps because her mother remarried.

In the initial interview she said that he was born in Leipzig, Germany. She also knew the names and dates of her grandparents. She also knew the...