Since the beginning of the 'Genealogy Craze' in America, a disturbing new phenomenon has arisen that threatens to undermine the integrity of many of our top genealogical organizations. Progonoplexia, an obsession with collecting famous ancestors, has created amateur researchers who will go to any lengths in order to prove these relationships. This book provides an in depth look at one such case, revealing how progonoplexia may affect the future of genealogy in this country. An appendix at the back of the book contains numerous documents on Thomas McClung and Nancy Black. Thomas McClung...
Since the beginning of the 'Genealogy Craze' in America, a disturbing new phenomenon has arisen that threatens to undermine the integrity of many of o...
Thomas McClung was born in Rockbridge, Virginia in 1728, to immigrant parents John and Rebecca Stuart McClung. He married Nancy Black. They owned a farm on Muddy Creek Mountain in Greenbrier County and had six children. Thomas was a militia man in the Virginia Colonial Army. He was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774, and was buried on the battlefield. The United States Congress declared him an 'Unheralded Patriot' in 1991, and his name was entered into the Congressional Record. This book is a biography of his life, and contains dozens of source documents proving his...
Thomas McClung was born in Rockbridge, Virginia in 1728, to immigrant parents John and Rebecca Stuart McClung. He married Nancy Black. They owned a fa...