Dr. John Lindsay FALVEY
2003
Family histories make boring reading, by any standard, for all but those associated with the lines discussed in them. An earlier version of the Falvey and related histories achieved that standard, and as explained more fully in the Introduction to the current compilation, the anecdotes and secrets that could make a history at least memorable are usually omitted from family histories. That error has been corrected in this approach. In doing so, I am cognisant of the potential for shocking or even causing offence to the conservative, as well as to those who would like their heritage to somehow appear superior to that of their peers. I am also conscious that mistakes inevitably creep into anything based on memory and interpretation of past attitudes. Nevertheless, the approach of 'putting it all in' suits me, and the errors are both mine and others'.
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