Yes, online research is convenient and it gets better as more original source documents become available online every year–see my previous post for an example. But research conducted only with online resources or secondary documents is incomplete. Besides, researching original … Continue reading
Here is an example of research, not frivolous, that can be done entirely online. It yields information, including photographs, providing color and context to light up descriptions of the Kokernot’s family life in Amsterdam. It requires finding an address (in … Continue reading
Technorati reported last summer that there were then 112 million blogs on the web. Surely we need one more, huh? Enough friends and strangers have asked when my biography of David Levi Kokernot will be available (bless ’em) that I … Continue reading