This is a large site offering what others of our surname have not. But your specific comments and criticisms would also be very helpful to us so we can continue to meet your needs. Presenting lineage - it's a new world Lineage is best expressed in data format . Interesting stories, biographies, and controversy are best expressed in articles . Lineage has been around for a long time.
People do want it but the format of heirarchial information on the written page is hard to follow.
The linking ability of the web format to jump upward and downward through parent and child records has made lineage much easier to read. And the Internet as a repository reaches so many more people who want to research their own roots. In the past, that was not easy because records were in courthouses long distances away and most people couldn't spend weeks on the other side of the country going through tattered public records. That's all changing now because the people who have done a bit of research are are sharing it and enjoying the fruits of others' labor with relatively little effort. It's like we're all partners in a nationwide team, working together.