about nathaniel lane taylor
A native of New England, I hold a Ph.D. in medieval European history from Harvard University (1995). Since 1995 I have held faculty positions at Harvard University, the University of Kentucky, Trinity College (Hartford), Brown University, and elsewhere.
For several years I have been researching, teaching and writing about history and genealogy. My interests include medieval kinship consciousness, cultural and legal systems of kinship, inheritance and probate; the evolution of personal names; the evolution of genealogy as a form of history writing; and artistic and diagrammatic representation of families (including heraldry). Some of these interests are reflected in the page of publications and manuscripts. I currently divide my time among research, writing, editing, teaching, and raising three children (not necessarily in that order).
Since 2004 I have also undertaken commissioned genealogical research on a selective basis.
I can be reached by e-mail at: nltaylor [at] nltaylor.net.
about this site
This site began in 2004, and has grown to reflect my interests in history and genealogy as well as exploring and presenting specific aspects of my children's ancestry for the benefit of those who might share an interest in these families or in methods of exploration and presentation of family history. In June 2006, the site was brought over from ISP-dependent pages (at earthlink.net) to its new home at nltaylor.net. In addition to my miscellaneous blog, 'leaves from a genealogist's sketchbook', current and projected portions of the site can be explored from the sitemap.
The moon man and disembodied arm cartoons are drawn on the rear flyleaf to the twelfth-century cartulary of the Portuguese monastery of Lorvão (currently in the Tôrre do Tombo, Lisboa). The flyleaf text (a fragmentary charter) and these cartoons appear to date from the twelfth century.
< < < < Click this arm to see the whole leaf.
