Just the facts, Ma'am, just the facts

Genealogy is my hobby. I look for "proof" of a relationship in wills, deeds, church records, cemeteries, and old newspapers. Germaine Greer has done a remarkable job in "proving" the relationship of Ann Hathaway and William Shakespeare in "Shakespeare's Wife" [PR 2906 G74 2007].

From Ebscohost a review in Maclean's; 4/14/2008, Vol. 121 Issue 14, p80-80, 8/9p, 1c by Brian Bethune

Greer, 69, who in her day job is an academic expert in early modern English literature, waded through a mountain of poetry, plays, local court records and Tudor history.

That's what intrigued me - the noting of legitimate sources to prove the relationship. Genealogists use a "preponderance of evidence" from verifiable resources to tie people and places together. This is what Germaine Greer has done so well- used verifiable sources (and noted them) to show a better picture of Shakespeare's wife!