The Only Post On This Blog
December 7, 2018 update: I got this information to familysearch.org (where anyone can post an update), and findagrave.com and geni.com (which allowed me to suggest an update to a manager, but it has not been accepted). Wikipedia still has not caught on. December 23, 2018 update: findagrave.com has updated Mel's birthplace to Poland. geni.com still has the incorrect information. Feburary 1, 2020 update: After more than a year, I figured I'd try editing Wikipedia to correct the Belarus claim. Unsurprisingly, someone reverted it within one day. They said that a blog is not a "Reliable Source" per Wikipedia standards. The official records of the U.S. Department of State seem pretty reliable to me, but I understand where they're coming from. Wikipedia isn't a real encyclopedia; it doesn't have an editorial staff that can verify anything. But one has to ask, if Wikipedia isn't a real encyclopedia, then what is it? I suppose it's a one-stop-shop for