He likens his construction techniques such as interlocking corner notches and cantilevered roofs to those of frontiersman Daniel Boone, namesake of the county seat.

WSJ: Ah, Wilderness! Mountain Man vs. the Building Inspector

After reading a page on WeRelate.org about Daniel Boone, one of the most famous long hunters, Ms. Auvil says she found a wiki page link to a Kentucky state surveyor and friend of a brother of a Tennessee senator who was a friend of the man who adopted her fifth great-grandfather after his own father was murdered.

WSJ: Using Wikis and Other Forms of Group Research, Family Historians Are Making Surprising Connections