Genealogy

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Genealogy, the study of family lineage.


	This often requires — or leads to — knowledge of antique law, old political boundaries, immigration trends, and historical social conditions.


	By making so many resources available, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has helped contribute to the increasing interest in genealogy over the last couple of decades. Information is available free or at a nominal cost through the internet, through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and worldwide at Family History Centers near local congregations.


	Genetic methods are also being used on a larger scale to trace human migratory patterns and determine, for example, when the first humans came to North America and how they got there. One major effort currently going on is the Genography Project, a joint effort of National Geographic and IBM.

The Anglo-Saxon chroniclers traced the ancestry of several English kings back to the god Woden (the English version of the Norse god Odin). If these descents were true, Queen Elizabeth II would be a descendant of Woden, via the kings of Wessex. In fiction, it is common to give a character a complicated fictional genealogy to make his or her background more interesting. A picturesque one is the genealogy for Godwulf of Asgard.

In addition to particular historical events and places, research efforts can focus on other types of relationships between people such as kinship to a particular group of people, such as a Scottish clan; to a particular surname such as in a one-name study, see Guild of One-Name Studies; or to a particular person such as Jesse James.

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08/26/2008 12:34 PM

Genealogy in our Schools (About.com)

While I applaud any effort to get school students interested in genealogy, I can't help but cringe every time I get an email from a student who needs to know...

08/27/2008 10:30 AM

MacFamilyTree update includes improved chart editing (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)

Genealogy application MacFamilyTree has been updated to version 5.2.5, improving on several of the features in the application.

08/28/2008 04:36 AM

Chance to branch out into genealogy (Batley Today)

SHOWING people how they can trace their family trees will be one of many features at an open day being staged at Batley Cemetery next month. (28/08/2008)

08/28/2008 07:38 AM

TV ratings - August 27: 6.5m watch Jerry Springer trace his roots (Guardian Unlimited)

Jerry Springer's appearance on BBC1 genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? got the better of ITV1's Champions League coverage. By Tara Conlan

08/26/2008 12:10 AM

Genealogy's seventh heaven (The Post and Courier)

A week from now, I'll be in seventh heaven. The signs will say Pennsylvania, but they'll be wrong. From Tuesday through Saturday, I'll be in a state of genealogical bliss, and it'll be seventh heaven to me. It's the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, a major gathering where I hope to learn just about everything that is happening or is about to happen in the national genealogy ...

08/28/2008 07:55 AM

Geneaology Researchers will meet Tuesday (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle)

The Dickinson County Genealogy Researchers will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2 at the Dickinson County Heritage Center. The programs will be given by Dan Minick on the Minick family.

08/25/2008 02:51 PM

Genealogy Workshop (Cape May County Herald)

08/25/2008 - 1:00p.m. to 08/25/2008 - 3:00p.m. Avalon â€“ the Avalon Free Public Library will hold a Genealogy Workshop on August 4, 18 and 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. Participants will research their family tree using online and print resources. Program is free of charge, registration is required.

08/27/2008 12:12 PM

MacFamilyTree update includes improved chart editing (Macworld)

Genealogy application MacFamilyTree has been updated including fixes for PDF export and improved chart editing.

08/27/2008 01:34 PM

Obama and Biden both Descend from Irish Shoemakers (About.com)

Genealogy always seems to have a way of pointing out just how small our world really is. As diverse as their backgrounds may seem now, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...

08/25/2008 12:09 AM

Introduction to Internet Genealogy (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)

Workshop about genealogy databases that are available, as well as how to find and evaluate popular free Internet genealogy Web sites. Aug. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; free Akron-Summit County Main Branch Library, Computer Lab 2 (330) 643-9030