Genealogy

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Genealogy, the study of family lineage.


	Even an unsuccessful search for ancestors leads to a better understanding of history. The search for living relatives often leads to family reunions, both of distant cousins and of disrupted families.


	Individual genetic test results are being collected in various databases to match people descended from a relatively recent common ancestor, for example see Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation. These tests identify either the male or female line.


	Volunteer efforts figure prominently in genealogy both as a source of enriching data sources and as a means to obtain information from geographically remote sources. For instance, there is an organization of 4500 researchers that share their time under the phrase and associated web site "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness".

Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves collecting the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. Genealogy is sometimes also referred to as family history, although sometimes these terms are used distinctly: the former being the basic study of who is related to whom; the latter involving more "fleshing out" of the life histories of the individuals involved.

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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07/04/2008 11:16 PM

Midwest Genealogy Center opens in Independence, Mo. (The Salt Lake Tribune)

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The new Midwest Genealogy Center, billed as one of the nation's largest libraries for people tracing their ancestry, has opened in this historic Missouri town.

07/02/2008 09:51 PM

WCPL offers free genealogy workshops (The South Alabamian)

The Washington County Public Library (WCPL) will offer free genealogy workshops during the month of July. The classes are made possible through part of an education grant provided by ALA-TOM RC&D and will be lead by Washington County Museum curator, Barbara Waddell.

07/02/2008 12:36 PM

AABoomers.com Celebrates African-American Family Reunions, Genealogy and the 20th Anniversary of the National Black ... (BlackNews.com)

Stone Mountain, GA (BlackNews.com) - In this season of family reunions AABoomers.com, the online magazine for the savvy African-American Baby Boomer, is pleased to highlight African-American Family Reunions and Genealogy in its July issue.

07/05/2008 01:52 AM

FESTUS: Every picture tells a story (Jefferson County Journal)

History buffs in Festus, your city is calling. With a new, $2 million library poised to open this fall and serve as a centerpiece for Main Street, library officials are putting out the call for historical photos, documents and other items to furnish the library's expanded genealogy room.

07/02/2008 12:24 AM

Library offers genealogy workshops (The Republican)

SPRINGFIELD - The City Library is offering a series of genealogy workshops this month to get your research started or to take it to the next level.

07/03/2008 09:51 PM

Find out about family history at the fair (Contra Costa Times)

Genealogy booth helps visitors learn about ancestors

07/04/2008 03:56 AM

Coastal Community News Briefs for Thursday, July 3, 2008 (North County Times)

Genealogy group to meet CARLSBAD ---- "Finding Living Relatives" will be the topic when professional genealogist Joan Lowrey addresses the Computer-Oriented Genealogy Group, sponsored by North San Diego County Genealogical Society from 10-11:30 a.m. July 8 in the Carlsbad City Council Chambers, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive. Lowrey will discuss Internet resources for locating long-lost distant ...

07/05/2008 09:25 PM

Family and fishing at Cortez reunion The Fulfords helped found the Manatee village 120 years ago (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

- In a photo of the Cortez schoolhouse's 1930 class, Mary Fulford Green shyly peeked out from behind a classmate.

07/05/2008 07:06 PM

Laura, Princess of Wimbledon (Independent)

Thank heaven for little girls. Where Britain's men, women, boys and veterans have all failed to deliver anything more than a passing Wimbledon headline, a 14-year-old local girl yesterday brought a success-starved nation its first singles title in nigh on a quarter of a century when she won the junior championship on Court One.

07/05/2008 03:46 PM

Licence sale may mean money doesn’t grow on family trees (Sunday Herald)

web company's plan to use the online sale of family tree information to drive sales could be damaged by government moves to offer licences for the same information to the company's competitors.