National Genealogy day is celebrated on the 2nd Saturday of March (March 14th 2015). The day is a day to give recognition of family history and a great time to look back into your heritage. There are many people that use researching their genealogy as a hobby. As described in Wikipedia: “Genealogy (from Greek: γενεά, genea, “generation”; and λόγος, logos, “knowledge”) is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives. The pursuit of family history tends to be shaped by several motivations, including the desire to carve out a place for one’s family in the larger historical picture, a sense of responsibility to preserve the past for future generations, and a sense of self-satisfaction in accurate storytelling.”
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:12:37 +0000
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