Genealogy Benefits

Genealogy is an interesting hobby that has many psychological benefits. Technology enables even a non skilled researcher to gain more information faster and more efficiently and in turn benefit significantly! The actual definition of genealogy refers to the tracing of unified languages and the tracing of vital data. Although I will be using the terms interchangeably, family history refers to a number of forms of research which we commonly refer to as genealogy. These forms include; ? Genealogy which is using archival records to trace a living person’s pedigree from the present back in time or the tracing of a historic person’s decadency forward, ? Genetic Genealogy which is the comparison of DNA of living individuals to discover relationships. ? One-name studies which refer to an investigation of person’s with a common surname. ? One-place studies which refer to an investigation of the population histories of a particular location. ? Heraldic and Peerage studies...

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