Re: Genealogy For The Beginner

J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:

> 
> The term Family History is an abused term - many people use it as an
> excuse to depart from bloodlines and that is not acceptable in
> genealogy. We need to keep the distinction in my opinion.
> 

Without a historical context genealogy is little more than a meaningless 
list of names and dates.  Who were these people being named?

To keep the names and lose the history is rather like getting a package 
from Amazon and, being a philatelist, keeping the stamp and throwing 
away the book.

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