Abstract:
There are so many things that can be learned by studying the past. Through the study of past peoples we learn what life was like before we were born -- what people enjoyed, how they met, things they did and mistakes they made. The search for the past is more meaningful when it involves a search for your own family roots.There is a vast difference between tracing your family roots and doing your family history. A family history is a story about the events and lives of members of your family. It is an in depth look at life. It takes a lot of time to gather the information for a family history and often limits the information to those who are still alive.Tracing your family roots, known as genealogy, is a narrower look at your family. It contains only basic information such as names, birth dates, marriage dates, death dates and locations of these events. Information can be gathered from living relatives as well as the many public records available about ancestors. The process is not as hard as believed. Doing genealogy should not be frightening.The longer you wait, the harder it is to trace your family tree. The time to start is now.
