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Diane L Richard

Mosaic Research & Project Management

2408 Dunbrook Ct

Raleigh, NC 27604

 

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What is the Difference Between Genealogy and Family History?

 
You will see that we keep listing Genealogy - Family History.  You may wonder why?  Often, it seems that these are used interchangeably ... they really aren't the same though.  We will engage in either type of research and we like the definition given at http://genealogy.about.com.

"While is common for people to use the terms 'genealogy' and 'family history' interchangeably, they actually have a subtle but different meaning. Genealogy, the study of ancestry and descent, refers more to the actual search for ancestors, while family history, the narrative of the events in your ancestors' lives, denotes the telling of your family's story. Family history is genealogy come alive."

So, for us, Genealogy is the bare bones find the facts type activities whereas Family History tries to bring some color and story to your ancestors lives ... Since we don't believe that any of us would like to be remembered as just a bunch of statistics such as when we were born, married, had children and died, so we believe that to do our ancestors justice, we need to try and learn more than the dates of events ... we need to learn about where they lived, where they went to church, what their occupations were, their involvement in the community and anything else we can learn.

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Family History research makes a birthday, Mother's Day or Father's Day Present! Ask us about researching your ancestry!

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