liafailrock
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Hello all:
Take the poll. What is the stance here on genealogy?
Take the poll. What is the stance here on genealogy?
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Genealogy Poll
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evanman
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I know my geneologu up to my maternal great, great grandfather. Have the photo of him, his wife and children.
liafailrock
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I actually had better luck with my wife's side. For generations they were all farmers and lived and were buried in this area. I discovered my wife's 5x grandfather owned and farmed what is now a local town near where I live (about 1000 acres). Her lineage was more famous so I could easliy go back to her 8x grandfather from Switzerland.
I know for sure who my 2x grandfather is, and there is some indication he may have been the grandson of James Lick, the founder of the Lick Observatory. However, one cannot make assumptions on surnames alone just because it's the same as mine. He may have been a 4x granduncle since he had many siblings. We know we are related somehow and "come from the same area" of Fredericksburg Pa.
I know for sure who my 2x grandfather is, and there is some indication he may have been the grandson of James Lick, the founder of the Lick Observatory. However, one cannot make assumptions on surnames alone just because it's the same as mine. He may have been a 4x granduncle since he had many siblings. We know we are related somehow and "come from the same area" of Fredericksburg Pa.
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ThinkerMan
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I did some reseach a few years ago, and was able to go back quite far in almost all directions.
I went back as far as the 1500's in quite a few "branches". Pretty interesting stuff. The online stuff (mostly free) is quite good at "pushing" the tree back further and further.
When I began I had about 200 names in my tree, now I have about 1,200. I've been putting off finishing it up...maybe this thread will inspire me to do so.
I went back as far as the 1500's in quite a few "branches". Pretty interesting stuff. The online stuff (mostly free) is quite good at "pushing" the tree back further and further.
When I began I had about 200 names in my tree, now I have about 1,200. I've been putting off finishing it up...maybe this thread will inspire me to do so.
Blazin Bones
Member
My grandpa does Geneology as a hobby and has traced some branches as far back as the fourteenth century.
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Adams son
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The statements Paul makes in Timothy and Titus are not an exhortation against having a hobby called genealogy. Jews kept genealogies to prove their Jewishness and they had a nasty habit of saying "Abraham is our father" to validate their status before God and to signify their "nobleness" in the world. What Paul is talking about here is to make sure one does not rest hisidentity on his genealogical status but your obedience to God in the Spirit since we Christians are children of God and are "no longer of this world." It is not a statement that says having a hobby called genealogy is a sinful thing to do. It is a matter of motives to validate one's self in a worldly sense rather than be justified before God.
stovebolts
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My wife actually does geneology on the side for a nominal fee :-D