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William Douglas's Blog – January 2025 Archive (2)

Genealogy in modern family life

New Genealogy Evening Course - Roots ... Genealogy holds significant value in modern family life for several reasons:

Connecting with Roots: Discovering family history provides a sense of identity and belonging. Knowing where you come from can strengthen family ties and create a sense of pride in your heritage.

Understanding Health Risks: Tracing family medical history can reveal patterns of inherited health conditions. This information can be crucial for preventative healthcare and making informed medical…

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Added by William Douglas on January 27, 2025 at 19:19 — No Comments

Preserving family history isn't a luxury

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When you think about it, family truly is everything. When times are good, we want to celebrate with those who mean the most to us. When the daily grind is over, it's family that we come home to. If times are tough, it’s the comforting support of family that we crave. And at the end, it’s family we wish to have by our side. So much of who we are and what we achieve stems from our ancestors; it's natural to turn to family because it's simply in our nature.

Preserving…

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Added by William Douglas on January 27, 2025 at 13:15 — No Comments

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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