What is genealogy?
Q: What is genealogy?
A: Genealogy is the study of family history and relationships, including parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.
Q: How do people show their family history?
A: People often use a family tree diagram to show how members of a family are related.
Q: What kind of data can be saved in a genealogy database?
A: Data that can be saved in a genealogy database includes dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths; records of military service; census records; immigration data; education information; occupations; and photos of ancestors.
Q: What are the advantages of using a genealogy database?
A: The advantages of using a genealogy database include keeping data organized when relationships change, generating charts or tables with filled-in data, making it easier to share data with others, and taking up less room than paper or notebooks.
Q: Why do people study genealogy?
A: People study genealogy for many reasons such as learning more about their ancestry or preserving oral histories from within their families.
