Genealogy Research: Unveiling the Past

The term genealogy is rooted from the Greek word "genealogia" which refers to the tracing of family. The term genealogia is likewise rooted from genea, referring to a generation or descent. 

Genealogy research basically refers to the identification of the lineage, significant information regarding the history of the family.  

What is then the importance of tracing the history of your family? Why is it significant to search for your ancestors who are long dead and buried?

The very reason includes a very basic logic. If your ancestors never existed, you will not exist either. Hence, you and your ancestors are interlinked. Meaning, you still behold a lot of similarity to your ancestors. Those people who have long been forgotten. Those people who have led a very different life before. 
 
Tracing you family's ancestors is a way of giving honor to them. Not that alone, the process of genealogy research is very fascinating too. 

Aside from that, you will be able to learn lots of things. For instance, you would realize why you as well as the rest of your relatives dwell in a place when your race in fact belongs to some other country. There are many circumstances relating to this occasion. An example of this is the early Hessian soldiers. Historically, British used them to battle the American colonization. 

After these Hessian soldiers fought the Americans, many of them deserted Britain. Their descendants are believed to have transferred to Ohio later. Another thing you can learn about the genealogy of your family is the medical conditions. What are these medical conditions that are running in your family's blood? You need to be aware of them for they may be transmitted genetically.  

It is important to know whether your ancestor died of diabetes or other diseases. Did they suffer from a heart disease or asthma? This knowledge will give you the idea regarding the habits or types of food you need to avoid.  

Now, you might be wondering how to trace the medical conditions of your ancestors when in fact all of them are gone already. You might learn this from the stories of your parents told by you grandparents, which were shared before by your grand grandparents and so on.

But if ever there is no existing stories about your family's medical conditions. You can easily refer to the old papers of death notices. Most often, the reason of death is detailed here. 
 
Upon knowing the reason of the death of our ancestors you will be more careful on your health, and to your family too definitely. So, how are you going to begin your research on your family's genealogy? Fortunately, there are several ways to do it nowadays. 

You can conduct your research on a genealogy library in your community or maybe in others. You may also opt to join a genealogy association. These associations usually have numbers of research tool to help you in your research.   

Of course, you can also get your needed information by simply accessing the information through the Internet. Here, you can join genealogy forums, which could help you connect with your distant relatives. 
