Top 5 reasons to start your genealogy
To you who always put your desire to get into your genealogy over again, here are 5 good reasons to start it. Be careful, this is an addictive passion ...
Some time ago we shared the 5 Genealogy golden rules, but before following these rules, you still have to get started!
Beaucoup sont découragés d’avance : « la généalogie c’est chronophage, je n’aurais jamais le temps » ou encore « la généalogie c’est compliqué, je ne sais pas par où commencer ». Et bien… oui et non.
Yes, genealogy takes time, but it's a hobby, a hobby, and when you like you don't count. There are many tools intended to save you time in your research and in Construction of your family tree.
Yes, genealogy can sometimes be complicated. But more often than not, starting with his nearby ancestors is simple, Online archives help all the more. And if a branch quickly becomes a dead end, see it instead as a challenge, an investigation to be resolved, there is no doubt that it will animate you with passion.
I feel that you don't miss much to convince you to dedicate your genealogy a little of your time, so here are 5 good reasons to get started:
Discover your ancestors and your origins
Quelle aventure ! Une plongée dans le passé pour découvrir, comprendre et apprivoiser ses racines. Beaucoup vous le diront, commencer sa généalogie c’est « savoir d’où l'on vient pour savoir où l’on va ». La généalogie et le fait de retrouver ses origines aident à comprendre qui on est, à se construire parfois. Découvrir ses ancêtres c’est aussi leur redonner vie, en mettant des noms, des prénoms, des dates et des parcours de vie sur les feuilles des branches de notre arbre…
Build the history of your family in the heart of the Great Historye
To do your genealogy, beyond collecting ancestors, is also to immerse themselves in their daily lives. By finding memories of family and starting in the footsteps of your ancestors, there is no doubt that you will quickly have to do The parallel with history (with a big h!). Why did several ancestors died at the same period? How did they live during the war? What professions Did they exercise according to their places of life? All his questions are correlated with history. Our ancestors played a role, directly or indirectly, in history, it's up to you to find out which one.
Resolve fascinating surveys
This is what I prefer in genealogy, and I am not the only one! Genealogy is the best way to twist the neck to family legends but also to solve surveys gently left by our ancestors. You are going to search, rummage, read, reread, deduce and satisfy your thirst for curiosity by launching yourself in your genealogy. And what pride to end up finding the solution, unlock a dead end, resolve a genealogical investigation!
Transmit the family inheritance
There is a genealogist in each family. A big distant uncle, an imponessable cousin, a passionate grandmother ... Resource people who spend long hours building family history. You could be that person! To make your genealogy and share it is to bridge the generations and to reconnect with certain family members. A mission to enhance significant family heritage.
Find cousins or ancestors with unusual routes
Another good reason to get started! Whether it is to find cousins or ancestors with unusual routes, genealogy has its reasons that the heart ... does not know! We love the idea of being able to find more or less close cousins, in France or abroad, to discuss a common past. And we love even more the fact of finding small original nuggets in the life course of certain ancestors (famous sometimes!).
Here is a brief sample of some good reasons to get started ... So convinced?
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